[Event "93rd ch-FRA 2018"]
[Site "Nimes FRA"]
[Date "2018.08.18"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "605506"]
[BlackFideId "620084"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. e3 Bb7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. Na4
cxd4 9. exd4 Re8 10. Bf4 Bf8 11. Re1 h6 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Qxf3 Nc6 14. Be5 Rc8 15.
Rad1 d6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. Be4 Ne7 19. b3 f5 20. Bf3 Bg7 21. Nc3
Red8 22. Rd3 Rd7 23. Red1 a6 24. a4 Rdc7 25. Ne2 b5 26. cxb5 axb5 27. axb5 d5
28. g4 Rb8 29. Nc3 fxg4 30. hxg4 Bxd4 31. Nxd5 Nxd5 32. Bxd5 exd5 33. Rxd4 Rxb5
34. Rxd5 Rxb3 35. Kg2 Kg7 36. R1d3 Rxd3 37. Rxd3 Rc5 38. Kg3 h5 39. gxh5 Rxh5
40. Rd4 Ra5 1/2-1/2

[Event "93rd ch-FRA 2018"]
[Site "Nimes FRA"]
[Date "2018.08.18"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Gharamian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "E40"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "608742"]
[BlackFideId "13301527"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bd3 O-O 7. Ne2 Re8 8. Bd2
Bd6 9. O-O a6 10. Rc1 Nbd7 11. Nf4 c6 12. f3 Nf8 13. Kh1 Ng6 14. Nce2 Qb6 15. b3
Bd7 16. g4 Re7 17. Qc2 Nxf4 18. exf4 Rae8 19. Ng3 Kf8 20. Rcd1 h6 21. g5 Ng8 22.
Bf5 hxg5 23. Bxd7 Rxd7 24. fxg5 g6 25. Bc1 Qc7 26. f4 Rde7 27. Qf2 f5 28. h4 Qd7
29. Kg2 Rh7 30. Rh1 Qf7 31. Qf3 Re4 32. h5 gxh5 33. Nxh5 Re6 34. Ng3 Ne7 35.
Rxh7 Qxh7 36. Rh1 Qg7 37. Qd3 Re4 38. Nxe4 dxe4 39. Qh3 Kg8 40. Qh6 Ng6 41.
Qxg7+ Kxg7 42. Kg3 Bc7 43. Rh6 Bb8 44. Be3 Bd6 45. Bd2 Bb8 46. Bc1 Bd6 47. Kf2
Bb8 48. Kg3 Bd6 49. a4 Bb8 50. Be3 Bd6 51. Kf2 Bb8 52. Ke2 Bd6 53. Kd2 Bb8 54.
Kc2 Bd6 55. Bd2 Bb8 56. Be3 Bd6 57. Bc1 Bb8 58. b4 Bd6 59. Kb3 b5 60. axb5 axb5
61. Bd2 Bb8 62. Kc2 1/2-1/2

[Event "93rd ch-FRA 2018"]
[Site "Nimes FRA"]
[Date "2018.08.18"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Le Roux, Jean-Pierre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "633429"]
[BlackFideId "609404"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qb3 Qe7 6. g3 O-O 7. Bg2 Bb7 8. O-O
a5 9. Qc2 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 d6 11. b3 a4 12. b4 Nbd7 13. a3 Rfc8 14. Bb2 b5 15. cxb5
Nb6 16. Nd2 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 d5 18. Qd3 Ne8 19. Rac1 Nd6 20. Rc5 Rab8 21. Rfc1 Qd7
22. Rc6 Rb7 23. R1c5 Nbc4 24. Nxc4 Nxc4 25. Rxc4 dxc4 26. Qxc4 Qd5+ 27. Qxd5
exd5 28. Rc5 Rd8 29. Bc1 Kf8 30. Bf4 Rd7 31. Kf3 Ke8 32. Ke3 Kd8 33. Kd3 Rb6 34.
f3 h6 35. h4 Re6 36. e4 f5 37. exf5 Re1 38. Be5 Rf1 39. Ke3 Rb1 40. Rc3 Kc8 41.
b6 Rb3 42. Rxb3 axb3 43. b7+ Kxb7 1-0

[Event "93rd ch-FRA 2018"]
[Site "Nimes FRA"]
[Date "2018.08.18"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Loiseau, Quentin"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "C02"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "advance, Steinitz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "665274"]
[BlackFideId "603767"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. dxc5 e6 5. Nf3 Bxc5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Nge7 8. a3
Ng6 9. b4 Be7 10. Bb2 Qc7 11. Re1 a6 12. Nbd2 b5 13. Nb3 Bd7 14. Nbd4 Na7 15. h4
Nc8 16. Bc1 Bxh4 17. Nxh4 Nxh4 18. Qh5 Ng6 19. f4 Nce7 20. Be3 O-O 21. g3 f6 22.
exf6 Rxf6 23. Nf3 Nf5 24. Bf2 Raf8 25. Ng5 h6 26. Nxe6 Rxe6 27. Rxe6 Nxf4 28.
gxf4 Bxe6 29. Re1 Qd7 30. Bc5 Rf6 31. Re5 Ng3 32. Qf3 Ne4 33. Bxe4 dxe4 34. Qxe4
Qd1+ 35. Kf2 Qg4 36. Be3 Bf5 37. Qg2 Qh4+ 38. Qg3 Qh5 39. Qf3 Qg6 40. Qg2 Qf7
41. Qd5 Qxd5 42. Rxd5 Bxc2 43. Kf3 Re6 44. Rd8+ Kh7 45. Bc5 Be4+ 46. Kf2 Rg6 47.
Rd6 Rg4 48. Ke3 Bc2 49. Kf3 h5 50. Bf2 g5 51. fxg5 Rxg5 52. Be3 Rf5+ 53. Bf4 Kg7
54. Rxa6 1/2-1/2

[Event "93rd ch-FRA 2018"]
[Site "Nimes FRA"]
[Date "2018.08.18"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Gozzoli, Yannick"]
[Black "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "E21"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "three knights variation"]
[WhiteFideId "616915"]
[BlackFideId "613762"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 b6 5. Qc2 Bb7 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Qxc3 a5 8. e3
a4 9. Be2 d6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Nd2 O-O 12. b4 axb3 13. Nxb3 Ra4 14. f3 Qa8 15.
Bb2 e5 16. Qc2 Re8 17. Rfe1 h6 18. dxe5 Nxe5 19. Nd4 Ra6 20. Nb5 Qd8 21. Rad1
Ned7 22. Bf1 Ra8 23. e4 Qc8 24. g3 Bc6 25. Bg2 Qb7 26. Rc1 Nc5 27. Bxf6 gxf6 28.
Qc3 Kg7 29. Re3 Ra4 30. Nd4 Bd7 31. f4 Qa6 32. g4 Ra8 33. Rg3 Rxa3 34. Nf5+ Kg6
35. Ne7+ Kg7 36. Nf5+ Kg6 37. Rh3 Bxf5 38. gxf5+ Kg7 39. Rg3+ Kf8 40. Qxf6 Rxg3
41. hxg3 Qa3 42. Kh2 Qxc1 43. Qh8+ Ke7 44. f6+ Kd7 45. Qxa8 Qb2 46. e5 dxe5 47.
Qf8 Ke6 48. Qe7+ Kf5 49. Qxf7 exf4 50. Qh7+ Ke5 51. f7 1-0

[Event "93rd ch-FRA 2018"]
[Site "Nimes FRA"]
[Date "2018.08.19"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Gozzoli, Yannick"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "E97"]
[Opening "King's Indian"]
[Variation "orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov, bayonet attack"]
[WhiteFideId "616915"]
[BlackFideId "605506"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5 Ne7
9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 f5 11. Ng5 Nf6 12. Bf3 h6 13. Ne6 Bxe6 14. dxe6 c6 15. b5 fxe4
16. Nxe4 Nxe4 17. Bxe4 d5 18. cxd5 cxd5 19. Ba3 dxe4 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21. Bxe7 Re8
22. Bc5 Rxe6 23. Rxe4 a6 24. bxa6 Rexa6 25. a3 Bf8 26. Bxf8 Kxf8 27. Rxe5 Rxa3
28. Rxa3 Rxa3 29. h4 Rb3 30. Re6 Kf7 31. Rd6 h5 32. Kh2 Kg7 33. f3 Rb4 34. Kg3
Kf7 35. Kh3 Kg7 36. Kg3 Kf7 37. Kh3 Kg7 38. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "93rd ch-FRA 2018"]
[Site "Nimes FRA"]
[Date "2018.08.19"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Gharamian, Tigran"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "B63"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Richter-Rauzer, Rauzer attack"]
[WhiteFideId "13301527"]
[BlackFideId "633429"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Qb6 8. Nb3
Be7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qxd6 Be5 11. Qa3 Qb4 12. Qxb4 Nxb4 13. O-O-O Ke7 14. a3 Nc6
15. Bb5 Nb8 16. Ne2 g5 17. g3 b6 18. f4 gxf4 19. gxf4 Bc7 20. Rhg1 Bb7 21. e5 a6
22. Bd3 Nd7 23. Nc3 Rag8 24. Be4 Bc8 25. Nd4 Nb8 26. Rg3 b5 27. Nf5+ exf5 28.
Nd5+ Kf8 29. Nxc7 Rxg3 30. hxg3 Kg7 31. Bf3 Nd7 32. Nxa6 Nxe5 33. fxe5 Bxa6 34.
Rd6 Bc8 35. Bc6 h5 36. Rd4 Rh6 37. Bxb5 Rg6 38. Be2 Rxg3 39. Bxh5 Re3 40. Kd2
Rxe5 41. Bf3 1-0

[Event "93rd ch-FRA 2018"]
[Site "Nimes FRA"]
[Date "2018.08.19"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Le Roux, Jean-Pierre"]
[Black "Loiseau, Quentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "chameleon variation"]
[WhiteFideId "609404"]
[BlackFideId "665274"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Bg7 6. d3 d6 7. h3 O-O 8. O-O
Rb8 9. a4 a6 10. f4 Nd7 11. f5 e6 12. g4 b5 13. axb5 axb5 14. g5 Be5 15. Nf4 Nd4
16. f6 Bb7 17. Nce2 Ra8 18. Rxa8 Qxa8 19. c3 Nxe2+ 20. Nxe2 d5 21. d4 Bc7 22. e5
b4 23. Nf4 bxc3 24. bxc3 cxd4 25. cxd4 Qa7 26. Kh1 Bb6 27. Qg4 Re8 28. Qh4 Kh8
29. Be3 Rg8 30. Bg1 Qa3 31. Qg4 Ba6 32. Rd1 Qb3 33. h4 Nf8 34. Ra1 Bc4 35. h5
Qb2 36. Rd1 gxh5 37. Qxh5 Ng6 38. Nxg6+ Rxg6 39. Qh4 Ba5 40. Bf3 Be2 41. Qf2
Bxf3+ 42. Qxf3 Rxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "93rd ch-FRA 2018"]
[Site "Nimes FRA"]
[Date "2018.08.19"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "B81"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Scheveningen, Keres attack"]
[WhiteFideId "613762"]
[BlackFideId "603767"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 a6 7. g5 Nfd7 8. h4 b5
9. Bg2 Bb7 10. f4 b4 11. Nd5 Nc5 12. O-O Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Re1 Rb8 15. Bd2
Be7 16. f5 Bxd5 17. exd5 exf5 18. Qe2 Rb7 19. Be3 Qc8 20. Qf2 Ne4 21. Bxe4 fxe4
22. Bd4 O-O 23. Rxe4 f6 24. Rae1 fxg5 25. Qg2 Bf6 26. Bxf6 gxf6 27. Re6 Rg7 28.
h5 Qc5+ 29. Qf2 Qxd5 30. Rxf6 Rgf7 31. Rxf7 Rxf7 32. Re8+ Kg7 33. Qe2 Qd4+ 34.
Kg2 Qxb2 35. Re6 Rf6 36. Re7+ Kf8 37. Re8+ Kg7 38. Re7+ Kf8 39. Re8+ Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "93rd ch-FRA 2018"]
[Site "Nimes FRA"]
[Date "2018.08.19"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "620084"]
[BlackFideId "608742"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O
9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Ng4 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. Bg5
Ng4 16. Bd2 Nf6 17. Re1 Qd7 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. exd5 Na7 20. a4 c6 21. axb5 axb5
22. Be3 cxd5 23. Qa1 d4 24. Nxd4 Qb7 25. Nb3 Nc6 26. Na5 Qd7 27. Nxc6 Qxc6 28.
c4 Rxa2 29. Qxa2 Rb8 30. Qa7 Qb7 31. Qxb7 Rxb7 32. c5 dxc5 33. Bxc5 Bxc5 34.
bxc5 f6 35. Rb1 Kf7 36. c6 Rc7 37. Rxb5 Rxc6 38. Kf1 Rc2 39. Rb7+ Kg6 40. Rd7 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "93rd ch-FRA 2018"]
[Site "Nimes FRA"]
[Date "2018.08.20"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Gozzoli, Yannick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, 4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "608742"]
[BlackFideId "616915"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Be7 5. Qb3 O-O 6. Be2 d6 7. d3 a6 8. Bd2
Rb8 9. Qc2 Nb4 10. Qb1 c5 11. O-O b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. d4 exd4 14. exd4 c4 15.
a4 bxa4 16. Bxc4 Bg4 17. Be2 Qd7 18. Rxa4 Rfc8 19. Bd1 Bf5 20. Qa1 Nc2 21. Qa2
Nb4 22. Qa1 Nc2 23. Qa2 Nb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "93rd ch-FRA 2018"]
[Site "Nimes FRA"]
[Date "2018.08.20"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Loiseau, Quentin"]
[Black "Gharamian, Tigran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open Berlin defence, l'Hermet variation"]
[WhiteFideId "665274"]
[BlackFideId "13301527"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. dxe5 Nxb5 7. a4 d6 8.
Bg5 Be7 9. Bxe7 Qxe7 10. axb5 Nxe5 11. Nd4 O-O 12. Nc3 c6 13. Re1 Qc7 14. f4 Ng4
15. f5 Nf6 16. g4 d5 17. g5 Ne4 18. Nxe4 dxe4 19. Qg4 c5 20. Ne2 Qe5 21. Ng3 Bd7
22. c3 e3 23. Ra4 Rae8 24. Re4 Bxf5 25. Rxe5 Bxg4 26. R1xe3 Re6 27. R3e4 b6 28.
Rxe6 Bxe6 29. Ra4 Ra8 30. Ne4 Kf8 31. Kf2 Ke7 32. c4 Bc8 33. b4 Bb7 34. Ke3 Bxe4
35. Kxe4 Kd6 36. bxc5+ Kxc5 37. Kd3 Rd8+ 38. Kc3 Rd4 39. Kb3 Rd3+ 40. Kc2 Rh3
41. Rxa7 Kxc4 42. Rc7+ Kxb5 43. Rxf7 Rxh2+ 44. Kd3 g6 45. Re7 Rh4 46. Kc3 Rh3+
47. Kb2 Kc4 48. Re4+ Kd5 49. Re7 Rh5 50. Rb7 Ke5 0-1

[Event "93rd ch-FRA 2018"]
[Site "Nimes FRA"]
[Date "2018.08.20"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Le Roux, Jean-Pierre"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[ECO "A54"]
[Opening "Old Indian"]
[Variation "Ukrainian variation, 4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "603767"]
[BlackFideId "609404"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 e5 4. d4 exd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Re8 9. Rb1 Nbd7 10. e4 Nc5 11. f3 c6 12. Be3 d5 13. Nc2 Na6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15.
Bg5 Qb6+ 16. Kh1 Nc7 17. Be3 Qa6 18. Bd4 dxe4 19. fxe4 Bg4 20. Qc1 Nh5 21. Bxg7
Kxg7 22. Qg5 Qe6 23. Nd4 Qe5 24. Nf5+ Bxf5 25. exf5 Nf6 26. Qh4 Rad8 27. fxg6
hxg6 28. Rbe1 Qd4 29. Rxe8 Ncxe8 30. Qxd4 Rxd4 31. Kg1 Nd6 32. Rd1 Rxd1+ 33.
Nxd1 Ng4 34. h3 Ne5 35. Kf2 Kf6 36. Ke2 Nd7 37. Ne3 Ke5 38. h4 Nc5 39. Bf3 f5
40. g4 fxg4 41. Nxg4+ Kd4 42. Ne3 Ne6 43. Ng2 Ke5 44. Kd2 Nd4 45. Bd1 Ne4+ 46.
Kc1 Nf6 47. Kd2 b6 48. Ne1 Nf5 49. Ng2 Nd4 50. Ne1 Ne4+ 51. Kc1 Ng3 52. Nd3+ Ke4
53. Nf2+ Kf4 54. Nd3+ Ke4 55. Nf2+ Ke5 56. Nd3+ Kf6 57. Nf4 Ndf5 58. h5 g5 59.
Nh3 Nh6 60. Nf2 Kf5 61. Kd2 Ne4+ 62. Nxe4 Kxe4 63. Kc3 g4 64. Ba4 Kf4 65. Bc6
Kg5 66. Kc4 Nf5 67. Ba8 Kxh5 68. Kb5 Nh4 69. Ka6 Nf3 70. Kxa7 Kg5 71. Bd5 Kf4
72. Be6 g3 73. Bh3 Ke3 74. a4 Kf2 75. Kxb6 Ng5 76. a5 Nxh3 77. a6 g2 78. a7 g1=Q
79. a8=Q 1/2-1/2

[Event "93rd ch-FRA 2018"]
[Site "Nimes FRA"]
[Date "2018.08.20"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "633429"]
[BlackFideId "620084"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O e6 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. Nc3
Be7 9. f4 exf4 10. gxf4 g6 11. Kh1 Nc6 12. Be3 O-O 13. Nd4 Bg4 14. f5 Re8 15. h3
Bh5 16. Qe1 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Rd1 Bh4 20. Bf2 Bxf2 21. Qxf2
Qg5 22. Nd5 Kg7 23. Nc7 e3 24. Qh2 Rad8 25. Nxe8+ Rxe8 26. c3 Kh6 27. Rd4 gxf5
28. Rg1 1-0

[Event "93rd ch-FRA 2018"]
[Site "Nimes FRA"]
[Date "2018.08.20"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "B48"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "605506"]
[BlackFideId "613762"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 Ne5 8. Qg3
h5 9. f4 Ng4 10. Bd2 b5 11. h3 N4f6 12. a3 Bb7 13. Bd3 h4 14. Qf2 Bc5 15. Be3
Rc8 16. e5 Nd5 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. b4 Bxd4 19. Bxd4 Ne7 20. Bc5 Qc6 21. O-O-O g6
22. Rd2 Be4 23. Rhd1 Bxd3 24. Rxd3 Nd5 25. Rd4 Kd8 26. Qf3 Rh5 27. Kb2 Kc7 28.
Rxd5 exd5 29. Rxd5 Re8 30. Qd3 Re6 31. Bd6+ Kb7 32. Bf8 Qc4 33. Rxd7+ Kc6 34.
Qd2 1-0

[Event "93rd ch-FRA 2018"]
[Site "Nimes FRA"]
[Date "2018.08.21"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Gharamian, Tigran"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "B00"]
[Opening "KP"]
[Variation "Nimzovich defence"]
[WhiteFideId "13301527"]
[BlackFideId "603767"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 g6 5. d5 Nb8 6. h3 c6 7. a4 Bg7 8. Bc4 O-O
9. O-O b6 10. Qe2 Bb7 11. Rd1 Qc7 12. Nd4 a6 13. Bb3 c5 14. Nf3 Nbd7 15. Bc4 Ne8
16. Nh2 Ne5 17. Ba2 b5 18. f4 Nd7 19. axb5 axb5 20. Nxb5 Qb6 21. c3 Ra4 22. Na3
Nc7 23. Bc4 Rfa8 24. Nf3 Ba6 25. e5 Qb8 26. Bxa6 R4xa6 27. c4 1/2-1/2

[Event "93rd ch-FRA 2018"]
[Site "Nimes FRA"]
[Date "2018.08.21"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Gozzoli, Yannick"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "616915"]
[BlackFideId "633429"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qxd4 exd5 7. e4 Nc6 8.
Bb5 dxe4 9. Qxd8+ Kxd8 10. Ng5 Be6 11. O-O Bb4 12. Ncxe4 Nxe4 13. Nxe4 Ke7 14.
Be3 Rhd8 15. Bxc6 bxc6 16. a3 Bd6 17. Nxd6 Kxd6 18. Rfd1+ Kc7 19. Rxd8 Kxd8 20.
Bd4 f6 21. Re1 Ke7 22. f3 a5 23. Kf2 Kf7 24. Bc3 Bd5 25. Re3 a4 26. Bb4 Re8 27.
Rxe8 Kxe8 28. Bc5 Bc4 29. Bb4 Bd5 30. Bc5 Bc4 31. Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "93rd ch-FRA 2018"]
[Site "Nimes FRA"]
[Date "2018.08.21"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C53"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "605506"]
[BlackFideId "608742"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. a4 d6 7. O-O Ba7 8. Re1 O-O
9. h3 Ne7 10. d4 Ng6 11. Nbd2 c6 12. Bf1 Re8 13. Qc2 d5 14. exd5 exd4 15. Rxe8+
Qxe8 16. Nxd4 Bxd4 17. cxd4 Nxd5 18. Nf3 h6 19. Bd2 Be6 20. Ne5 Nde7 21. Ba5 Qb8
22. Qc5 Nd5 23. Nxg6 fxg6 24. Re1 Bf7 25. Bd2 Qf8 26. Qc2 Re8 27. Re5 g5 28. Qe4
Nf6 29. Qe1 Qd6 30. Bc3 Qd7 31. Be2 Rxe5 32. dxe5 Nd5 33. a5 Nf4 34. Bf1 Bd5 35.
Bd2 Ng6 36. Qe3 Qf7 37. Qa7 Nh4 38. f3 Bc4 39. Qd4 Bxf1 40. Kxf1 Qb3 41. Kf2 Ng6 1/2-1/2

[Event "93rd ch-FRA 2018"]
[Site "Nimes FRA"]
[Date "2018.08.21"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Black "Loiseau, Quentin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[ECO "A11"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Caro-Kann defensive system"]
[WhiteFideId "620084"]
[BlackFideId "665274"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]

1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Bd6 6. Bb2 O-O 7. d4 Nbd7 8. Bd3 e5
9. cxd5 cxd5 10. dxe5 Nxe5 11. h3 Re8 12. O-O a6 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Rb1 Bb8 15.
Ne2 Ne4 16. Nf4 Qg5 17. Bxe4 dxe4 18. Qd2 Rd8 19. Qc3 Bxf4 20. exf4 Qg6 21. Rbd1
Bf5 22. Kh2 h5 23. Rd4 Rac8 24. Qa5 Rxd4 25. Bxd4 Qe6 26. Rd1 Qd7 27. Bxg7 Qxd1
28. Qxf5 Kxg7 29. Qxc8 Qd2 30. Qc7 Qxa2 31. Qxb7 Qxf2 32. Qxe4 h4 33. b4 Kf8 34.
Qe5 Kg8 35. Qg5+ Kf8 36. Qe5 Kg8 37. f5 Kh7 38. Qe7 Qf4+ 39. Kg1 Kg7 40. Kh1
Qf1+ 41. Kh2 Qf4+ 42. Kg1 Qc1+ 43. Kf2 Qc2+ 44. Ke3 Qc3+ 45. Ke4 1/2-1/2

[Event "93rd ch-FRA 2018"]
[Site "Nimes FRA"]
[Date "2018.08.21"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Black "Le Roux, Jean-Pierre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[ECO "C50"]
[Opening "Giuoco Pianissimo"]
[WhiteFideId "613762"]
[BlackFideId "609404"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. h3 a6 7. a4 h6 8. Re1 d6
9. c3 Be6 10. Nbd2 Ba7 11. Nf1 d5 12. exd5 Bxd5 13. Bxd5 Nxd5 14. Nxe5 Nxe5 15.
Rxe5 Bxf2+ 16. Kh1 Re8 17. Rxe8+ Qxe8 18. Bxh6 Qe6 19. Qf3 Qxh6 20. Qxf2 Nf4 21.
Qf3 Rd8 22. d4 c5 23. Ng3 cxd4 24. Nf5 Qg5 25. Nxd4 Rd6 26. Rf1 Rf6 27. Qxb7 Kh7
28. Qe4+ g6 29. Ne2 Nh5 30. Rxf6 1-0

[Event "93rd ch-FRA 2018"]
[Site "Nimes FRA"]
[Date "2018.08.22"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Le Roux, Jean-Pierre"]
[Black "Gharamian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "D02"]
[Opening "Queen's bishop game"]
[WhiteFideId "609404"]
[BlackFideId "13301527"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. Nbd2 cxd4 6. exd4 Bf5 7. c3 e6 8. Qb3
Bd6 9. Bxd6 Qxd6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Rab8 12. a4 h6 13. Qa3 Qxa3 14. Rxa3 Rfc8
15. a5 Ne4 16. Nxe4 Bxe4 17. Nd2 Bg6 18. f4 b6 19. axb6 Rxb6 20. b4 Nxb4 21.
cxb4 Rc2 22. Rd1 Rxb4 23. Bd3 Rxd4 24. Bxc2 Bxc2 25. Rc1 Rxd2 26. Ra2 Rd1+ 27.
Rxd1 Bxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "93rd ch-FRA 2018"]
[Site "Nimes FRA"]
[Date "2018.08.22"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "C67"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "Berlin defence, open variation"]
[WhiteFideId "633429"]
[BlackFideId "605506"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ke8 10. h3 h5 11. Bf4 Be7 12. Rad1 Be6 13. Ng5 Rh6 14. g3 Bxg5
15. Bxg5 Rg6 16. Bf4 Nh4 17. Kh2 Nf3+ 18. Kg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "93rd ch-FRA 2018"]
[Site "Nimes FRA"]
[Date "2018.08.22"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Loiseau, Quentin"]
[Black "Gozzoli, Yannick"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "665274"]
[BlackFideId "616915"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 d6 7. c3 O-O 8. Nbd2
Re8 9. Re1 Bf8 10. Nf1 h6 11. Ng3 b5 12. Bc2 d5 13. h3 dxe4 14. dxe4 Qxd1 15.
Rxd1 Be6 16. Be3 g6 17. Nd2 h5 18. Nf3 Nh7 19. Bb3 Na5 20. Bxe6 Rxe6 21. b3 Be7
22. Rd5 f6 23. Rad1 Nb7 24. c4 bxc4 25. bxc4 Rc6 26. c5 Nf8 27. Ne1 a5 28. Rb1
Nd8 29. Rb5 Nde6 30. a4 Rca6 31. Rb7 R6a7 32. Rxa7 Rxa7 33. c6 Ra6 34. Nd3 Rxc6
35. Rxa5 Rc3 36. Nb2 Nd4 37. Ra8 Ba3 38. Rb8 Bxb2 39. Rxb2 Ra3 40. Rb7 Ra1+ 41.
Kh2 h4 42. Nh1 Nfe6 43. Ra7 Kf7 44. Ra8 Nc5 45. Rh8 g5 46. Rh7+ Ke6 47. Rxc7
Nxe4 48. Rc1 Rxa4 49. Re1 Nc2 50. Re2 Nxe3 51. Rxe3 f5 52. Re1 Ra2 53. Kg1 Nc3
54. Kf1 Nd5 55. Kg1 Nf4 56. Kf1 Nd3 57. Rd1 e4 58. Kg1 Ke5 59. Kf1 Kd4 60. Kg1
f4 0-1

[Event "93rd ch-FRA 2018"]
[Site "Nimes FRA"]
[Date "2018.08.22"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Labourdonnais-Loewenthal (Kalashnikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "603767"]
[BlackFideId "620084"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. N1c3 a6 7. Na3 Be6 8. Nc4
b5 9. Ne3 Nf6 10. g3 g6 11. Bg2 Bh6 12. O-O O-O 13. Bd2 Rb8 14. Kh1 Re8 15. a3
Bg7 16. Ncd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Ne7 18. c4 Nc8 19. Rc1 e4 20. Bc3 Qd7 21. f4 Nb6 22.
f5 Qe7 23. cxb5 axb5 24. Bxf6 Qxf6 25. fxg6 Qxg6 26. Rc7 Nc4 27. Rfxf7 Qxf7 28.
Rxf7 Kxf7 29. Bxe4 Nxe3 30. Qf3+ Kg8 31. Qxe3 Bxb2 32. Qd3 Re7 33. Bf5 Kh8 34.
Be6 Ra7 35. Qd2 Be5 36. Qe3 Rba8 37. Qb3 Rxa3 38. Qxb5 Ra2 39. Qb7 R2a7 40. Qc6
Ra6 41. Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "93rd ch-FRA 2018"]
[Site "Nimes FRA"]
[Date "2018.08.22"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "608742"]
[BlackFideId "613762"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 c5 3. Bg2 g6 4. c4 Bg7 5. Nc3 O-O 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Qc7 8. Nd5
Nxd5 9. cxd5 Qb6 10. Nb3 d6 11. O-O Qa6 12. Re1 Bd7 13. Nd4 Qa4 14. Qxa4 Bxa4
15. Be3 Bd7 16. Rac1 Na6 17. f4 Rac8 18. Red1 Nc7 19. Bf3 Nb5 20. Nxb5 Bxb5 21.
b3 a6 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Bxc1 Bd4+ 25. Kf1 f5 26. g4 Kf7 27. Bd2 b6
28. gxf5 gxf5 29. a4 Bd7 30. e3 Bf6 31. Bh5+ Kf8 32. Be2 b5 33. a5 e5 34. dxe6
Bxe6 35. Bd3 d5 36. Bb4+ Ke8 37. Bc5 Kd7 38. b4 Bc3 39. Kf2 Kc6 40. Be2 Bf7 41.
Bf3 Kd7 42. Ke2 Kc6 43. Kd3 Bf6 44. Bd1 Bd8 45. Bd4 Be7 46. Bc3 Bf8 47. Bc2 Be6
48. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "93rd ch-FRA 2018"]
[Site "Nimes FRA"]
[Date "2018.08.23"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Gozzoli, Yannick"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[WhiteFideId "616915"]
[BlackFideId "603767"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 e6 4. Nc3 Ne7 5. Nf3 d5 6. Be2 Nbc6 7. O-O dxe4 8. Nxe4
O-O 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 f5 11. Nc3 f4 12. Bc1 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Nb5 Be5 15.
Bf3 Qxd1 16. Rxd1 c6 17. Re1 Bb8 18. Nc3 Nf5 19. b3 Nd4 20. Be4 Bd6 21. Bb2 e5
22. Ne2 Ne6 23. Nc3 Ng5 24. Rad1 Be7 25. Bb1 Bg4 26. f3 Bxf3 27. gxf3 Nxf3+ 28.
Kf1 Nxe1 29. Rxe1 Rad8 30. Ne4 Bh4 31. Rc1 Rf5 32. Bc3 Rh5 33. Kg2 Be7 34. Rf1
Rf5 35. Bc2 Kf7 36. Nd2 Rg5+ 37. Kh1 Rh5 38. Nf3 Bf6 39. Be4 Ke6 40. Kg2 g5 41.
h3 g4 42. hxg4 Rg8 43. Nh2 Rhg5 44. Bxh7 Rxg4+ 45. Nxg4 Rxg4+ 46. Kf2 Bh4+ 47.
Ke2 Rg2+ 48. Kd3 Rxa2 49. Rh1 Bg5 50. Be4 Rf2 51. Rh5 Bf6 52. Rh7 Rf1 53. Ke2
Rg1 54. Rxb7 Rg3 55. Bd2 c5 56. Rxa7 Rxb3 57. Ra6+ Kf7 58. Rd6 Bg5 59. Rd3 Rb2
60. Kf3 Ke6 61. Kg4 Be7 62. Bd5+ Kf6 63. Be1 Rh2 64. Rb3 Kg7 65. Rb7 Kf8 66. Bc3
Rh4+ 67. Kf5 Rh5+ 68. Ke4 Bd6 69. Rd7 Rh3 70. Rxd6 1-0

[Event "93rd ch-FRA 2018"]
[Site "Nimes FRA"]
[Date "2018.08.23"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Black "Gharamian, Tigran"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "613762"]
[BlackFideId "13301527"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. f4 b5 4. Nf3 Bb7 5. d3 e6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7. g3 Nd4 8. Nxd4
cxd4 9. Nd1 Rc8 10. Bg2 Bb4+ 11. c3 dxc3 12. bxc3 Rxc3 13. O-O Rc8 14. Bb2 Nf6
15. g4 O-O 16. g5 Ne8 17. Ne3 Bc3 18. Bxc3 Rxc3 19. Rf3 f6 20. Raf1 Qe7 21. h4
Qd6 22. Nd1 Qc5+ 23. R1f2 Rc1 24. Kh2 f5 25. h5 Nd6 26. h6 fxe4 27. Rh3 Rxd1 28.
hxg7 Rxf4 29. Rxf4 Qg1+ 30. Kg3 Nf5+ 31. Rxf5 exf5 32. Kf4 Qd4 33. Qh5 exd3+ 34.
Kxf5 Rf1+ 0-1

[Event "93rd ch-FRA 2018"]
[Site "Nimes FRA"]
[Date "2018.08.23"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "E04"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "open, 5.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "608742"]
[BlackFideId "633429"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Nf3 c5 6. O-O Nc6 7. dxc5 Qxd1 8.
Rxd1 Bxc5 9. Nfd2 Na5 10. Na3 Bxa3 11. bxa3 Nd5 12. Ne4 O-O 13. Bd2 Nc6 14. Nc3
Rd8 15. Rab1 f6 16. Be1 Nxc3 17. Bxc3 Rxd1+ 18. Rxd1 Kf7 19. a4 Rb8 20. a5 Ke7
21. Be4 h6 22. Rc1 e5 23. e3 Be6 24. f4 1/2-1/2

[Event "93rd ch-FRA 2018"]
[Site "Nimes FRA"]
[Date "2018.08.23"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Loiseau, Quentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian defence"]
[WhiteFideId "605506"]
[BlackFideId "665274"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Re1 a6 7. Bc4 d6 8. Nd5
Nxd5 9. exd5 g6 10. Nxd4 cxd4 11. d3 h6 12. a4 Bg7 13. a5 O-O 14. Bd2 Re8 15.
Qf3 e5 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Bxe6 Rxe6 18. Rxe6 fxe6 19. c4 dxc3 20. bxc3 Rf8 21.
Qe2 Qf7 22. Rb1 d5 23. d4 Kh7 24. h4 Re8 25. g3 e5 26. dxe5 Rxe5 27. Qd3 h5 28.
Rb4 Re4 29. Rb6 Re6 30. Rb3 Re7 31. Be3 Rc7 32. Bd4 Bxd4 33. cxd4 Re7 34. Kg2
Kg7 35. Qb1 Rc7 36. Rb6 Re7 37. Qc2 Kh7 38. Qc8 Kg7 39. Rb3 Rc7 40. Qb8 Re7 41.
Rf3 Qe8 42. Qd6 Rd7 43. Qf6+ Kh7 44. Re3 Qf7 45. Qxf7+ Rxf7 46. Re6 Rd7 47. Kf3
Kg7 48. Ke3 Kf7 49. Rb6 Kg7 50. Kf4 Rf7+ 51. Ke5 Rxf2 52. Rxb7+ Kh6 53. Kxd5
Rf5+ 54. Ke6 Rxa5 55. d5 Ra3 56. d6 Re3+ 57. Kf7 Rxg3 58. d7 Rd3 59. Ke8 Re3+
60. Kd8 g5 61. Rb6+ Kg7 62. Kc7 Re7 63. hxg5 1-0

[Event "93rd ch-FRA 2018"]
[Site "Nimes FRA"]
[Date "2018.08.23"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Black "Le Roux, Jean-Pierre"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[ECO "C24"]
[Opening "Bishop's opening"]
[Variation "Berlin defence"]
[WhiteFideId "620084"]
[BlackFideId "609404"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 d5 5. Bb3 Bb4+ 6. Bd2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 a5 8.
a4 Nbd7 9. O-O O-O 10. Re1 Qc7 11. d4 exd4 12. exd5 c5 13. c4 dxc3 14. bxc3 Nb6
15. c4 Bf5 16. Bc2 Bxc2 17. Qxc2 Nc8 18. Ra3 Nd6 19. Rae3 Rae8 20. Ne5 Qc8 21.
Nb3 Nf5 22. R3e2 Nh4 23. h3 b6 24. Nd2 Ng6 25. Ndf3 Nd7 26. Nc6 Rxe2 27. Qxe2
Nf6 28. Nfe5 Qc7 29. Nxg6 hxg6 30. Qe5 Qxe5 31. Rxe5 Ne8 32. Rxe8 Rxe8 33. Kf1
b5 34. cxb5 c4 35. Nxa5 c3 36. Nb3 Re4 37. Nc1 Rxa4 38. Ke2 Rd4 39. b6 Rxd5 40.
b7 Rd8 41. Nd3 Kf8 42. Nb4 Rb8 43. Kd3 Rxb7 44. Kxc3 Ke7 45. Nd3 Kd6 46. Kd2 Kd5
47. Ke2 g5 48. Ne1 Rb3 49. Nf3 f6 50. Nd2 Ra3 51. g3 Ra1 52. Nf1 Ke6 0-1

[Event "93rd ch-FRA 2018"]
[Site "Nimes FRA"]
[Date "2018.08.24"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Le Roux, Jean-Pierre"]
[Black "Gozzoli, Yannick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Yugoslav variation"]
[WhiteFideId "609404"]
[BlackFideId "616915"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 c6 3. Bg2 Bg4 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 Nbd7 6. h3 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 e5 8. e4
dxe4 9. dxe4 Be7 10. Qe2 O-O 11. a4 a5 12. Na3 Qc7 13. Bd2 Bb4 14. c3 Be7 15.
Nc4 Nc5 16. Be3 b5 17. axb5 cxb5 18. Na3 b4 19. cxb4 axb4 20. Nc4 h6 21. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "93rd ch-FRA 2018"]
[Site "Nimes FRA"]
[Date "2018.08.24"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Gharamian, Tigran"]
[Black "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "B32"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Labourdonnais-Loewenthal (Kalashnikov) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13301527"]
[BlackFideId "620084"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N5c3 Nf6 8. Bd3
O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Nd5 Bg5 11. Nbc3 Bxc1 12. Rxc1 Nb6 13. Ne3 Be6 14. Qd2 Qg5
15. Rcd1 Rfd8 16. Kh1 Rac8 17. b3 Qh6 18. f3 a6 19. Qf2 Nd7 20. Rd2 Nf6 21. Rfd1
g6 22. Bf1 Qf8 23. Nc2 Qe7 24. Qb6 Rd7 25. Na4 Kg7 26. Rd3 Ne8 27. Qf2 Rdd8 28.
Nb6 Rb8 29. Qd2 h6 30. Qf2 Kh7 31. R3d2 Qc7 32. Nd5 Bxd5 33. exd5 Ne7 34. f4
exf4 35. Qxf4 Ng7 36. Nd4 Nef5 37. Nxf5 Nxf5 38. Bd3 Ng7 39. Rf2 Rf8 40. Qg3 f5
41. Re2 1/2-1/2

[Event "93rd ch-FRA 2018"]
[Site "Nimes FRA"]
[Date "2018.08.24"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "A06"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "603767"]
[BlackFideId "605506"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. e3 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. b3 Bd6 5. Bb2 O-O 6. Nc3 c5 7. Rc1 b6 8. cxd5
exd5 9. d4 Bb7 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O Re8 12. Re1 a6 13. Bf5 Nf8 14. Ne2 Ne4 15.
dxc5 bxc5 16. Bxe4 Rxe4 17. Ng3 Re8 18. Nf5 Ne6 19. Ne5 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Qg5 21.
Qf3 d4 22. e4 Qg6 23. h4 h5 24. Bd6 Rad8 25. Ne7+ Rxe7 26. Bxe7 Rd7 27. Bg5 d3
28. Bd2 a5 29. Qf5 Qg4 30. Qxg4 hxg4 31. Rc4 Bc6 32. e5 a4 33. Rxg4 axb3 34.
axb3 Nd4 35. Rb1 Rb7 36. b4 Ba4 37. f3 Bc2 38. Rxd4 cxd4 39. Ra1 Re7 40. Ra8+
Kh7 41. Rd8 Rxe5 42. Rxd4 f6 43. Bf4 Re1+ 44. Kf2 Re2+ 45. Kg3 Re6 46. Rd7 Kg6
47. h5+ Kxh5 48. Rxg7 Re1 49. Kh2 1-0

[Event "93rd ch-FRA 2018"]
[Site "Nimes FRA"]
[Date "2018.08.24"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "A19"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Mikenas-Carls, Sicilian variation"]
[WhiteFideId "633429"]
[BlackFideId "613762"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e6 3. e4 c5 4. e5 Ng8 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Ne7 9. Bf4 Nc6 10. Qe3 Bb4 11. Bd3 b6 12. Qg3 Kf8 13. Rc1 Bb7 14. O-O h6
15. Ne4 Ne7 16. Nd6 Bxd6 17. exd6 Nc6 18. Bd2 Qf6 19. b4 h5 20. b5 h4 21. Qe3
Nd8 22. f4 h3 23. g3 Rh5 24. Rce1 Qh6 25. g4 Rh4 26. Qg3 g6 27. g5 Qh5 28. Be2
Qh7 29. Rc1 f5 30. Be1 Rh5 31. Qc3 Nf7 32. Qf6 Re8 33. c5 bxc5 34. Rxc5 e5 35.
Rc7 Bd5 36. Bc3 Rxg5+ 37. fxg5 Qh4 38. Bxe5 Qxg5+ 39. Qxg5 Nxg5 40. Rxd7 Rxe5
41. Rf2 Ne4 42. Rd8+ Re8 43. Rxe8+ Kxe8 44. Rf3 Kd7 45. Rxh3 1-0

[Event "93rd ch-FRA 2018"]
[Site "Nimes FRA"]
[Date "2018.08.24"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Loiseau, Quentin"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "C70"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "fianchetto defence deferred"]
[WhiteFideId "665274"]
[BlackFideId "608742"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c3 d6 7. d4 Bd7 8. d5 Nce7
9. Bxd7+ Qxd7 10. c4 h6 11. Nc3 f5 12. a4 Nf6 13. a5 O-O 14. Qa4 Qc8 15. Nd2 g5
16. c5 dxc5 17. Qc4 Rf7 18. Qxc5 Ng6 19. exf5 Qxf5 20. Ra4 Bf8 21. Qc4 Nf4 22.
Nde4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Nd3 24. Qxf5 Rxf5 25. Rc4 Rf7 26. Rd1 Nb4 27. d6 Nc6 28. dxc7
Rxc7 29. Nd5 Rf7 30. Be3 Nxa5 31. Rg4 Kh7 32. h4 gxh4 33. Rxh4 Nc6 34. Bb6 Rc8
35. g4 Nd4 36. Bxd4 exd4 37. g5 Rf5 38. Rhxd4 Rxg5+ 39. Kf1 Bg7 40. R4d3 Rc2 41.
b3 Rf5 42. R1d2 Rxd2 43. Rxd2 Rf7 44. Ke2 a5 45. Ra2 b6 46. Kd3 Rf3+ 47. Kc4 h5
48. Nxb6 h4 49. Rxa5 h3 50. Rg5 Rf6 51. Nd5 Rc6+ 52. Kb5 h2 53. Kxc6 h1=Q 54. f4
Qc1+ 55. Kb7 Bd4 56. b4 Qc4 57. Kb8 Kh6 58. Kb7 Qe2 59. Kc6 Qa6+ 60. Kd7 Qb7+
61. Ke6 Qc6+ 62. Kf7 Bb2 63. Ne7 Qf6+ 64. Ke8 Qxf4 65. Rg6+ Kh5 66. b5 Bf6 0-1

[Event "93rd ch-FRA 2018"]
[Site "Nimes FRA"]
[Date "2018.08.25"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Gozzoli, Yannick"]
[Black "Gharamian, Tigran"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "616915"]
[BlackFideId "13301527"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. a4 Bb7 14. Rfe1
Nf6 15. Bd3 h6 16. a5 bxa5 17. Rxa5 Qc7 18. Rc1 Qd8 19. Re1 Qc7 20. Rc5 Qe7 21.
Qa5 Rfc8 22. Rxc8+ Rxc8 23. Qxa7 Qb4 24. Qa1 Rc3 25. Qb1 Qxb1 26. Bxb1 Rb3 27.
h3 Rb4 28. g4 g5 29. Kg2 Kg7 30. Kg3 Rb3 31. Kg2 Rb4 32. Kg3 Rb3 33. Kg2 Rb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "93rd ch-FRA 2018"]
[Site "Nimes FRA"]
[Date "2018.08.25"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Edouard, Romain"]
[Black "Loiseau, Quentin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2638"]
[BlackElo "2417"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "633429"]
[BlackFideId "665274"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. b3 f6 6. O-O e5 7. Re1 Ne7 8. c3
d5 9. Qe2 dxe4 10. Qxe4 Bf5 11. Qc4 Bd3 12. Qxc5 Qd7 13. Ba3 Nd5 14. Qd4 Bxb1
15. Bxf8 Bf5 16. Bxg7 O-O-O 17. Nxe5 fxe5 18. Bxe5 Rhg8 19. Bg3 h5 20. f3 Rde8
21. Re5 Rxe5 22. Qxe5 Kb7 23. Re1 Bg6 24. Qd4 Re8 25. Rxe8 Qxe8 26. h4 Qe6 27.
c4 Nb6 28. a4 Qd7 29. Qe5 Bc2 30. a5 Nc8 31. d4 Ka6 32. b4 Bd3 33. Qc5 Ne7 34.
d5 cxd5 35. b5+ Kb7 36. Bd6 Bxc4 37. a6+ Ka8 38. Bxe7 Bxb5 39. Bd6 Bxa6 40.
Qxd5+ Bb7 41. Qd4 Bc6 42. Qc5 Kb7 43. Bg3 Qd5 44. Qb4+ Qb5 45. Qe7+ Bd7 46. Be1
Qd5 47. Qa3 a5 48. Kh2 a4 49. Qb4+ Qb5 50. Qe7 Qd5 51. Bg3 Qb5 52. Qd6 Qc6 53.
Qb8+ Ka6 54. Bf2 Qb7 55. Qd6+ Qc6 56. Qd3+ Kb7 57. Qd4 Qc7+ 58. Bg3 Qc6 59. Bd6
Qb5 60. Bc5 Qc6 61. Qe5 Be8 62. Bd6 Bd7 63. Kg3 Qb5 64. Bc5 Be8 65. Kf4 Qc4+ 66.
Kg3 Qb5 67. Qd4 Qd7 68. Bd6 Qb5 69. Kf4 Bd7 70. Bc5 Be8 71. g4 hxg4 72. fxg4 Bd7
73. Qb4 Kc8 74. Qxb5 Bxb5 75. g5 Kd7 76. g6 Ke6 77. Kg5 Kd5 1-0

[Event "93rd ch-FRA 2018"]
[Site "Nimes FRA"]
[Date "2018.08.25"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2645"]
[BlackElo "2636"]
[ECO "C18"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer, advance variation"]
[WhiteFideId "608742"]
[BlackFideId "603767"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qa5 7. Bd2 Qa4 8. Qg4
g6 9. h4 Nc6 10. h5 Qxc2 11. hxg6 Qxg6 12. Qxg6 fxg6 13. Bd3 Kf7 14. Nf3 c4 15.
Bc2 Bd7 16. Ke2 Kg7 17. Rh3 h6 18. g4 b5 19. Nh4 Nge7 20. Rah1 h5 21. Rg1 hxg4
22. Rxg4 Kf7 23. Rhg3 Ke8 24. Nxg6 Nxg6 25. Rxg6 Kd8 26. Rf6 Kc7 27. Rf7 Raf8
28. Rxf8 Rxf8 29. Rg7 a5 30. f4 Kc8 31. Be3 b4 32. axb4 axb4 33. cxb4 Nxb4 34.
Kd2 Nxc2 35. Kxc2 Rh8 36. Rg3 Kc7 37. Bd2 Rh2 38. Kc3 Kc6 39. Bc1 Rf2 40. Bd2
Kb5 41. Bc1 Be8 42. Rg8 Rf3+ 43. Kc2 Bh5 44. Bd2 Kc6 45. f5 exf5 46. Rd8 f4 47.
Rd6+ Kb7 48. Rh6 Bg4 49. Rf6 Bd7 50. Rf7 Kc8 51. Rf8+ Kb7 52. Rf7 Kc8 53. Rf8+
Kc7 54. Rf7 Kc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "93rd ch-FRA 2018"]
[Site "Nimes FRA"]
[Date "2018.08.25"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Le Roux, Jean-Pierre"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2699"]
[BlackElo "2539"]
[ECO "C42"]
[Opening "Petrov"]
[Variation "classical attack, Marshall variation"]
[WhiteFideId "605506"]
[BlackFideId "609404"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. c4
c6 9. Nc3 Nxc3 10. bxc3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Bf5 12. Bd3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nd7 14. c4 Re8
15. g3 Qf6 16. Rb1 b6 17. Rd1 Nf8 18. Kg2 Qg6 19. a4 Qxd3 20. Rxd3 Nd7 21. Be3
g6 22. a5 Rab8 23. Ra1 Rec8 24. c5 Bc7 25. d5 bxc5 26. dxc6 Ne5 27. Rd5 Nxc6 28.
Rxc5 Bd6 29. Rd5 Bf8 30. Rd7 Rd8 31. Rc7 Rdc8 32. Rxc8 Rxc8 33. Rc1 Ne7 34. Rxc8
Nxc8 35. Ne5 a6 36. Nd7 Bd6 37. Kf3 f5 38. Nc5 Bxc5 39. Bxc5 Kf7 40. Kf4 Kf6 41.
Bd4+ Ke6 42. Kg5 Nd6 43. Kh6 Kf7 44. Kxh7 Ne4 45. Kh6 Nd2 46. Bc3 Ne4 47. Be1
Nc5 48. f3 Nd3 49. Bc3 Nc1 50. Kg5 Ne2 51. Bb2 Ng1 52. Kf4 Ke6 53. Ke3 g5 54. f4
g4 55. Bd4 Kd5 56. Bb6 Kc4 57. Kf2 Nh3+ 58. Ke2 Kc3 59. Bc5 Kc4 60. Ba7 Kc3 61.
Bb6 Kc4 62. Kd2 Kd5 63. Kd3 Kc6 64. Kc4 Kd6 65. Be3 1-0

[Event "93rd ch-FRA 2018"]
[Site "Nimes FRA"]
[Date "2018.08.25"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Black "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "chameleon variation"]
[WhiteFideId "613762"]
[BlackFideId "620084"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nge2 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nf5 Bxf5 7. exf5 Qd7 8.
Nd5 Nge7 9. f6 Nxd5 10. fxg7 Bxg7 11. Qxd5 Qe6 12. Bc4 Nd4 13. Qxe6+ fxe6 14.
Bd3 d5 15. f3 h5 16. Be3 Nf5 17. Bf2 Bh6 18. O-O Ne3 19. Rfe1 d4 20. c3 Kf7 21.
cxd4 exd4 22. Rac1 Rac8 23. Be4 b6 24. g3 e5 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Bxe3 Bxe3+ 27.
Kg2 Kf6 28. Re2 h4 29. Rc2 Rxc2+ 30. Bxc2 hxg3 31. Kxg3 Bf4+ 32. Kg2 Kg5 33. b3
Be3 34. Kg3 Bf4+ 35. Kg2 Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "93rd ch-FRA 2018"]
[Site "Nimes FRA"]
[Date "2018.08.26"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Gharamian, Tigran"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2614"]
[BlackElo "2699"]
[ECO "B42"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan, 5.Bd3"]
[WhiteFideId "13301527"]
[BlackFideId "605506"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Qb6 6. c3 Qc7 7. O-O d6 8. f4
Nd7 9. Qe2 Ngf6 10. Kh1 b6 11. c4 Bb7 12. Nc3 Be7 13. f5 e5 14. Nc2 h6 15. Be3
Nc5 16. Bxc5 Qxc5 17. b4 Qc7 18. Ne3 O-O 19. Ncd5 Qd8 20. Nxf6+ Bxf6 21. Nd5
Bxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "93rd ch-FRA 2018"]
[Site "Nimes FRA"]
[Date "2018.08.26"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Black "Gozzoli, Yannick"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[ECO "C84"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed defence"]
[WhiteFideId "620084"]
[BlackFideId "616915"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a3 O-O
9. Nc3 Na5 10. Ba2 Be6 11. b4 Bxa2 12. Rxa2 Nc6 13. Bg5 Ng4 14. Bd2 Nf6 15. Bg5
Ng4 16. Bd2 Nf6 17. Bg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "93rd ch-FRA 2018"]
[Site "Nimes FRA"]
[Date "2018.08.26"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Edouard, Romain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2636"]
[BlackElo "2638"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "603767"]
[BlackFideId "633429"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 g6 3. h4 h5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 Nf6 6. Bg5 Nc6 7. Qd2 Bg7 8.
O-O-O d6 9. f3 Qa5 10. Kb1 Nh7 11. Nd5 Nxg5 12. hxg5 Qxd2 13. Rxd2 Rb8 14. f4 a6
15. Nb6 Bd4 16. Nxc8 Rxc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "93rd ch-FRA 2018"]
[Site "Nimes FRA"]
[Date "2018.08.26"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Le Roux, Jean-Pierre"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2539"]
[BlackElo "2645"]
[ECO "A07"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack (Barcza system)"]
[WhiteFideId "609404"]
[BlackFideId "608742"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Nbd2 b6 7. c4 c6 8. Ne5
Nfd7 9. Nd3 Nf6 10. Ne5 Bb7 11. e4 dxc4 12. Ndxc4 b5 13. Ne3 Nbd7 14. Nd3 Qb6
15. e5 Ne8 16. a4 c5 17. a5 Qa6 18. d5 c4 19. d6 Bxd6 20. Nb4 Bxb4 21. Qxd7 Bxg2
22. Nxg2 Nf6 23. Qd1 Rfd8 24. Qe2 Nd5 25. Qg4 Bf8 26. Bg5 Rd7 27. Rfd1 Qc6 28.
Rd4 c3 29. bxc3 Nxc3 30. Rxd7 Qxd7 31. Nf4 Qd4 32. Re1 b4 33. Qf3 Rb8 0-1

[Event "93rd ch-FRA 2018"]
[Site "Nimes FRA"]
[Date "2018.08.26"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Loiseau, Quentin"]
[Black "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2417"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[ECO "B38"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, Maroczy bind, 6.Be3"]
[WhiteFideId "665274"]
[BlackFideId "613762"]
[EventDate "2018.08.18"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Be2
d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. Qd2 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Bd3 a5 13. Rae1 Nd7 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. Re3 h6 16. b3 Nf6 17. Be2 Qb6 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Rfe8 20. Re1 Qb4 21. Qc1
e5 22. dxe6 Rxe6 23. Bf3 Rae8 24. Rxe6 Rxe6 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. Qe3 e5 27. g3 b6
28. Kg2 Qc5 29. Qc3 Kf7 30. Qd2 e4 31. Be2 g5 32. Qb2 e3 33. fxe3 Qxe3 34. Bf3
h5 35. Qc2 g4 36. Bd5+ Kg7 37. Qf5 b5 38. a3 b4 39. axb4 axb4 40. Kf1 Qc1+ 41.
Kg2 Qb2+ 42. Kf1 Qa1+ 43. Kg2 Qb2+ 44. Kf1 Qd4 45. Kg2 Kh6 46. Qe6 Qd2+ 47. Kg1
Qd1+ 1/2-1/2

