The French National Championships are taking place from 9th to 21st August in Belfort. The men and National B Championship are 12-player round robin events. The young GM Romain Edouard is currently leading the main tournament with 5 points from six games, followed by the top seeded Grandmasters Etienne Bacrot and Laurent Fressinet.

The Women Championship is a six-player double round robin with the average elo of 2333. After the first half of the tournament, IM Almira Skripchenko is leading with four points, full point ahead of IM Sophie Milliet.




The list of players is given bellow

Men Championship:
1. Etienne BACROT 2721
2. Laurent FRESSINET 2697
3. Vladislav TKACHIEV 2639
4. Romain EDOUARD 2620
5. Christian BAUER 2612
6. Hicham HAMDOUCHI 2600
7. Andrei SOKOLOV 2596
8. Iossif DORFMAN 2583
9. Jean-Marc DEGRAEVE 2569
10. Matthieu CORNETTE 2543
11. Aliaksei CHARNUSHEVICH 2497
12. Emmanuel BRICARD 2478
Average elo - 2596,25


Women Championship:
1. Almira SKRIPCHENKO 2458
2. Sophie MILLIET 2367
3. Maria LECONTE 2337
4. Silvia COLLAS 2333
5. Pauline GUICHARD 2320
6. Marina ROUMEGOUS 2181
Average elo - 2333


National B:
1. Andrei SHCHEKACHEV 2546
2. Manuel APICELLA 2529
3. ÉRIC PRIE 2529
4. Yannick GOZZOLI 2520
5. Anatoli VAISSER 2515
6. Jean-Pierre LE ROUX 2495
7. Kevin TERRIEUX 2437
8. David HOUSIEAUX 2423
9. Pierre BAILET 2425
10. Maxime LAGARDE 2414
11. Jean-François JOLLY 2411
12. Yohan BENITAH 2382
Average elo - 2468,83