French Championships, Aix-les-Bains, 13th-25th August
/Images/Players/Small/vachier.jpg" align="left" alt="Maxim Vachier-Lagrave"> 16 y.o. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Silvia Collas became the Champions of France. The French Championships took place in Aix-les-Bains 13th-25th August. Participants of the men tournament: Tkachiev Vladislav g FRA 2655, Fressinet Laurent g FRA 2646, Bauer Christian g FRA 2626, Vachier-Lagrave Maxime g FRA 2595, Nataf Igor-Alexandre g FRA 2588, Dorfman Josif D g FRA 2584, Sokolov Andrei g FRA 2582, Fontaine Robert g FRA 2567, Vaisser Anatoly g FRA 2544, Degraeve Jean-Marc g FRA 2520, Renet Olivier g FRA 2498, Guidarelli Laurent m FRA 2450. 25th August took place the tie-breaks for the title between Vladislav Tkachiev and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave among men and Silvia Collas and Sophie Milliet among women.
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Rapid (15+5) Tkachiev - Vachier-Lagrave 1/2,1/2
Blitz Vachier-Lagrave - Tkachiev 0-1,0-1
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Rapid (25+5) Collas - Milliet 1-0, 1/2
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Final standings:
1-2 Tkachiev, Vachier-Lagrave - 7.5
3 Sokolov - 7.0
4-5 Dorfman, Bauer - 6.5
6-7 Fontaine, Fressinet - 5.5
8-9 Vaisser, Degraeve - 5.0
10 Nataf - 4.0
11 Renet - 3.5
12 Guidarelli - 2.5
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