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The 93rd French Chess Championship took place in Nimes 18th to 26th August 2018. In the Championship there was a three way tie for first between Tigran Gharamian, Yannick Gozzoli and Romain Edouard tied on 6/9. After a blitz tie-break all-play-all Gharamian and Edouard tied and played a further tie-break match won by Gharamian after winning a final Armageddon game. Things were a little cleaner in the women's event Pauline Guichard scored 7.5/9 a point clear of Sophie Milliet.

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93rd ch-FRA 2018 Nimes FRA (FRA), 18-26 viii 2018															cat. XIV (2599)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0
1.	Gharamian, Tigran	g	FRA	2614	*	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	6	2722
2.	Gozzoli, Yannick	g	FRA	2596	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	1	6	2724
3.	Edouard, Romain	g	FRA	2638	0	½	*	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	6	2719
4.	Fressinet, Laurent	g	FRA	2645	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	½	1	5½	2673
5.	Bacrot, Etienne	g	FRA	2699	½	½	½	½	*	0	½	1	1	1	5½	2667
6.	Bauer, Christian	g	FRA	2636	½	0	½	½	1	*	½	½	½	½	4½	2594
7.	Cornette, Matthieu	g	FRA	2593	½	½	0	½	½	½	*	0	½	½	3½	2519
8.	Le Roux, Jean-Pierre	g	FRA	2539	½	½	0	0	0	½	1	*	0	½	3	2480
9.	Maze, Sebastien	g	FRA	2612	0	0	0	½	0	½	½	1	*	½	3	2472
10.	Loiseau, Quentin	m	FRA	2417	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	*	2	2399

Round 1 (August 18, 2018)
Gozzoli, Yannick	- Maze, Sebastien	1-0	51	E21	Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
Edouard, Romain	- Le Roux, Jean-Pierre	1-0	43	E21	Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
Fressinet, Laurent	- Gharamian, Tigran	½-½	62	E40	Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Bacrot, Etienne	- Cornette, Matthieu	½-½	40	E21	Nimzo Indian 4.Nf3
Loiseau, Quentin	- Bauer, Christian	½-½	54	C02	French Advance
Round 2 (August 19, 2018)
Gharamian, Tigran	- Edouard, Romain	1-0	41	B63	Sicilian Rauzer
Gozzoli, Yannick	- Bacrot, Etienne	½-½	38	E97	King's Indian Classical
Cornette, Matthieu	- Fressinet, Laurent	½-½	40	C84	Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Le Roux, Jean-Pierre	- Loiseau, Quentin	½-½	42	B23	Sicilian Closed
Maze, Sebastien	- Bauer, Christian	½-½	39	B81	Sicilian Keres Attack
Round 3 (August 20, 2018)
Edouard, Romain	- Cornette, Matthieu	1-0	28	A05	Various
Fressinet, Laurent	- Gozzoli, Yannick	½-½	23	A28	English Four Knights
Bacrot, Etienne	- Maze, Sebastien	1-0	34	B48	Sicilian Paulsen
Bauer, Christian	- Le Roux, Jean-Pierre	½-½	79	A54	Old Indian Defence
Loiseau, Quentin	- Gharamian, Tigran	0-1	50	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Round 4 (August 21, 2018)
Gharamian, Tigran	- Bauer, Christian	½-½	27	B00	Owen or Nimzowitsch Defence
Gozzoli, Yannick	- Edouard, Romain	½-½	31	D41	Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Bacrot, Etienne	- Fressinet, Laurent	½-½	41	C53	Giuoco Piano
Cornette, Matthieu	- Loiseau, Quentin	½-½	45	A11	Reti Opening
Maze, Sebastien	- Le Roux, Jean-Pierre	1-0	30	C50	Giuoco Piano
Round 5 (August 22, 2018)
Edouard, Romain	- Bacrot, Etienne	½-½	18	C67	Ruy Lopez Berlin
Fressinet, Laurent	- Maze, Sebastien	½-½	48	A05	Various
Bauer, Christian	- Cornette, Matthieu	½-½	41	B32	Sicilian Labourdonnais
Le Roux, Jean-Pierre	- Gharamian, Tigran	½-½	27	D02	Queen's Pawn Game
Loiseau, Quentin	- Gozzoli, Yannick	0-1	60	C84	Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Round 6 (August 23, 2018)
Gozzoli, Yannick	- Bauer, Christian	1-0	70	A40	Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Fressinet, Laurent	- Edouard, Romain	½-½	24	E04	Catalan
Bacrot, Etienne	- Loiseau, Quentin	1-0	63	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Cornette, Matthieu	- Le Roux, Jean-Pierre	0-1	52	C24	Bishop's Opening
Maze, Sebastien	- Gharamian, Tigran	0-1	34	B23	Sicilian Closed
Round 7 (August 24, 2018)
Gharamian, Tigran	- Cornette, Matthieu	½-½	41	B32	Sicilian Labourdonnais
Edouard, Romain	- Maze, Sebastien	1-0	45	A19	English Opening
Bauer, Christian	- Bacrot, Etienne	1-0	49	A06	Zukertort Opening
Le Roux, Jean-Pierre	- Gozzoli, Yannick	½-½	21	A07	Barcza System
Loiseau, Quentin	- Fressinet, Laurent	0-1	66	C70	Ruy Lopez
Round 8 (August 25, 2018)
Gozzoli, Yannick	- Gharamian, Tigran	½-½	33	D41	Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Edouard, Romain	- Loiseau, Quentin	1-0	77	B30	Sicilian Rossolimo
Fressinet, Laurent	- Bauer, Christian	½-½	54	C18	French Winawer
Bacrot, Etienne	- Le Roux, Jean-Pierre	1-0	65	C42	Petroff's Defence
Maze, Sebastien	- Cornette, Matthieu	½-½	35	B23	Sicilian Closed
Round 9 (August 26, 2018)
Gharamian, Tigran	- Bacrot, Etienne	½-½	21	B42	Sicilian Paulsen
Bauer, Christian	- Edouard, Romain	½-½	16	B23	Sicilian Closed
Cornette, Matthieu	- Gozzoli, Yannick	½-½	17	C84	Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Le Roux, Jean-Pierre	- Fressinet, Laurent	0-1	33	A07	Barcza System
Loiseau, Quentin	- Maze, Sebastien	½-½	47	B38	Sicilian Maroczy Bind

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ch-FRA w 2018 Nimes FRA Sat 18th Aug 2018 - Sun 26th Aug 2018 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	Rtg	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Pts	TB1
1	Pauline GUICHARD	gf	2365		1	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	7½	28¾
2	Sophie MILLIET	m	2389	0		1	½	1	½	1	½	1	1	6½	24¾
3	Cecile HAUSSERNOT	mf	2198	1	0		1	1	1	1	0	1	0	6	28½
4	Maria LECONTE	gf	2224	½	½	0		1	1	½	½	½	1	5½	22¼
5	Andreea-Cristiana NAVROTESCU	mf	2247	0	0	0	0		1	1	1	1	1	5	14½
6	Natacha BENMESBAH	mf	2255	0	½	0	0	0		1	1	1	1	4½	13¼
7	Anda SAFRANSKA	gf	2193	0	0	0	½	0	0		1	1	1	3½	9¼
8	Cyrielle MONPEURT	ff	2175	0	½	1	½	0	0	0		0	½	2½	12¾
9	Andreea BOLLENGIER	mf	2219	0	0	0	½	0	0	0	1		1	2½	6¾
10	Anaelle AFRAOUI	ff	2041	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	½	0		1½	7¼
10 players

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93rd ch-FRA TB 2018 Nimes FRA Sat 18th Aug 2018 - Sun 26th Aug 2018 Leading Final Round 6 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Gms	1	2	3	Pts	TB1
1	Edouard, Romain	GM	FRA	2638	4	**	1½	½½	2.5	4.75
2	Gharamian, Tigran	GM	FRA	2614	4	0½	**	11	2.5	3.25
3	Gozzoli, Yannick	GM	FRA	2596	4	½½	00	**	1.0
3 players

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ch-FRA Accession 2018 Nimes FRA Sat 18th Aug 2018 - Sun 26th Aug 2018 Leading Final Round 9 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	Pts	TB1	Perf
1	LAGARDE Maxime	g	FRA	2607	7½	38	2630
2	FAVAREL Julien	f	FRA	2249	7	38½	2599
3	VELTEN Paul	g	FRA	2464	6½	40½	2552
4	MULLON Jean-Baptiste	m	FRA	2356	6½	38½	2483
5	DUBOUE Peio	f	FRA	2390	6½	34½	2470
6	MOUHAMAD Joachin	f	FRA	2194	6½	33	2496
7	MONROY Charles	m	FRA	2428	5½	43	2459
8	RIFF Jean-Noel	g	FRA	2510	5½	42½	2467
9	O'SULLIVAN Thomas	f	FRA	2293	5½	41½	2479
10	BAILET Pierre	m	FRA	2496	5½	39	2434
11	HUTOIS Mickael		FRA	2220	5½	38	2421
12	JOIE Sebastien	m	FRA	2424	5½	38	2394
13	DI NICOLANTONIO Lucas	f	FRA	2379	5½	38	2343
14	VIENNOT Dylan	f	FRA	2319	5½	36½	2343
15	MEUNIER Clement	f	FRA	2307	5½	36	2321
16	NAJART David		FRA	2226	5½	35	2408
17	PHILIPPE Guillaume	f	FRA	2357	5	38½	2360
18	BUJISHO Benjamin	m	FRA	2334	5	38½	2327
19	BARSEGHYAN Harutyun	m	FRA	2474	5	38	2389
20	TERNAULT Mathieu	f	FRA	2340	5	37	2355
21	LE GOFF Ronan	f	FRA	2328	5	36½	2295
22	PUCHER Sebastien	f	FRA	2283	5	35½	2319
23	DELEVA Michael	f	FRA	2337	5	34	2288
24	LOUIS Thibault	f	FRA	2199	5	33	2353
25	RABINEAU Clement	f	FRA	2294	5	30½	2300
26	SIM Sylvain	f	FRA	2213	5	30	2300
27	LUTARD Theo		FRA	2126	4½	37	2338
28	CALISTRI Tristan	m	FRA	2303	4½	36	2235
29	MULLER Anthony		FRA	2278	4½	34	2297
30	DALAUD Dorian		FRA	2031	4½	34	2246
31	GAUTIER Anand		FRA	2222	4½	31½	2286
32	BRETHES Francois		FRA	2265	4½	29	2275
33	DUDOGNON Thibault	f	FRA	2295	4½	28	2251
34	FRUCHARD Cyrille		FRA	2240	4	40½	2349
35	DEBRAY Christopher	m	FRA	2345	4	35½	2236
36	VIEL Simon	f	FRA	2318	4	35	2219
37	DAESCHLER Florian		FRA	2266	4	34½	2266
38	MIDOUX Sebastien		FRA	2272	4	34	2257
39	MAZZELLA Enzo		FRA	2297	4	34	2215
40	WILLEMS Niels		FRA	2339	4	32	2214
41	GAO Etienne		FRA	2202	3½	35	2234
42	VIDAL Llewellyn		FRA	2304	3½	34	2158
43	GUADALPI David	f	FRA	2289	3½	32	2176
44	SCHMIT Vincent		FRA	2249	3½	30½	2223
45	COTONNEC Melkior	m	FRA	2351	3½	30½	2153
46	ALBARIC Etienne		FRA	2223	3½	30	2207
47	DEVALLEE Jeremie	f	FRA	2213	3½	29½	2195
48	DEGARDIN Sylvain		FRA	2239	3½	29	2167
49	MEYNARD Thibault		FRA	2242	3½	28	2124
50	BACROT Alexandre		FRA	2231	3½	27½	2121
61 players

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93rd ch-FRA TB2 2018 Nimes FRA Sat 18th Aug 2018 - Sun 26th Aug 2018 Leading Final Round 3 Standings:
Rk	Name	Ti	FED	Rtg	1	2	3	Pts
1	Gharamian, Tigran	GM	FRA	2614	0	1	1	2
2	Edouard, Romain	GM	FRA	2638	1	0	0	1
2 players

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