Vachier-Lagrave wins 2011 French Championship

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8/26/2011 – After ten rounds there were two players vying for the title: reigning champion Laurent Fressinet and the top seed Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, both with 6.5/10 points on the score table. Fressinet lost a kamikaze Pirc against Christian Bauer, while Vachier-Lagrave survived a lost position against Etienne Bacrot, who would have won the Championship if he hadn't blundered on move 26.

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French Chess Championships 2011

The French Chess Championship is taking place from the 14th to the 27th of August 2011. The venue is the University of Caen, a town located two hours north-west of Paris, just 15 km inland from the English Channel. The rate of play is 40 moves in 90 minutes, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with a 30 seconds increment after every move, starting from move one. There is a delay in the Internet broadcast, which is intended to prevent organised cheating.

One round before the end the reigning champion Laurent Fressinet and the top seed Maxime Vachier-Lagrave were in the joint lead, with 6.5/10 points. This is what happened in the final round.


Key games reach their climax: Bacrot vs Vachier-Lagrave, Bauer vs Fressinet

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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 0-0 7.Bg2 d5 8.Qb3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Nc6 10.cxd5 Na5 11.Qc2 Nxd5 12.0-0 Qc7 13.Re1N Bd7 14.e4 Nb6 15.e5 Ba4 16.Qd3 Qc4 17.Qf3 Nc6 18.Re4 Nxd4 19.Rxd4 Bc6 20.Rxc4 Bxf3 21.Rc7 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Rab8 23.Rb1 Rfc8 24.Rxc8+ Rxc8 25.Rb3 h5 26.Be3 Nd5 27.Bd4 b6 28.f4 Rc4 29.Kf1 Ra4 30.Rb2
30...Kh7! The king starts its long march. 31.Kf2 Kg6 32.Rc2? 32.Kf3 Ra3 33.h3 was a better way to implement Nakamura's defensive concept. But Black should win in the long run after Nxc3 34.Rb3 Rxb3 35.axb3 Nd5 32...Ra3! 33.h3 33.c4 Nb4 34.Re2 34.Rd2 Kf5-+ 34...Kf5 35.h3 Nd3+ 36.Kg2 h4 37.g4+ Kg6 38.Be3 Rc3 39.Kf3 Nb4 40.Kf2 Nc2-+ After the passive 33.Ke2 Kf5 34.Kd2 Kg4 35.Kc1 b5 36.Kb2 Ra4 37.Kb3 a6 38.a3 g6 39.Rf2 Kh3 40.Rd2 Black undermines the structure with h4-+ 33.Kf3 Nb4 34.Rc1 Nc6 35.Ke4 Rxa2 36.h3 Rh2 37.Kf3 Rb2 38.g4 Rh2 39.Kg3 Rd2 40.Be3 h4+ 41.Kxh4 Rd3 42.Bf2 Rf3 43.Bg3 b5-+ 33...b5 34.Rb2 After 34.Bc5 Rxc3 35.Rxc3 Nxc3 36.Bxa7 Nxa2 37.g4 b4 38.Ke3 Nc3 39.Kd3 Nd5 40.Ke4 Black opens the gates with Kh7 41.Bc5 g5 42.fxg5 hxg4 43.hxg4 Kg6-+ 34...a6! Kramnik calmly keeps control. 34...Nxc3? 35.Bxc3 Rxc3 36.Rxb5 Rc2+ 37.Kf3 Rxa2 38.g4 would be too hasty due to the large drawish tendency of rook endings. 35.Rc2 35.Kf3 b4-+ 35...Kf5 Finally the king marches on. 36.Kf3 b4 37.g4+ hxg4+ 38.hxg4+ Kg6 39.Ke4 bxc3 40.Rh2 40.Be3 Ra4+ 41.Kf3 Rb4 42.Bc1 Rd4 43.a3 f6 opens a second front to penetrate with the king to the heart of White's position. 44.exf6 Kxf6 45.Kf2 e5 46.fxe5+ Kxe5 47.Kf3 Rd3+ 48.Ke2 Ke4-+ 40...Ra4 41.Rf2 a5 42.Kd3 c2!? 43.f5+ 43.Rxc2? Nb4+-+ 43...Kg5 44.Bb2 Nb4+ 45.Kc3 Rxa2 46.Rf1 Kxg4 47.fxe6 fxe6 47...fxe6 48.Rg1+ Kf3 49.Rxg7 c1Q+ 50.Bxc1 Rc2+-+ 0–1
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Nakamura,H2770Kramnik,V27810–12011E2039th GM4
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 c5 5.g3 cxd4 6.Nxd4 0-0 7.Bg2 d5 8.Qb3 Bxc3+ 9.bxc3 Nc6 10.cxd5 Na5 11.Qc2 Nxd5 12.0-0 Qc7 13.Re1N Bd7 14.e4 Nb6 15.e5 Ba4 16.Qd3 Qc4 17.Qf3 Nc6 18.Re4 Nxd4 19.Rxd4 Bc6 20.Rxc4 Bxf3 21.Rc7 Bxg2 22.Kxg2 Rab8 23.Rb1 Rfc8 24.Rxc8+ Rxc8 25.Rb3 h5 26.Be3 Nd5 27.Bd4 b6 28.f4 Rc4 29.Kf1 Ra4 30.Rb2
30...Kh7! The king starts its long march. 31.Kf2 Kg6 32.Rc2? 32.Kf3 Ra3 33.h3 was a better way to implement Nakamura's defensive concept. But Black should win in the long run after Nxc3 34.Rb3 Rxb3 35.axb3 Nd5 32...Ra3! 33.h3 33.c4 Nb4 34.Re2 34.Rd2 Kf5-+ 34...Kf5 35.h3 Nd3+ 36.Kg2 h4 37.g4+ Kg6 38.Be3 Rc3 39.Kf3 Nb4 40.Kf2 Nc2-+ After the passive 33.Ke2 Kf5 34.Kd2 Kg4 35.Kc1 b5 36.Kb2 Ra4 37.Kb3 a6 38.a3 g6 39.Rf2 Kh3 40.Rd2 Black undermines the structure with h4-+ 33.Kf3 Nb4 34.Rc1 Nc6 35.Ke4 Rxa2 36.h3 Rh2 37.Kf3 Rb2 38.g4 Rh2 39.Kg3 Rd2 40.Be3 h4+ 41.Kxh4 Rd3 42.Bf2 Rf3 43.Bg3 b5-+ 33...b5 34.Rb2 After 34.Bc5 Rxc3 35.Rxc3 Nxc3 36.Bxa7 Nxa2 37.g4 b4 38.Ke3 Nc3 39.Kd3 Nd5 40.Ke4 Black opens the gates with Kh7 41.Bc5 g5 42.fxg5 hxg4 43.hxg4 Kg6-+ 34...a6! Kramnik calmly keeps control. 34...Nxc3? 35.Bxc3 Rxc3 36.Rxb5 Rc2+ 37.Kf3 Rxa2 38.g4 would be too hasty due to the large drawish tendency of rook endings. 35.Rc2 35.Kf3 b4-+ 35...Kf5 Finally the king marches on. 36.Kf3 b4 37.g4+ hxg4+ 38.hxg4+ Kg6 39.Ke4 bxc3 40.Rh2 40.Be3 Ra4+ 41.Kf3 Rb4 42.Bc1 Rd4 43.a3 f6 opens a second front to penetrate with the king to the heart of White's position. 44.exf6 Kxf6 45.Kf2 e5 46.fxe5+ Kxe5 47.Kf3 Rd3+ 48.Ke2 Ke4-+ 40...Ra4 41.Rf2 a5 42.Kd3 c2!? 43.f5+ 43.Rxc2? Nb4+-+ 43...Kg5 44.Bb2 Nb4+ 45.Kc3 Rxa2 46.Rf1 Kxg4 47.fxe6 fxe6 47...fxe6 48.Rg1+ Kf3 49.Rxg7 c1Q+ 50.Bxc1 Rc2+-+ 0–1
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Report by GM Robert Fontaine on round eleven, with the highlights of the


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Final standing

The women's section was dominated by Sophie Milliet, who became the new French Champion a round before the end (this a double round robin with six players lasts a day longer than the men's).

Women's section (with one round to play)

Video reports Europe Echecs (in French)


Round ten – all of this is in French, the language they unfortunately speak in Caen and in the whole of France


Round nine: us too, don't understand a blooming word – but the chess hightlights are great

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