Vachier-Lagrave Wins French Champs
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (pictured) won the 2011 French Chess Championships with a score of 7/11, half a point ahead of four challengers in a close contest.
Vachier-Lagrave won three games and remained undefeated to take the title.
The 20-year old Vachier-Lagrave is the #1 ranked French player and this isn't his first senior national title - he previously won the championship back in 2007 as a 16 year-old!
Vachier-Lagrave was also the 2009 World Junior Champion and is currently ranked at #22 in the world.
The final cross-table:
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 2722 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 7 |
| Fressinet, Laurent | 2698 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 6½ |
| Bacrot, Etienne | 2710 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 6½ |
| Istratescu, Andrei | 2645 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 6½ |
| Feller, Sebastien | 2666 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6½ |
| Edouard, Romain | 2587 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Bauer, Christian | 2637 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 5 |
| Dorfman, Iossif | 2578 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 5 |
| Le Roux, Jean-Pierre | 2517 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | ½ | 4½ |
| Hamdouchi, Hicham | 2628 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | 0 | 4½ |
| Bricard, Emmanuel | 2502 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 4½ |
| Shchekachev, Andrei | 2537 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | * | 3½ |
With a round still remaining in the women's championship, Sophie Milliet has already sealed a comfortable victory, leading by 1½ points on 6½/9.
| Milliet, Sophie | 2355 | 6½ |
| Maisuradze, Nino | 2329 | 5 |
| Leconte, Maria | 2327 | 4½ |
| Guichard, Pauline | 2305 | 4 |
| Bollengier, Andreea | 2207 | 4 |
| Collas, Silvia | 2323 | 3 |
Games during the championship were only broadcast online after a 30 minutes delay as an anti-cheating measure.
The official website has more information on the championships (in French).
