Marseille Echecs wins French Team Chess Championship

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Marseille Echecs, the winning
team in Mulhouse | Photo French Chess Federation

Marseille Echecs has won the French Team Chess Championship in Mulhouse. The tournament ended on Sunday with the team including Arkadij Naiditsch, Etienne Bacrot, Andrei Istratescu, Aleksander Delchev, Kamil Miton, Yannick Gozzoli, Didier Collas, Laurie Delorme, Vincent Chauvet and Romain Lambert.

The championship took place from May 26 to June 5 in Mulhouse, a city and commune in eastern France, close to the Swiss and German borders. In a round-robin, the strongest 12 teams fought for the French club title, with Chalons en Champagne defending their title.

Among the women players, the notable performance by Almira Skripchenko was 10/11. You can access the official website at this link. You can also find a nice news report at www.chessvibes.com.

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Three teams lead at French chess team event

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011


Hello everyone,

The news from the French team chess event is that three teams - Clichy, Mulhouse Philidor and Marseille Echecs have won all of their first seven matches. The event includes stars like Michael Adams, Dmitry Jakovenko and Fabiano Caruana.

The Top 12 of the French Team Championship takes place May 26th – June 5th, 2011 in Mulhouse, a city and commune in eastern France, close to the Swiss and German borders. In a round-robin, the strongest 12 teams fight for the French club title, with Chalons en Champagne defending their title. GMs Laurent Fressinet, Liviu-Dieter Nisipeanu, Alexei Dreev, David Navara, Pavel Eljanov, Le Quang Liem, Michael Adams, Dmitry Jakovenko, Fabiano Caruana. Arkadij Naiditsch, Etienne Bacrot, Anish Giri, Loek van Wely and Mikhail Krasenkow are the strongest players.

Fressinet (Clichy) vs Dorfman (Evry Grand Roque) at the Top 12 in Mulhouse | Photo Chess Club Philidor Mulhouse

The French Chess Federation is using an interesting system to determine the standings. A won match results in 3 points, a drawn match in 2 points and a lost match at the board 1 point. A match lost by forfeit results in 0 points. Besides, only decisive games count, hence a given result can be 3-0 (with five draws). You can find a nice news report at www.chessvibes.com. You can access the official website of the event here.

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