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The 91st French Chess Championships took place in Agen 13th to 21st August 2016. Top seeds: Laurent Fressinet, Romain Edouard, Tigran Gharamian, Sebastien Maze, Christian Bauer, Sebastien Feller etc. Matthieu Cornette won with 6/9. Sophie Milliet won a tie-break blitz tournament from Natacha Benmesbah and Almira Skripchenko after all finished on 6.5/9.

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91st ch-FRA 2016 Agen FRA (FRA), 13-21 viii 2016															cat. XIV (2587)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Cornette, Matthieu	g	FRA	2581	*	½	0	½	1	1	½	½	1	1	6	2712
2.	Gozzoli, Yannick	g	FRA	2573	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	5½	2668
3.	Jolly, Jean-Francois	m	FRA	2361	1	½	*	0	0	1	½	½	1	1	5½	2692
4.	Fressinet, Laurent	g	FRA	2677	½	½	1	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	5	2620
5.	Edouard, Romain	g	FRA	2647	0	½	1	½	*	½	1	½	0	½	4½	2580
6.	Bauer, Christian	g	FRA	2620	0	½	0	½	½	*	0	1	1	1	4½	2583
7.	Gharamian, Tigran	g	FRA	2637	½	0	½	½	0	1	*	½	½	½	4	2538
8.	Maze, Sebastien	g	FRA	2627	½	0	½	½	½	0	½	*	½	1	4	2539
9.	Demuth, Adrien	g	FRA	2545	0	½	0	½	1	0	½	½	*	½	3½	2511
10.	Feller, Sebastien	g	FRA	2602	0	½	0	½	½	0	½	0	½	*	2½	2419

Round 1 (August 13, 2016)
Gozzoli, Yannick	- Fressinet, Laurent	½-½	72	E20	Nimzo Indian
Edouard, Romain	- Cornette, Matthieu	0-1	49	D31	Semi-Slav Defence
Bauer, Christian	- Demuth, Adrien	1-0	33	C77	Ruy Lopez Anderssen
Gharamian, Tigran	- Jolly, Jean-Francois	½-½	73	C95	Ruy Lopez Breyer
Maze, Sebastien	- Feller, Sebastien	1-0	61	C26	Vienna Game
Round 2 (August 14, 2016)
Gozzoli, Yannick	- Maze, Sebastien	1-0	39	E04	Catalan
Jolly, Jean-Francois	- Bauer, Christian	1-0	40	B12	Caro Kann Advanced
Fressinet, Laurent	- Cornette, Matthieu	½-½	41	A06	Zukertort Opening
Demuth, Adrien	- Edouard, Romain	1-0	42	A10	Dutch, QI and KID Systems
Feller, Sebastien	- Gharamian, Tigran	½-½	23	E21	Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
Round 3 (August 15, 2016)
Cornette, Matthieu	- Demuth, Adrien	1-0	34	C50	Giuoco Piano
Edouard, Romain	- Jolly, Jean-Francois	1-0	23	A07	Barcza System
Bauer, Christian	- Feller, Sebastien	1-0	30	C50	Giuoco Piano
Gharamian, Tigran	- Gozzoli, Yannick	0-1	39	B51	Sicilian Rossolimo
Maze, Sebastien	- Fressinet, Laurent	½-½	24	C48	Four Knights Rubinstein
Round 4 (August 16, 2016)
Gozzoli, Yannick	- Bauer, Christian	½-½	51	A41	Modern Defence
Jolly, Jean-Francois	- Cornette, Matthieu	1-0	23	C55	Two Knights Defence
Fressinet, Laurent	- Demuth, Adrien	½-½	46	D30	Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Maze, Sebastien	- Gharamian, Tigran	½-½	27	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Feller, Sebastien	- Edouard, Romain	½-½	45	C17	French Winawer
Round 5 (August 17, 2016)
Cornette, Matthieu	- Feller, Sebastien	1-0	30	A45	Trompowsky
Edouard, Romain	- Gozzoli, Yannick	½-½	41	A04	Dutch System
Bauer, Christian	- Maze, Sebastien	1-0	35	E60	King's Indian without Nc3
Gharamian, Tigran	- Fressinet, Laurent	½-½	24	C45	Scotch Game
Demuth, Adrien	- Jolly, Jean-Francois	0-1	75	D73	Gruenfeld 3.g3
Round 6 (August 18, 2016)
Gozzoli, Yannick	- Cornette, Matthieu	½-½	18	D38	QGD Ragozin
Fressinet, Laurent	- Jolly, Jean-Francois	1-0	61	D38	QGD Ragozin
Gharamian, Tigran	- Bauer, Christian	1-0	51	B01	Centre Counter
Maze, Sebastien	- Edouard, Romain	½-½	43	D05	Colle System
Feller, Sebastien	- Demuth, Adrien	½-½	23	B63	Sicilian Rauzer
Round 7 (August 19, 2016)
Cornette, Matthieu	- Maze, Sebastien	½-½	41	E06	Catalan
Jolly, Jean-Francois	- Feller, Sebastien	1-0	41	B90	Sicilian Najdorf Variation
Edouard, Romain	- Gharamian, Tigran	1-0	60	C65	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Bauer, Christian	- Fressinet, Laurent	½-½	40	B31	Sicilian Rossolimo
Demuth, Adrien	- Gozzoli, Yannick	½-½	26	D97	Gruenfeld Russian
Round 8 (August 20, 2016)
Gozzoli, Yannick	- Jolly, Jean-Francois	½-½	31	D38	QGD Ragozin
Fressinet, Laurent	- Feller, Sebastien	½-½	50	B52	Sicilian Rossolimo
Bauer, Christian	- Edouard, Romain	½-½	50	B20	Sicilian Wing Gambit
Gharamian, Tigran	- Cornette, Matthieu	½-½	42	B31	Sicilian Rossolimo
Maze, Sebastien	- Demuth, Adrien	½-½	24	B66	Sicilian Rauzer
Round 9 (August 21, 2016)
Cornette, Matthieu	- Bauer, Christian	1-0	35	B03	Alekhine's Defence
Jolly, Jean-Francois	- Maze, Sebastien	½-½	44	B33	Sicilian Sveshnikov
Edouard, Romain	- Fressinet, Laurent	½-½	58	A81	Dutch Leningrad
Demuth, Adrien	- Gharamian, Tigran	½-½	24	D35	QGD Exchange
Feller, Sebastien	- Gozzoli, Yannick	½-½	59	C48	Four Knights Rubinstein

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ch-FRA w 2016 Agen FRA Sat 13th Aug 2016 - Sun 21st Aug 2016 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	Rtg	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts	TB1
1	MILLIET, Sophie	m	2354		1	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	6½	27½
2	BENMESBAH, Natacha	mf	2244	0		1	½	1	1	1	1	1	0	6½	27¼
3	SKRIPCHENKO, Almira	m	2452	½	0		½	1	1	1	½	1	1	6½	24¼
4	COLLAS, Silvia	m	2296	½	½	½		½	½	½	1	½	1	5½	22½
5	MAISURADZE, Nino	gf	2297	½	0	0	½		½	1	0	1	1	4½	16
6	BOLLENGIER, Andreea	mf	2233	0	0	0	½	½		1	1	½	½	4	14¼
7	SAFRANSKA, Anda	gf	2226	½	0	0	½	0	0		1	½	1	3½	12¾
8	NAVROTESCU, Andreea-Cristiana	mf	2297	0	0	½	0	1	0	0		1	1	3½	12¼
9	MONPEURT, Cyrielle	ff	2136	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	0		1	2½	8½
10	FISCHER, Julie	ff	2071	½	1	0	0	0	½	0	0	0		2	11¾
10 players

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ch-FRA Accession 2016 Agen FRA Sat 13th Aug 2016 - Sun 21st Aug 2016 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	Perf
1	CHABANON Jean-Luc	g	FRA	2458	8	41½	2747
2	LAGARDE Maxime	g	FRA	2572	7	43	2625
3	DEGRAEVE Jean-Marc	g	FRA	2586	6½	43	2564
4	DUBOUE Peio	f	FRA	2397	6½	40	2534
5	LOISEAU Quentin	m	FRA	2434	6	39	2478
6	COLLAS Didier	m	FRA	2388	6	37½	2442
7	ROULER Charly	f	FRA	2333	6	37	2480
8	HOUSIEAUX David	m	FRA	2431	6	34½	2405
9	PHILIPPE Guillaume	f	FRA	2335	5½	39	2379
10	LE ROUX Jean-Pierre	g	FRA	2564	5½	38½	2417
11	FAVAREL Antoine	f	FRA	2376	5½	38½	2400
12	VEYS Vincent	f	FRA	2352	5½	38	2404
13	VELTEN Paul	m	FRA	2485	5½	37½	2404
14	COTONNEC Melkior	m	FRA	2295	5½	35½	2404
15	MULLER Anthony		FRA	2241	5½	35½	2357
16	VALUET Bertrand	f	FRA	2274	5½	35	2376
17	DESLANDES Pascal	f	FRA	2302	5½	34	2402
18	SAMOUN Florent		FRA	2242	5½	31	2361
19	LE CORRE Benjamin	f	FRA	2319	5	42½	2408
20	STEPHAN Victor	f	FRA	2380	5	42	2412
21	DIONISI Thomas	f	FRA	2377	5	40½	2406
22	TOUZANE Olivier	m	FRA	2288	5	39½	2376
23	NAVROTESCU Catalin	m	FRA	2352	5	38	2368
24	GIACOMINI Hector		FRA	2239	5	35½	2362
25	GROLLEMUND Bertrand		FRA	2187	5	30½	2328
26	LE HETET Nicolas		FRA	2281	4½	40	2380
27	SOCHACKI Christophe	m	FRA	2424	4½	38	2512
28	BURRI Quentin	f	FRA	2294	4½	36½	2285
29	CALISTRI Tristan	m	FRA	2305	4½	35	2280
30	MIDONET Matthieu		FRA	2251	4½	34	2243
31	SAADA Julien	f	FRA	2255	4½	32½	2238
32	RABINEAU Clement	f	FRA	2249	4½	31½	2289
33	WELLER Jean-Luc		ENG	2256	4½	30	2309
34	MSELLEK Ilyass		FRA	2302	4½	29	2212
35	DEBRAY Christopher	m	FRA	2321	4	37½	2355
36	VERNEUIL Pascal		FRA	2203	4	35	2253
37	NEIMAN Emmanuel	f	FRA	2288	4	35	2252
38	LE GOFF Ronan	f	FRA	2324	4	35	2240
39	VIDAL Llewellyn		FRA	2202	4	34	2227
40	GOLDSZTEJN Gildas	m	FRA	2432	4	34	2223
41	HUTOIS Mickael		FRA	2255	4	33½	2156
42	KOLLAR Romain		FRA	2021	4	33	2157
43	MOUCHEROUD Jeremy		FRA	2262	4	31½	2209
44	MEYNARD Thibault		FRA	2252	4	29½	2256
45	DEVALLEE Jeremie		FRA	2284	4	26	2180
46	GARCIA Olivier		FRA	2231	3½	34	2171
47	FAVAREL Camille		FRA	2229	3½	33½	2273
48	MANCINI Mario	f	FRA	2278	3½	33½	2213
49	RENAZE Luc	f	FRA	2255	3½	30½	2150
50	FAVAREL Julien	f	FRA	2303	3½	30	2152
63 players

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ch-FRA w TB 2016 Agen FRA Sat 13th Aug 2016 - Sun 21st Aug 2016 Leading Final Round 6 Standings:
Rk	Name	FED	Rtg	Gms	1	2	3	Pts
1	Milliet, Sophie	FRA	2354	3	**	1	11	3.0
2	Skripchenko, Almira	FRA	2452	3	0	**	1½	1.5
3	Benmesbah, Natacha	FRA	2244	3	00	0½	**	0.5
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