[Event "Top 16"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"55"]
[EventDate "20.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Montpellier"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Be2 Qc7 12. e4 e5 13. g3 Re8 14. a3 Bb7 15. dxe5
Nxe5 16. Bg5 Nxf3+ 17. Bxf3 Be5 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Bg4 Rad8 20. Rac1 Rxd1+ 21.
Rxd1 Rd8 22. Bf5 h6 23. Kg2 Kg7 24. Qe2 Bxc3 25. Qg4+ Kf8 26. bxc3 Rxd1 27.
Qxd1 c5 28. f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top 16"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Hamdouchi, Hichem"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2599"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"133"]
[EventDate "20.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Montpellier"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. d4
d6 9. c3 Bg4 10. d5 Na5 11. Bc2 c6 12. h3 Bc8 13. dxc6 Qc7 14. Nbd2 Qxc6 15.
Nf1 Nc4 16. Ng3 Re8 17. a4 Be6 18. Ng5 Bd7 19. b3 Na5 20. Bd2 Qb7 21. axb5 axb5
22. Qe2 Rec8 23. Ra2 Nc6 24. Rxa8 Rxa8 25. b4 Nd8 26. Bb3 h6 27. Nf3 Ra3 28.
Qd1 Bc6 29. Bc2 Ne6 30. Qc1 Qa8 31. Nh4 Bf8 32. Nhf5 Kh7 33. Ne3 g6 34. Ng4 Ng8
35. h4 h5 36. Nh2 Nf6 37. Qd1 Be7 38. Nf3 Kg7 39. Ng5 Nxg5 40. hxg5 Nh7 41. Qc1
Ra7 42. Bd3 Qd8 43. c4 bxc4 44. Qxc4 Bd7 45. f4 Rc7 46. Qd5 exf4 47. Bxf4 Nxg5
48. e5 Bc6 49. exd6 Bxd5 50. dxc7 Qa8 51. Rxe7 Ne6 52. Be5+ Kh6 53. Rxf7 h4 54.
Ne4 h3 55. Nf6 Qa7+ 56. Kh2 Qa2 57. Ng4+ Kg5 58. Rf2 Qa8 59. gxh3 Bb7 60. Rf6
Qa2+ 61. Nf2 Qd5 62. h4+ Kxh4 63. Bg3+ Kg5 64. Be4 Qd7 65. Rxg6+ Kh5 66. Rxe6
Qxe6 67. Bxb7 1-0

[Event "Top 16"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2612"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"123"]
[EventDate "20.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Montpellier"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bxf3 6. Qxf3 e6 7. Nc3 Nbd7 8. Bd2
Bd6 9. O-O-O O-O 10. Kb1 dxc4 11. Bxc4 c5 12. Bb3 Qe7 13. Qxb7 a5 14. Na4 Rfb8
15. Qf3 cxd4 16. exd4 Bb4 17. Bf4 Bd6 18. Be3 Qe8 19. Qc6 Bf8 20. Rc1 Rb4 21.
Rhe1 Qb8 22. Bf4 Qa7 23. Bd2 Rb7 24. Be3 Qb8 25. Re2 Nb6 26. Nxb6 Rxb6 27. Qc7
Qxc7 28. Rxc7 a4 29. Bd1 Nd5 30. Rc4 a3 31. Bb3 g6 32. Rec2 Rbb8 33. Bd2 axb2
34. Rxb2 Ra3 35. Rbc2 h5 36. g3 Kg7 37. Bc3 h4 38. g4 g5 39. Bd2 Kg6 40. Rc6
Ra7 41. Rc8 Raa8 42. Rxb8 Rxb8 43. Rc6 Bb4 44. Bc1 Nc3+ 45. Kc2 Ne2 46. Be3 Ng1
47. d5 Nxh3 48. dxe6 fxe6 49. Bxe6 Nf4 50. Bd5+ Kg7 51. Rc7+ Kg6 52. Rc6+ Kg7
53. Bd4+ Kf8 54. Bc4 Ke7 55. Be5 Kd7 56. Rc7+ Kd8 57. Rh7 Rb6 58. a4 Ng6 59.
Bd4 Rd6 60. Be3 Nf4 61. Bb3 Bd2 62. Bc5 1-0

[Event "Top 16"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Kosten, Anthony C"]
[Black "Fontaine, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"113"]
[EventDate "20.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Montpellier"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. g3 g6 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8.
Nf3 e5 9. Bc5 a5 10. Rc1 Nd7 11. Ba3 Bf8 12. Bxf8 Kxf8 13. d4 Kg7 14. O-O Nxd4
15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Qxd4+ Nf6 17. Qf4 c6 18. e4 Qe7 19. e5 Nd7 20. Rfe1 Nc5 21.
Qe3 Rd8 22. Red1 Be6 23. f4 a4 24. Bf3 h5 25. Ne2 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Ra5 27. Nd4
Kh7 28. Qc3 Ra8 29. Qa3 Re8 30. Rc1 Nd7 31. Qxa4 Bh3 32. Qb3 Nf8 33. a3 Rd8 34.
Qc3 Bg4 35. Bxg4 hxg4 36. Nc2 Ne6 37. Ne3 Nd4 38. Kf2 Nb5 39. Qe1 Kg7 40. Rd1
Rh8 41. Kg2 c5 42. Qe2 Nd4 43. Qxg4 Qc7 44. h4 Qc6+ 45. Kf2 Re8 46. Rd2 Qe4 47.
Qd1 Re6 48. Nc2 Rb6 49. Nxd4 cxd4 50. Qf3 Qb1 51. Qd3 Qh1 52. Qxd4 Qh2+ 53. Kf1
Qh1+ 54. Qg1 Qf3+ 55. Qf2 Qh1+ 56. Qg1 Qf3+ 57. Qf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top 16"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Palac, Mladen"]
[Black "Prie, Eric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2553"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"84"]
[EventDate "20.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Montpellier"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nf3 Bg4 4. Be2 Nc6 5. O-O O-O-O 6. h3 Bh5 7. d3 e6 8.
Be3 Nf6 9. Nbd2 Rg8 10. d4 g5 11. g4 Bg6 12. c4 Qd7 13. Bxg5 Be7 14. Be3 h5 15.
Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Nh7 17. Qb3 Ng5 18. Kg2 Qc6+ 19. f3 Nxh3 20. Kxh3 hxg4+ 21.
Kh2 Rg7 22. Rg1 Rh8+ 23. Kg3 gxf3 24. Bxf3 Bd3+ 25. Kf4 Rh4+ 26. Rg4 Rhxg4+ 27.
Bxg4 Bg5+ 28. Kg3 Bf5 29. Rg1 Bxe3 30. Qxe3 Rxg4+ 31. Kf2 Rxg1 32. Kxg1 b6 33.
b3 a5 34. a3 Kb7 35. b4 axb4 36. axb4 Qa4 37. Qc3 Qc2 38. Qxc2 Bxc2 39. Kf2 Kc8
40. Ke3 Kd7 41. Kd4 Ke7 42. c5 bxc5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top 16"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Libiszewski, Fabien"]
[Black "Govciyan, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2481"]
[BlackElo "2411"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"100"]
[EventDate "20.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Montpellier"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 d6 5. O-O Bd7 6. c3 g6 7. d4 Bg7 8. Re1 b5
9. Bc2 exd4 10. cxd4 Bg4 11. Be3 Nge7 12. Nc3 O-O 13. Qd2 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Qd7 15.
Ne2 f5 16. Bb3+ Kh8 17. Nf4 fxe4 18. Be6 Qe8 19. fxe4 Rxf4 20. Bxf4 Nxd4 21.
Bg4 g5 22. Be3 c5 23. e5 Bxe5 24. Bxd4 cxd4 25. Rac1 Qg6 26. Rc7 Nd5 27. Rc6
Nf6 28. Bf3 Rf8 29. Rxa6 g4 30. Bg2 Qh5 31. Kf1 Qxh2 32. Ra8 Rxa8 33. Bxa8 g3
34. Bg2 gxf2 35. Qxf2 Kg7 36. Rc1 Ng4 37. Rc7+ Kh6 38. Qf8+ Kg5 39. Qg8+ Kf4
40. Rf7+ Bf6 41. Qa8 Qg3 42. Qe4+ Kg5 43. Qd5+ Kh6 44. Rxf6+ Nxf6 45. Qxd4 Ng4
46. Bc6 b4 47. a4 bxa3 48. bxa3 Qh3+ 49. Kg1 Qg3+ 50. Kf1 Qh3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top 16"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Leconte, Maria"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2478"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"75"]
[EventDate "20.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Montpellier"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. d3 h6 6. Ne2 a6 7. Ba4 b5 8. Bb3
Bb7 9. Ng3 Ne7 10. Nh4 c5 11. Nh5 Nxh5 12. Qxh5 Rf8 13. f4 Qc7 14. fxe5 Bxe5
15. Nf3 Bf6 16. c4 bxc4 17. Bxc4 d5 18. exd5 O-O-O 19. Qg4+ Qd7 20. Qxd7+ Rxd7
21. Be3 Nxd5 22. Bxc5 Re8+ 23. Kf2 Bxb2 24. Rab1 Bf6 25. Rhc1 Nc3 26. Rb3 Re2+
27. Kf1 Nxa2 28. Rcb1 Rc2 29. Rxb7 Rxb7 30. Bxa6 Rc1+ 31. Rxc1 Nxc1 32. d4 Kc7
33. Bxb7 Kxb7 34. Ne5 Nb3 35. Bf8 Nxd4 36. Nxf7 Ne6 37. Bd6 Kc6 38. Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top 16"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Benmesbah, Natacha"]
[Black "Levacic, Damir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2284"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"55"]
[EventDate "20.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Montpellier"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 Nf6 5. h3 c6 6. f4 d5 7. e5 Ne4 8. Nxe4
dxe4 9. Bc4 b5 10. Bb3 a5 11. a4 e6 12. Ne2 bxa4 13. Bxa4 Ba6 14. O-O Qb6 15.
Qd2 Qb4 16. Rfe1 f5 17. exf6 Qxd2 18. Bxd2 Bxf6 19. Bc3 Kf7 20. Ng3 Rd8 21.
Nxe4 Bxd4+ 22. Bxd4 Rxd4 23. c3 Rd8 24. Ng5+ Kf6 25. Rxe6+ Kf5 26. Bc2+ Kxf4
27. Nf7 Rd2 28. Ra4+ 1-0

[Event "Top 16"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Black "Dobrev, Nanko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"129"]
[EventDate "20.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Antibes"]
[BlackTeam "Grasse"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 a6 7. Qc2 dxc4 8. Bxc4
c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. O-O b5 12. Bd3 Qb6 13. Ne5 Ra7 14. Nxd7 Rxd7
15. Ne4 Nxe4 16. Bxe4 f5 17. Bf3 Be7 18. Be5 Qc5 19. Qxc5 Bxc5 20. Rxd7 Bxd7
21. Rd1 Rf7 22. Rc1 Bb6 23. Bc7 Bxc7 24. Rxc7 a5 25. h4 Kf8 26. Ra7 a4 27. Ra6
Ke7 28. Be2 Kd8 29. f4 Re7 30. Kf2 e5 31. a3 exf4 32. exf4 b4 33. Bf3 bxa3 34.
bxa3 Kc7 35. Ra7+ Kd6 36. Ra6+ Kc5 37. Ra7 Kd6 38. Ra5 Re8 39. Rd5+ Ke6 40.
Re5+ Kd6 41. Rd5+ Ke6 42. Rd3 Rc8 43. g4 Rc2+ 44. Kg3 Ke7 45. g5 Rb2 46. Bd5
Bb5 47. Re3+ Kd6 48. Bg8 Bc6 49. Bxh7 Be4 50. h5 Rg2+ 51. Kh3 Rg1 52. Bg6 Kd5
53. Kh2 Rh1+ 54. Kg3 Kd4 55. Re2 Ra1 56. Kf2 Rxa3 57. Rd2+ Kc4 58. Rd1 Rf3+ 59.
Ke2 Rxf4 60. Rd7 Rh4 61. h6 a3 62. Rxg7 Rh2+ 63. Ke3 Kb3 64. Ra7 Rh3+ 65. Kf4
1-0

[Event "Top 16"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Eliet, Nicolas"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"96"]
[EventDate "20.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Grasse"]
[BlackTeam "Antibes"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 Bc5 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 Nge7 6. Nge2 Ba7 7. a3 O-O 8. b4
d6 9. Bb2 Rb8 10. d3 Be6 11. Nd5 Qd7 12. O-O Ng6 13. Qd2 Nd8 14. e4 b5 15. cxb5
axb5 16. d4 Bxd5 17. exd5 f5 18. dxe5 dxe5 19. Kh1 Nf7 20. Rac1 Nd6 21. f4 e4
22. Nd4 Bxd4 23. Qxd4 Nc4 24. Ba1 Rf7 25. a4 Nb6 26. axb5 Qxd5 27. Rfd1 Qxb5
28. Bf1 Qa4 29. Qc3 Qe8 30. b5 Rd8 31. Qb3 Rxd1 32. Rxd1 Nf8 33. Be2 Qe6 34.
Qc3 Nd5 35. Qd4 Nb6 36. Qc3 Nd5 37. Qd4 Rd7 38. Qe5 Qxe5 39. Bxe5 g6 40. Bf1
Ne3 41. Re1 Nxf1 42. Rxf1 Ne6 43. Rc1 Kf7 44. Kg1 Ke7 45. Rc6 Rd1+ 46. Kf2 Kd7
47. Rc4 Rd5 48. Rb4 Nc5 0-1

[Event "Top 16"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Parligras, Mircea"]
[Black "Di Paolo, Raffaele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"79"]
[EventDate "20.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Antibes"]
[BlackTeam "Grasse"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Be7 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nfd7 6. Bd3 c5 7. c3 Nc6 8. O-O
g5 9. dxc5 Nxc5 10. Bb5 Bd7 11. Qe2 a6 12. Bxc6 Bxc6 13. Nd4 Qd7 14. N2b3 Bb5
15. Nxb5 Qxb5 16. Qxb5+ axb5 17. Nxc5 Bxc5 18. Bxg5 Rg8 19. h4 Ra4 20. b3 Rg4
21. Kh2 Re4 22. a4 bxa4 23. Rxa4 Rxa4 24. bxa4 Kd7 25. Be3 Rc8 26. Kg3 Bxe3 27.
fxe3 Ke8 28. Rc1 Rc4 29. a5 Re4 30. Kf3 Kd7 31. Rb1 Kc7 32. g4 Rxe5 33. Rb4 f6
34. Rf4 h5 35. Rxf6 hxg4+ 36. Kxg4 Rxe3 37. Rf3 Re1 38. h5 Rh1 39. Rh3 Rg1+ 40.
Kf4 1-0

[Event "Top 16"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Andonov, Bogomil"]
[Black "Miralles, Gilles"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"63"]
[EventDate "20.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Grasse"]
[BlackTeam "Antibes"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.
dxc5 Bxc5 9. a3 O-O 10. b4 Be7 11. Nc3 Be6 12. Bb2 Rc8 13. Rc1 Qd7 14. e3 Rfd8
15. Re1 h6 16. Ne2 Bg4 17. Qb3 Ne4 18. Ned4 Bf6 19. Nxc6 Rxc6 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21.
Ne5 Qf5 22. Nxg4 Qxg4 23. f3 Rxf3 24. Bxf3 Qxf3 25. Rf1 Qe2 26. Rc2 Nd2 27. Rb1
Re8 28. Rcb2 d4 29. exd4 Nxb3 30. Rxe2 Rxe2 31. Rxb3 Rd2 32. Rc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top 16"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Bijaoui, Manuel"]
[Black "Karim, Ismael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"115"]
[EventDate "20.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Antibes"]
[BlackTeam "Grasse"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Be7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Re8 8.
f4 Bf8 9. Bf3 c5 10. Nde2 Nc6 11. b3 Bd7 12. a4 a6 13. Bb2 Rb8 14. Qd3 Nb4 15.
Qd2 Bc6 16. Ng3 d5 17. e5 Ne4 18. Bxe4 dxe4 19. Qe2 c4 20. bxc4 e3 21. Rad1 Qc8
22. Bc1 b5 23. axb5 axb5 24. Nxb5 Bxb5 25. cxb5 Qxc2 26. Bxe3 Qxe2 27. Nxe2 f6
28. b6 fxe5 29. fxe5 Nc6 30. Nc3 Nxe5 31. Nd5 Nc4 32. Bf2 Re6 33. Rfe1 Rxe1+
34. Rxe1 Kf7 35. Rc1 Nd6 36. Rc7+ Ke6 37. Nf4+ Ke5 38. Nd3+ Kd5 39. Nb4+ Ke4
40. Na6 Ra8 41. Ra7 Rc8 42. Nc5+ Kd5 43. b7 Nxb7 44. Rxb7 Bxc5 45. Bxc5 Kxc5
46. Rxg7 Rh8 47. Rd7 Kc6 48. Rd3 Kc7 49. Kf2 Rd8 50. Re3 Kd7 51. Kf3 Re8 52.
Rxe8 Kxe8 53. Kf4 Kf7 54. Kg5 Kg7 55. h4 Kf7 56. Kh6 Kg8 57. g4 Kh8 58. g5 1-0

[Event "Top 16"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Shoker, Samy"]
[Black "Acher, Mathieu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"71"]
[EventDate "20.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Grasse"]
[BlackTeam "Antibes"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 g6 3. Nf3 Bg7 4. O-O Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. Nc3 Nc6 7. Rb1 a6 8. b4
d4 9. Na4 Nd5 10. Bd2 e5 11. Qc1 Qd6 12. a3 b6 13. Re1 Bd7 14. c4 dxc3 15. Nxc3
Nxc3 16. Bxc3 Rac8 17. Qb2 Nd4 18. Nd2 Bg4 19. e3 Ne2+ 20. Rxe2 Bxe2 21. Ne4
Qxd3 22. Re1 Bg4 23. Bxe5 f6 24. Nxf6+ Bxf6 25. Bxf6 Qf5 26. Qa2+ Rf7 27. Ba1
Kf8 28. Bd5 Bf3 29. Be6 Qh5 30. Bxc8 Be4 31. Qe2 Rf5 32. Qf1 Rf7 33. Bh3 Rd7
34. Bd4 c5 35. bxc5 bxc5 36. Bxc5+ 1-0

[Event "Top 16"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Perez, Flavio"]
[Black "Forestier, Flavien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2165"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"81"]
[EventDate "20.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Antibes"]
[BlackTeam "Grasse"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. g3 dxe4 6. dxe4 e5 7. c3 a5 8. Bg2
Bc5 9. O-O O-O 10. Qe2 b6 11. Nc4 Ba6 12. Bg5 Qe7 13. Bh3 h6 14. Bxf6 Qxf6 15.
Kg2 Qe7 16. b3 Rfd8 17. Rfd1 Rxd1 18. Rxd1 Rd8 19. Rd5 f6 20. Qd3 Bd6 21. Nh4
Qf7 22. Nf5 Ne7 23. Nfxd6 Nxd5 24. Nxf7 Nf4+ 25. gxf4 Rxd3 26. Be6 Kf8 27. Nh8
Bb7 28. Ng6+ Ke8 29. Bf5 exf4 30. Nxf4 Rxc3 31. Ne6 Rc2 32. Nxc7+ Kf7 33. Be6+
Kg6 34. Bd5 Bc8 35. e5 Bf5 36. e6 Rc3 37. f3 Rc2+ 38. Kg3 Re2 39. Nd6 Bd3 40.
Be4+ Bxe4 41. fxe4 1-0

[Event "Top 16"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Forestier, Carole"]
[Black "Albaladejo, Sylviane"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2096"]
[BlackElo "1210"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"65"]
[EventDate "20.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Grasse"]
[BlackTeam "Antibes"]

1. d4 c6 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. e4 Nf6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Nfd7 8. Bf4
Nf6 9. h3 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Nh5 11. Bh2 b6 12. e5 d5 13. g4 f6 14. gxh5 f5 15. cxd5
c5 16. dxe6 Nb8 17. d5 Bxe6 18. dxe6 Nc6 19. Qe2 a6 20. Rad1 Qc8 21. Nd5 Qxe6
22. Bc4 Kh8 23. Nf6 Qc8 24. Nd7 b5 25. Be6 Qe8 26. Nxf8 Qxf8 27. Qc2 g6 28. Bd5
Rc8 29. e6 Nb4 30. Qc3+ Qg7 31. Be5 Rg8 32. h6 Bf6 33. Bxf6 1-0

[Event "TOP 16"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Black "Svetushkin, Dimitry"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"126"]
[BlackTeam " "]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. e4 h6 13. e5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15.
Bd3 Qe7 16. g4 Bg6 17. Nh2 Rac8 18. Bxg6 fxg6 19. f4 Rc4 20. Nf3 Rfc8 21. Qd3
Qf7 22. Rf1 Rc2 23. Rb1 Nf8 24. Be3 Qc7 25. Rfc1 Qc4 26. Qxc4 R8xc4 27. Kf1 a6
28. Rd1 Nd7 29. b3 R4c3 30. Ne1 Ra2 31. Rd2 Ra3 32. Rdb2 Rxe3 33. Nc2 Bc3 34.
Nxe3 Bxb2 35. Rxb2 Ra1+ 36. Ke2 Nb8 37. Kd3 Nc6 38. f5 gxf5 39. gxf5 exf5 40.
Rf2 g6 41. Nxd5 Rd1+ 42. Kc3 Kf7 43. Rf4 Rc1+ 44. Kd3 b5 45. axb5 axb5 46. Kd2
Rh1 47. h4 Rh2+ 48. Kc3 Rh3+ 49. Kb2 Rd3 50. Kc2 Rxd4 51. Rxd4 Nxd4+ 52. Kc3
Ne6 53. Kb4 g5 54. hxg5 hxg5 55. Kxb5 g4 56. Nc3 Nf4 57. Kc6 g3 58. Kd7 g2 59.
Ne2 Nxe2 60. e6+ Kf6 61. e7 g1=Q 62. e8=Q Qd4+ 63. Kc8 Qc5+ 1-0

[Event "TOP16"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "1610.03.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2652"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"185"]
[BlackTeam " "]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Re1
Re8 9. Bf1 exd4 10. Nxd4 c6 11. Nb3 a5 12. Rb1 a4 13. Nd4 a3 14. b4 Ng4 15.
Qxg4 Bxd4 16. Qg3 Nf6 17. Bg5 Qb6 18. Be3 Bxe3 19. Qxe3 Qxe3 20. Rxe3 Be6 21.
Rd1 Ng4 22. Ree1 Ne5 23. Rxd6 Bxc4 24. Bxc4 Nxc4 25. Rd7 Rad8 26. Red1 Rxd7 27.
Rxd7 Kf8 28. Kf1 Re7 29. Rd8+ Kg7 30. Ke2 f5 31. f3 fxe4 32. Nxe4 Nb6 33. Kd2
Nd5 34. b5 Nf4 35. bxc6 bxc6 36. g3 Nd5 37. Ra8 Rb7 38. Rxa3 Rb2+ 39. Kd3 Rxa2
40. Rxa2 Nb4+ 41. Kc4 Nxa2 42. Kc5 h6 43. Kxc6 Nb4+ 44. Kc5 Nc2 45. Kd5 Ne1 46.
Nd2 Kf6 47. Ke4 h5 48. Nc4 Nc2 49. Ne3 Na3 50. Nd5+ Ke6 51. Nc3 Kf6 52. Kf4 g5+
53. Ke4 Nc4 54. Kd4 Na5 55. Kd5 Nb3 56. Ne4+ Kf5 57. Nd6+ Kf6 58. Nc4 Kf5 59.
Nd6+ Kf6 60. Ke4 Ke6 61. Nc4 Nc5+ 62. Ke3 Nd7 63. f4 gxf4+ 64. gxf4 Nf6 65. Kf3
Ng4 66. h3 Nf6 67. Ne3 Ne8 68. Nf1 Kf6 69. Ng3 Kg6 70. Ne4 Ng7 71. Nd6 Kf6 72.
Ke4 Ne6 73. Nc4 Nc5+ 74. Ke3 Ne6 75. Nd6 Nc7 76. Ke4 Ne6 77. Nb7 Nc7 78. Nc5
Nb5 79. Ke3 Nc7 80. Ne4+ Kg6 81. Ng3 Ne8 82. Kf3 Nd6 83. h4 Nb7 84. f5+ Kh6 85.
Ke4 Nc5+ 86. Kd4 Nb3+ 87. Kd5 Nc1 88. Ke6 Nd3 89. Ne2 Nc5+ 90. Ke7 Nd3 91. f6
Ne5 92. Nf4 Nc6+ 93. Ke8 1-0

[Event "TOP 16"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "1620.03.20"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2634"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"64"]
[BlackTeam " "]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. c5 Nh5 8. Bd3
Nxf4 9. exf4 b6 10. b4 a5 11. a3 c6 12. O-O Qc7 13. g3 Ba6 14. Re1 Bf6 15. Ne5
Bxe5 16. fxe5 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Ra7 18. Reb1 b5 19. a4 axb4 20. Rxb4 f6 21. exf6
Nxf6 22. Qe2 Re8 23. Re1 bxa4 24. Rxa4 Rxa4 25. Nxa4 Qa5 26. Nb6 e5 27. dxe5
Qxc5 28. Qb2 Ne4 29. Rc1 Qa5 30. Ra1 Qc5 31. Rc1 Qa5 32. Ra1 Qc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "TOP 16"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "1620.03.20"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Koch, Jean-René"]
[Black "Sebag, Marie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2529"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"129"]
[BlackTeam " "]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. exd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 Nxc3 7. bxc3 g6
8. d4 Bg7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Nc6 11. Re1 Bg4 12. Be4 e6 13. h3 Bxf3 14. Qxf3
Rc8 15. a4 Re8 16. Ba3 Qd7 17. Reb1 b6 18. Bd3 Red8 19. Ba6 Rc7 20. Rd1 Nb8 21.
Bb5 Qc8 22. Rac1 Rd5 23. Qg3 Nc6 24. Bd6 Rd7 25. Bf4 h6 26. h4 h5 27. Bg5 Rc7
28. Bf4 Rcd7 29. Re1 Re7 30. Bg5 Re8 31. Qf3 a6 32. Bxc6 Qxc6 33. c4 Rd6 34.
Qxc6 Rxc6 35. d5 Rd6 36. Bf4 Rd7 37. Rb1 Rc8 38. dxe6 fxe6 39. Rxe6 Rxc4 40.
Bg3 Rxa4 41. Rbxb6 Rd1+ 42. Kh2 Raa1 43. Be5 Bxe5+ 44. Rxe5 Rd4 45. Rxg6+ Kf7
46. Rgg5 Rxh4+ 47. Kg3 Rah1 48. Ref5+ Ke7 49. Ra5 Rc4 50. Rxh5 Rxh5 51. Rxh5
Ra4 52. f4 Ra2 53. Kf3 Ra3+ 54. Kg4 Kf6 55. Rh6+ Kg7 56. Rb6 a5 57. Ra6 Kf7 58.
Kh5 Ra1 59. g4 a4 60. Kg5 a3 61. f5 a2 62. Ra7+ Ke8 63. f6 Kd8 64. f7 Rf1 65.
Kg6 1-0

[Event "TOP 16"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Cornette, Mathieu"]
[Black "Pucher, Olivier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2526"]
[BlackElo "2338"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"67"]
[BlackTeam " "]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. a3 Nd7 6. Be2 h6 7. O-O Ne7 8. Nbd2
Nc8 9. b3 Ncb6 10. c4 c5 11. b4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bh7 13. c5 Nc8 14. Bb2 Be7 15. c6
bxc6 16. Nxc6 Qb6 17. Rc1 O-O 18. Bd4 Qb7 19. Na5 Qb8 20. Ba6 Ncb6 21. Bb7 Nxe5
22. Bxa8 Nxa8 23. f4 Nd3 24. Rc3 Bf6 25. Bxf6 Qb6+ 26. Kh1 gxf6 27. Qf3 Qd4 28.
Rc6 Nb6 29. Rc7 Be4 30. Nc6 Qb2 31. Ne7+ Kg7 32. Nxe4 dxe4 33. Qg3+ Kh7 34. Ng6
1-0

[Event "TOP 16"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "1620.03.20"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Neiman, Emmanuel"]
[Black "Cossin, Sebastien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E61"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"66"]
[BlackTeam " "]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 d6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 g5 7. Bg3 Nh5 8. e3 e6
9. Be2 Nc6 10. a3 Qe7 11. Qc2 Nxg3 12. hxg3 g4 13. Nh4 h5 14. O-O-O Bd7 15. Kb1
O-O-O 16. Rc1 Kb8 17. Bd3 Qe8 18. f4 gxf3 19. gxf3 Ne7 20. d5 exd5 21. Nxd5
Nxd5 22. cxd5 Qxe3 23. Bf5 c5 24. f4 Bb5 25. Rce1 Qd4 26. Rd1 Ba4 27. Qc1 Bxd1
28. Rxd1 Qf2 29. Bd3 c4 30. Bxc4 Rc8 31. b3 Rxc4 32. bxc4 Qxg3 33. Qc2 Qxh4 0-1

[Event "TOP 16"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Belkhodja, Slim"]
[Black "Hisler, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C30"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2238"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"59"]
[BlackTeam " "]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Bc5 4. d3 Nf6 5. f4 d6 6. Nf3 a6 7. f5 h6 8. Qe2 O-O
9. Nd5 Nxd5 10. Bxd5 Nd4 11. Nxd4 Bxd4 12. c3 Ba7 13. Be3 c6 14. Bb3 d5 15.
Bxa7 Rxa7 16. O-O d4 17. Qf2 Kh7 18. cxd4 Qxd4 19. Qxd4 exd4 20. Rac1 f6 21. g4
Rd8 22. h4 g6 23. fxg6+ Kxg6 24. Rf4 Rd6 25. h5+ Kg5 26. Rcf1 Bxg4 27. Rxg4+
Kxg4 28. Bd1+ Kg3 29. Rf3+ Kh4 30. Kh2 1-0

[Event "TOP 16"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Leclair, Marie"]
[Black "Guilleux, Fabien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B59"]
[WhiteElo "1987"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"66"]
[BlackTeam " "]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8.
O-O O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Bf3 a5 11. Nd5 a4 12. Nd2 Bxd5 13. exd5 Nb4 14. c4 Nd7
15. a3 Na6 16. b4 axb3 17. Nxb3 Bg5 18. Bd2 Bxd2 19. Qxd2 Nac5 20. Nxc5 Nxc5
21. Qc2 f5 22. g3 Qg5 23. Bg2 f4 24. Rfe1 Rf6 25. a4 Raf8 26. Ra3 fxg3 27. hxg3
Rxf2 28. Qxf2 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Qd2+ 30. Kf1 Nd3 31. Rxd3 Qxd3+ 32. Kf2 Qxc4 33. a5
Qc5+ 0-1

[Event "TOP 16"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Black "Vaisser, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"75"]
[BlackTeam " "]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. Bg5 h6
8. Be3 Nd5 9. Bd3 Nxe3 10. fxe3 Bd6 11. e4 e5 12. dxe5 Bc5 13. Bb5+ c6 14.
Qxd8+ Kxd8 15. Bc4 Ke7 16. a4 Be6 17. Bxe6 Kxe6 18. Ke2 Rhd8 19. Rhd1 Bb6 20.
Rd3 Rxd3 21. cxd3 Rd8 22. a5 Bd4 23. a6 b6 24. Rc1 c5 25. b4 Rd7 26. Rc4 g6 27.
g3 g5 28. h3 Rd8 29. bxc5 bxc5 30. Nxd4+ cxd4 31. Rc7 Rd7 32. Rb7 Ke7 33. Kf3
h5 34. h4 gxh4 35. gxh4 Kd8 36. Rb4 Kc7 37. Kf4 Kc6 38. Kf5 1-0

[Event "TOP 16"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Glek, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"80"]
[BlackTeam " "]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 e6 3. d4 d5 4. e5 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nh6 6. Na3 cxd4 7. cxd4 Bxa3 8.
bxa3 Nf5 9. Bb2 Qa5+ 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. Bc3 Qxa3 12. Rb1 b6 13. Bd3 Qe7 14. O-O
O-O 15. Rfc1 Rab8 16. Qf4 f6 17. Bxf5 exf5 18. Re1 Rbc8 19. h4 h6 20. Bd2 Rfe8
21. Rb3 Qf7 22. Rbe3 Re7 23. exf6 Rxe3 24. Rxe3 Qxf6 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. Rxe5 Qf7
27. Qg3 Kh7 28. Qa3 Be6 29. Qd6 Re8 30. Bf4 Kg8 31. Re3 Qd7 32. Qxd7 Bxd7 33.
Rxe8+ Bxe8 34. Kf1 Bb5+ 35. Ke1 Bc4 36. a3 Kf7 37. Kd2 Ke6 38. Kc3 Kd7 39. g3
h5 40. Be5 g6 1/2-1/2

[Event "TOP 16"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Kallai, Gabor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D94"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"84"]
[BlackTeam " "]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Bd3 O-O 7. O-O Bg4 8. h3
Bxf3 9. Qxf3 e6 10. Rd1 Nbd7 11. b3 Re8 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Bf1 a6 14. Qe2 Rac8 15.
Rac1 Nh5 16. g4 Nhf6 17. Bg2 Red8 18. f4 Ne8 19. Nb1 f5 20. g5 Bf8 21. Nd2 Nd6
22. c5 Ne8 23. h4 h5 24. Bc3 Ra8 25. Ba5 Rdc8 26. Rc2 Qf7 27. a4 Be7 28. b4 Bd8
29. Nb3 Bxa5 30. Nxa5 Nf8 31. Qd2 Qe7 32. Ra1 Rab8 33. Bf1 Qd7 34. Rb2 Nc7 35.
Rab1 Ne8 36. b5 axb5 37. axb5 Ra8 38. bxc6 bxc6 39. Rb6 Rc7 40. Rb8 Rxb8 41.
Rxb8 Rc8 42. Rb6 Rc7 1-0

[Event "TOP 16"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Roos, Daniel"]
[Black "Brunner, Nicolas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2413"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"83"]
[EventDate "1620.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Bf5 5. O-O h6 6. c4 e6 7. Be3 dxc4 8. dxc4
Nbd7 9. Nc3 Be7 10. a3 a5 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. Na4 Ne4 13. Rfd1 Nec5 14. Nxc5 Nxc5
15. Qc3 Ne4 16. Qc1 e5 17. b4 axb4 18. axb4 O-O 19. Qb2 Bf6 20. c5 Ng5 21. Nxg5
hxg5 22. Bd2 Rxa1 23. Qxa1 Bc2 24. Rc1 Bb3 25. Qa3 Be6 26. Bc3 Bg4 27. Qb2 Rd8
28. Be4 Qd7 29. f3 Bf5 30. Qc2 Be6 31. Kf2 g4 32. Qb2 gxf3 33. exf3 Bg5 34. Ra1
Bc4 35. h4 f5 36. Bc2 Bf6 37. Rd1 Qc8 38. Rxd8+ Qxd8 39. Bb3 Bxb3 40. Qxb3+ Kh8
41. Qe6 Qd3 42. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "TOP 16"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Philippe, Christophe"]
[Black "Varga, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2458"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"58"]
[BlackTeam " "]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bxe7 Qxe7 8.
Bd3 Qb4 9. O-O Nxc3 10. bxc3 Qxc3 11. Rb1 Qa3 12. Ng5 Qe7 13. Qh5 g6 14. Qh6
Qf8 15. Qh4 h6 16. Nf3 Qe7 17. Qf4 Na5 18. Rfc1 Bd7 19. Qd2 b6 20. c4 dxc4 21.
Bxc4 Bc6 22. Bb5 Bxb5 23. Rxb5 c6 24. Rb2 O-O-O 25. Qc3 Rd5 26. Nd2 Kb8 27. Ne4
Rhd8 28. h3 Ka8 29. Rb4 Qb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "TOP 16"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Roos, Louis"]
[Black "Nezar, Mustapha"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A47"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"147"]
[BlackTeam " "]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 c5 4. Bd3 b6 5. Qe2 Bb7 6. c3 Be7 7. O-O Ne4 8. a4
O-O 9. a5 d6 10. a6 Bd5 11. c4 Bc6 12. Nc3 Nf6 13. e4 cxd4 14. Nxd4 e5 15. Nf5
g6 16. Nxe7+ Qxe7 17. b4 Nh5 18. b5 Bd7 19. Nd5 Qd8 20. f4 Be6 21. fxe5 dxe5
22. g4 Bxd5 23. exd5 Nf4 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. Qf3 Qd6 26. Rae1 Nd7 27. Qxf4 Qxf4
28. Rxf4 Rfe8 29. Rfe4 Kf8 30. Kf2 Nc5 31. Rxe8+ Rxe8 32. Rxe8+ Kxe8 33. Bc2 h6
34. Ke3 Ke7 35. h4 g5 36. hxg5 hxg5 37. Bf5 Kd6 38. Kd4 Nb3+ 39. Kc3 Nc5 40.
Kd4 Nb3+ 41. Ke3 Ke5 42. Bd7 Nc5 43. Be8 f6 44. Bg6 Nb3 45. Bf5 Nc5 46. Bd3 Nd7
47. Bg6 Nc5 48. Be8 Nb3 49. Bc6 Nc5 50. d6 Kxd6 51. Kd4 Nxa6 52. Bd5 Nc5 53.
Bg8 a5 54. bxa6 Nxa6 55. Bh7 Nb4 56. Ke4 Nc6 57. Bg8 Ne5 58. Kf5 Ke7 59. Bd5
Nf7 60. Kg6 Nd6 61. Bg8 Ne4 62. Kf5 Ng3+ 63. Kg6 Ne2 64. Kf5 Nf4 65. Ke4 Ng6
66. Kf5 Ne5 67. Bd5 Nf7 68. Kg6 Ne5+ 69. Kf5 Nd3 70. Be4 Nf4 71. Bf3 Kf7 72.
Be4 Ne2 73. Bd5+ Ke7 74. Bg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "TOP 16"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "1.7"]
[White "Genzling, Alain"]
[Black "Reinhart, Emmanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2309"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"125"]
[EventDate "1620.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Qxd5 5. Nc3 Qd6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. d4 e6 8.
Bd3 Nc6 9. O-O Be7 10. Nb5 Qd8 11. Bf4 Nd5 12. Bg3 a6 13. Nc3 O-O 14. Rc1 Nxc3
15. bxc3 Bf6 16. Re1 g6 17. Qc2 b5 18. h4 Bb7 19. h5 Ne7 20. hxg6 hxg6 21. Be5
Nf5 22. Be4 Bxe4 23. Rxe4 Rc8 24. Qd3 Bxe5 25. Nxe5 Kg7 26. Rg4 Rh8 27. Qf3 Rh6
28. g3 Qd5 29. Qxd5 exd5 30. Nd3 Rch8 31. Kg2 Rh2+ 32. Kf3 f6 33. Nf4 Ne7 34.
Re1 Kf7 35. Rxe7+ Kxe7 36. Nxg6+ Kf7 37. Nxh8+ Rxh8 38. Ke3 Rc8 39. Kd3 Rc4 40.
Rh4 Ra4 41. Rh7+ Ke6 42. g4 f5 43. gxf5+ Kxf5 44. Re7 Rxa2 45. Re5+ Kf6 46.
Rxd5 Ke7 47. Re5+ Kd6 48. f4 Rb2 49. f5 Rf2 50. Re6+ Kd5 51. Rxa6 Rf3+ 52. Kc2
Rxf5 53. Kb3 Rf1 54. Rb6 Ke4 55. Rxb5 Kd3 56. Rc5 Rb1+ 57. Ka4 Ke4 58. d5 Ke5
59. c4 Kd6 60. Rc6+ Ke7 61. Ka5 Rb2 62. Rb6 Rc2 63. Kb5 1-0

[Event "TOP 16"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2009.03.20"]
[Round "1.8"]
[White "Nicoara, Malina"]
[Black "Congiu, Mathilde"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D18"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "2231"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"89"]
[EventDate "1620.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. Rd1 Qa5 11. e4 Qh5 12. e5 Nd5 13. Ne4 f6 14. Bxd5 cxd5 15.
Ng3 Qf7 16. exf6 Qxf6 17. Rd3 O-O 18. h3 Bxf3 19. Rxf3 Qe7 20. Rxf8+ Rxf8 21.
Be3 Nf6 22. Rc1 Bd6 23. Nf1 h6 24. Rc2 Bb8 25. Bc1 Ne4 26. Qg4 Qf6 27. Be3 a6
28. b3 Kh8 29. Qd1 Qf5 30. Qc1 Nd6 31. Ng3 Qg6 32. Nf1 Kh7 33. Ng3 Rf7 34. Qd1
Ba7 35. Qe2 b5 36. Rc6 Bb8 37. Rxa6 Qb1+ 38. Nf1 Qxb3 39. axb5 Qxb5 40. Qxb5
Nxb5 41. Rxe6 Ba7 42. Nd2 Nxd4 43. Bxd4 Bxd4 44. Nf3 Ba7 45. Rd6 1/2-1/2

[Event "TOP 16"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoly"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E42"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"74"]
[BlackTeam " "]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Nge2 c5 6. a3 Ba5 7. Rb1 Na6 8. Ng3
Bb7 9. Bd3 h5 10. h4 Bxg2 11. Rg1 Bb7 12. d5 Ng4 13. Nxh5 Ne5 14. Nxg7+ Kf8 15.
Be2 exd5 16. cxd5 Rg8 17. e4 Qxh4 18. Qd2 Bxc3 19. bxc3 Qh7 20. f4 Rxg7 21.
Rxg7 Qxg7 22. fxe5 Re8 23. Qh6 Rxe5 24. Qxg7+ Kxg7 25. c4 Rxe4 26. Bb2+ Kf8 27.
Kd2 Nc7 28. Rf1 Ne8 29. Bd3 Rg4 30. Be5 b5 31. Bf5 Rxc4 32. d6 Bc6 33. Bg6 Bd5
34. Bf5 Bc6 35. Bg6 f6 36. Bf4 Rxf4 37. Rxf4 Nxd6 0-1

[Event "TOP16"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduaras"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E36"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2590"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"81"]
[BlackTeam " "]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 b6 8.
Bf4 Nd5 9. Bg3 Ba6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. Nf3 Nd7 12. e4 Bxf1 13. Rxf1 N5f6 14. Bh4
Qe8 15. O-O-O Rc8 16. Qc6 h6 17. Kb1 g5 18. Bg3 Nb8 19. Qc2 Qc6 20. Qxc6 Nxc6
21. Rc1 Nxe4 22. Rxc6 g4 23. Bf4 gxf3 24. gxf3 Nf6 25. Be5 Ne8 26. Rfc1 h5 27.
Bxc7 Nf6 28. Bd6 Rxc6 29. Rxc6 Ra8 30. Rc7 Nd5 31. Rb7 Rd8 32. Be5 a5 33. Kc2
Rc8+ 34. Kd2 Rc4 35. b3 Rc6 36. a4 Kf8 37. h4 Ke8 38. Rb8+ Kd7 39. Rb7+ Ke8 40.
Bg3 Kf8 41. Be5 1/2-1/2

[Event "TOP 16"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Kallai, Gabor"]
[Black "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D19"]
[WhiteElo "2462"]
[BlackElo "2593"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"54"]
[BlackTeam " "]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
O-O 9. Qe2 Bg4 10. h3 Bh5 11. Rd1 Nbd7 12. e4 h6 13. Na2 Ba5 14. Bf4 Bc7 15.
Qe3 Bxf4 16. Qxf4 Qb8 17. Qe3 e5 18. Nc3 exd4 19. Rxd4 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 Ne5 21.
Qe2 Rd8 22. Rad1 Qc7 23. Qd2 Rxd4 24. Qxd4 c5 25. Nd5 cxd4 26. Nxc7 Rc8 27.
Rxd4 Rxc7 0-1

[Event "TOP 16"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Koch, Jean-René"]
[Black "Varga, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B10"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"30"]
[BlackTeam " "]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 e5 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Bg4 5. Be2 Be7 6. O-O Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Bg5 8.
Bxg5 Qxg5 9. Nc3 Qe7 10. b4 Nf6 11. d5 O-O 12. a3 Rc8 13. Qb3 c5 14. g3 Nbd7
15. b5 h5 1/2-1/2

[Event "TOP 16"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Roos, Daniel"]
[Black "Taddei, Benoit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2302"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"107"]
[BlackTeam " "]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 e5 4. d3 d5 5. O-O f6 6. c3 Be6 7. Nbd2 Qd7 8. a3
Nh6 9. b4 Nf7 10. Rb1 Rc8 11. bxc5 Bxc5 12. a4 b6 13. Nb3 Be7 14. Bd2 g5 15. a5
h5 16. axb6 axb6 17. e4 dxe4 18. dxe4 Nd6 19. Be3 Bd8 20. Nbd2 Rb8 21. h4 g4
22. Ne1 Na5 23. Qe2 Qc6 24. Nd3 Rc8 25. Rfc1 Nb5 26. Nc5 Na3 27. Ra1 bxc5 28.
Rxa3 c4 29. f3 Bb6 30. fxg4 Bxg4 31. Qf2 Bxe3 32. Qxe3 Qc5 33. Qxc5 Rxc5 34.
Rca1 Nb7 35. Ra8+ Nd8 36. Bf1 Be6 37. R1a4 Rg8 38. Kf2 Rb5 39. Be2 Bf7 40. Nxc4
Bxc4 41. Bxc4 Rb2+ 42. Be2 Rg4 43. Rb4 Rc2 44. Ra6 Ke7 45. Ra7+ Kf8 46. Rh7 Nf7
47. Ke1 Rxg3 48. Rb8+ Ke7 49. Rb7+ Kd6 50. Rhxf7 Rcxc3 51. Rxf6+ Kc5 52. Kd2
Rb3 53. Rc7+ Kb4 54. Rc4+ 1-0

[Event "TOP 16"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Neiman, Emmanuel"]
[Black "Roos, Louis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B08"]
[WhiteElo "2358"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"96"]
[BlackTeam " "]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 d6 5. a4 Nf6 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O Nbd7 8. e5
dxe5 9. dxe5 Nd5 10. Nxd5 cxd5 11. Bf4 Nc5 12. Qd2 Bg4 13. Qe3 Ne6 14. Bh6 d4
15. Qd2 Bxf3 16. Bxf3 Bxh6 17. Qxh6 Qc7 18. Rae1 Qxc2 19. Be4 Qc5 20. Bd3 f5
21. f4 Qb4 22. Rc1 Rac8 23. Bxf5 Qb3 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Bxe6+ Qxe6 26. f5 Qf7
27. f6 exf6 28. exf6 d3 29. Qd2 Rd8 30. Rf3 h5 31. h3 Rd6 32. Qf4 Rd8 33. Qd2
Rd6 34. Rxd3 Rxd3 35. Qxd3 Qxf6 36. Qc4+ Qf7 37. Qd4 a6 38. Qe4 Kh7 39. Qe5 Qg7
40. Qxg7+ Kxg7 41. Kf2 Kf6 42. Ke3 Ke5 43. h4 Kf5 44. Kf3 a5 45. g4+ Ke5 46.
gxh5 gxh5 47. Ke3 Kf5 48. Kf3 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "TOP 16"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Roos, Jean-Luc"]
[Black "Elbilia, Jacques"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2300"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"114"]
[BlackTeam " "]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Qe2 c6 8. a4
a5 9. Rd1 Qc7 10. h3 h6 11. Ba2 exd4 12. Nxd4 Nc5 13. Bf4 Qb6 14. Qe3 Re8 15.
Nb3 Be6 16. Nxc5 Bxa2 17. Bxd6 Bxd6 18. Rxd6 Bc4 19. Rxf6 gxf6 20. Nd7 Qxe3 21.
fxe3 Kg7 22. Nb6 Be6 23. Nxa8 Rxa8 24. Rd1 f5 25. Rd2 Kf6 26. Kf2 Ke5 27. exf5
Bxf5 28. Ne2 Ra6 29. Nd4 Be4 30. Nb3 b6 31. Nd4 Ra8 32. Nf3+ Ke6 33. Nd4+ Ke5
34. Ne2 Rg8 35. Nf4 c5 36. c4 Bc6 37. g3 Rb8 38. b3 Be4 39. Ne2 Rg8 40. Nf4 Rb8
41. h4 Bc6 42. Nd5 Rd8 43. e4 Rd6 44. Re2 Bd7 45. Re3 Bg4 46. Ke1 Kd4 47. Kd2
Ke5 48. Re1 Rg6 49. Nf4 Rd6+ 50. Ke3 Rd1 51. Nd3+ Ke6 52. Rxd1 Bxd1 53. Nc1 Bc2
54. Kf4 h5 55. Kg5 Ke5 56. Kxh5 Kxe4 57. Ne2 Bd1 0-1

[Event "TOP 16"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Leclair, Marie"]
[Black "Nicoara, Malina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "1987"]
[BlackElo "2163"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"134"]
[BlackTeam " "]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nc3 d6 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Rc1 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Qd3 Nd7 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. b4 b6
15. f4 a6 16. Kh1 Ra7 17. a3 Qa8 18. Bf3 f6 19. Ne2 e5 20. Qxd6 Bxe4 21. fxe5
Bxf3 22. Rxf3 Nxe5 23. Rh3 Qd8 24. Qxd8 Rxd8 25. Rhc3 Rad7 26. h3 Nd3 27. Rf1
g5 28. Ng3 Kg6 29. Rc2 h5 30. Kg1 h4 31. Ne4 f5 32. Nf2 Nf4 33. c5 bxc5 34.
bxc5 Rc8 35. c6 Rd6 36. Rfc1 Rc7 37. Kf1 Kf6 38. Rc5 Nd5 39. Ra5 Ne3+ 40. Ke2
Nxg2 41. Rxa6 Nf4+ 42. Kf1 Ng6 43. Ke2 Ne5 44. Rf1 Ke6 45. Rg1 Kf6 46. Rf1
Rdxc6 47. Rxc6+ Rxc6 48. Ng4+ Ke6 49. Nxe5 Kxe5 50. Rf3 g4 51. hxg4 fxg4 52.
Rf8 Ra6 53. Kf2 Rf6+ 54. Rxf6 Kxf6 55. Ke3 Ke5 56. a4 Kd5 57. Kf4 g3 58. Kf3
Kc5 59. Kg2 Kb4 60. a5 Kxa5 61. Kh3 Kb4 62. Kg2 Kc3 63. Kf3 Kd3 64. Kg2 Ke3 65.
Kg1 Kf3 66. Kh1 g2+ 67. Kg1 h3 0-1

[Event "TOP 16"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A40"]
[WhiteElo "2610"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"105"]
[BlackTeam " "]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 a6 6. Bb3 Ba7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. h3
d6 9. Nf1 Ne7 10. Ng3 Ng6 11. O-O b5 12. a4 Bb7 13. Re1 Re8 14. Nh2 d5 15. Qf3
Nh4 16. Qe2 Ng6 17. Ng4 Nf4 18. Qf3 Nxg4 19. hxg4 dxe4 20. dxe4 Qf6 21. Nf5 g6
22. Nh6+ Kg7 23. Nxf7 Rf8 24. Bxf4 exf4 25. axb5 a5 26. g5 Qe7 27. Nh6 Qxg5 28.
Ng4 h5 29. Nh2 Qxb5 30. Bd5 c6 31. Ba2 Rad8 32. Rad1 Qxb2 33. Rxd8 Rxd8 34. Rb1
Qxf2+ 35. Qxf2 Bxf2+ 36. Kxf2 Rd2+ 37. Ke1 Rxa2 38. Rxb7+ Kf6 39. Nf3 Rxg2 40.
Rc7 g5 41. Rxc6+ Ke7 42. Kf1 Rg3 43. Nd4 Re3 44. Rc5 Kf6 45. Rxa5 Rxe4 46. Ra6+
Kf7 47. Nf3 Kg7 48. Nxg5 Rc4 49. Ra3 Kf6 50. Nf3 Rc8 51. Kf2 Kf5 52. Ra5+ Ke4
53. Ke2 1-0

[Event "TOP 16"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Sebag, Marie"]
[Black "Glek, Igor"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"134"]
[BlackTeam " "]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7
8. Nf3 Qc6 9. Qe2 h6 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Re1 a6 12. a4 Rc8 13. a5 Be7 14. h3 Qc4
15. Qd1 Nc5 16. Nd2 Qe6 17. Qf3 O-O 18. b3 Ncd7 19. Ba3 Bd8 20. Bb4 Nb8 21. Nc4
Nc6 22. Ra4 Nxb4 23. Rxb4 Qe7 24. Ra4 Rc5 25. Qd3 Qc7 26. Re3 Qc6 27. Ra1 Bc7
28. Rd1 Bxa5 29. Na4 Rxc4 30. Qxc4 Qxc4 31. bxc4 Rc8 32. Nb2 Rc6 33. Rdd3 Nd7
34. Rd5 Bc7 35. Na4 Rxc4 36. Rc3 Rxc3 37. Nxc3 Nf6 38. Rd3 Kf8 39. f3 Ba5 40.
Na4 Ke7 41. c4 Nd7 42. Kf1 Bb4 43. Rb3 a5 44. Ke2 Kd8 45. Rd3 Kc7 46. Rd5 Kc6
47. Rb5 Nf8 48. Rd5 Ne6 49. g3 Nd4+ 50. Kf2 b6 51. f4 f6 52. Ke3 Bc5 53. Nc3 h5
54. Ne2 a4 55. Nc3 a3 56. fxe5 fxe5 57. Kd3 Ne6 58. Kc2 Bd4 59. Nb5 a2 60.
Rxd6+ Kc5 61. Rd5+ Kb4 62. Nxd4 a1=Q 63. Nxe6 Kxc4 64. Nxg7 Qc3+ 65. Kd1 Qf3+
66. Kd2 Qf2+ 67. Kd1 Kc3 0-1

[Event "TOP 16"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Black "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2517"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"79"]
[BlackTeam " "]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Be3
exd4 9. Nxd4 Re8 10. f3 c6 11. Qd2 d5 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Ndb5 Ne5 14. cxd5 a6
15. Na3 b5 16. Nc2 Bb7 17. Rfd1 Rc8 18. d6 Nfd7 19. a4 Nc4 20. Bxc4 bxc4 21.
Nb4 Rb8 22. Ba7 Bxf3 23. Bxb8 Qb6+ 24. Kh1 Bxd1 25. Nbd5 Qxb8 26. Ne7+ Kh8 27.
Rxd1 Qb6 28. Qf4 Qxb2 29. Ne4 Qe5 30. Qxf7 Rf8 31. Qxc4 Qf4 32. Qe2 Qe5 33. Qc4
Qf4 34. Qe2 Be5 35. g3 Qf3+ 36. Qxf3 Rxf3 37. Nc6 Re3 38. Nxe5 Nxe5 39. Nc5 Nc6
40. d7 1-0

[Event "TOP 16"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Philippe, Christophe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "2620"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"65"]
[EventDate "1620.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 exd5 6. cxd5 g6 7. h3 a6 8. e4 b5
9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O 11. a3 Re8 12. Re1 Nbd7 13. Bg5 Qb6 14. Qd2 Bb7 15. b4
Rac8 16. Rac1 Ba8 17. Bh6 Ne5 18. Nxe5 Bxh6 19. Qxh6 Rxe5 20. Qd2 Ree8 21. Bf1
Bb7 22. Kh2 Nd7 23. f4 Qd8 24. Nd1 Qf6 25. Nf2 h5 26. e5 Qe7 27. Ne4 dxe5 28.
bxc5 Nf6 29. c6 Nxe4 30. Rxe4 Qxa3 31. Re3 Qa4 32. cxb7 Rxc1 33. Rxe5 1-0

[Event "TOP 16"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Brunner, Nicolas"]
[Black "Cossin, Sebastien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"141"]
[EventDate "1620.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Na6 8. Be3
Ng4 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. h3 h6 12. Bd2 Nf6 13. Be3 Qe7 14. Nd5 Qd8 15.
Qc2 Nd7 16. c5 c6 17. Bxa6 cxd5 18. Bd3 dxe4 19. Bxe4 Nf6 20. Nd2 Qc7 21. Bf3
Be6 22. Ne4 Nxe4 23. Qxe4 Rab8 24. Qa4 f5 25. Rad1 Kh7 26. Rd6 Qf7 27. Qxa7 e4
28. Bd1 Bc4 29. Bb3 Bxb3 30. axb3 f4 31. Bd4 Rbe8 32. Qa4 Re7 33. Bxg7 Qxg7 34.
Qd4 f3 35. Qxg7+ Kxg7 36. Rfd1 Rff7 37. b4 fxg2 38. Kxg2 h5 39. b5 Kh6 40. Re1
Re5 41. b4 Rg5+ 42. Kf1 Rgf5 43. Rd2 b6 44. Rc2 Re5 45. Re3 Kg5 46. cxb6 Rxb5
47. Rc5+ Rf5 48. Rxe4 Rxb6 49. Rec4 Ra6 50. Rxf5+ gxf5 51. Rc1 Rb6 52. Rb1 Rb5
53. Kg2 Kf4 54. Rb3 h4 55. Kf1 Ke4 56. Ke2 Kd4 57. Kf3 Kc4 58. Rb1 Kd3 59. Kf4
Kc2 60. Re1 Kd2 61. Re5 Rxb4+ 62. Kxf5 Rb8 63. Kg4 Rf8 64. f4 Kd3 65. f5 Kd4
66. Re1 Kd5 67. Kg5 Rg8+ 68. Kxh4 Kd6 69. Kh5 Kd7 70. h4 Rg2 71. f6 1-0

[Event "TOP 16"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Cornette, Mathieu"]
[Black "Genzling, Alain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"57"]
[EventDate "1620.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. O-O a6 7. d3 b5 8. Bb3
Nxb3 9. axb3 Bb7 10. Bg5 d6 11. f4 Be7 12. f5 Qd7 13. Ng3 O-O-O 14. d4 d5 15.
e5 Ne4 16. fxe6 fxe6 17. Ncxe4 dxe4 18. Rf7 Rhe8 19. d5 Bxd5 20. Rxa6 Qb7 21.
Rd6 Rd7 22. Rxd7 Qxd7 23. Rxg7 Qd8 24. Rxe7 Rxe7 25. c4 Bb7 26. Qxd8+ Kxd8 27.
Kf2 e3+ 28. Kxe3 Bxg2 29. cxb5 1-0

[Event "TOP 16"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Nezar, Mustapha"]
[Black "Belkhodja, Slim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E68"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2469"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"70"]
[EventDate "1620.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 d6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. e4
a6 9. h3 b5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Qe2 c6 12. Rd1 Qe7 13. b3 Ne8 14. Ne1 Nc7 15. Nc2
b4 16. Na4 Ne6 17. Qd2 c5 18. Qd6 Qxd6 19. Rxd6 Re8 20. Bb2 a5 21. Ne3 Nd4 22.
Nd5 Ra7 23. h4 Bf8 24. Rxd7 Bxd7 25. Nf6+ Kg7 26. Nxe8+ Bxe8 27. Rd1 Ra6 28.
Kf1 h6 29. Bc1 Be7 30. Be3 g5 31. hxg5 hxg5 32. Bxd4 exd4 33. Bh3 Rh6 34. Kg2
Bd6 35. Bf5 Bxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "TOP 16"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Guilleux, Fabien"]
[Black "Congiu, Mathilde"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B00"]
[WhiteElo "2303"]
[BlackElo "2231"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"87"]
[EventDate "1620.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O
Nbd7 9. Qb3 a5 10. Nh4 Bg6 11. Na2 Bd6 12. g3 Qb6 13. Nxg6 hxg6 14. f3 Qc7 15.
Kg2 O-O-O 16. e4 e5 17. Bxf7 exd4 18. Bxg6 Kb8 19. Bg5 Ne5 20. Bf5 Nf7 21. Bd2
Qe7 22. Qe6 Ng4 23. Qxe7 Rxh2+ 24. Kg1 Bxe7 25. Bf4+ Ka8 26. fxg4 Rdh8 27. e5
Bc5 28. Bd3 g5 29. e6 gxf4 30. exf7 R2h3 31. Kf2 Rxg3 32. Rac1 Rh2+ 33. Ke1
Re3+ 34. Kd1 Rxd3+ 35. Ke1 Re3+ 36. Kd1 Rd3+ 37. Ke1 f3 38. Rf2 Re3+ 39. Kd1
Rxf2 40. Rxc5 Rf1+ 41. Kc2 d3+ 42. Kc3 d2+ 43. Kxd2 Re2+ 44. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Top 16"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Eliet, Nicolas"]
[Black "Hamdouchi, Hichem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"37"]
[EventDate "21.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Grasse"]
[BlackTeam "Montpellier"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 c6 4. d4 exd4 5. Qxd4 d5 6. Nf3 Be7 7. cxd5 cxd5 8.
O-O Nc6 9. Qa4 O-O 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Rd1 Bb4 12. Bg5 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Rxe2 14. Nd4
Nxd4 15. Qxd4 h6 16. Bxf6 Qxf6 17. Qxf6 gxf6 18. Bxd5 Bh3 19. Bxb7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top 16"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Prie, Eric"]
[Black "Shoker, Samy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2399"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"89"]
[EventDate "21.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Montpellier"]
[BlackTeam "Grasse"]

1. d4 g6 2. e4 Bg7 3. f4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bd3 Nh5 7. O-O Bg4 8. Be2
e5 9. fxe5 dxe5 10. Bg5 f6 11. Be3 Nc6 12. d5 Ne7 13. Qd2 Qd7 14. h3 Bxf3 15.
Bxf3 Ng3 16. Rfd1 f5 17. Bc5 fxe4 18. Bg4 Ngf5 19. Nxe4 b6 20. Ba3 Rfd8 21. Qg5
h6 22. Qf6 Bxf6 23. Nxf6+ Kg7 24. Nxd7 Rxd7 25. Re1 Kf6 26. c4 h5 27. Bf3 Nd4
28. Be4 Rc8 29. Rf1+ Kg7 30. Rae1 c6 31. Bd3 cxd5 32. cxd5 Nc2 33. Bxe7 Nxe1
34. Bf6+ Kh7 35. Rxe1 Rxd5 36. Be4 Rd6 37. Bg5 Kg7 38. Kf2 b5 39. Ke3 b4 40.
Be7 Rb6 41. Rd1 b3 42. a3 Kf7 43. Bb4 Ke8 44. Bd6 Kf7 45. Bxe5 1-0

[Event "Top 16"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Karim, Ismael"]
[Black "Libiszewski, Fabien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2407"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"57"]
[EventDate "21.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Grasse"]
[BlackTeam "Montpellier"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3 a6 8. Na3
Be6 9. Nc2 Rc8 10. Nd5 Bg5 11. Bxg5 Qxg5 12. g3 Qd8 13. Bg2 Nge7 14. O-O O-O
15. b3 f5 16. f4 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Bf5 18. Bg2 Kh8 19. Nce3 Be6 20. fxe5 Rxf1+ 21.
Qxf1 dxe5 22. Rd1 Nd4 23. Qd3 Nec6 24. Rf1 b5 25. Qe4 Qg5 26. Kh1 bxc4 27. Nxc4
h6 28. Nde3 Rd8 29. a3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top 16"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Black "Henneteau, Jeremy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2106"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"111"]
[EventDate "21.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Montpellier"]
[BlackTeam "Grasse"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8.
Bd3 O-O 9. Nf3 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. Bf4 Bd6 12. Bxd6 Qxd6 13. O-O-O b5 14. Kb1 a5
15. Rc1 Bb7 16. g4 a4 17. Ne2 N6d7 18. Nf4 b4 19. Qd2 g6 20. h4 Ba6 21. h5
Bxd3+ 22. Nxd3 Rab8 23. hxg6 fxg6 24. Ka1 Rb6 25. Nfe5 Nxe5 26. Nxe5 Nd7 27. f4
Re7 28. Rh6 a3 29. b3 Nxe5 30. dxe5 Qe6 31. Qd4 Rb5 32. g5 Rc7 33. Rh2 c5 34.
Qd3 Rb8 35. Rd2 Rd8 36. Rcd1 Rcd7 37. Qb5 Rc8 38. Rc1 Rdc7 39. Qd3 Rd8 40. Rdc2
Rdc8 41. e4 dxe4 42. Qxe4 Rd8 43. Kb1 Qd5 44. Qe2 Qd4 45. Rc4 Qd7 46. Qc2 Rf8
47. Rd1 Qg4 48. Qd2 Qf5+ 49. Kc1 Qh3 50. Qd5+ Rff7 51. e6 Qe3+ 52. Kb1 Rfe7 53.
Re4 Qf3 54. Re2 Qg3 55. Qa8+ Kg7 56. Rd8 1-0

[Event "Top 16"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2630"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"82"]
[EventDate "21.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Antibes"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c6 3. e4 d5 4. e5 d4 5. exf6 dxc3 6. bxc3 exf6 7. d4 Bd6 8. c5
Bc7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Ne2 b6 11. cxb6 axb6 12. O-O Nd7 13. Qc2 g6 14. Be4 f5 15.
Bf3 Re8 16. g3 Bb7 17. c4 Qb8 18. Bb2 c5 19. Bxb7 Qxb7 20. d5 Qa6 21. Rfe1 Be5
22. Kg2 Bxb2 23. Qxb2 Qxc4 24. Nc3 Ne5 25. Qb3 Qg4 26. Re3 f4 27. f3 Qf5 28.
gxf4 Qxf4 29. Rae1 Kg7 30. Ne4 f6 31. Nf2 c4 32. Qb2 Ra5 33. Nh3 Qf5 34. d6 Rd5
35. Qxb6 Rd2+ 36. Kg3 Qc2 37. Nf4 g5 38. Ne2 h5 39. Qb7+ Kh6 40. Qb6 Qf5 41.
Rf1 Nd7 0-1

[Event "Top 16"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"55"]
[EventDate "21.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Antibes"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. g3 Qb6 6. Nb3 Ne5 7. c5 Qc6 8.
Rg1 d5 9. cxd6 Qxd6 10. Qxd6 exd6 11. Nc3 Be7 12. Bg2 O-O 13. Nd4 d5 14. Bg5
Be6 15. O-O-O Rac8 16. Kb1 Rfd8 17. e4 dxe4 18. Nxe6 fxe6 19. Nxe4 Nxe4 20.
Bxe7 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Nxf2 22. Bxb7 Rc7 23. Rd8+ Kf7 24. Bd6 Rxb7 25. Rf8+ Kg6
26. Rxf2 Nc4 27. Bc5 Rc7 28. b4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top 16"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Miralles, Gilles"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"84"]
[EventDate "21.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Antibes"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Qc7 8. O-O
Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Qe2 Bd7 11. g4 h6 12. h3 Nc6 13. Nxc6 Bxc6 14. Bf4 Rac8 15.
Rad1 b5 16. a3 Nd7 17. Bg3 Ne5 18. Nb1 Nc4 19. b3 Nb6 20. Nd2 Bd7 21. Nf1 Rfd8
22. Ne3 Bc6 23. Qd2 Qb7 24. Qa5 d5 25. exd5 Nxd5 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. Bxd5 exd5
28. Re2 b4 29. axb4 Bxb4 30. Qa4 d4 31. Rd3 Bc3 32. Kh2 Kh7 33. Re5 f6 34. Re6
a5 35. Re2 Rd7 36. Qa3 Qd5 37. Qc1 a4 38. bxa4 Ra8 39. Qh1 Qxh1+ 40. Kxh1 Rxa4
41. f4 Kg6 42. Kg2 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top 16"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Fontaine, Robert"]
[Black "Bijaoui, Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"155"]
[EventDate "21.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Antibes"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Qc7 10. g4 Nc6 11. g5 Nd7 12. f4 Nxd4 13. Bxd4 e5 14. Nd5 Qd8 15.
Bc3 exf4 16. h4 Ne5 17. Qd4 Re8 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Rxf4 Be6 20. Rd1 Rac8 21.
Rf2 Bg4 22. Rdd2 Rc6 23. b3 Qe6 24. Bb2 b5 25. Qd5 Qxd5 26. exd5 Rcc8 27. Ba3
Rcd8 28. Bb4 Rf8 29. Rd4 f5 30. gxf6 Rxf6 31. Rxf6 gxf6 32. Kf2 h5 33. Ba5 Rc8
34. c3 Kf7 35. a4 bxa4 36. Rxa4 Bd1 37. Ra3 Ng4+ 38. Ke1 Re8+ 39. Kxd1 Ne3+ 40.
Kd2 Nxg2 41. Bc7 Nxh4 42. Bxd6 Rd8 43. Rxa6 Nf5 44. Bf4 Rxd5+ 45. Ke2 h4 46.
Kf3 Ne7 47. Rd6 h3 48. Rxd5 Nxd5 49. Bd2 Ke6 50. c4 Ne7 51. Kg3 Kf5 52. Bc3 Ke4
53. Bxf6 Nc6 54. Bc3 Kd3 55. Be1 Nd4 56. c5 Ke4 57. b4 Kd5 58. Bf2 Nb5 59. Kxh3
Kc6 60. Kg4 Na3 61. Be1 Nb5 62. Kf4 Nc7 63. Ke4 Nb5 64. Kd3 Nc7 65. Bg3 Nb5 66.
Kc4 Na3+ 67. Kb3 Nb5 68. Bf4 Nd4+ 69. Ka4 Nb5 70. Be5 Na7 71. Ka5 Nb5 72. Ba1
Na3 73. Ka6 Nb5 74. Bb2 Nc7+ 75. Ka7 Nb5+ 76. Kb8 Nc7 77. Ka7 Nb5+ 78. Ka6
1/2-1/2

[Event "Top 16"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Acher, Mathieu"]
[Black "Leconte, Maria"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"106"]
[EventDate "21.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Antibes"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Qc7 7. Qg4 Ne7 8.
Qxg7 Rg8 9. Qxh7 cxd4 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 dxc3 12. Qd3 Bd7 13. Rg1 O-O-O 14.
Rb1 Nf5 15. g4 Nh4 16. Rg3 d4 17. Kf2 Be8 18. Qh7 Ng6 19. Qxg8 Nce7 20. Bg2
Nxg8 21. Bxb7+ Qxb7 22. Rxb7 Kxb7 23. Rd3 N8e7 24. Nxd4 Nd5 25. Kg3 Ba4 26. h4
Nge7 27. f5 exf5 28. Bg5 fxg4 29. h5 Rh8 30. Kxg4 Bd7+ 31. e6 fxe6 32. Bxe7
Nxe7 33. Kg5 Nd5 34. Rf3 Be8 35. Rh3 Rg8+ 36. Kh6 Rh8+ 37. Kg5 Rg8+ 38. Kh6 Nf4
39. Rxc3 Bxh5 40. Rb3+ Kc8 41. Nc6 Rg6+ 42. Kh7 Nd5 43. Kh8 Kc7 44. Ne5 Rg5 45.
Nf3 Rg3 46. Nd4 Rxb3 47. cxb3 e5 48. Nb5+ Kb6 49. Nd6 Kc5 50. Nc8 e4 51. b4+
Nxb4 52. axb4+ Kxb4 53. Nxa7 Kc5 0-1

[Event "Top 16"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Cochet, Caroline"]
[Black "Levacic, Damir"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2052"]
[BlackElo "2284"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"52"]
[EventDate "21.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Antibes"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. Bxc6+ bxc6 7. Nc3 Rb8 8.
h3 e5 9. b3 Ne7 10. Be3 f5 11. Qc1 O-O 12. Bh6 fxe4 13. Bxg7 Kxg7 14. dxe4 Bxh3
15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. gxh3 Rf3 17. Qg5 Nf5 18. Qxd8 Rxd8 19. Na4 Nd4 20. Kg2 Rf6
21. Rad1 Rdf8 22. Nxc5 R8f7 23. c3 Ne2 24. c4 Nf4+ 25. Kh2 Ne2 26. Kg2 Nf4+
1/2-1/2

[Event "Top 16"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Andonov, Bogomil"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E11"]
[WhiteElo "2316"]
[BlackElo "2514"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"41"]
[EventDate "21.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Grasse"]
[BlackTeam "Montpellier"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nf3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. Nc3
O-O 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 e4 11. Ne1 Nb6 12. b3 a4 13. d5 axb3 14. Qxb3 Bg4 15.
f3 exf3 16. exf3 Bf5 17. Bd4 Nfd7 18. Nd3 Ra4 19. Nb2 Ra6 20. Qc3 f6 21. Rfe1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Top 16"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "2.7"]
[White "Govciyan, Pavel"]
[Black "Perez, Flavio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D00"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2276"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"43"]
[EventDate "21.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Antibes"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Qb3 Qb6 6. Nd2 dxc4 7. Bxc4 Qxb3 8.
Bxb3 Nf6 9. Ngf3 Bd3 10. a3 Be7 11. Nc4 O-O 12. Nfe5 Bxc4 13. Nxc4 b5 14. Na5
c5 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Rc1 Bb6 17. Nb7 Nbd7 18. Ke2 e5 19. Bg3 Rab8 20. Nd6 Bc5
21. Rhd1 Rb6 22. Nxf7 1-0

[Event "Top 16"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Black "Di Paolo, Raffaele"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B48"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2336"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"41"]
[EventDate "21.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Montpellier"]
[BlackTeam "Grasse"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2 Nf6 8.
O-O-O Ne5 9. f4 Nc4 10. Bxc4 Qxc4 11. e5 Ng4 12. Bg1 Bb4 13. Nde2 f5 14. h3 Nh6
15. Bb6 a5 16. Qe3 Ra6 17. b3 Qc6 18. Na4 Qxg2 19. Rhg1 Qe4 20. Qf2 g6 21. Rd4
1-0

[Event "Top 16"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Parligras, Mircea"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B36"]
[WhiteElo "2711"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"51"]
[EventDate "21.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Antibes"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7. Qxd4 d6 8.
f3 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. Be2 a4 12. O-O Qa5 13. Rac1 Be6 14. Nd5 Qxd2
15. Nxe7+ Kh8 16. Bxd2 Rfe8 17. Nd5 Nxd5 18. cxd5 Bxd5 19. Bb5 Re5 20. Bxa4
Bxa2 21. b4 b5 22. f4 Rxe4 23. Bxb5 Bd4+ 24. Kh1 Bd5 25. Bc4 Bb7 26. b5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top 16"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Forestier, Carole"]
[Black "Benmesbah, Natacha"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A75"]
[WhiteElo "2096"]
[BlackElo "2138"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"56"]
[EventDate "21.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Grasse"]
[BlackTeam "Montpellier"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Bf4 a6 7. a4 g6 8. Nf3
Bg7 9. e4 Bg4 10. Be2 Bxf3 11. Bxf3 O-O 12. O-O Qe7 13. Qb3 Ne8 14. Rfe1 Nd7
15. Qxb7 Rb8 16. Qxa6 Rxb2 17. Nb5 Ne5 18. Ra3 Nxf3+ 19. Rxf3 Qxe4 20. Rf1 Be5
21. Bxe5 Qxe5 22. Rd3 c4 23. Re3 Qxd5 24. Rxe8 Rxe8 25. Nc7 Qd3 26. Nxe8 Rb1
27. Nf6+ Kg7 28. Ne8+ Kh6 0-1

[Event "Top 16"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2009.03.21"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Dobrev, Nanko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D37"]
[WhiteElo "2625"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"81"]
[EventDate "21.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Montpellier"]
[BlackTeam "Grasse"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 a6 7. Qc2 dxc4 8. Bxc4
c5 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O Nbd7 11. Rfd1 Qe7 12. a3 Nh5 13. Ng5 g6 14. Nce4 Nxf4
15. exf4 h6 16. Nf3 Nf6 17. Ne5 Nxe4 18. Qxe4 Qf6 19. Rac1 Re8 20. Bb3 Bb6 21.
Rd6 Bd8 22. Rd2 Qg7 23. g3 Rb8 24. Rdc2 Bf6 25. Nxf7 Qxf7 26. Rxc8 Rbxc8 27.
Rxc8 Kg7 28. Rxe8 Qxe8 29. Qxb7+ Qf7 30. Qxa6 Bxb2 31. Bxe6 Qe7 32. a4 Bd4 33.
Qc6 Qa7 34. Qd7+ Kf6 35. Qxa7 Bxa7 36. Bd7 Bb8 37. Be8 Kf5 38. Kg2 h5 39. Kf3
Kf6 40. h3 h4 41. gxh4 1-0

[Event "TOP 16"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D39"]
[WhiteElo "2634"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"36"]
[BlackTeam " "]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. dxc5 Qxd1+ 8.
Rxd1 Nbd7 9. Rd4 h6 10. Bd2 Nxc5 11. Bxc4 O-O 12. e5 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 Nd5 14. Bxd5
exd5 15. Bb4 b6 16. Bxc5 bxc5 17. Rxd5 Rb8 18. Rd2 Be6 1/2-1/2

[Event "TOP 16"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Glek, Igor"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C47"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2652"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"79"]
[BlackTeam " "]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. g3 d5 5. exd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nde7 7. O-O Nf5 8.
Re1 f6 9. h3 Be7 10. g4 Nfd4 11. Nxd4 Nxd4 12. Nd5 O-O 13. Nxe7+ Qxe7 14. c3
Ne6 15. d4 exd4 16. cxd4 Qd6 17. Qb3 Rb8 18. d5 Nf4 19. Bxf4 Qxf4 20. Re7 Qd6
21. Qa3 f5 22. g5 f4 23. Rxc7 Qxa3 24. bxa3 f3 25. Bf1 Bf5 26. Re1 Rbd8 27. Re5
Bb1 28. Bc4 b5 29. Bxb5 Bxa2 30. Bc6 h6 31. Kh2 Rd6 32. Rxa7 Rfd8 33. Ra8 Rxa8
34. Bxa8 Kh7 35. Re6 Rd8 36. g6+ Kg8 37. Bc6 Kf8 38. Re5 Bb1 39. d6 Bxg6 40. d7
1-0

[Event "TOP 16"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "2593"]
[BlackElo "2610"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"65"]
[BlackTeam " "]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. d4 d6 2. e4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nbd7 4. Nge2 e5 5. g3 c6 6. a4 b6 7. Bg2 a6 8. h3 Bb7
9. g4 h6 10. Be3 b5 11. Ng3 g6 12. O-O h5 13. g5 Nh7 14. h4 f6 15. gxf6 Ndxf6
16. axb5 Ng4 17. bxc6 Qxh4 18. Re1 Bxc6 19. dxe5 Be7 20. exd6 Qh2+ 21. Kf1 O-O
22. dxe7 Qxg3 23. exf8=Q+ Rxf8 24. Qd4 Ng5 25. Rxa6 Nh2+ 26. Ke2 Qg4+ 27. Kd3
Nhf3 28. Bxf3 Nxf3 29. Rxc6 Nxd4 30. Bxd4 Rc8 31. Rd6 g5 32. Nd5 Kf7 33. Ra1
1-0

[Event "TOP 16"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Brunner, Nicolas"]
[Black "Koch, Jean-René"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2413"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"180"]
[BlackTeam " "]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 c5 5. Nf3 Ne7 6. Bd3 h6 7. O-O O-O 8. Qe2 b6
9. Rd1 cxd4 10. exd4 Nd7 11. Bf4 Ba6 12. cxd5 Bxd3 13. Rxd3 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 exd5
15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 Qd7 17. Rad1 Rad8 18. a3 Be7 19. Qd2 Qe6 20. Rxd5 Rxd5
21. Qxd5 Rd8 22. Qf3 Rxd1+ 23. Qxd1 b5 24. Qd3 a6 25. h3 h5 26. Qd4 f6 27. Bg3
Kf7 28. Qd1 g6 29. f4 fxe5 30. fxe5 Kg8 31. Qd4 Qc6 32. Bf2 Kf7 33. Kh2 Ke6 34.
Qd3 Kf7 35. Qb3+ Qe6 36. Qf3+ Kg8 37. Bd4 Kg7 38. Qb7 Kf7 39. Kh1 Qc4 40. Qf3+
Ke6 41. Qe4 Kf7 42. Kh2 a5 43. Qe3 Qd5 44. Bb6 a4 45. Bc7 Ke6 46. Qb6+ Kf7 47.
Bd6 Bxd6 48. Qxd6 Qxd6 49. exd6 Ke6 50. Kg3 Kxd6 51. Kf4 Kd5 52. Kg5 Kc4 53.
Kxg6 h4 54. Kh5 Kb3 55. Kxh4 Kxb2 56. g4 b4 57. g5 bxa3 58. g6 a2 59. g7 a1=Q
60. g8=Q Qe1+ 61. Kh5 Qd1+ 62. Kh4 Qe1+ 63. Kh5 Qe2+ 64. Kh4 Qe4+ 65. Kh5 Qe5+
66. Kh4 a3 67. Qg2+ Kc3 68. Qc6+ Kb4 69. Qb6+ Kc3 70. Qc6+ Kb3 71. Qb6+ Kc2 72.
Qf2+ Kc3 73. Qf3+ Kb4 74. Qb7+ Qb5 75. Qe7+ Qc5 76. Qe1+ Ka4 77. Qd1+ Ka5 78.
Qd8+ Kb5 79. Qd7+ Ka6 80. Qa4+ Kb6 81. Qb3+ Ka5 82. Kg3 Qe5+ 83. Kf3 Qb2 84.
Qd5+ Qb5 85. Qa8+ Kb4 86. Qe4+ Qc4 87. Qb7+ Kc3 88. Qa7 a2 89. h4 Kb2 90. Qf2+
Qc2 0-1

[Event "TOP 16"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Pucher, Olivier"]
[Black "Philippe, Christophe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A87"]
[WhiteElo "2338"]
[BlackElo "2458"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"105"]
[BlackTeam " "]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. c4 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. Re1
Qf7 9. b3 Ne4 10. Bb2 Nc6 11. Rc1 Nxc3 12. Bxc3 e5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Qd5 Kh8
15. Qc5 Re8 16. Ng5 Qe7 17. Qxe7 Rxe7 18. Bxc6 bxc6 19. Rcd1 Re8 20. Nf7+ Kg8
21. Nd8 f4 22. gxf4 exf4 23. Bxg7 Kxg7 24. Nxc6 Bh3 25. e4 fxe3 26. Rxe3 Rxe3
27. fxe3 Re8 28. Kf2 h5 29. Rd8 Re6 30. Nd4 Rf6+ 31. Kg3 Bf1 32. Rd7+ Kh6 33.
Rxc7 g5 34. h4 gxh4+ 35. Kxh4 Bg2 36. Rc5 Be4 37. Rxh5+ Kg6 38. Re5 Bb1 39. a4
Kf7 40. Kg4 a6 41. b4 Bd3 42. c5 Rf1 43. c6 Rc1 44. Rc5 Rxc5 45. bxc5 Ke7 46.
Kf4 a5 47. Ke5 Bg6 48. e4 Kd8 49. Kd5 Bh5 50. Kd6 Bd1 51. Nf5 Bxa4 52. c7+ Kc8
53. Ne7+ 1-0

[Event "TOP 16"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Nezar, Mustapha"]
[Black "Elbilia, Jacques"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "E32"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"56"]
[BlackTeam " "]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 c5 7. dxc5 Na6 8. e3
Nxc5 9. Nge2 b5 10. cxb5 Bb7 11. f3 g5 12. Bf2 Nfe4 13. a3 Nxf2 14. Kxf2 Bxc3
15. Nxc3 Rc8 16. Kg1 f5 17. Qf2 Qf6 18. Rd1 d5 19. h4 g4 20. Qg3 Kh8 21. fxg4
Ne4 22. Nxe4 fxe4 23. g5 Qxb2 24. Kh2 Rf5 25. a4 Kg7 26. Qd6 Rxg5 27. Qe7+ Kg6
28. Qxb7 Rh8 0-1

[Event "TOP 16"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Pucher, Sébastien"]
[Black "Genzling, Alain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B70"]
[WhiteElo "2267"]
[BlackElo "2309"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"120"]
[BlackTeam " "]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Nde2 Nf6 7. g3 d6 8.
Bg2 Bd7 9. a4 Qc8 10. h3 b6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Na5 13. Ra2 O-O 14. b3 e5 15.
dxe6 Bxe6 16. h4 Re8 17. O-O Bg4 18. Be3 Qa6 19. c4 Rac8 20. Rd2 Nc6 21. Rxd6
Nd4 22. Bxd4 Bxe2 23. Qa1 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 Bxf1 25. Kxf1 Qa5 26. Bd5 Qe1+ 27. Kg2
Rc7 28. h5 Qe5 29. Qxe5 Rxe5 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. Rxg6+ Kf8 32. Rf6 Kg7 33. Rf3
Re2 34. g4 Rce7 35. Kg3 f6 36. Rc3 Rd2 37. f3 Re5 38. Be4 a5 39. Kf4 Kf7 40.
Ke3 Rh2 41. Rd3 Ke7 42. Kd4 Kd6 43. Kc3+ Kc7 44. Bf5 Re7 45. b4 axb4+ 46. Kxb4
Rb2+ 47. Kc3 Rbe2 48. Be4 Re1 49. Rd2 Rd7 50. Rxd7+ Kxd7 51. Kb4 Rc1 52. a5
bxa5+ 53. Kxa5 Rxc4 54. Kb5 Rc1 55. Kb4 Kd6 56. Kb3 Ke5 57. Kb2 Rc4 58. Ba8 Kf4
59. Kb3 Rc1 60. Kb4 Rf1 0-1

[Event "TOP 16"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Steil-Antoni, Fiona"]
[Black "Leclair, Marie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B24"]
[WhiteElo "2143"]
[BlackElo "1987"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"153"]
[BlackTeam " "]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. d3 e6 4. g3 Nge7 5. Bg2 g6 6. Be3 d6 7. Qd2 Nd4 8. Nd1
h5 9. c3 Ndc6 10. f4 Bg7 11. Nf3 Rb8 12. O-O b6 13. d4 cxd4 14. cxd4 d5 15. e5
Nf5 16. Bf2 Ba6 17. Re1 Bf8 18. Nc3 Bb4 19. a3 Be7 20. b3 Na5 21. Qb2 Qd7 22.
Bf1 Bxf1 23. Rxf1 O-O 24. h3 Kg7 25. Kg2 Nh6 26. Nh2 Rbc8 27. g4 hxg4 28. hxg4
Rc6 29. Rfc1 Rfc8 30. Kg3 a6 31. Nf3 b5 32. Ne2 Rxc1 33. Rxc1 Rxc1 34. Nxc1 Qc8
35. Be3 Qf8 36. f5 exf5 37. Bxh6+ Kxh6 38. Qd2+ f4+ 39. Qxf4+ Kg7 40. b4 Nc4
41. Nd3 Nxa3 42. Nc5 Nb1 43. Qc1 a5 44. Qxb1 a4 45. Qd3 Qb8 46. Kg2 Qc8 47. Kg3
Qa8 48. Qa3 Qb8 49. Qa2 Qa8 50. Ne1 Qh8 51. Qh2 Qa8 52. Ned3 a3 53. Nc1 Bg5 54.
Na2 Be3 55. Nb3 Qa7 56. Qe2 Bxd4 57. Kg2 Bb2 58. e6 fxe6 59. Qxe6 d4 60. Nc5
Qf7 61. Qxf7+ Kxf7 62. Kf3 Kf6 63. Kf4 Ba1 64. g5+ Ke7 65. Ke4 Kd6 66. Nb3 Bb2
67. Nxd4 Bxd4 68. Kxd4 Ke6 69. Ke4 Kd6 70. Nc3 Ke6 71. Nxb5 a2 72. Nd4+ Kd6 73.
Nb3 Kc6 74. Kd4 Kb5 75. Kc3 Ka4 76. Na1 Ka3 77. b5 1-0

[Event "TOP 16"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Black "Vaisser, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A91"]
[WhiteElo "2644"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"95"]
[BlackTeam " "]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. Nh3 c6 6. Qc2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. Nd2 b5
9. c5 a5 10. Nf3 Qe8 11. Nf4 Bd8 12. Ne5 Nbd7 13. Nfd3 Nxe5 14. dxe5 Nd7 15.
Be3 Bc7 16. Bd4 b4 17. Qa4 Ba6 18. Qxc6 Bxd3 19. exd3 Bxe5 20. Bxe5 Nxe5 21.
Qd6 Nf7 22. Qb6 Nd8 23. a3 bxa3 24. bxa3 Nc6 25. Rfe1 Qd7 26. Qb2 Rab8 27. Qc3
Rb5 28. Bf3 Qf7 29. d4 Qf6 30. Rad1 f4 31. Kg2 a4 32. Bg4 fxg3 33. Qxg3 Nxd4
34. Qe3 e5 35. Qxe5 Qxf2+ 36. Kh1 Rb2 37. Qg3 Qxg3 38. hxg3 Nf3 39. Bxf3 Rxf3
40. Rc1 Rb7 41. Kg2 Rxa3 42. c6 Rc7 43. Red1 Kf7 44. Rxd5 Rb3 45. Ra5 a3 46.
Ra6 Rb2+ 47. Kh3 a2 48. Ra1 1/2-1/2

[Event "TOP 16"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2590"]
[BlackElo "2620"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"126"]
[EventDate "1620.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. d4 Nf6 6. a3 Nc6 7. Be3 b6 8. Nbd2
cxd4 9. cxd4 Be7 10. Bc4 Qd6 11. O-O O-O 12. Qe2 Bb7 13. Rad1 Rac8 14. Rfe1 Na5
15. Bd3 Qd5 16. Bg5 Qd8 17. Bb1 Nd5 18. Qe4 g6 19. Qh4 Re8 20. Ne4 f6 21. Bc1
Bf8 22. Bh6 Nc4 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. Re2 Nd6 25. Nxd6 Qxd6 26. Rde1 Nf4 27. Re3
Rf7 28. Qg3 Bd5 29. h4 Rd7 30. Qg4 Rdc7 31. g3 Nh5 32. Bxg6 hxg6 33. Qxg6+ Ng7
34. h5 Qe7 35. h6 Qe8 36. Qxf6 Qh5 37. hxg7 Rf7 38. Qh4 Bxf3 39. Qxh5 Bxh5 40.
Rxe6 Kxg7 41. f4 Rc2 42. b4 Rd2 43. d5 Rxd5 44. R6e5 Rxe5 45. Rxe5 Bd1 46. Kf2
Kf6 47. Rd5 Bg4 48. Rd6+ Kf5 49. Rd5+ Ke4 50. Rg5 Bf5 51. g4 Bc8 52. f5 Kf4 53.
Rg8 Rc7 54. Ke2 Bb7 55. Kd3 Bf3 56. f6 Bxg4 57. Rg7 Rxg7 58. fxg7 Be6 59. b5
Bg8 60. Kc3 Ke4 61. Kb4 Kd3 62. Ka4 Kc2 63. Kb4 Bb3 0-1

[Event "TOP 16"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Sebag, Marie"]
[Black "Kallai, Gabor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B12"]
[WhiteElo "2529"]
[BlackElo "2462"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"32"]
[EventDate "1620.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Ne7 6. O-O Nd7 7. Nbd2 Nc8 8. a4
Be7 9. a5 O-O 10. c4 h6 11. Nb3 a6 12. Be3 Na7 13. Nfd2 Bh7 14. f4 f5 15. Bd3
g5 16. Nf3 g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "TOP 16"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Roos, Daniel"]
[Black "Cornette, Mathieu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"71"]
[EventDate "1620.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. Nf3 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Bc4 e6 5. Qe2 Ne7 6. c3 Nd7 7. Nbd2 a6 8. a4 b6
9. O-O Bb7 10. Re1 h6 11. Nf1 O-O 12. h3 c5 13. Ng3 Qc7 14. Bf4 e5 15. dxe5
dxe5 16. Be3 Kh7 17. Rad1 Bc6 18. b3 Qb7 19. Bc1 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Bd3 f5
22. exf5 gxf5 23. Nh4 e4 24. Bb1 Ra1 25. Bf4 Nd5 26. Rxd5 Bxd5 27. Nhxf5 Ne5
28. Nxg7 Rxf4 29. N7h5 Nd3 30. Bxd3 exd3 31. Qxd3+ Be4 32. Qe3 Rxe1+ 33. Qxe1
Rf5 34. Nxe4 Qc6 35. Nef6+ Kg6 36. Qb1 1-0

[Event "TOP 16"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Black "Varga, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "2517"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"120"]
[EventDate "1620.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6
8. Bh4 c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qe2 Be7 12. dxc5 O-O 13. O-O Bxc5 14.
Ne5 Qc7 15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. Ng4 Kg7 18. Qf3 f5 19. Qc3+ Kh7 20. Ne5
Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 Rd8 22. Rxd8 Qxd8 23. Nd3 Bd4 24. Qc4 Qd7 25. a4 Kg7 26. h3 a6
27. a5 Ba7 28. Kf1 Bd4 29. Ke2 Ba7 30. c3 Qd8 31. b4 Qd7 32. Qf4 Qc8 33. Kd2
Bb8 34. Qd4+ f6 35. Nc5 Ba7 36. Nxe6+ Qxe6 37. Qxa7 Qd5+ 38. Qd4 Qxg2 39. h4
Kg6 40. c4 Qc6 41. Qd5 Qc7 42. Kd3 Qe7 43. c5 h5 44. c6 bxc6 45. Qg2+ Kh7 46.
Qxc6 Qxb4 47. Qxa6 Qe4+ 48. Kc3 Qe1+ 49. Kb3 Qb1+ 50. Ka4 Qa2+ 51. Kb4 Qb2+ 52.
Ka4 Qa2+ 53. Kb4 Qb2+ 54. Kc5 Qxf2+ 55. Kd6 Qg3+ 56. Ke6 Qg8+ 57. Ke7 Qg7+ 58.
Ke6 Qg8+ 59. Ke7 Qg7+ 60. Ke6 Qg8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "TOP 16"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Reinhart, Emmanuel"]
[Black "Cossin, Sébastien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B49"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"118"]
[EventDate "1620.??.??"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 Qc7 7. O-O Nf6 8.
Be3 Bb4 9. Na4 O-O 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Nb6 Rb8 12. Nxc8 Qxc8 13. Ba7 Ra8 14. Bd4
Be7 15. e5 Nd5 16. c4 Nf4 17. Bf3 Qc7 18. Qd2 Ng6 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. Qe3 c5 21.
Bc3 d6 22. exd6 Bxd6 23. g3 Be5 24. Bxe5 Nxe5 25. Be2 h6 26. Rfe1 a5 27. b3 Ng6
28. Bd3 Ne7 29. Bc2 Rfe8 30. Kf1 Kf8 31. Kg1 Qb6 32. Be4 Rd6 33. Rxd6 Qxd6 34.
Qc3 Qb6 35. Rd1 Rd8 36. Rxd8+ Qxd8 37. f4 f6 38. Kf2 Nc8 39. Qe3 Qd6 40. Ke2
Ke7 41. Bc2 Qc6 42. Qe4 Qxe4+ 43. Bxe4 Nd6 44. Bc2 g5 45. a3 gxf4 46. gxf4 f5
47. Kd2 Kf6 48. Kc3 Ne4+ 49. Bxe4 fxe4 50. Kd2 e5 51. f5 e3+ 52. Kxe3 Kxf5 53.
Kf3 e4+ 54. Ke3 h5 55. Ke2 Kf4 56. h4 e3 57. b4 cxb4 58. axb4 axb4 59. c5 b3
0-1

[Event "TOP16"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "1610.03.22"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Belkhodja, Slim"]
[Black "Roos, Louis"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C00"]
[WhiteElo "2469"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"80"]
[BlackTeam " "]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "1998.11.10"]

1. e4 e6 2. d3 d5 3. Qe2 Nc6 4. Nf3 dxe4 5. dxe4 e5 6. c3 Nf6 7. Qc2 a6 8. Bg5
h6 9. Bh4 Bd6 10. Nbd2 Be6 11. Bc4 Qe7 12. a4 g5 13. Bg3 O-O-O 14. b3 Nh5 15.
O-O-O f6 16. Kb2 Ba3+ 17. Ka2 Bc5 18. Bxe6+ Qxe6 19. Nc4 b5 20. Nb2 Kb7 21.
Rxd8 Rxd8 22. Rd1 Rxd1 23. Qxd1 b4 24. Nd3 Be7 25. cxb4 Nxg3 26. hxg3 Nxb4+ 27.
Nxb4 Bxb4 28. Qe2 Qb6 29. Nh2 Bc5 30. f3 Qb4 31. Nf1 Qa3+ 32. Kb1 Bd4 33. Qa2
Qb4 34. Qc2 Qe1+ 35. Qc1 Qe2 36. g4 Qxg2 37. Nd2 Be3 38. Kc2 Qe2 39. Qd1 Qf2
40. b4 Bf4 0-1

[Event "TOP 16"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Nicoara, Malina"]
[Black "Guilleux, Fabien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D91"]
[WhiteElo "2163"]
[BlackElo "2303"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"75"]
[BlackTeam " "]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2000.11.22"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8.
Qd2 exd5 9. Qe3+ Kf8 10. Qf4 Bf6 11. h4 h6 12. Nf3 Kg7 13. O-O-O Be6 14. e3 Nd7
15. g4 c5 16. Bb5 cxd4 17. exd4 Nb6 18. g5 Be7 19. Qe5+ Kg8 20. gxh6 Rxh6 21.
h5 Bd6 22. Qe3 Qf6 23. Ne5 Rxh5 24. Rxh5 gxh5 25. Rg1+ Kf8 26. Rg5 h4 27. f4 h3
28. Rh5 Ke7 29. f5 h2 30. Rxh2 Qxf5 31. Rf2 Qh5 32. Nxf7 Rg8 33. Nxd6 Kxd6 34.
Qf4+ Ke7 35. Qf6+ Kd6 36. Qf4+ Ke7 37. Qf6+ Kd6 38. Qf4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top 16"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2625"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"97"]
[EventDate "22.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Antibes"]
[BlackTeam "Montpellier"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nxd5 6. Nf3 e6 7. d4 Bb4 8.
Qc2 Nc6 9. Bb5 Qa5 10. Bd2 Nxc3 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. bxc3 Bd6 13. O-O Qf5 14.
Qxf5 exf5 15. Rfe1+ Be6 16. c4 O-O 17. Rac1 Rab8 18. Rc2 f4 19. Ba5 c5 20. d5
Bf5 21. Rc3 Rb2 22. Ra3 Rc2 23. Bc3 f6 24. h4 h5 25. Rd1 Bg4 26. Rb1 Rb8 27.
Rxb8+ Bxb8 28. Ne1 Rc1 29. Kf1 f3 30. gxf3 Bf5 31. Ke2 g5 32. Ng2 Rc2+ 33. Ke1
Rc1+ 34. Ke2 Rc2+ 35. Ke1 Rc1+ 36. Ke2 Rg1 37. Rb3 Bd6 38. Ne3 gxh4 39. Nxf5 h3
40. Nxd6 h2 41. Rb8+ Kh7 42. Rb7+ Kg6 43. Rf7 h1=Q 44. Rxf6+ Kh7 45. Nf5 Rc1
46. Rf7+ Kg6 47. Rf6+ Kh7 48. Rf7+ Kg6 49. Rf6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top 16"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Black "Khenkin, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2612"]
[BlackElo "2644"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"81"]
[EventDate "22.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Montpellier"]
[BlackTeam "Antibes"]

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 h6 10. h3 Bd7 11. b3 a5 12. a4 Kc8 13. Bb2 Bb4 14. Ne4 Be6
15. g4 Bd5 16. Nfd2 Bxd2 17. Nxd2 Nh4 18. Kh2 Rd8 19. Kg3 g5 20. f4 c5 21. Rf2
Ra6 22. Nc4 Ng6 23. f5 Nf4 24. Bc3 Bxc4 25. bxc4 Rc6 26. h4 Rd4 27. Bxd4 cxd4
28. hxg5 hxg5 29. Rxf4 gxf4+ 30. Kxf4 Rxc4 31. Kg5 Rxc2 32. Kf6 Re2 33. g5 c5
34. Kxf7 Rxe5 35. Rf1 Kd8 36. g6 Re7+ 37. Kf6 d3 38. g7 Re8 39. Kf7 c4 40. Rg1
Re7+ 41. Kf6 1-0

[Event "Top 16"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Parligras, Mircea"]
[Black "Hamdouchi, Hichem"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2599"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"38"]
[EventDate "22.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Antibes"]
[BlackTeam "Montpellier"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bf5 6. Bd2 c6 7. Bc4 e6 8.
Ne4 Qb6 9. Nxf6+ gxf6 10. Bb3 a5 11. a4 Na6 12. Nh4 Bg6 13. Qf3 Qxd4 14. Nxg6
hxg6 15. O-O-O Nc5 16. Bg5 Nxb3+ 17. Qxb3 Qb4 18. Qxb4 axb4 19. Bxf6 Rh5
1/2-1/2

[Event "Top 16"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Kosten, Anthony C"]
[Black "Acher, Mathieu"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2514"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"87"]
[EventDate "22.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Montpellier"]
[BlackTeam "Antibes"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 d6 3. g3 g6 4. d4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Bg2 Bg7 7. dxe5 dxe5 8. Bg5
f6 9. Be3 Nge7 10. Bc5 Qxd1+ 11. Rxd1 Rd8 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. cxd5 Ne7 14. h3 Bxf3
15. Bxf3 e4 16. Bxe4 f5 17. Bf3 Bxb2 18. O-O b6 19. Be3 Be5 20. Rd3 O-O 21. Rc1
Rd7 22. Bg5 Kg7 23. Re3 Bf6 24. Bf4 g5 25. Be5 Nxd5 26. Bxd5 Rxd5 27. Rxc7+ Rf7
28. Bxf6+ Kxf6 29. Rc6+ Kg7 30. Kg2 Rd2 31. a3 Ra2 32. f4 gxf4 33. gxf4 Rf6 34.
Rc7+ Rf7 35. Rg3+ Kf6 36. Rc6+ Ke7 37. Kf2 Kd7 38. Rcc3 Re7 39. Rgd3+ Ke8 40.
Re3 Rxe3 41. Rxe3+ Kf7 42. Kf3 a5 43. Rc3 b5 44. e4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top 16"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Bijaoui, Manuel"]
[Black "Libiszewski, Fabien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2481"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"132"]
[EventDate "22.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Antibes"]
[BlackTeam "Montpellier"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 bxc6 5. O-O Bg7 6. Re1 Nh6 7. c3 O-O 8.
d4 Qb6 9. h3 d6 10. Qc2 f6 11. Be3 cxd4 12. cxd4 Bd7 13. Nc3 Nf7 14. Rad1 Qb7
15. Nd2 Rac8 16. Nc4 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Qd2 Rfe8 19. b3 d5 20. Nb2 e5 21.
Nca4 Nd6 22. Nc5 Qf7 23. dxe5 Rxe5 24. Bd4 Ree8 25. a4 Ne4 26. Nxe4 Bxe4 27. f3
Bf5 28. b4 Rb8 29. Rc1 Rxe1+ 30. Rxe1 Bf8 31. Bc3 c5 32. bxc5 Bxc5+ 33. Bd4 Bb4
34. Qf4 Re8 35. Rxe8+ Qxe8 36. Bxa7 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Qe7 38. Bb8 Bc5 39. Be5 d4 40.
g4 Bc2 41. a5 Qe6 42. Kg3 Qa6 43. Bxd4 Bf8 44. Bc3 Bb3 45. Qd4 Qc6 46. Nd3 Qd6+
47. Qxd6 Bxd6+ 48. Be5 Bc4 49. Bxd6 Bxd3 50. Kf4 Kf7 51. Ke5 g5 52. Bb4 Be2 53.
Bd2 Bxf3 54. a6 Ke7 55. Bxg5+ Kd7 56. a7 Kc7 57. Be3 Kb7 58. Kf4 Bd1 59. Kg5
Bc2 60. Kh6 Bb1 61. h4 Bc2 62. Kg7 Bb1 63. h5 Bc2 64. g5 Bb1 65. Kf6 Bc2 66. g6
Bxg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top 16"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Black "Miralles, Gilles"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2478"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"46"]
[EventDate "22.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Montpellier"]
[BlackTeam "Antibes"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Qa4 Bd7 12. Rad1 h6 13. Bf4 Nb4 14. Qb3 a5 15.
a4 Bf8 16. Ndb5 Bf5 17. Rd2 Rc8 18. Nxd5 Nfxd5 19. Bxd5 Nxd5 20. Rxd5 Be6 21.
Rxd8 Bxb3 22. Rxc8 Rxc8 23. Nc3 Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top 16"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Perez, Flavio"]
[Black "Prie, Eric"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2276"]
[BlackElo "2489"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"80"]
[EventDate "22.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Antibes"]
[BlackTeam "Montpellier"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. d3 e6 5. O-O Bd6 6. Nbd2 Ne7 7. e4 O-O 8. h3
Bh5 9. Re1 c5 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. c3 b5 12. a4 bxa4 13. Rxa4 a5 14. g4 Bg6 15. h4
Nb6 16. Ra1 f5 17. gxf5 exf5 18. e5 Nxe5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Qxe5 Re8 21. Qxe8+
Bxe8 22. Nb3 Qxh4 23. Nxc5 Bf7 24. Be3 Re8 25. Bd4 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 f4 27. Re5 h6
28. Bf3 g5 29. Ne6 Nd7 30. Re1 Qh3 31. Bg2 Qf5 32. Ng7 Qxd3 33. Re7 Nc5 34. Ne8
Ne4 35. Bxe4 dxe4 36. Nf6+ Kf8 37. Rxe4 Qb1+ 38. Kh2 Bd5 39. Nd7+ Kf7 40. Ne5+
Ke6 0-1

[Event "Top 16"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Benmesbah, Natacha"]
[Black "Cochet, Caroline"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2138"]
[BlackElo "2052"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"144"]
[EventDate "22.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Montpellier"]
[BlackTeam "Antibes"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 e5 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3 Qe7 8.
Be3 Nf6 9. Qc1 Nd7 10. a4 Nf8 11. Bg5 f6 12. Be3 Ne6 13. c3 O-O 14. d4 cxd4 15.
cxd4 exd4 16. Nxd4 Re8 17. Qc4 Kh8 18. Na3 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 f5 20. Rad1 fxe4 21.
Bxg7+ Qxg7 22. Rxe4 Bf5 23. Red4 h5 24. h3 Be6 25. Qc3 Re7 26. Nc2 Kh7 27. Ne3
Rf8 28. Qc5 Qf6 29. R1d2 a6 30. Nf1 Bd5 31. Ne3 Be6 32. Rd6 Qf7 33. a5 Bc8 34.
Qg5 Re6 35. Rd8 Rf6 36. Rxf8 Qxf8 37. Nc4 Be6 38. Nd6 Bd5 39. Nxb7 Rf7 40. Rxd5
cxd5 41. Qxd5 Rxf2 42. Qe5 Rf1+ 43. Kh2 Rf5 44. Qc7+ Rf7 45. Qd6 Qxd6+ 46. Nxd6
Rf2 47. Ne4 Rxb2 48. Nc5 Rb5 49. Nxa6 Rxa5 50. Nb4 Ra3 51. Nc2 Rc3 52. Nd4 Kg7
53. Kg1 Kf6 54. Kf2 g5 55. Nf3 Kf5 56. Nd4+ Ke5 57. Nf3+ Kf4 58. g3+ Kf5 59.
Kg2 Rc2+ 60. Kg1 Ra2 61. Kf1 Ra5 62. Ke2 g4 63. Nd4+ Ke4 64. Ne6 Ra2+ 65. Kf1
Kf3 66. Ng5+ Kxg3 67. hxg4 hxg4 68. Ne4+ Kf4 69. Nc3 Rc2 70. Nb5 Kg3 71. Nd4
Ra2 72. Nf5+ Kh2 0-1

[Event "Top 16"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Dobrev, Nanko"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2711"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"71"]
[EventDate "22.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Grasse"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7. Nxg5 e6 8.
Nf3 exd5 9. b4 Qd6 10. a3 O-O 11. e3 c6 12. Be2 Bf5 13. Qb3 Nd7 14. O-O a6 15.
a4 Nb6 16. Rac1 Rfc8 17. a5 Nd7 18. Na4 Rc7 19. Nc5 Nxc5 20. bxc5 Qe7 21. Bd3
Bg4 22. Ne1 Qg5 23. Kh1 Re8 24. Nc2 Rce7 25. Rce1 h5 26. f3 Be6 27. Re2 h4 28.
f4 Qh5 29. Ref2 h3 30. f5 gxf5 31. Bxf5 hxg2+ 32. Kxg2 Kh8 33. Qd3 Qh6 34. Kh1
Rg8 35. Qe2 Qh4 36. Rg2 {suite de la partie illisible!} 0-1

[Event "Top 16"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Eliet, Nicolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2630"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"67"]
[EventDate "22.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Grasse"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14.
Rad1 Rc8 15. Bb3 Re8 16. h3 Nf8 17. d5 exd5 18. exd5 Rxe1+ 19. Rxe1 Qf6 20. Ng5
Qd6 21. Ne4 Qg6 22. Qf4 Rd8 23. Qe5 Bc8 24. Re3 Qf5 25. Qe7 Rd7 26. Qe8 Bb7 27.
Ba4 b5 28. Bxb5 Rxd5 29. Nf6+ gxf6 30. Rg3+ Qg6 31. Rxg6+ hxg6 32. a4 Rg5 33.
Qe7 Bd5 34. Bf1 1-0

[Event "Top 16"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Di Paolo, Raffaele"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2336"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"37"]
[EventDate "22.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Grasse"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 c6 5. Qd2 b5 6. f3 Nd7 7. a4 b4 8. Nd1 Rb8
9. a5 Ngf6 10. g4 Qc7 11. h4 h6 12. Nh3 e5 13. g5 hxg5 14. Nxg5 d5 15. dxe5
Nxe5 16. f4 Nxe4 17. Qg2 Ng4 18. Bxa7 Qxa7 19. Nxe4 0-1

[Event "Top 16"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Fontaine, Robert"]
[Black "Andonov, Bogomil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2316"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"47"]
[EventDate "22.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Grasse"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c4 d6 4. d4 Bg4 5. dxc5 Bxf3 6. gxf3 dxc5 7. Qxd8+ Kxd8
8. Nc3 e6 9. Be3 Nf6 10. O-O-O+ Nfd7 11. f4 b6 12. f5 Nc6 13. fxe6 fxe6 14. Bh3
Ke7 15. Bg5+ Nf6 16. e5 Nxe5 17. Rhe1 Nf3 18. Bg2 Nxg5 19. Bxa8 Kf7 20. Bg2 Nh5
21. h4 Nf4 22. hxg5 Nxg2 23. Re4 Be7 24. Rg1 1-0

[Event "Top 16"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Shoker, Samy"]
[Black "Palac, Mladen"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2399"]
[BlackElo "2553"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"46"]
[EventDate "22.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Grasse"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes"]

1. g3 e5 2. Bg2 d5 3. d3 c6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. e4 Nf6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nbd2 Re8 8. exd5
cxd5 9. c4 Bf5 10. Nb3 Nc6 11. Bg5 dxc4 12. dxc4 h6 13. Nh4 Bh7 14. Bxf6 Qxf6
15. Qd5 e4 16. Rad1 Rad8 17. Qb5 g5 18. Qxb7 Bf8 19. Bh3 Rxd1 20. Rxd1 gxh4 21.
Qa6 e3 22. f4 e2 23. Re1 Bb4 0-1

[Event "Top 16"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Govciyan, Pavel"]
[Black "Karim, Ismael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2411"]
[BlackElo "2407"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"163"]
[EventDate "22.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Grasse"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 e5 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Nd7 5. Nc3 Ngf6 6. Be2 Be7 7. O-O a6 8. b4
O-O 9. Rb1 Qc7 10. Qc2 b5 11. a4 Bb7 12. Bg5 Rfe8 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. Rfc1 bxa4
15. c5 h6 16. Bd2 a5 17. Nxa4 axb4 18. Bc4 Ba6 19. Bb3 Bb5 20. Nb6 Bxc5 21.
Nxa8 Qa7 22. Ra1 Qb7 23. Qa2 Re7 24. Qa5 Nxe4 25. Bxb4 Bxf2+ 26. Kh1 c5 27. Be1
Bc6 28. Rcb1 Qc8 29. Bc2 Bxe1 30. Qxe1 Ndf6 31. Nb6 Qg4 32. Ra3 g5 33. Re3 Qf4
34. Nc8 Re6 35. Na7 Bd5 36. Nb5 Ng4 37. Re2 Nxh2 38. Rxe4 Nxf3 39. Rxf4 Nxe1
40. Be4 exf4 41. Bxd5 Re5 42. Bc4 Nc2 43. Nd6 Re1+ 44. Rxe1 Nxe1 45. Nxf7 Kg7
46. Ne5 Nc2 47. Kg1 Ne3 48. Be2 Nd5 49. Kf2 Kf6 50. Nd7+ Kf5 51. Bd3+ Ke6 52.
Nxc5+ Ke5 53. Be2 Nf6 54. Bd1 h5 55. Bc2 h4 56. Bg6 Ng4+ 57. Ke2 Ne3 58. Nd3+
Kd4 59. Kf2 Ng4+ 60. Kf3 Nh2+ 61. Ke2 Ng4 62. Ne1 Ke5 63. Nf3+ Kf6 64. Bh5 Nh6
65. Nh2 Nf5 66. Bf3 Ke5 67. Kd3 Ng3 68. Ng4+ Kf5 69. Nf2 Ke5 70. Kc4 Nf1 71.
Ng4+ Kf5 72. Kd4 Nd2 73. Nf2 Nxf3+ 74. gxf3 h3 75. Ng4 Kg6 76. Kd3 Kh5 77. Ke2
Kh4 78. Kf2 h2 79. Nxh2 Kh3 80. Ng4 Kh4 81. Kg2 Kh5 82. Ne5 1-0

[Event "Top 16"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "3.7"]
[White "Forestier, Flavien"]
[Black "Levacic, Damir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2165"]
[BlackElo "2284"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"92"]
[EventDate "22.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Grasse"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes"]

1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. d3 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. a3
Re8 9. Qc2 Bg4 10. Nbd2 Bf8 11. h3 Bh5 12. Re1 a5 13. b3 Nd4 14. Nxd4 exd4 15.
Nf3 c5 16. Bd2 Qd7 17. Qb2 Ra6 18. g4 Bg6 19. Nh4 h5 20. Nxg6 fxg6 21. Bf3 Kh8
22. Kg2 Be7 23. gxh5 Bh4 24. h6 gxh6 25. Bxd5 Qxd5+ 26. e4 Qh5 27. Bf4 Rf6 28.
Qd2 Ref8 29. Be5 Qxe5 30. Qxh6+ Kg8 31. Qxh4 Rxf2+ 32. Qxf2 Rxf2+ 33. Kxf2 Qf4+
34. Kg2 Qd2+ 35. Kf3 Qxd3+ 36. Kf4 Qxb3 37. e5 Qe6 38. Ke4 Qc6+ 39. Kf4 c4 40.
e6 Kf8 41. e7+ Ke8 42. Re4 c3 43. Rae1 c2 44. Rc1 d3 45. Kg5 Qc3 46. Kxg6 d2
0-1

[Event "Top 16"]
[Site "Cannes"]
[Date "2009.03.22"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Leconte, Maria"]
[Black "Forestier, Carole"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2096"]
[WhiteTeam " "]"61"]
[EventDate "22.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Grasse"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 a6 10. O-O-O O-O 11. Nb3 Bxe3 12. Qxe3 b5 13. h4 b4 14. Na4 a5 15.
Kb1 Ba6 16. h5 Qc7 17. Bxa6 Rxa6 18. Qe2 Ra7 19. Rh3 Ne7 20. Nd4 Qc4 21. Qg4
Rc8 22. b3 Qc7 23. Rg3 g6 24. hxg6 Nxg6 25. Rh1 Ndf8 26. Qe2 Rb7 27. f5 exf5
28. Nxf5 Re8 29. Nh6+ Kh8 30. Qf2 Rxe5 31. Qf6# 1-0

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.04.30"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[WhiteTeam "Montpellier"]
[BlackTeam "Strasbourg"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Re1 Na6 8. Nc3
Ne4 9. Qa4 Qc8 10. Bf4 d6 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. Bh3 c6 13. Nd2 Bg6 14. Bg2 d5 15.
e4 dxe4 16. Nxe4 Rd8 17. Red1 Nb4 18. a3 b5 19. cxb5 cxb5 20. Qxb5 a6 21. Qe2
Nd5 22. Be5 Qd7 23. Nc3 Nxc3 24. bxc3 Rac8 25. c4 Qa4 26. c5 f6 27. Bf4 e5 28.
dxe5 Bxc5 29. Bd5+ Kh8 30. exf6 gxf6 31. Qb2 Kg7 32. Qb7+ Kh8 33. Qb2 Kg7 34.
Rd2 Qb5 35. Bf3 Qxb2 36. Rxb2 Rd3 37. Rb7+ Kh8 38. Bg4 Re8 39. Bh6 Bd4 40. Rc1
f5 41. Bd1 Rxa3 42. Rc4 Bf6 43. Kg2 Rc3 44. Ra4 Rc6 45. Ra7 Re7 46. R7xa6 Rxa6
47. Rxa6 Bg7 48. Bg5 Re8 49. Bc2 Kg8 50. h4 Rc8 51. Bd3 Rc5 52. Ra8+ Kf7 53.
Bb1 Bd4 54. Ba2+ 1-0

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.04.30"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoly"]
[Black "Hamdouchi, Hicham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[WhiteTeam "Strasbourg"]
[BlackTeam "Montpellier"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. cxd5
exd5 9. a3 Bd6 10. b4 Nbd7 11. Qb3 a6 12. a4 c6 13. e4 dxe4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15.
Bxe4 h6 16. Bd2 Nf6 17. Bc2 c5 18. bxc5 Bd5 19. Qa3 bxc5 20. dxc5 Bxc5 21. Qxc5
Rc8 22. Qa3 Rxc2 23. Bb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.04.30"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Black "Roos, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[WhiteTeam "Montpellier"]
[BlackTeam "Strasbourg"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. Bd3 d5 6. e5 Nd7 7. Bb5 Qb6 8. Qa4 e6
9. d3 Ndb8 10. c4 a6 11. Nc3 d4 12. Ne4 Bd7 13. O-O Ra7 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Qd1
Bxe4 16. dxe4 Qc6 17. b4 b6 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Rb1 Nd7 20. Ba3 Be7 21. Qd3 Qc7
22. Qb3 h5 23. h4 Qd8 24. g3 O-O 25. Qa4 Qa8 26. Rfe1 Rc8 27. Bc1 Qc6 28. Qxc6
Rxc6 29. Bf4 Bd8 30. Rb3 Rb6 31. Reb1 Rxb3 32. Rxb3 Bc7 33. Kf1 Kf8 34. Ke2 Ke8
35. Kd3 Nf8 36. Bc1 Nd7 37. Bf4 Kd8 38. Ng5 Ke7 39. Nf3 f6 40. exf6+ gxf6 41.
Ke2 e5 42. Bd2 Ra8 43. Nh2 Ke6 44. g4 hxg4 45. Nxg4 Rh8 46. Nh6 Ba5 47. Ra3
Bxd2 48. Rxa6+ Ke7 49. Nf5+ Kf7 50. Ra7 Ke6 51. Kxd2 Rb8 52. h5 Rb2+ 53. Ke1 d3
54. h6 Re2+ 55. Kd1 Rxf2 56. h7 1-0

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.04.30"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Roos, Louis"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony C."]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2350"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[WhiteTeam "Strasbourg"]
[BlackTeam "Montpellier"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. Bd2 d6 6. Bg2 e5 7. a3 a5 8. e3 Nge7
9. Nge2 O-O 10. O-O Rb8 11. Rb1 Be6 12. Qc2 d5 13. cxd5 Nxd5 14. Ne4 b6 15. f4
h6 16. Nf2 Re8 17. fxe5 Nxe5 18. e4 Nc7 19. Nf4 Nb5 20. Nxe6 Rxe6 21. Rbe1 Rd6
22. Bf4 Nd4 23. Qd1 Ne6 24. Bxe5 Bxe5 25. Ng4 Bg7 26. Qf3 Rd7 27. Rd1 h5 28.
Nf6+ Qxf6 29. Qxf6 Bxf6 30. Rxf6 Kg7 31. Rdf1 Re7 32. Bh3 Ng5 33. Bg2 Re6 34.
R6f2 f6 35. h4 Nf7 36. b4 Ne5 37. Rd1 Rd8 38. Bf1 Red6 39. bxc5 bxc5 40. Kg2 c4
0-1

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.04.30"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Prie, Eric"]
[Black "Varga, Peter"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[WhiteTeam "Montpellier"]
[BlackTeam "Strasbourg"]

1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 c6 3. e3 Bf5 4. c4 e6 5. Nc3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ngf6 7. Qb3 Qb6 8. c5
Qxb3 9. axb3 a6 10. b4 Rc8 11. h3 Be7 12. Nd2 Bd8 13. Nb3 Bc2 14. Na5 Bxa5 15.
bxa5 Kd8 16. Kd2 Bg6 17. Ra4 Ra8 18. Rb4 Ra7 19. Be2 Ne8 20. Na4 Nc7 21. Bxc7+
Kxc7 22. Nb6 Kd8 23. Ra4 Re8 24. h4 h5 25. b4 Nf6 26. f3 Bf5 27. Raa1 Rh8 28.
Ke1 Bg6 29. Kf2 Ke7 30. Ra3 Bf5 31. Kg3 Nd7 32. Rha1 f6 33. Kf4 Bg6 34. e4 dxe4
35. fxe4 e5+ 36. dxe5 Nxe5 37. Rd1 Bf7 38. Rd4 Be6 39. Ra1 g6 40. Rad1 Re8 41.
Rd6 Rf8 42. R1d4 Re8 43. Ke3 Raa8 44. Nxa8 Rxa8 45. Kf4 Rf8 46. Rd1 Rh8 47.
R6d4 Rf8 48. Rb1 Rc8 49. Bd1 Rg8 50. Bb3 Bxb3 51. Rxb3 Rc8 52. Rb1 Rf8 53. Rbd1
Rc8 54. Rd6 Rh8 55. Rxf6 Kxf6 56. Rd6+ Ke7 57. Kxe5 Rg8 58. Kf4 Rf8+ 59. Kg5
Rf2 60. Rxg6 Kf7 61. Kxh5 Rb2 62. g4 Rxb4 63. e5 Rc4 64. e6+ Ke7 65. Rg5 Kxe6
66. Kg6 Rf4 67. h5 Rf8 68. h6 Rg8+ 69. Kh5 Rh8 70. Rg7 Kd5 71. g5 Kxc5 72. h7
b6 73. axb6 Kxb6 74. g6 1-0

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.04.30"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Roos, Jean-Luc"]
[Black "Libiszewski, Fabien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2273"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[WhiteTeam "Strasbourg"]
[BlackTeam "Montpellier"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. h3 g6 7. e4 Bg7 8. Bd3 a6
9. a4 Nbd7 10. Nf3 Nh5 11. Bg5 Bf6 12. Be3 Ne5 13. Nxe5 Bxe5 14. Qd2 O-O 15. g4
Ng7 16. f4 Bd4 17. O-O-O Bd7 18. Bc2 b5 19. Bxd4 cxd4 20. Qxd4 Rc8 21. Kb1 Rc4
22. Qd3 Qa5 23. Na2 Rfc8 24. Bb3 R4c5 25. axb5 Bxb5 26. Qd2 Qb6 27. Rc1 Bd7 28.
Rxc5 Rxc5 29. Bc2 Ne8 30. Nc3 Nc7 31. Qd4 Nb5 32. Nxb5 Bxb5 33. Qd2 Bc4 34. Bd3
Qb3 35. Bxc4 Rxc4 36. Re1 Ra4 37. Re3 Qa2+ 38. Kc1 Rc4+ 39. Rc3 Qa1+ 40. Kc2
Qa4+ 41. Kb1 Rxc3 42. Qxc3 Qxe4+ 43. Qc2 Qxf4 44. Qc8+ Kg7 45. Qxa6 Qe4+ 46.
Ka1 Qh1+ 47. Ka2 Qxd5+ 48. b3 Qd2+ 49. Ka3 Qd4 50. Qf1 Qa7+ 51. Kb2 Qc5 52. Qf3
h6 53. Qd3 d5 54. Qd2 d4 55. h4 Qe5 56. g5 Qe4 57. b4 hxg5 58. hxg5 Qd5 59. Qf4
Qc4 60. Qe5+ Kf8 61. b5 d3 62. Qd6+ Ke8 63. b6 d2 64. Qxd2 Qb5+ 65. Kc2 Qxb6
66. Qg2 Qd4 67. Qe2+ Kf8 68. Qd2 Qc4+ 69. Kd1 Ke7 70. Ke1 Ke6 71. Qd8 Kf5 72.
Qf6+ Kg4 73. Qf2 Qe4+ 0-1

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.04.30"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Black "Reinhart, Emmanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[WhiteTeam "Montpellier"]
[BlackTeam "Strasbourg"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Qb3 Bc8 7. Bd2 e6 8. Rc1
Nc6 9. Bd3 Be7 10. f4 Nd7 11. Nf3 Qb6 12. Qd1 f5 13. O-O O-O 14. Na4 Qd8 15.
Be1 Nf6 16. Bh4 Ng4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. Qe2 Nb4 19. a3 Nxd3 20. Qxd3 Bd7 21. Nc5
Bc6 22. Ng5 Rfe8 23. Rc3 Nf6 24. Qc2 Ne4 25. Ngxe4 fxe4 26. Rc1 Rac8 27. Qe2
Qd6 28. Qh5 Rf8 29. Qe5 Qxe5 30. dxe5 Rfe8 31. Nb3 Bd7 32. Nc5 Bc6 33. b4 Kf8
34. b5 b6 35. Nxe6+ Rxe6 36. Rxc6 Rexc6 37. Rxc6 Rd8 38. Kf2 d4 39. exd4 Rxd4
40. Ke3 Ra4 41. g4 Rxa3+ 42. Kxe4 Ra5 43. Kf5 Rxb5 44. Rc8+ Kf7 45. Rc7+ Kf8
46. Ke6 Rc5 47. Rxc5 1-0

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.04.30"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Nicoara, Malina"]
[Black "Haussernot, Cecile"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2167"]
[BlackElo "1924"]
[WhiteTeam "Strasbourg"]
[BlackTeam "Montpellier"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. b6 Qxb6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nf3 g6 8. Nd2
Bg7 9. e4 O-O 10. Nc4 Qc7 11. Be2 Nbd7 12. O-O Nb6 13. a4 Nxc4 14. Bxc4 Bd7 15.
h3 e5 16. Qd3 Ne8 17. f4 f5 18. Kh1 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Bf5 20. g4 Bxe4+ 21. Qxe4 Nf6
22. Qg2 e4 23. g5 Nh5 24. Be2 Rae8 25. Bxh5 gxh5 26. f5 Bd4 27. f6 e3 28. Re1
Qf7 29. Ra3 Re5 30. Rb3 c4 31. Rb4 Rc8 32. h4 Rce8 33. Rxc4 Re4 34. Qg3 Qxd5
0-1

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.04.30"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Chalons en Champagne"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 dxc4 7. e4 g5 8. Bg3 b5
9. Be2 Bb7 10. Ne5 h5 11. h4 g4 12. O-O Nbd7 13. Qc2 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 Bg7 15. b3
cxb3 16. axb3 O-O 17. Bg3 c5 18. e5 Nd7 19. Ne4 cxd4 20. Ng5 f5 21. Nxe6 Qb6
22. Nxg7 Kxg7 23. Qd2 f4 24. Bxf4 Rae8 25. Bg3 a6 26. Rac1 Be4 27. Rfd1 Bg6 28.
Qb2 Nxe5 29. Rxd4 Qf6 30. Qd2 Nf7 31. Rf4 Qe7 32. Bd3 Bxd3 33. Qxd3 Rc8 34.
Qd4+ Kg6 35. Ra1 Rc6 36. Qd5 Qe6 37. Qd3+ Kg7 38. Rf5 Qg6 39. Re1 Rf6 40. Ree5
Rxf5 41. Rxf5 Re8 42. Qd5 Qe6 43. Rxh5 Kg6 44. Qxe6+ Rxe6 45. Rc5 Re1+ 46. Kh2
Rb1 47. h5+ Kg7 48. Rc7 Rxb3 49. h6+ Kxh6 50. Rxf7 a5 51. Ra7 a4 52. Bf4+ Kg6
53. Be3 Kf5 54. Kg3 Rb4 55. Rf7+ Ke6 56. Rg7 Re4 57. Ra7 Kd5 58. Bf4 Kc4 59.
Kxg4 Kb3 60. Kf5 Re2 61. g4 Rxf2 62. g5 a3 63. g6 Rc2 64. g7 Rc8 65. Bd6 Rg8
66. Rxa3+ 1-0

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.04.30"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[WhiteTeam "Chalons en Champagne"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Qb3
b6 9. Bg5 Nbd7 10. Rd1 Bb7 11. Nc3 Rc8 12. Bxf6 Nxf6 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. Rac1 Qb8
15. cxd5 cxd5 16. f4 Rfd8 17. e3 Nd7 18. Ne2 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Nxd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.04.30"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Chalons en Champagne"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8.
Be2 Bg7 9. Nf3 O-O 10. O-O Nd7 11. e4 Nb6 12. a4 a5 13. Ng5 Bd7 14. f4 Qe8 15.
Qd2 f6 16. Nf3 Bxa4 17. d5 Bd7 18. f5 gxf5 19. exf5 Bxf5 20. Nd4 Bd7 21. Bf3
Qg6 22. Rae1 Bh6 23. Qa2 Bf4 24. Rxe7 Bd6 25. Ree1 a4 26. Ne6 Bxe6 27. dxe6 Ra5
28. Bf2 Re5 29. Bd4 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Qf5 31. Qe2 Be5 32. Bg4 Qf4 33. Bxe5 fxe5 34.
e7 Re8 35. Be6+ Kg7 36. Rf1 Qg5 37. h4 Qg3 38. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.04.30"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Sebag, Marie"]
[Black "Fontaine, Robert"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[WhiteTeam "Chalons en Champagne"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes"]
1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 c6 6. h3 Bf5 7. Bd3 Bxd3 8.
Qxd3 Nbd7 9. O-O e6 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qe2 Be7 13. c4 O-O 14. Re1
Rad8 15. Bd2 Rfe8 16. Ba5 Rb8 17. Bc3 b5 18. d5 cxd5 19. Be5 Qb6 20. Bxb8 Rxb8
21. cxd5 Nxd5 22. Ne5 Rd8 23. Rac1 Bg5 24. Qh5 Bxc1 25. Qxf7+ Kh8 26. Rxc1 Qd6
27. Qh5 Kg8 28. Qf7+ Kh8 29. f4 Rf8 30. Rc6 Qe7 31. Qxe7 Nxe7 32. Rxe6 Nd5 33.
f5 Nf4 34. Re7 a6 35. Nd7 Rd8 36. Nc5 h5 37. Re4 Rd1+ 38. Kh2 Nd5 39. Re8+ Kh7
40. Ne4 g6 41. f6 Nxf6 42. Re7+ 1-0

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.04.30"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Siebrecht, Sebastian"]
[Black "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Chalons en Champagne"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nd5 8.
Qb5 O-O 9. Qxc4 Nb6 10. Qd3 e5 11. dxe5 Qxd3 12. exd3 Bf5 13. d4 Rad8 14. O-O
Bxd2 15. Nbxd2 Nxd4 16. Nxd4 Rxd4 17. Nb3 Rb4 18. Rfc1 c6 19. Nc5 Nd7 20. Nxd7
Bxd7 21. Rd1 Bg4 22. Rd2 f6 23. h3 Be6 24. Rd6 Bd5 25. Bxd5+ cxd5 26. b3 fxe5
27. Rxd5 Re4 28. Rd2 a5 29. Rc1 h5 30. Rc7 Kh8 31. Rxb7 h4 32. g4 Re1+ 33. Kg2
Rc8 34. Re7 Rcc1 35. Rd8+ Kh7 36. Rdd7 e4 37. Rxg7+ Kh6 38. Rh7+ Kg6 39. Rxh4
e3 40. Rd6+ Kg7 41. fxe3 Rxe3 42. Rd2 Rcc3 43. Rh5 a4 44. bxa4 Ra3 45. a5 Kg6
46. Rd6+ Kg7 47. Rd2 Kg6 48. Rb2 Rec3 49. Rd5 Kf6 50. Rd6+ Ke7 51. Rh6 Kf7 52.
a6 Kg8 53. Kh2 Kg7 54. g5 Rd3 55. Rb7+ Kg8 56. Rg6+ Kh8 57. Rh6+ Kg8 58. Rb2
Kg7 59. Rg2 Rdc3 60. h4 Ra4 61. Rd2 Rcc4 62. Kg2 Rg4+ 63. Kf2 Raf4+ 64. Ke2
Re4+ 65. Kd1 Rg1+ 66. Kc2 Rc4+ 67. Kb3 Rc8 68. a7 Rb1+ 69. Rb2 Rh1 70. Ka4 1-0

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.04.30"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Belkhodja, Slim"]
[Black "Govciyan, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2479"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[WhiteTeam "Chalons en Champagne"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d3 Nf6 3. Nbd2 Bf5 4. h3 h6 5. g4 Bh7 6. Bg2 e6 7. e3 c5 8. b3 Nc6
9. Bb2 Qc7 10. Qe2 Nb4 11. O-O Nxc2 12. Rad1 Nb4 13. e4 d4 14. a3 Nc6 15. b4 e5
16. b5 Nd8 17. Nc4 Nd7 18. Bc1 Be7 19. a4 Ne6 20. Ncxe5 Nxe5 21. Nxe5 Qxe5 22.
f4 Qc7 23. f5 Nd8 24. Bf4 Qd7 25. e5 O-O 26. Qf2 Re8 27. Be4 Bg5 28. Bxg5 hxg5
29. h4 Qe7 30. Rd2 gxh4 31. f6 Qxe5 32. Bxh7+ Kf8 33. Qxh4 gxf6 34. Be4 Qg5 35.
Qh2 Re5 36. Rff2 Qxg4+ 37. Rg2 Qh5 38. Qf4 Re6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.04.30"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Leconte, Maria"]
[Black "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Chalons en Champagne"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. Nf3 Bd7 8. Rb1
Qc7 9. dxc5 Ng6 10. Be2 Bc6 11. Qd4 Nd7 12. O-O O-O 13. Bd3 Ngxe5 14. Nxe5 Qxe5
15. f4 Qxd4+ 16. cxd4 f5 17. Re1 Kf7 18. Bb5 Bxb5 19. Rxb5 b6 20. a4 Rfc8 21.
Ba3 Rab8 22. Reb1 Ke8 23. Re1 Kf7 24. Reb1 a6 25. R5b3 bxc5 26. dxc5 Rxb3 27.
cxb3 a5 28. b4 axb4 29. Bxb4 Rc7 30. Rc1 Ke8 31. Kf2 Rb7 32. Bd2 Nb8 33. Ba5
Rb2+ 34. Kf1 Nc6 35. Bc3 Ra2 36. a5 d4 37. Be1 Kd7 38. Rb1 Kc7 39. Rd1 Rc2 40.
a6 Rxc5 41. Ra1 Kb6 42. Bf2 Rd5 43. Ra4 Rd7 44. Ke2 g6 45. Kd3 Kb5 46. a7 Rxa7
47. Rxa7 Nxa7 48. Kxd4 Nc6+ 49. Kc3 Nb8 50. Kd4 Nd7 51. Bh4 Kb4 52. Be7+ Kb3
53. Bd8 Kc2 54. Kc4 Kd1 55. Kb5 e5 56. fxe5 Nxe5 57. Kc5 Ke2 58. Kd5 Ng4 59.
Ke6 Kf2 60. h3 Ne3 61. Bb6 f4 62. Ke5 Kg3 0-1

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.04.30"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Cossin, Sebastien"]
[Black "Levacic, Damir"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2284"]
[WhiteTeam "Chalons en Champagne"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Nc3 d6 6. Qc2 Nc6 7. a3 Bxc3 8.
Bxc3 Qe7 9. e4 e5 10. d5 Nb8 11. c5 Nbd7 12. cxd6 cxd6 13. b4 axb4 14. axb4
Rxa1+ 15. Bxa1 O-O 16. Be2 Nb6 17. Nd2 Bd7 18. O-O Rc8 19. Qb1 Ba4 20. Rc1
Rxc1+ 21. Qxc1 Ne8 22. Nb1 Qc7 23. Nc3 Bd7 24. Qa3 Kf8 25. h3 Ke7 26. Qa2 f5
27. exf5 Bxf5 28. Qd2 h6 29. f4 Nd7 30. Kh2 Qb6 31. fxe5 dxe5 32. Bb5 Nd6 33.
Bxd7 Bxd7 34. Nd1 Nc4 35. Qe2 Qxb4 36. Bxe5 Nxe5 37. Qxe5+ Kf7 38. d6 Kg6 39.
Ne3 Qb5 40. Nd5 Kh7 41. Qe4+ Kg8 42. Qf3 Kh7 43. Qe4+ Kg8 44. h4 h5 45. Qf3 Bc6
46. Ne7+ Kh7 47. Nxc6 bxc6 48. d7 Qe5+ 49. g3 Qb2+ 50. Kh3 Qd4 51. Qxh5+ 1-0

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.04.30"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[WhiteTeam "Antibes"]
[BlackTeam "Vandoeuvre"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7. c3 c5 8.
Ne5 a6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Qa4+ Nd7 11. Bb5 cxd4 12. Bxd7+ Bxd7 13. Qxd4 Bb5 14. a4
Bd6 15. axb5 Bxe5 16. Qa4 O-O 17. b6 Qe7 18. O-O Rad8 19. Rad1 Rxd1 20. Rxd1
Rd8 21. Rxd8+ Qxd8 22. g3 g6 23. c4 Bd4 24. c5 Bxe3 25. fxe3 Qd2 26. Qd4 Qe1+
27. Kg2 Qe2+ 28. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.04.30"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Black "Parligras, Mircea"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[WhiteTeam "Vandoeuvre"]
[BlackTeam "Antibes"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 Nc6 6. Bg2 Ne4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8.
Qxd2 cxd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. Nf3 Nxf3+ 11. Bxf3 O-O 12. O-O Rb8 13. a3 Bxc3 14.
Qxc3 b6 15. Rfd1 Bb7 16. Rd4 f6 17. Rad1 Rf7 18. Rd6 Bxf3 19. exf3 Qc7 20. R1d4
Rb7 21. Qd3 a5 22. a4 f5 23. h4 h6 24. h5 Re7 25. Kg2 Rf7 26. b3 Ra7 27. Qd2
Rb7 28. Rd3 Re7 29. Qe3 Rf7 30. Qd4 Kf8 31. Qe5 Ra7 32. Qb5 Rb7 33. Qe5 Ra7 34.
Qe3 Rb7 35. g4 fxg4 36. fxg4 Kg8 37. Qd4 Qb8 38. f3 Qc7 39. Qe5 Qb8 40. Qe4 Qc7
41. Qg6 Qc5 42. Rxd7 Rbxd7 43. Rxd7 Rxd7 44. Qe8+ Kh7 45. Qxd7 Qe3 46. Qd1 e5
47. Qb1+ Kg8 48. Qc2 Kh8 49. Qe4 Qxb3 50. Qxe5 Qxa4 51. Qb8+ Kh7 52. Qxb6 Qc2+
53. Kg3 a4 54. Qa6 Kh8 55. Qa8+ Kh7 56. Qa6 Kh8 57. Kf4 Qc1+ 58. Ke4 a3 59.
Qc8+ Kh7 60. Qf5+ Kh8 61. Qf8+ Kh7 62. Qf5+ Kh8 63. Qc8+ Kh7 64. Qf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.04.30"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Miralles, Gilles"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[WhiteTeam "Antibes"]
[BlackTeam "Vandoeuvre"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Bd7 8. O-O
Be7 9. Ndb5 Qb8 10. Bg5 a6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Nd4 Qc7 13. Nce2 h5 14. h3 O-O-O
15. c4 Kb8 16. Rc1 Qb6 17. Rc3 Rc8 18. a3 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Rc7 20. b4 h4 21. g4
Bc8 22. Nc2 Bf8 23. Ne3 Bh6 24. e5 Bf4 25. c5 dxc5 26. Nc4 Qb5 27. Nd6 Qd7 28.
bxc5 Bxe5 29. Rb3 Rd8 30. Qf3 Bxd6 31. cxd6 Qxd6 32. Qxf6 Qe7 33. Qe5 Qd6 34.
Qf6 Qe7 35. Qe5 Qd6 36. Qe2 f5 37. Rfb1 fxg4 38. Qxg4 Qd4 39. Qf3 Qd5 40. Qg4
Qd4 41. Qf3 Qd5 42. Qg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.04.30"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[WhiteTeam "Vandoeuvre"]
[BlackTeam "Antibes"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. h3 Nc6 5. Bd3 d5 6. e5 Nd7 7. Bb5 Qb6 8. Qa4 e6
9. d3 Ndb8 10. c4 a6 11. Nc3 d4 12. Ne4 Bd7 13. O-O Ra7 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Qd1
Bxe4 16. dxe4 Qc6 17. b4 b6 18. bxc5 bxc5 19. Rb1 Nd7 20. Ba3 Be7 21. Qd3 Qc7
22. Qb3 h5 23. h4 Qd8 24. g3 O-O 25. Qa4 Qa8 26. Rfe1 Rc8 27. Bc1 Qc6 28. Qxc6
Rxc6 29. Bf4 Bd8 30. Rb3 Rb6 31. Reb1 Rxb3 32. Rxb3 Bc7 33. Kf1 Kf8 34. Ke2 Ke8
35. Kd3 Nf8 36. Bc1 Nd7 37. Bf4 Kd8 38. Ng5 Ke7 39. Nf3 f6 40. exf6+ gxf6 41.
Ke2 e5 42. Bd2 Ra8 43. Nh2 Ke6 44. g4 hxg4 45. Nxg4 Rh8 46. Nh6 Ba5 47. Ra3
Bxd2 48. Rxa6+ Ke7 49. Nf5+ Kf7 50. Ra7 Ke6 51. Kxd2 Rb8 52. h5 Rb2+ 53. Ke1
1-0

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.04.30"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Acher, Mathieu"]
[Black "Brunner, Nicolas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[WhiteTeam "Antibes"]
[BlackTeam "Vandoeuvre"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Qe2 Nc6 5. c3 g6 6. Bb3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4
cxd4 9. cxd4 Bg4 10. Rd1 Nd7 11. Be3 Na5 12. Bc2 Rc8 13. Na3 a6 14. Rac1 b5 15.
Bb1 Nc6 16. Rc2 Nf6 17. h3 Bxf3 18. Qxf3 Qd7 19. Rdc1 e6 20. Rd1 Qa7 21. Rcd2
Nd7 22. Qg3 d5 23. exd5 exd5 24. Nc2 Ne7 25. Ne1 Rc6 26. Bg5 Nc8 27. Nd3 Ncb6
28. b3 Rc3 29. Be7 Rfc8 30. Qf3 a5 0-1

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.04.30"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Philippe, Christophe"]
[Black "Bijaoui, Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[WhiteTeam "Vandoeuvre"]
[BlackTeam "Antibes"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bd3 g6 7. O-O Bg7 8. Re1
O-O 9. Bf1 Nc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bh4 Nxd4 12. Qxd4 g5 13. Bg3 Nh5 14. Qd2 Nxg3 15.
hxg3 Qa5 16. Rad1 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Be6 18. Rb1 Rab8 19. Rb4 Rfc8 20. a4 Rc6 21.
Bd3 Qc7 22. e5 dxe5 23. Qe2 Rxc3 24. Qe4 f5 25. Qxe5 Qxe5 26. Rxe5 Kf7 27. a5
Kf6 28. f4 Rc6 29. Kf2 Rd6 30. Ke3 b5 31. axb6 Rbxb6 32. Rxb6 Rxb6 33. Ra5 Bc8
34. Rc5 Bd7 35. Ra5 Bc8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.04.30"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Perez, Flavio"]
[Black "Nezar, Mustapha"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[WhiteTeam "Antibes"]
[BlackTeam "Vandoeuvre"]

1. e4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. e5 c5 4. b4 cxb4 5. d4 Ne7 6. a3 Nf5 7. axb4 Bxb4+ 8. c3
Be7 9. h4 h5 10. Bd3 Nc6 11. Bg5 a6 12. Nbd2 Qc7 13. Nf1 Bd7 14. Ne3 Nxe3 15.
fxe3 Bxg5 16. Nxg5 f6 17. Bg6+ Ke7 18. Nf7 Rhf8 19. Qxh5 Nd8 20. Nxd8 Qxc3+ 21.
Kf2 Raxd8 22. Rhe1 fxe5+ 23. Kg3 exd4 24. Rac1 Qa3 25. Qe5 Rf6 26. h5 dxe3 27.
Rc3 Qb4 28. Rb1 Rxg6+ 29. hxg6 Qxb1 30. Qc7 Qe1+ 31. Kh3 e5+ 32. Kh2 Qxc3 0-1

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.04.30"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Steil-Antoni, Fiona"]
[Black "Cochet, Caroline"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2115"]
[BlackElo "2052"]
[WhiteTeam "Vandoeuvre"]
[BlackTeam "Antibes"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. Be3 d6 7. Qd2 Nge7 8. Bh6
Bxh6 9. Qxh6 Nd4 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Kb1 b5 12. Nce2 Nec6 13. c3 Nxe2 14. Nxe2
Rb8 15. h4 Rf8 16. h5 Rb6 17. Qxh7 gxh5 18. Qxh5 b4 19. c4 Ra6 20. Nc1 Bd7 21.
b3 Nd4 22. Rd2 Bc6 23. Qd1 Qc7 24. Ne2 Nxe2 25. Qxe2 Rb6 26. d4 cxd4 27. Rxd4
a5 28. Rhd1 Bb7 29. Qd2 Ke7 30. e5 d5 31. Qg5+ Ke8 32. cxd5 exd5 33. Bxd5 Bxd5
34. Rxd5 Rb8 35. Qd2 Rg8 36. Rd7 Qxe5 37. Rd8+ Ke7 38. Qd7+ Kf6 39. Rd6+ Kg7
40. Qg4+ Kh7 41. Qxg8# 1-0

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.04.30"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Colovic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[WhiteTeam "Grasse"]
[BlackTeam "Metz Fischer"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8.
Nge2 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Rc1 Bh5 11. a3 Bg6 12. Na4 O-O 13. b4 Nd7 14. Bg3 Nb6
15. Nxb6 Qxb6 16. Nc3 Bxd3 17. Qxd3 Rfc8 18. Na4 Qd8 19. Nc5 Qb6 20. Na4 Qa7
21. Rc3 b5 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. Rxc5 Ne7 24. Rfc1 Rxc5 25. Rxc5 Rc8 26. Bd6 Nc6 27.
Qc3 Qd7 28. Bg3 f6 29. Qc2 Ne7 30. Bc7 h5 31. f3 Nf5 32. Kf2 Kf7 33. Qc3 g6 34.
h3 h4 35. Ke2 Ng7 36. e4 Nh5 37. Kf1 dxe4 38. fxe4 e5 39. Rd5 Ng3+ 40. Ke1 Qe7
41. Qb3 Kg7 42. Bd6 Qe6 43. Qd3 Rc1+ 44. Kd2 Rc4 45. Kd1 Qxd5 46. exd5 Rxd4 47.
Qxd4 exd4 48. Bc5 Kf7 49. Bxd4 Nf5 50. Bc5 Ne7 51. d6 Nc6 52. Ke2 Ke6 53. Ke3
Ne5 54. Kd4 g5 55. Ke4 f5+ 56. Kd4 Nd7 57. Kd3 Nxc5+ 58. bxc5 g4 59. Ke3 gxh3
60. gxh3 a5 61. Kd4 f4 62. Ke4 b4 63. axb4 axb4 0-1

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.04.30"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Eliet, Nicolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[WhiteTeam "Metz Fischer"]
[BlackTeam "Grasse"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. Nf3 Bb4+ 6. Nbd2 Qe7 7. e3 Ngxe5
8. Nxe5 Nxe5 9. a3 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 d6 11. Be2 b6 12. O-O Bb7 13. Bg3 h5 14. h3
h4 15. Bh2 Rh6 16. f3 Re6 17. e4 g5 18. b4 O-O-O 19. Rac1 Ng6 20. Rf2 Kb8 21.
a4 Qf6 22. a5 Nf4 23. Bf1 c5 24. Rb1 Kc7 25. Qe3 Qe5 26. Qa3 Qd4 27. Qc1 Qe5
28. Qc2 Rf8 29. Rd2 f5 30. Rd5 Qg7 31. axb6+ axb6 32. Rxf5 Rxf5 33. exf5 Re3
34. bxc5 Qd4 35. cxd6+ Kd8 36. Qf2 1-0

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.04.30"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Shoker, Samy"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[WhiteTeam "Grasse"]
[BlackTeam "Metz Fischer"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 c6 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bf5 5. O-O e6 6. Nfd2 h6 7. e4 Bh7 8. Nc3
Be7 9. f4 O-O 10. g4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Na6 12. Qe2 e5 13. f5 Kh8 14. Kh1 Bg8 15.
Nf3 Nxg4 16. Bh3 Nf6 17. Nxe5 Re8 18. Bf4 Bf8 19. Rad1 Qe7 20. Nxc6 bxc6 21.
Qxa6 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 23. Bg2 Qxc2 24. Rd2 Qxf5 25. Bxc6 f6 26. Bd6 Qe6 27.
Bxa8 Rxa8 28. Qb7 Bh7 29. Rd4 Re8 30. Bxf8 Rxf8 31. Rg1 Rg8 32. b3 Qe3 33. Rdg4
Bf5 34. Rh4 Bd3 35. Qg2 Bf5 36. h3 Kh7 37. Kh2 g5 38. Ra4 Rd8 39. Qg3 Qb6 40.
Rc4 Kg6 41. Qe1 Qb8+ 42. Qg3 Qb7 43. Qe3 Qb8+ 44. Qg3 Rd2+ 45. Rg2 Qxg3+ 46.
Kxg3 Rd3+ 47. Kf2 h5 48. h4 g4 49. Ra4 Rh3 50. Rxa7 Be4 51. Rg3 Rxh4 0-1

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.04.30"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Koch, Jean-Rene"]
[Black "Karim, Ismael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[WhiteTeam "Metz Fischer"]
[BlackTeam "Grasse"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 Bc5 3. Nf3 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bc4 Nc6 6. d3 O-O 7. f5 Na5 8. a3
Nxc4 9. dxc4 c6 10. Bg5 a6 11. Qd3 b5 12. b4 Ba7 13. O-O-O bxc4 14. Qxd6 Qxd6
15. Rxd6 Ne8 16. Rxc6 Bb7 17. Rxc4 f6 18. Bd2 Rf7 19. Re1 Nd6 20. Rc5 Bxc5 21.
bxc5 Nc4 22. Na4 Rc8 23. Bb4 Bc6 24. Nb2 Nxb2 25. Kxb2 Rb7 26. Kc1 Be8 27. Nd2
Bf7 28. Re3 Rb5 29. c4 Rbb8 30. Rc3 Be8 31. Nb3 Bc6 32. Re3 Rd8 33. Na5 Ba4 34.
Re1 Kf7 35. g4 g5 36. fxg6+ hxg6 37. h3 g5 38. c6 Rdc8 39. Bd6 Rb6 40. Bc5
Rbxc6 41. Nxc6 Rxc6 42. Bb4 Rxc4+ 43. Kd2 Bc6 44. Re3 Bxe4 45. Rc3 Rxc3 46.
Bxc3 Bg2 47. Ke3 e4 48. Kf2 Bxh3 49. Kg3 Bf1 50. Bd4 Bb5 51. Be3 Ke6 52. Bd4
Ba4 53. Kh3 Bd1 54. Kg3 a5 55. Bb6 a4 56. Bd4 f5 57. gxf5+ Kxf5 58. Be3 g4 59.
Bf4 Ke6 60. Kf2 Kd5 61. Ke3 Bf3 62. Bc7 Kc4 63. Bd6 Kc3 64. Bb4+ Kb3 65. Bd6
Kb2 66. Kf2 Kc2 67. Ke3 Kd1 68. Bg3 Kc1 69. Be5 Kc2 70. Bd6 Kb3 71. Kf2 Kc4 72.
Ke3 Kd5 73. Bg3 Bd1 74. Bf4 Bf3 75. Bg3 Ke6 76. Kd4 Kf5 77. Ke3 Bg2 78. Kd4 Ke6
79. Bf4 Bf3 80. Bg3 Kd7 81. Bf4 Kc6 82. Bg3 Kb5 83. Be5 Bg2 84. Bg3 Bf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.04.30"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Dobrev, Nanko"]
[Black "Elbilia, Jacques"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[WhiteTeam "Grasse"]
[BlackTeam "Metz Fischer"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. a3 Ba6 5. Qb3 c5 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 d6 8. Nc3
Nbd7 9. e4 Bxf1 10. Kxf1 Be7 11. g3 O-O 12. Kg2 a6 13. a4 Re8 14. Re1 Bf8 15.
Bf4 Nh5 16. Bg5 Be7 17. Be3 Bf8 18. Rad1 Rb8 19. Bc1 b5 20. axb5 axb5 21. Qc2
g6 22. h3 Rb7 23. Re2 Qb8 24. Bg5 h6 25. Bc1 Bg7 26. Nh2 Nhf6 27. f4 b4 28. Nb1
b3 29. Qd3 Rb4 30. Rde1 Rd4 31. Qf3 Qb5 32. Nc3 Qc4 33. Re3 Nh7 34. Ng4 h5 35.
Nf2 Qa6 36. Ne2 Rb4 37. Rxb3 Rxb3 38. Qxb3 Rb8 39. Qc2 Nhf8 40. Ng1 Nb6 41. Nf3
Nfd7 42. e5 Qc4 43. Qxc4 Nxc4 44. e6 Nf6 45. Ng5 Nxd5 46. exf7+ Kf8 47. b3 Na5
48. Nfe4 Nb7 49. Ne6+ Kxf7 50. N4g5+ Kg8 51. Nxg7 Kxg7 52. Re6 Ra8 53. Kf3 Ra2
54. Ke4 Nf6+ 55. Kd3 Na5 56. Re7+ Kg8 57. Ra7 Nxb3 58. Ba3 d5 59. Kc3 Nd2 60.
Ra8+ Kg7 61. Ra7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.04.30"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Neiman, Emmanuel"]
[Black "Andonov, Bogomil"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2355"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[WhiteTeam "Metz Fischer"]
[BlackTeam "Grasse"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Bg4 3. c4 Nd7 4. g3 Bxf3 5. exf3 e6 6. d5 exd5 7. cxd5 c6 8.
Bg2 Ngf6 9. Nc3 Nb6 10. dxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Be7 12. f4 d5 13. b4 a6 14. Na4 O-O
15. Rb1 Nc4 16. Qd3 Rb8 17. a3 a5 18. Bd2 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 axb4 20. axb4 Nd7 21.
Rfc1 Nb6 22. Nxb6 Qxb6 23. b5 cxb5 24. Bxd5 b4 25. Rc6 Qa5 26. Rc4 Bf6 27.
Rcxb4 Be7 28. Bxf7+ Kxf7 29. Qd7 Rxb4 30. Rxb4 Rd8 0-1

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.04.30"]
[Round "4.7"]
[White "Forestier, Flavien"]
[Black "Pucher, Sebastien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2164"]
[BlackElo "2278"]
[WhiteTeam "Grasse"]
[BlackTeam "Metz Fischer"]

1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. a3 Rb8 6. Rb1 b6 7. b4 Bb7 8. Na4
Na5 9. Bxb7 Nxb7 10. Nf3 Rc8 11. Qb3 Nf6 12. O-O O-O 13. Bb2 d5 14. cxd5 c4 15.
Qc2 Qxd5 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Nc3 Qd7 18. Rfd1 b5 19. Ne4 Bg7 20. d4 cxd3 21. Qxd3
Qxd3 22. Rxd3 f5 23. Neg5 Rfd8 24. Rbd1 Rxd3 25. Rxd3 Nd6 26. Re3 Bf6 27. Ne6
Rc1+ 28. Kg2 Rc3 29. Nfd4 Rxe3 30. fxe3 Kf7 31. Nc7 a6 32. Nxa6 e5 33. Nc2 Ke6
34. Nc7+ Kd7 35. Nd5 Bd8 36. Nc3 Kc6 37. Kf3 e4+ 38. Kf2 Bf6 39. Nd4+ Bxd4 40.
exd4 Nc4 41. a4 bxa4 42. Nxa4 Kb5 43. Nc3+ Kxb4 44. Nd5+ Kb5 45. e3 Kc6 46. Nc3
Kd6 47. h4 Ke6 48. Ne2 h6 49. Nc3 g5 50. hxg5 hxg5 51. g4 Nd2 52. gxf5+ Kxf5
53. Ne2 Ke6 54. Nc3 Kf5 55. Ne2 Ke6 56. Nc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.04.30"]
[Round "4.8"]
[White "Leclair, Marie"]
[Black "Forestier, Carole"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1987"]
[BlackElo "2099"]
[WhiteTeam "Metz Fischer"]
[BlackTeam "Grasse"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. f4 Nc6 7. Ndf3 Qb6 8. g3
cxd4 9. cxd4 Bb4+ 10. Kf2 g5 11. h3 f6 12. Kg2 Be7 13. fxg5 fxe5 14. Nxe5 Ndxe5
15. dxe5 Nxe5 16. Qh5+ Ng6 17. Bd3 e5 18. Qe2 Rf8 19. h4 e4 20. Bc2 Bg4 21.
Ba4+ Kd8 22. Qe3 Bc5 0-1


[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.1"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[WhiteTeam "Vandoeuvre"]
[BlackTeam "Montpellier"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Bg5
Qa5+ 9. Nc3 Nbc6 10. Ndb5 Ng6 11. a3 Be7 12. Bxe7 Kxe7 13. b4 Qd8 14. Nd6 d4
15. Ncb5 Ngxe5 16. O-O a6 17. Nxb7 Qb6 18. N5d6 Bg6 19. Kh1 Rhb8 20. f4 Nd7 21.
Bf3 Rxb7 22. Nxb7 Qxb7 23. c4 dxc3 24. Qe1 Bd3 25. Rg1 Nf6 26. Qxc3 Be4 27.
Rge1 Bxf3 28. Qxf3 Rd8 29. f5 Rd5 30. fxe6 fxe6 31. Rad1 Qd7 32. Rxd5 Qxd5 33.
Qc3 e5 34. a4 h5 35. h3 h4 36. Rc1 Kd7 37. Qe1 Qe4 38. b5 axb5 39. axb5 Nd4 40.
Qxe4 Nxe4 41. b6 Nd6 42. Rc7+ Kd8 43. Rxg7 Kc8 44. g3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.1"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[WhiteTeam "Montpellier"]
[BlackTeam "Vandoeuvre"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Bb4+ 3. Bd2 a5 4. g3 d6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Bg2 e5 7. O-O Nxd4 8. Nxd4
exd4 9. Bxb4 axb4 10. Qxd4 Nf6 11. Rd1 O-O 12. c5 Bg4 13. cxd6 Qxd6 14. Qxd6
cxd6 15. Bxb7 Bxe2 16. Rxd6 Rab8 17. Bg2 Rfc8 18. Nd2 Rc2 19. b3 h5 20. h3 Rbc8
21. Rd4 Rc1+ 22. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 23. Nf1 Ra1 24. Rxb4 Rxa2 25. Ne3 Rb2 26. Rb8+ Kh7
27. Rb7 Ba6 28. Rb6 Bd3 29. Nd5 Ne4 30. Nf4 Bb1 31. Rb7 Nxf2 32. Rxf7 Ne4 33.
Ne6 Kg6 34. Rf3 Nf6 35. Re3 Bf5 36. Nd4 Bd7 37. Re2 Rb1+ 38. Kf2 Rd1 39. Nf3
Kh6 40. Re1 Rd3 41. Re3 Rd1 42. Ne5 Be6 43. Bf1 Rd2+ 44. Ke1 Rb2 45. Nc4 Rb1+
46. Kf2 Bd5 47. Nd2 Rd1 48. Ke2 Ra1 49. b4 Bc6 50. Re5 Ra2 51. b5 Bd7 52. Kd3
Ra3+ 53. Kd4 Rxg3 54. b6 Bc8 55. Re7 Rg5 56. Bc4 Rg2 57. Nb3 Ra2 58. Ra7 Rxa7
59. bxa7 Bb7 60. Na5 Ba8 61. Bb5 Nd5 62. Kc5 Nc7 63. Bc6 g5 64. Kb6 1-0

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.1"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Prie, Eric"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2504"]
[WhiteTeam "Vandoeuvre"]
[BlackTeam "Montpellier"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. c4 c6 5. cxd5 cxd5 6. Nc3 e6 7. O-O Ngf6 8.
Qb3 Bxf3 9. Bxf3 Qb6 10. Qxb6 Nxb6 11. d3 Rc8 12. Be3 Nfd7 13. Rfc1 a6 14. a4
Rc6 15. a5 Nc8 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Bxd5 Ne7 18. Bxc6 Nxc6 19. Rc3 Bd6 20. Rb3 Nd8
21. Rc1 Ke7 22. d4 Re8 23. d5 h6 24. Bd4 f6 25. f4 Kf7 26. Rc8 g5 27. e3 Ke7
28. Kg2 Rf8 29. Kf3 Ne5+ 30. Ke2 Nef7 31. h3 Kd7 32. Ra8 f5 33. Kf3 Re8 34. Bb6
Bc7 35. Rc3 Bxb6 36. axb6 Kd6 37. Rc7 Re7 38. Rac8 gxf4 39. Rxe7 Kxe7 40. Kxf4
Nd6 41. Rc7+ Kf6 42. g4 fxg4 43. hxg4 N8f7 44. Rd7 Nc4 45. Rxb7 Nfe5 46. b3
Nd3+ 47. Kf3 Nce5+ 48. Kg3 Nc5 49. Rc7 1-0

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.1"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Hamdouchi, Hicham"]
[Black "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2596"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[WhiteTeam "Montpellier"]
[BlackTeam "Vandoeuvre"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 d5 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nd2 cxd4 6. exd4 Bf5 7. Ngf3 e6 8.
Qb3 Qc8 9. Be2 Be7 10. Ne5 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Bxe4 12. f3 Bg6 13. h4 Nxe5 14. Bxe5 f6
15. h5 Bxh5 16. Rxh5 fxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.1"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Nezar, Mustapha"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony C."]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2394"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[WhiteTeam "Vandoeuvre"]
[BlackTeam "Montpellier"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Qc2 d6 6. g3 Nc6 7. Bg2 e5 8. d5
Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Ne7 10. Nc3 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. Na4 Ng6 13. a3 Qe7 14. e4 Nf6 15.
Qc2 Bd7 16. Ne1 b5 17. cxb5 Bxb5 18. Nd3 c5 19. dxc6 Rfc8 20. Nc3 Bxc6 21. Qe2
Nf8 22. f4 Ne6 23. Rae1 Bb7 24. fxe5 Nd4 25. Qf2 dxe5 26. Nd5 Bxd5 27. exd5 Qa7
28. Kh1 Rc2 29. Qg1 Rb8 30. Rxe5 Rd2 31. Qe3 Re2 32. Qf4 Rxe5 33. Nxe5 Rxb2 34.
Rc1 Ne8 35. Nxf7 Ne2 36. Qe5 Qb8 37. Qe6 Nc7 38. Nh6+ Kh8 39. Nf7+ Kg8 40. Rxc7
Rb1+ 41. Bf1 Rxf1+ 42. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.1"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Libiszewski, Fabien"]
[Black "Philippe, Christophe"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2435"]
[WhiteTeam "Montpellier"]
[BlackTeam "Vandoeuvre"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.
O-O Nf6 9. Re1 Be7 10. e5 Nd7 11. Qg4 g6 12. Na4 O-O 13. Bh6 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6
15. Qg3 Nh5 16. Qe3 Rf7 17. Qb6 Qd6 18. c4 Nf4 19. c5 Qd7 20. Bf1 Bd8 21. Qb4
g5 22. Nb6 Bxb6 23. cxb6 Qd8 24. h4 Rb8 25. Bxg5 Qxb6 26. Qd6 Nh3+ 27. gxh3
Qxf2+ 28. Kh1 Rxb2 29. Be2 Rxe2 30. Rxe2 Qxe2 31. Rg1 h6 32. Bf6+ Kh7 33. Qg3
Qe4+ 34. Rg2 Qxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Rxf6 36. Qc7+ Kg6 37. Qxc8 e5 38. Qg8+ 1-0

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.1"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Brunner, Nicolas"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[WhiteTeam "Vandoeuvre"]
[BlackTeam "Montpellier"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O a6 10. e4 c5 11. d5 Qc7 12. dxe6 fxe6 13. Bc2 Bd6 14. Ng5 Nf8 15. f4
h6 16. e5 O-O-O 17. Nf7 Qxf7 18. exd6 Qd7 19. Be3 Qc6 20. Qe2 Rxd6 21. Rac1
N8d7 22. a4 b4 23. Nb1 Kb8 24. Nd2 Nb6 25. Bb3 Rd3 26. Bxc5 Qd7 27. Rf2 Rd8 28.
Bxb4 Nxa4 29. Bxe6 Qd4 30. Qe5+ Ka8 31. Ba5 Re8 32. Qxd4 Rxd4 33. Nb3 Re4 34.
f5 Nd5 35. Bd2 Nb4 36. Rc7 Nd3 37. Rf3 R4xe6 38. Rxd3 R6e7 39. Rxe7 Rxe7 40.
Rd8+ Ka7 41. Kf2 Bc6 42. Be3+ Kb7 43. Na5+ Kc7 44. Bf4+ Kxd8 45. Nxc6+ Ke8 46.
Nxe7 Nxb2 47. Nc6 Nc4 48. Ke2 h5 49. Kd3 Nb6 50. Kd4 Nd7 51. Nb8 1-0

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.1"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Haussernot, Cecile"]
[Black "Congiu, Mathilde"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1924"]
[BlackElo "2212"]
[WhiteTeam "Montpellier"]
[BlackTeam "Vandoeuvre"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. b4 Bxb4 5. c3 Be7 6. O-O Nf6 7. Re1 O-O 8. d4
d6 9. h3 exd4 10. cxd4 d5 11. Bxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Qxd5 13. Nc3 Qc4 14. Bb2 Bd6
15. d5 Nb4 16. Re4 Qd3 17. Qb3 a5 18. Rd1 Qa6 19. a4 Bf5 20. Nd4 Bxe4 21. Nxe4
Rfe8 22. Nxd6 Qxd6 23. Nb5 Qf4 24. Qc3 f6 25. Nxc7 Re2 26. Qc5 Rxb2 27. Nxa8
Rc2 28. Qb6 Rc1 29. Rxc1 Qxc1+ 30. Kh2 h6 31. Qe6+ Kh8 32. Qe8+ Kh7 33. Qe4+
Kg8 34. d6 Qc6 35. Qe6+ Kh8 36. Nc7 Nd3 37. Qc8+ Kh7 38. Qf5+ 1-0

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.1"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2648"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[WhiteTeam "Metz Fischer"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 g6 5. Bf4 Bg7 6. e3 O-O 7. Nc3 c5 8. dxc5
Qa5 9. Rd1 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Qxd3 dxc4 12. Qxc4 Na6 13. c6 Rac8 14. Nd4 Nb4
15. Nb3 Nc2+ 16. Kd2 Qf5 17. c7 b5 18. Qd3 Qxd3+ 19. Kxd3 Nb4+ 20. Ke2 Nh5 21.
Rd7 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Nxf4+ 23. exf4 Na6 24. Rxe7 Nxc7 25. Rd1 Ne6 26. g3 a5 27.
Rd3 a4 28. Nd2 Rc6 29. Ne4 b4 30. cxb4 Rc4 31. Nf6+ Kg7 32. Nd7 Nd4+ 33. Rxd4
Rxd4 34. Nxf8 Kxf8 35. Rb7 a3 36. Ke3 Rd1 37. Ra7 Rb1 38. Rxa3 Rxb4 39. Ra7 h5
40. h4 Kg7 41. Rd7 Ra4 42. Rd2 Kf6 43. Kd3 Kf5 44. Kc3 Ra8 45. Kb2 Rb8+ 46. Ka1
Ra8 47. Rd7 f6 48. Rd3 Ke4 49. Re3+ Kd5 50. a3 Ra6 51. Kb2 Kc4 52. a4 Rd6 53.
Kc2 f5 54. Ra3 Kb4 55. Ra1 Ka5 56. Ra2 Rd4 57. Kc3 Re4 58. Kd3 Rb4 59. Re2 Rb6
60. Kc4 Rf6 61. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.1"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2635"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Metz Fischer"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Bb7 7. Bg2 O-O 8.
O-O d6 9. Qf4 Qe7 10. Nc3 c5 11. d5 a6 12. a4 Nbd7 13. e4 Rfe8 14. Rad1 h5 15.
h4 Ne5 16. Nxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.1"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[WhiteTeam "Metz Fischer"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Nc3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. Nh4
Nbd7 9. Bd2 Bb4 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qb3 Bxc3 12. Bxc3 Ne4 13. Bg2 Nxc3 14. bxc3
Qc7 15. cxd5 exd5 16. c4 Qa5+ 17. Kf1 Qa6 18. Kg1 dxc4 19. Qb4 O-O-O 20. Kh2
Nf6 21. Rhc1 Nxg4+ 22. Kg1 Nf6 23. Rxc4 Nd5 24. Qb3 Qb6 25. Qa3 Rh5 26. Qc1 Qc7
27. Rb1 Rdh8 28. Rc5 Rh4 29. Kh1 Qd7 30. Qf1 Kb8 31. Rb3 R8h5 32. Kg1 Ka8 33.
Ra3 Nb6 34. d5 cxd5 35. Rca5 Nc8 36. Qd1 Rg5 37. Qf3 Rxh3 38. Rxd5 Qxd5 39.
Qxd5 Rxd5 40. Bxd5 f5 41. Rd3 Rh8 42. Bg2 Nb6 43. Rd6 Rf8 44. Re6 Nc8 45. Rxg6
Rf7 46. Bd5 Re7 47. Kg2 Kb8 48. Kf3 Kc7 49. Kf4 Nd6 50. Be6 b5 51. f3 a5 52. e4
fxe4 53. fxe4 Kc6 54. e5 Ne8 55. Bf7+ Kc5 56. e6 a4 57. Ke5 b4 58. Bxe8 Rxe8
59. Rxg7 b3 60. axb3 axb3 61. Rb7 Kc4 62. e7 Kc3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.1"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Fontaine, Robert"]
[Black "Koch, Jean-Rene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Metz Fischer"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O Bg4 8. c4
Nf6 9. Nc3 Bxf3 10. Qxf3 Nxd4 11. Qh3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Qc8 13. Re1+ Be7 14. Rxe7+
Kxe7 15. Qe3+ Ne6 16. f4 Qd7 17. b3 Ng4 18. Qe4 Qd4+ 19. Qxd4 Nxd4 20. Ba3+ Kf6
21. Nd5+ Kg6 22. h3 Nf6 23. Ne7+ Kh5 24. Bc5 Rhe8 25. Bxf7+ g6 26. Bxe8 Ne2+
27. Kh2 Rxe8 28. g4+ Nxg4+ 29. hxg4+ Kxg4 30. Nd5 Rd8 31. Rd1 Kf3 32. Be7 Rc8
33. Bg5 h6 34. Bh4 g5 35. fxg5 hxg5 36. Rf1+ Kg4 37. Be1 Rh8+ 38. Kg2 Nf4+ 39.
Nxf4 gxf4 40. Bc3 Rh5 41. Bd2 f3+ 42. Kf2 Rh2+ 43. Ke3 Re2+ 44. Kd3 Kg3 45.
Rg1+ Rg2 46. Rh1 f2 47. Be3 Kf3 48. Rf1 a5 49. a3 b6 50. b4 axb4 51. axb4 c5
52. bxc5 bxc5 53. Bxc5 Rh2 54. Bd4 Rg2 55. Bc5 Rh2 56. Bd4 Rg2 57. Bc5 Rh2 58.
Ra1 Rh7 59. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.1"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Pucher, Sebastien"]
[Black "Siebrecht, Sebastian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2278"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[WhiteTeam "Metz Fischer"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Nde2 Nf6 7. g3 O-O 8.
Bg2 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. h3 Rb8 11. a4 a6 12. Nd5 Nxd5 13. exd5 Ne5 14. Ra2 b5 15.
axb5 axb5 16. b3 Be8 17. Nd4 Rb7 18. Re1 Qb6 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Qe2 b4 21. Qd2 Nd7
22. Ra4 Nf6 23. Rxb4 Rxb4 24. Qxb4 Bd7 25. Ra1 Rc8 26. Qa5 Qb8 27. c4 e6 28.
dxe6 fxe6 29. Qa6 Ne8 30. Ra3 Qb4 31. Qa5 Qb8 32. Qd2 Nf6 33. Qa2 Qb4 34. Bd2
Qb6 35. Be3 Qb4 36. Ra8 Rxa8 37. Qxa8+ Kf7 38. Qb7 Qxb7 39. Bxb7 e5 40. Nf3 h6
41. Kg2 Be6 42. Nd2 d5 43. Nf3 e4 44. Ne5+ Ke8 45. cxd5 Nxd5 46. Nxg6 Nxe3+ 47.
fxe3 Bxb3 48. Bxe4 Bb2 49. Nf4 Ke7 50. Nd3 Bc3 51. Kf3 Kf6 52. Kf4 Bd1 53. g4
Be2 54. h4 Ba5 55. g5+ hxg5+ 56. hxg5+ Kg7 57. Nc5 Bc4 58. Bf5 Bc7+ 59. Ke4 Bb6
60. Nd7 Bd8 61. Kf4 Bc7+ 62. Ke4 Bd8 63. Ne5 Ba2 64. Nf3 Bc7 65. Nd4 Bd8 66.
Be6 Bb1+ 67. Kf4 Kg6 68. Nf3 Bc7+ 69. Kg4 Bb6 70. Nh4+ Kg7 71. Bf5 Ba2 72. e4
Bc4 73. e5 Be3 74. Be4 Be6+ 75. Bf5 Bb3 76. Bd3 Be6+ 77. Nf5+ Kg6 78. Kf3 Bxg5
79. Nd4+ Kf7 80. Bg6+ Kxg6 81. Nxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.1"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Govciyan, Pavel"]
[Black "Pucher, Olivier"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2313"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Metz Fischer"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 b6 5. Bd3 Bb7 6. h3 Be7 7. a3 d6 8. O-O O-O
9. c4 Nbd7 10. Nc3 Re8 11. Bg3 a6 12. Re1 Qc7 13. b4 Rac8 14. Rb1 Qb8 15. bxc5
bxc5 16. Ne4 Qc7 17. Bxd6 Bxd6 18. Rxb7 Bh2+ 19. Nxh2 Qxb7 20. Nd6 Qb6 21. Nxe8
Nxe8 22. Nf3 Nd6 23. Qa4 Qa7 24. Qc2 g6 25. h4 Nb6 26. Ne5 Qe7 27. Rb1 Qc7 28.
h5 f6 29. Ng4 Nd7 30. hxg6 hxg6 31. d5 exd5 32. Bxg6 Nxc4 33. Qf5 Kg7 34. Qxd5
Ndb6 35. Qf5 Qe7 36. Bh5 Rh8 37. Rd1 Ne5 38. Nxe5 1-0

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.1"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Taddei, Benoit"]
[Black "Leconte, Maria"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2314"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[WhiteTeam "Metz Fischer"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4
Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O a6 11. Nb3 b6 12. h4 Bb7 13. h5 Rc8 14. Rh3 Qe7 15. g4
Bb4 16. Qf2 Bxc3 17. bxc3 Na5 18. Bxb6 Nc4 19. Bxc4 dxc4 20. Rxd7 Qxd7 21. Nc5
Qc6 22. Nxb7 Qxb7 23. h6 g6 24. a4 f6 25. exf6 Rxf6 26. Bd4 Rf7 27. Qe3 Qd5 28.
Rf3 Re8 29. g5 Rf5 30. Rf2 Qh1+ 31. Kd2 Qc6 32. Rf1 e5 33. Re1 Rxf4 34. Bxe5
Qd5+ 35. Kc1 Rf5 36. Qa7 Qf7 37. Qd4 Rxg5 38. Kb2 Rf5 39. Re3 Rf1 40. Bd6 Rxe3
41. Qxe3 Rf5 42. Qb6 Qd7 43. Qxa6 Kf7 44. Qxc4+ Kf6 45. Bc5 g5 46. a5 Qd5 47.
Qa6+ Kf7 48. Bb4 Qd7 49. Qa8 Kg6 50. a6 Rf7 51. Qb8 Qa7 52. Qb5 Rf6 53. Qe8+
Kf5 54. Qc8+ Kg6 55. Qe8+ Kf5 56. Qc8+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.1"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Levacic, Damir"]
[Black "Leclair, Marie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2284"]
[BlackElo "1987"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Metz Fischer"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. f4 d6 7. Nf3 Qc7 8. O-O
e6 9. Qe1 Ne7 10. Qh4 h5 11. Bd2 Ba6 12. b3 d5 13. Rae1 Rd8 14. f5 gxf5 15.
exf5 Nxf5 16. Qa4 Qb6 17. Ne5 Bxe5 18. Rxe5 Kd7 19. Nxd5 exd5 20. Rfxf5 Kc8 21.
Ba5 Qb7 22. Bxd8 Rxd8 23. Qf4 c4 24. Rxf7 Qb6+ 25. d4 cxb3 26. cxb3 Qa5 27.
Ree7 Rd7 28. Qf5 1-0

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.1"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Colovic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[WhiteTeam "Chalons en Champagne"]
[BlackTeam "Grasse"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. O-O Nf6 5. d4 Bxd4 6. Nxd4 Nxd4 7. f4 d6 8.
fxe5 dxe5 9. Bg5 Be6 10. Na3 Qe7 11. c3 Bxc4 12. Nxc4 Ne6 13. Bxf6 Qc5+ 14. Kh1
Qxc4 15. Bxe5 O-O 16. Qd5 Qa6 17. a4 c6 18. Qd1 Rad8 19. Bd6 f6 20. e5 fxe5 21.
Rxf8+ Nxf8 22. Qb3+ Kh8 23. Bxe5 Qe2 24. Bd4 Ne6 25. Qxb7 Nxd4 26. cxd4 h6 27.
Qxa7 Qxb2 28. Rd1 Qc2 29. Rg1 Qe4 30. a5 Rxd4 31. a6 Rd2 32. Qc5 Ra2 33. a7 Kh7
34. h3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.1"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Karim, Ismael"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[WhiteTeam "Grasse"]
[BlackTeam "Chalons en Champagne"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bf4 e5 8.
Bg5 a6 9. Na3 b5 10. Nd5 Be7 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. c3 Ne7 13. Nxf6+ gxf6 14. Nc2
Bb7 15. Bd3 d5 16. exd5 Qxd5 17. Ne3 Qe6 18. a4 Rd8 19. Qc2 e4 20. Be2 O-O 21.
axb5 axb5 22. O-O f5 23. g3 Ng6 24. Rad1 f4 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. Rd1 Rxd1+ 27.
Nxd1 e3 28. fxe3 fxg3 29. hxg3 Qh3 30. Kf2 Ne5 0-1

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.1"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Black "Dobrev, Nanko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2366"]
[WhiteTeam "Chalons en Champagne"]
[BlackTeam "Grasse"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qc2
Nc6 9. a3 Qa5 10. Rd1 Be7 11. Be2 Ne4 12. cxd5 Nxc3 13. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 14. bxc3
exd5 15. Rxd5 Bxa3 16. Nd4 Be7 17. Kd2 Rd8 18. Bf3 Nxd4 19. cxd4 Bb4+ 20. Kd3
Rxd5 21. Bxd5 Kf8 22. Rc1 Ba5 23. e4 Ke7 24. Bc7 Bb4 25. Be5 Ba5 26. Bxg7 Be6
27. Bxb7 Rb8 28. Ra1 Bb6 29. Bc6 Rd8 30. d5 Bc8 31. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.1"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Eliet, Nicolas"]
[Black "Sebag, Marie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[WhiteTeam "Grasse"]
[BlackTeam "Chalons en Champagne"]

1. c4 c6 2. g3 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qc2 Be6 6. Ng5 Bd5 7. e4 h6 8. Nh3
Be6 9. Nf4 Bc8 10. e5 Nd5 11. Qxc4 Nxf4 12. Qxf4 Na6 13. O-O Nc5 14. Nc3 Nd3
15. Qa4 e6 16. Ne4 Be7 17. b4 Qd4 18. Rb1 O-O 19. Ba3 a5 20. Nd6 Bd7 21. Qb3
Bxd6 22. exd6 b5 23. bxa5 Rxa5 24. Bb2 Nxb2 25. Rxb2 Qxd6 26. d4 Ra4 0-1

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.1"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Black "Shoker, Samy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[WhiteTeam "Chalons en Champagne"]
[BlackTeam "Grasse"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. f4 b5 6. Bd3 Nd7 7. Nf3 c5 8. e5 b4
9. Ne4 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Nh6 11. exd6 Bxd4 12. Nxd4 Qb6 13. Bc4 Bb7 14. Qd3 e5 15.
fxe5 Nxe5 16. Qe3 O-O-O 17. Bd3 Nhg4 18. Qg1 f5 19. Ng5 Nxd3+ 20. cxd3 Rhe8+
21. Kd2 Rxd6 22. Nb3 Nf2 23. Rc1+ Kb8 24. Nc5 Rxd3+ 0-1

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.1"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Andonov, Bogomil"]
[Black "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2321"]
[BlackElo "2521"]
[WhiteTeam "Grasse"]
[BlackTeam "Chalons en Champagne"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. d4 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 a5 8. g4 Na6
9. Bd3 c6 10. Be3 cxd5 11. cxd5 Bd7 12. Nd2 Nc5 13. Be2 Ne8 14. h4 f5 15. h5
fxg4 16. hxg6 hxg6 17. Nf1 Qf6 18. Ng3 Nc7 19. Kf1 b5 20. Nb1 b4 21. Nd2 Nb5
22. Nc4 Ra6 23. Bxg4 Nd4 24. Bxd7 Nxd7 25. Rc1 Nc5 26. Kg2 a4 27. Rh3 Ra7 28.
Nh1 Nxe4 29. Qg4 Nc5 30. Bg5 Qf7 31. Qh4 Qxd5+ 32. Kf1 Rf3 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34. Rh6
Raf7 35. Rxg6 Rxf2+ 36. Nxf2 Rxf2+ 37. Kxf2 Qf3+ 38. Kg1 Ne2+ 39. Kh2 Qf2+ 0-1

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.1"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Cossin, Sebastien"]
[Black "Buffe, Fabrice"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2158"]
[WhiteTeam "Chalons en Champagne"]
[BlackTeam "Grasse"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd2 O-O 8.
O-O-O b5 9. cxb5 c5 10. e4 Bb7 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Ng5 Nf6 14. dxc5
Bxc5 15. Bc3 Be7 16. Kb1 Rc8 17. Bd3 h6 18. h4 Qb6 19. Rc1 Bb4 20. Nh7 Nxh7 21.
Bxh7+ Kh8 22. Bd3 a6 23. Qd2 Bxc3 24. Rxc3 Qa5 25. a3 Rxc3 26. Qxc3 Qxc3 27.
bxc3 axb5 28. f3 Rc8 29. Kc2 Bc4 30. Rb1 Bxd3+ 31. Kxd3 Rc5 32. Rb4 g5 33. c4
bxc4+ 34. Rxc4 Ra5 35. a4 gxh4 36. Rxh4 Rg5 37. Rxh6+ Kg7 38. Rh4 Kf6 39. Rg4
Rd5+ 40. Kc3 Ke7 41. Rd4 Rg5 42. Rd2 Rc5+ 43. Kb3 e5 44. Ra2 Kd6 45. a5 Kc7 46.
Rc2 Kd6 47. Rxc5 Kxc5 48. Kc3 1-0

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.1"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Forestier, Carole"]
[Black "Belkhodja, Slim"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2099"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[WhiteTeam "Grasse"]
[BlackTeam "Chalons en Champagne"]

1. d4 d6 2. c4 e5 3. Nf3 e4 4. Nfd2 f5 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. f3 exf3 8. Nxf3
Bg7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O c5 11. Kh1 Nc6 12. d5 Nb4 13. Bb1 Qe7 14. a3 Na6 15. Qc2
Ng4 16. e4 f4 17. Ba2 Bd7 18. Bd2 Ne5 19. Nxe5 Bxe5 20. Ne2 g5 21. Bc3 Be8 22.
Rae1 Bg6 23. Bb1 Nb8 24. Bxe5 Qxe5 25. Nc1 Nd7 26. b4 b6 27. Nb3 Qg7 28. Nd2 g4
29. h3 h5 30. Rf2 Rf7 31. Ref1 Raf8 32. Qd1 Ne5 33. Bc2 Qh6 34. Qc1 f3 35. gxf3
g3 36. Rg2 h4 37. Qd1 Bh5 38. Qc1 Nxf3 39. Bd1 Nxd2 40. Rxf7 Rxf7 0-1

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.1"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[WhiteTeam "Strasbourg"]
[BlackTeam "Antibes"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8.
Ne2 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bd7 10. Be3 O-O-O 11. Nbc3 Re8 12. f3 f5 13. Ng3 Bd6 14. Bf2
f4 15. Nge2 Nf6 16. Rd2 b6 17. Rad1 g5 18. Nd5 Nxd5 19. Rxd5 Rhg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.1"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Parligras, Mircea"]
[Black "Doettling, Fabian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[WhiteTeam "Antibes"]
[BlackTeam "Strasbourg"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 Nd7 6. O-O Ne7 7. Nbd2 Nc8 8. Nb3
Be7 9. a4 O-O 10. Be3 f6 11. a5 Qc7 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Ne5 Bd6 14. f4 Ne7 15. c3
b6 16. axb6 axb6 17. Nd2 h6 18. b4 Ne4 19. Nxe4 Bxe4 20. Qd2 Qb7 21. Qb2
1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.1"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoly"]
[Black "Miralles, Gilles"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[WhiteTeam "Strasbourg"]
[BlackTeam "Antibes"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. a3 Bd6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4
Bb6 9. Bb2 O-O 10. Qc2 Bd7 11. Na4 Rc8 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Qb3 Qe7 14. cxd5 exd5
15. Be2 Be6 16. Qd3 Ne4 17. O-O Nd6 18. b5 Na5 19. Bc3 Nac4 20. Bb4 Rfd8 21. a4
Qe8 22. Ng5 Bf5 23. Qxd5 Bg6 24. Bxc4 Nxc4 25. Qxb7 h6 26. Nh3 Rd7 27. Qf3 Ne5
28. Qg3 Rc4 29. f4 Rxb4 30. fxe5 Rd2 31. Nf2 Rbb2 32. Rad1 Re2 33. Rde1 Red2
34. Rd1 Re2 35. Rde1 Red2 36. Rd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.1"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Varga, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[WhiteTeam "Antibes"]
[BlackTeam "Strasbourg"]

1. c4 c6 2. e4 e5 3. Nf3 d6 4. d4 Bg4 5. Be2 Be7 6. d5 Bxf3 7. Bxf3 Bg5 8. Nd2
c5 9. b3 Ne7 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Bc3 a5 12. g3 Na6 13. O-O Nc7 14. Be2 Bh6 15. Bd3
Ng6 16. Nf3 Qd7 17. Ne1 b5 18. Bc2 Qh3 19. Qd3 b4 20. Bb2 Ne8 21. Rd1 Nf6 22.
f3 Rfe8 23. Qe2 Nd7 24. Nd3 Qh5 25. Nf2 Ne7 26. Ng4 f5 27. Nxh6+ Qxh6 28. exf5
g6 29. fxg6 Nxg6 30. Bf5 Ndf8 31. Kh1 a4 32. Bc2 a3 33. Bc1 Qh5 34. Rde1 Nd7
35. h4 Nh8 36. Bg5 Qf7 37. Qe4 Ng6 38. Qg4 Kh8 39. h5 Ngf8 40. Bf5 Nf6 41.
Bxf6+ Qxf6 42. f4 exf4 43. gxf4 Rxe1 44. Rxe1 Ra7 45. Rg1 Rg7 46. Qxg7+ Qxg7
47. Rxg7 Kxg7 48. Kg2 Kf6 49. Bc8 h6 50. Kf3 Nh7 51. Ke4 Nf8 52. Bf5 Kf7 53.
Kf3 Kf6 54. Ke4 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.1"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Roos, Daniel"]
[Black "Acher, Mathieu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[WhiteTeam "Strasbourg"]
[BlackTeam "Antibes"]

1. Nf3 Nc6 2. d4 d5 3. Bf4 Bg4 4. Nbd2 f6 5. c3 e6 6. Qb3 Rb8 7. e3 Bd6 8. Bxd6
Qxd6 9. Be2 Nge7 10. c4 O-O 11. O-O Kh8 12. Rfe1 e5 13. cxd5 Qxd5 14. Qxd5 Nxd5
15. dxe5 fxe5 16. a3 a6 17. Rac1 Nf6 18. h3 Bd7 19. Ng5 h6 20. Nge4 Rbd8 21.
Red1 Nxe4 22. Nxe4 Bc8 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Bf3 a5 25. Kf1 Kg8 26. Ke2 Kf7 27. Nc5
Rd6 28. Ne4 Rd8 29. g4 Ke7 30. Nc5 Rd6 31. Nd3 Kf6 32. Nc5 Ke7 33. Rc3 g6 34.
Ne4 Rd8 35. Ke1 Rf8 36. Bg2 h5 37. g5 Rf5 38. h4 Rf8 39. Nf6 Bd7 40. Be4 Bf5
41. Bxc6 bxc6 42. Rxc6 Rb8 43. e4 Be6 44. Rxc7+ Kd6 45. Ra7 Rxb2 46. Ra6+ Ke7
47. Rxa5 Bc4 48. Rc5 Be6 49. Rxe5 Rb1+ 50. Ke2 Rb2+ 51. Ke3 Rb3+ 52. Kf4 Rxa3
53. Rb5 Bc4 54. Rb4 Be2 55. Ke5 Ba6 56. Nd5+ Kf7 57. Rb6 Bc8 58. Rf6+ Kg7 59.
Ne7 Bb7 60. Nxg6 Ra4 61. f3 Ba8 62. Nf4 Ra5+ 63. Ke6 Ra6+ 64. Ke7 Ra7+ 65. Ke8
Bb7 66. Nxh5+ Kh8 67. Rf8+ 1-0

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.1"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Bijaoui, Manuel"]
[Black "Roos, Louis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[WhiteTeam "Antibes"]
[BlackTeam "Strasbourg"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Be2 O-O 6. O-O Bg4 7. Be3 c6 8. Nd2
Bxe2 9. Qxe2 e5 10. Rfd1 Qe7 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. Nb3 Nbd7 13. Rd2 b6 14. Rad1
Rfc8 15. a4 Nf8 16. a5 Rab8 17. Qa6 Qb7 18. Qxb7 Rxb7 19. axb6 axb6 20. Rd8
Rxd8 21. Rxd8 Ng4 22. Rc8 c5 23. Nd5 f5 24. Bg5 Kf7 25. f3 Ne6 26. fxg4 Nxg5
27. exf5 Ne4 28. h4 gxf5 29. gxf5 Nd6 30. Rc6 Nxf5 31. Nxb6 e4 32. Nc4 Rd7 33.
Rxc5 Ke6 34. Kf2 Nd4 35. Ncd2 Nxb3 36. Nxb3 Bxb2 37. Ke3 Rg7 38. Kxe4 Rg4+ 39.
Kf3 Rxh4 40. c3 Kd6 41. c4 Bc3 42. Rd5+ Kc6 43. g4 Rh3+ 44. Ke4 Rh4 45. Kf4 Rh1
46. Kg5 Bb2 47. Nd4+ Kc7 48. c5 h6+ 49. Kg6 Bxd4 50. Rxd4 Rh4 51. Rf4 Kc6 52.
Rf6+ Kxc5 53. Kf5 Rh1 54. Re6 Kd4 55. Re8 Rh4 56. Rh8 Ke3 57. Re8+ Kd4 58. Rd8+
Ke3 59. Rd5 Rh1 60. Ra5 Rh4 61. Ra4 Rh1 62. Ra3+ Kd4 63. Ra8 Ke3 64. Rh8 Rh4
65. Rh7 Kf3 66. Rb7 Ke3 67. Rb3+ Kd4 68. Rg3 Rh1 69. Ra3 Rh4 70. Rf3 Kc4 71.
Rf4+ Kd3 72. Ke5 Rh1 73. Rd4+ Ke3 74. Ra4 Kf3 75. Kf5 Kg3 76. Ra3+ Kh4 77. Ra4
Rg1 78. Rf4 Kg3 79. g5 hxg5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.1"]
[Round "5.7"]
[White "Roos, Jean-Luc"]
[Black "Perez, Flavio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2273"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[WhiteTeam "Strasbourg"]
[BlackTeam "Antibes"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 Nd7 5. g3 e5 6. Bg2 Ngf6 7. O-O O-O 8. h3
c6 9. e4 Qa5 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Bf1 Re8 13. Rb1 Be6 14. b4 Qc7 15.
f4 Ned7 16. f5 gxf5 17. exf5 Bxc4 18. Rxe8+ Rxe8 19. Bxc4 d5 20. Bf4 Qb6 21.
Na4 Re1+ 22. Qxe1 Qxd4+ 23. Kh1 Qxc4 24. Nc5 Qc2 25. Nxd7 Nxd7 26. Qe8+ Nf8 27.
Re1 Qxf5 28. Kg2 d4 29. Qd8 Bf6 30. Qb8 Qd5+ 31. Kf2 d3 32. Re8 Bd4+ 33. Be3
Qxa2+ 34. Kf3 Qe2+ 35. Kf4 Bxe3+ 36. Rxe3 Qf2+ 37. Rf3 Qd4+ 38. Kf5 d2 0-1

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.1"]
[Round "5.8"]
[White "Cochet, Caroline"]
[Black "Nicoara, Malina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2052"]
[BlackElo "2167"]
[WhiteTeam "Antibes"]
[BlackTeam "Strasbourg"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.
Bb3 a5 9. f3 d5 10. exd5 Nb4 11. Nde2 a4 12. Nxa4 Nfxd5 13. Bf2 Bd7 14. Nac3
Nxc3 15. Nxc3 Qc8 16. O-O e6 17. Qe2 Na6 18. Qe3 Bc6 19. Rad1 Qc7 20. Rd3 Rfe8
21. Qb6 Qe7 22. Rfd1 Qg5 23. Qe3 Qa5 24. a3 Rac8 25. Kh1 Qh5 26. Ba2 Be5 27. h3
Bg7 28. b4 Nb8 29. Bb3 Be5 30. a4 Bxf3 31. Qxf3 Qxf3 32. gxf3 Rxc3 33. Rxc3
Bxc3 34. b5 Rc8 35. Kg2 Kf8 36. Bg3 Ke7 37. Rd3 Nd7 38. Bd6+ Kf6 39. f4 e5 40.
fxe5+ Nxe5 41. Bxe5+ Bxe5 42. Rf3+ Kg5 43. Rxf7 b6 44. Rxh7 Rc3 45. h4+ Kf4 46.
h5 gxh5 47. Rxh5 Rg3+ 48. Kf2 Rf3+ 49. Ke2 Re3+ 50. Kf2 Rf3+ 51. Kg2 Rg3+ 52.
Kf2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.2"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2619"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[WhiteTeam "Montpellier"]
[BlackTeam "Metz Fischer"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 c5 14. d5 c4 15. b4
cxb3 16. Nxb3 Qc7 17. Bd3 Qxc3 18. axb5 axb5 19. Rb1 Reb8 20. Qe2 b4 21. Bd2
Qc7 22. Rec1 Qd8 23. Bb5 Bc8 24. Bxb4 Ba6 25. Bxa6 Rxb4 26. Nbd2 Rxb1 27. Rxb1
Nc5 28. Bb5 Rb8 29. Bd3 Rxb1+ 30. Bxb1 Qb6 31. g3 Bd8 32. Bc2 Qb4 33. Nc4 Bc7
34. Kg2 Qc3 35. Bb1 g6 36. Nfd2 Kg7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.2"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[WhiteTeam "Metz Fischer"]
[BlackTeam "Montpellier"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 a6 5. Nc3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 e6 8. O-O Nbd7
9. h3 Bf5 10. Bd3 Bg6 11. Qc2 Be7 12. Bxg6 hxg6 13. e4 b4 14. exd5 cxd5 15. Ne2
dxc4 16. bxc4 O-O 17. a3 a5 18. axb4 axb4 19. Bd2 Qc7 20. Rab1 Rfb8 21. Rb2 Ra3
22. Rfb1 Qa5 23. Ne1 Qa4 24. Qxa4 Rxa4 25. Nd3 Ne4 26. Be1 e5 27. f3 Bd8 28. c5
Ndf6 29. c6 Be7 30. Bxb4 Bxb4 31. Rxb4 Raxb4 32. Rxb4 Rxb4 33. Nxb4 exd4 34.
Nxd4 Nd6 35. g4 Kf8 36. Kf2 Ke7 37. h4 Kd8 38. Nd3 Kc7 39. Ne5 Nd5 40. Kg3 Kb6
41. f4 Kc5 42. Nb3+ Kb4 43. Nd2 Kc3 44. Ndf3 Kb4 45. Ng5 f6 46. Nxg6 fxg5 47.
fxg5 Kc5 48. h5 Kxc6 49. Ne5+ Kc5 50. h6 gxh6 51. gxh6 Nf6 52. g5 Kd5 53. Nd7
Nfe4+ 54. Kf4 Nxg5 55. Kxg5 Nf7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.2"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Prie, Eric"]
[Black "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2615"]
[WhiteTeam "Montpellier"]
[BlackTeam "Metz Fischer"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bf4 e6 3. e3 c5 4. c3 Nc6 5. Nf3 d5 6. Nbd2 Bd6 7. Bg3 O-O 8. Bd3
Qe7 9. Ne5 Nd7 10. Nxd7 Bxd7 11. Bxd6 Qxd6 12. dxc5 Qxc5 13. Bxh7+ Kxh7 14.
Qh5+ Kg8 15. Ne4 Qc4 16. Ng5 Rfd8 17. Qxf7+ Kh8 18. Qh5+ Kg8 19. Qf7+ Kh8 20.
h4 Ne5 21. Qh5+ Kg8 22. O-O-O Qxa2 23. Qh7+ Kf8 24. Qh8+ Ke7 25. Qxg7+ Kd6 26.
Ne4+ Kc6 27. Qxe5 Qa1+ 28. Kd2 Qxb2+ 29. Ke1 b6 30. Nd6 Qa3 31. c4 Qb4+ 32. Rd2
Qc5 33. h5 Be8 34. cxd5+ exd5 35. Nf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.2"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Elbilia, Jacques"]
[Black "Hamdouchi, Hicham"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2402"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[WhiteTeam "Metz Fischer"]
[BlackTeam "Montpellier"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. h3 Bg7 8. Bf4
O-O 9. e3 Na6 10. Bc4 Nc7 11. O-O b5 12. Nxb5 Nxb5 13. Bxb5 Rb8 14. a4 a6 15.
Bc6 Ne4 16. Ra2 g5 17. Bh2 g4 18. hxg4 Bxg4 19. Qd3 Rb4 20. Nd2 Bf5 21. Nxe4
Bxe4 22. Qe2 Qg5 23. f3 Bxd5 24. Bxd5 Qxd5 25. b3 Qe6 26. e4 d5 27. exd5 Qxd5
28. Qxa6 Qxb3 29. Qe2 Rxa4 30. Rc2 c4 31. Bg3 c3 32. Rfc1 Rc4 33. Bf2 Rcc8 34.
Qd3 Rfd8 35. Qf5 Qc4 36. Re1 Re8 37. Rxe8+ Rxe8 38. g4 Re5 39. Qd7 h5 0-1

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.2"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Kosten, Anthony C."]
[Black "Koch, Jean-Rene"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2453"]
[WhiteTeam "Montpellier"]
[BlackTeam "Metz Fischer"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. b3 O-O 6. Bb2 b6 7. d4 Bb7 8. Bd3 c5
9. O-O cxd4 10. exd4 Nc6 11. a3 Rc8 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Re1 Bf8 14. cxd5 exd5 15.
Rxe8 Qxe8 16. Bf5 Rd8 17. Qc2 g6 18. Bd3 Rc8 19. Re1 Qd8 20. Qd1 Na5 21. h3 a6
22. Ne5 b5 23. Nb1 Ne4 24. f3 Nf6 25. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.2"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Pucher, Olivier"]
[Black "Libiszewski, Fabien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2505"]
[WhiteTeam "Metz Fischer"]
[BlackTeam "Montpellier"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Re1
h6 9. Qc2 Nh7 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Be3 c6 12. Rad1 Qe7 13. Qc1 h5 14. c5 Re8 15.
b4 Ndf8 16. Nd2 Ne6 17. Nc4 Nd4 18. Bf1 Rd8 19. Nd6 a5 20. b5 Be6 21. f4 b6 22.
bxc6 bxc5 23. Nb7 exf4 24. Bxf4 Nxc6 25. Nxd8 Rxd8 26. Rxd8+ Qxd8 27. e5 g5 28.
Bg3 h4 29. Bf2 Nxe5 30. Bxc5 Ng4 31. Nb5 Qb8 32. Bd6 Bd4+ 33. Kh1 Nf2+ 34. Kg1
Nh3+ 35. Kh1 Nf2+ 1/2-1/2


[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.2"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Black "Taddei, Benoit"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2485"]
[BlackElo "2314"]
[WhiteTeam "Montpellier"]
[BlackTeam "Metz Fischer"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e5 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. Nf3 Bc5 5. e3 Nc6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Be2 Ncxe5 8.
Nxe5 Nxe5 9. O-O Re8 10. b3 a5 11. Bb2 Ra6 12. Qd5 Ba7 13. c5 Rh6 14. f4 Nc6
15. Nb5 Qe7 16. Nxa7 Qxe3+ 17. Rf2 Nxa7 18. Bc4 Re7 19. Bd4 Qe4 20. f5 c6 21.
Qxe4 Rxe4 22. Bc3 d5 23. Bd3 Re8 24. Re1 Rxe1+ 25. Bxe1 Kf8 26. a4 Bd7 27. g3
Nc8 28. Bxa5 f6 29. Kg2 Kf7 30. Bd2 Rh5 31. g4 Rg5 32. Bxg5 fxg5 33. b4 Ne7 34.
b5 Ng8 35. b6 Nf6 36. a5 Bc8 37. Ra2 1-0

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.2"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Leclair, Marie"]
[Black "Haussernot, Cecile"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "1987"]
[BlackElo "1924"]
[WhiteTeam "Metz Fischer"]
[BlackTeam "Montpellier"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be6 8. O-O
Be7 9. Kh1 O-O 10. f4 Qc7 11. f5 Bc4 12. g4 Rd8 13. g5 Ne8 14. Bxc4 Qxc4 15.
Be3 b5 16. Qf3 Nd7 17. Nd5 Bf8 18. c3 a5 19. Nd2 Qd3 20. f6 g6 21. h4 h5 22.
gxh6 Kh7 23. h5 Ndxf6 24. Nxf6+ Nxf6 25. Qxf6 Bxh6 26. Qxf7+ Kh8 27. Qf6+ Bg7
28. Qg5 Rd7 29. hxg6 d5 30. Qh5+ Bh6 31. Qxh6+ Kg8 32. Rf7 Rxf7 33. gxf7+ Kxf7
34. Rf1+ Ke7 35. Qg7+ 1-0

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.2"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Black "Meier, Georg"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2682"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Vandoeuvre"]

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2
Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. b4 c6 12. O-O Re8 13. Qb3 a5 14. b5 c5 15.
Rfd1 c4 16. Qc2 Nd7 17. Bf1 Be7 18. g3 Bd6 19. Bg2 Nf6 20. Re1 Qc7 21. Re2 Rad8
22. Rd1 Bc8 23. Nd2 Bb4 24. Ndb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.2"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Black "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2562"]
[BlackElo "2657"]
[WhiteTeam "Vandoeuvre"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. dxe5 Ng4 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. Na3 Ngxe5 14. Nxe5
Nxe5 15. Nxb5 d6 16. Nd4 Bxd4 17. cxd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.2"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Fontaine, Robert"]
[Black "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2546"]
[BlackElo "2627"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Vandoeuvre"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Rhe1 c5 14. Qe2 O-O
15. Nf5 cxd4 16. N3xd4 Bc5 17. Nxh6+ gxh6 18. Bxh6 Re8 19. g4 Nd5 20. g5 Qa5
21. g6 Qxa2 22. Nb3 Ba3 23. Rxd5 Qxb2+ 24. Kd1 Nf6 25. gxf7+ Kxf7 26. Qd3 Qb1+
27. Nc1 Rg8 28. Rd7+ Be7 29. Qd6 1-0

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.2"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2605"]
[BlackElo "2626"]
[WhiteTeam "Vandoeuvre"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 d6 6. Bb3 a6 7. Nbd2 h6 8. h3
Be6 9. Nf1 d5 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Ng3 Re8 12. Nh2 Bf8 13. Qf3 Na5 14. Bc2 dxe4 15.
dxe4 Nc4 16. Ng4 Nh7 17. Bd3 f6 18. Qe2 b5 19. O-O Ng5 20. Rd1 Nd6 21. a4 Bb3
22. Bxg5 Bxd1 23. Rxd1 fxg5 24. axb5 Kh8 25. bxa6 c6 26. Nf5 Qc7 27. Nxd6 Bxd6
28. b4 Red8 29. Bc4 Qe7 30. Rd3 Bc7 31. Rf3 Rf8 32. Rf5 g6 33. Rxf8+ Rxf8 34.
Nxh6 Qf6 35. g3 Bb6 36. Ng4 Qf3 37. Qxf3 Rxf3 38. Kf1 Rxc3 39. Nxe5 Bd4 40. a7
Bxa7 41. Nxc6 Rxc4 42. Nxa7 Rxb4 43. e5 Kg7 44. Nc6 Re4 45. e6 Rxe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.2"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Siebrecht, Sebastian"]
[Black "Nezar, Mustapha"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2433"]
[BlackElo "2394"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Vandoeuvre"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 Nbd7 6. Bd3 Bd6 7. O-O O-O 8. e4
e5 9. exd5 cxd5 10. cxd5 exd4 11. Nxd4 Nb6 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Bxh2+ 14. Kxh2
Qh4+ 15. Kg1 Qxe4 16. d6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.2"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Brunner, Nicolas"]
[Black "Govciyan, Pavel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2398"]
[BlackElo "2412"]
[WhiteTeam "Vandoeuvre"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bxa6 7. Nf3 d6 8. g3
Bg7 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. Rb1 O-O 11. O-O Ne8 12. Qc2 Nc7 13. Rd1 Nb5 14. Nxb5 Bxb5
15. b3 Qb6 16. a4 Ba6 17. e4 Rfb8 18. Bf4 Qb4 19. Bd2 Qa3 20. Bc1 Qb4 21. Bd2
Qa3 22. Bc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.2"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Leconte, Maria"]
[Black "Genzling, Alain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2334"]
[BlackElo "2317"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Vandoeuvre"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. e5 Nd5 7. Nc3 Nc7 8.
Bxc6 dxc6 9. Ne4 Ne6 10. d3 b6 11. Be3 h6 12. Ng3 Nd4 13. h4 Qd5 14. Bxd4 cxd4
15. Re4 c5 16. Qd2 Bb7 17. h5 Qe6 18. Re2 g5 19. Rae1 a5 20. a3 a4 21. Nh2 Qd5
22. f4 O-O-O 23. f5 e6 24. Ng4 Rhe8 25. f6 Bf8 26. Ne4 Kb8 27. Rb1 c4 28. dxc4
Qxc4 29. b3 Qb5 30. Ree1 d3 31. c4 Bc5+ 32. Kh1 Qc6 33. b4 Rd4 34. bxc5 Rxe4
35. Rxe4 Qxe4 36. Ne3 bxc5 37. Qb2 Qc6 38. Qd2 Rd8 39. Rb5 Rd4 40. Kg1 Rd7 41.
Nd1 Rd4 42. Ne3 Qc7 43. Rb1 Qxe5 44. Re1 Qxf6 45. Nd5 Qd8 46. Nc3 Rxc4 47. Nb5
Rc2 0-1

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.2"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Congiu, Mathilde"]
[Black "Levacic, Damir"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2212"]
[BlackElo "2284"]
[WhiteTeam "Vandoeuvre"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes"]

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. Ne2 g6 6. Nd2 Bg7 7. h3 O-O 8. O-O
cxd4 9. cxd4 e5 10. d5 Nb4 11. Bb1 a5 12. Nc3 Bd7 13. Qe2 Rc8 14. Nc4 Qc7 15.
Na3 Nh5 16. Nab5 Qb8 17. Be3 Nf4 18. Qd1 b6 19. a3 Na6 20. g3 Nxh3+ 21. Kg2 h6
22. Rh1 Ng5 23. Qd2 Nc5 24. Bxg5 hxg5 25. Qxg5 Nb3 26. Qh4 Rfe8 27. Ra2 a4 28.
Bd3 Rc5 29. f4 Nd4 30. Nxd4 exd4 31. Ne2 Qd8 32. Qh7+ Kf8 33. Raa1 Bb5 34. Bxb5
Rxb5 35. Kf3 Rb3+ 36. Kf2 Rxe4 37. Rab1 Qf6 38. Qh3 Qf5 39. Qxf5 gxf5 40. Nc1
Rbe3 41. Rd1 Re8 42. Nd3 Re2+ 43. Kf1 R2e3 44. Kf2 Rc8 45. Rd2 Bf6 46. Rh1 Kg7
47. Rh5 Kg6 48. Rh1 b5 49. Rhd1 Bd8 50. Nb4 Bb6 51. Rd3 Rh8 52. Rxe3 dxe3+ 53.
Kf3 Rh2 54. Nd3 Bd4 55. Rf1 Rd2 56. Nc1 Rxb2 57. Ne2 Bc5 58. Rg1 Kf6 59. g4
fxg4+ 60. Rxg4 Bxa3 61. Kxe3 Bc5+ 62. Kd3 a3 63. Rg8 a2 64. Ra8 Rb3+ 65. Nc3
Ba3 66. Kd4 0-1

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.2"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Parligras, Mircea"]
[Black "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2586"]
[BlackElo "2622"]
[WhiteTeam "Antibes"]
[BlackTeam "Chalons en Champagne"]

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 h6 10. b3 a5 11. Bb2 Bb4 12. Rad1+ Ke8 13. Ne4 a4 14. a3
Be7 15. b4 Be6 16. h3 h5 17. g3 Rd8 18. Nc3 b5 19. Bc1 f6 20. Bf4 Kf7 21. exf6
Bxf6 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. Bxc7 Rc8 24. Be5 c5 25. Rb1 cxb4 26. Nxb5 Bd5 27. Rxb4
Bxf3 28. Bxf6 gxf6 29. Rf4 Rc5 30. Rxf3 Rxb5 31. Rf4 Ra5 32. g4 hxg4 33. hxg4
Nd6 34. Kf1 Ke6 35. Ke1 Ke5 36. Rb4 Nb5 37. f4+ Kd6 38. Kd2 Nxa3 39. c4 Kc5 40.
Kc3 Nc2 41. Rb1 Nd4 42. g5 Ne2+ 43. Kb2 Kxc4 44. Ka3 Nc3 45. Rb4+ Kc5 46. Rb8
Rb5 47. Rxb5+ Nxb5+ 48. Kb2 fxg5 49. fxg5 Kd5 0-1

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.2"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Black "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2655"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[WhiteTeam "Chalons en Champagne"]
[BlackTeam "Antibes"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O c6 8. d5 Na6
9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Ne1 Nh6 13. Nd3 Qe7 14. g4 Bd7 15. a3 Rfc8
16. Kh1 Nf7 17. f3 b6 18. Rb1 Nc7 19. b4 Ne8 20. Qe1 cxb4 21. Nxb4 Nd8 22. Qd2
Kh8 23. Bg3 Nb7 24. Bd3 Na5 25. Qe2 Bh6 26. Nc2 Nc7 27. Nb4 Rf8 28. Bc2 Ne8 29.
Ba4 Bxa4 30. Nxa4 Qd7 31. Nb2 Ng7 32. N4d3 Rae8 33. Rbe1 f5 34. h4 Nb3 35. Qd1
Nd2 36. Rf2 fxe4 37. fxe4 Rxf2 38. Nxf2 Rf8 39. Kg2 Nf3 40. Rf1 Ne8 41. Nfd3
Qxg4 42. Rxf3 Qxe4 43. Nf2 Qxf3+ 44. Qxf3 Rxf3 45. Kxf3 Bc1 46. Nfd3 Bxb2 47.
Nxb2 Kg7 48. Na4 Kf7 49. Nc3 Ke7 50. Bf2 Kd7 51. Nb5 a6 52. Nc3 Kc7 53. Na4 b5
54. cxb5 axb5 55. Nc3 Kb7 56. Nxb5 Ka6 57. Nc3 Ng7 58. Kg4 h6 59. Be3 Nf5 60.
Bc1 h5+ 61. Kg5 Kb6 62. a4 Ka5 63. Ba3 e4 64. Nxe4 Kxa4 65. Bxd6 1-0

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.2"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Black "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2587"]
[BlackElo "2641"]
[WhiteTeam "Antibes"]
[BlackTeam "Chalons en Champagne"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. Be3 Nf6 8.
Qe2 Nc6 9. N1d2 d5 10. c3 O-O 11. Rd1 Ne5 12. Bb1 Bd7 13. Bd4 Bb5 14. Qe3 Neg4
15. Qg3 e5 16. h3 exd4 17. hxg4 dxc3 18. bxc3 Bd6 19. Qh4 h6 20. g5 Nxe4 21.
Nxe4 dxe4 22. gxh6 g6 23. Nd4 Bc4 24. Bc2 Bxa2 25. Bxe4 Re8 26. Kd2 g5 27. Qg4
Bf4+ 28. Kd3 Rc8 29. Qf5 Rxe4 30. Qxe4 Qa5 31. Ke2 Bc4+ 32. Rd3 Bxd3+ 33. Qxd3
Rxc3 34. h7+ Kh8 35. Qb1 Qe5+ 0-1

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.2"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Cossin, Sebastien"]
[Black "Miralles, Gilles"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2471"]
[BlackElo "2477"]
[WhiteTeam "Chalons en Champagne"]
[BlackTeam "Antibes"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Bg5 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Re8 11. Rc1 h6 12. Be3 Bf8 13. Qa4 Ne5 14. Qb3 Be6 15.
Rfd1 Qd7 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bd4 Nc6 18. Bxf6 gxf6 19. Nxd5 Qf7 20. Nf4 Ne5 21.
Nxe6 Rxe6 22. Bd5 Rae8 23. Rc8 R8e7 24. f4 Ng4 25. h3 Ne3 26. Bxe6 Rxe6 27.
Rdd8 1-0

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.2"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Acher, Mathieu"]
[Black "Sebag, Marie"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2381"]
[BlackElo "2527"]
[WhiteTeam "Antibes"]
[BlackTeam "Chalons en Champagne"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1 Bg4 8. d3
e6 9. Nbd2 Bh5 10. h3 Nd7 11. a3 Be7 12. b4 O-O 13. bxc5 dxc5 14. Bb2 Nde5 15.
g4 Nxf3+ 16. Nxf3 Bg6 17. d4 Qb6 18. Qd2 Na5 19. Rad1 Rfd8 20. Ba1 Qc7 21. Qe3
Nb3 22. Bb2 Bd6 23. e5 Be7 24. c4 Nxd4 25. Nxd4 cxd4 26. Bxd4 Qd7 27. Qb3 Qc8
28. Bg2 b5 29. cxb5 Bc2 30. Qe3 Bxd1 31. Bxa8 Qxa8 32. Rxd1 axb5 33. Ra1 Qd5
34. Bb6 Rc8 35. Rb1 h6 36. Qe2 Rc4 37. Rd1 Qe4 38. Qxe4 Rxe4 39. Rb1 Rxe5 40.
Rb3 h5 41. Kg2 h4 42. Ba5 Rd5 43. Kf3 g5 44. Ke4 f5+ 45. gxf5 Rxf5 46. f3 Kf7
47. Bc7 Rc5 48. Be5 Rc4+ 49. Ke3 Rc5 50. Ke4 Kg6 51. Bd4 Rd5 52. Be5 Bd8 53. f4
gxf4 54. Kxf4 Bg5+ 55. Ke4 Be7 56. Kf4 Rc5 57. Ke4 Kf7 58. Bb2 Ke8 59. Bd4 Rd5
60. Bf2 Bf6 61. Kf3 Rf5+ 62. Ke2 Be7 63. Bd4 Kf7 64. Be3 Kg6 65. Bd4 Rg5 66.
Bf2 Re5+ 67. Kf3 Kf5 68. Bd4 Rd5 69. Be3 e5 70. Bf2 Bg5 71. Rb4 e4+ 72. Ke2 Be7
73. Rb3 Ke5 74. Be3 Ke6 0-1

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.2"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Black "Bijaoui, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2409"]
[WhiteTeam "Chalons en Champagne"]
[BlackTeam "Antibes"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. Qd2 Nbd7 11. a4 Rc8 12. f3 Qc7 13. a5 Rfd8 14. Rfd1 Nc5 15.
Nxc5 dxc5 16. Qe1 Rxd1 17. Bxd1 c4 18. Na4 Nd7 19. Be2 Qd8 20. Kh1 Qf8 21. Bf1
Bb4 22. Bd2 Bxd2 23. Qxd2 c3 24. Nxc3 Qb4 25. Qc1 Nc5 26. Ra3 Rd8 27. Nd5 Bxd5
28. c3 Qxa3 29. bxa3 Be6 30. Kg1 h6 31. Qe3 Rc8 32. h4 Kf8 33. Kh2 Rc7 34. Qd2
Ke7 35. Qb2 Bb3 36. g3 f6 37. Bh3 Rc6 38. Bf5 Kd6 39. Bg6 Ke7 40. f4 Bc4 41.
Qb4 Bd3 42. h5 Bc2 43. fxe5 fxe5 44. c4 Bd3 45. Qb2 Kd6 46. Qf2 Ne6 47. Qd2 Nc5
48. Bf7 Ke7 49. Bd5 Rc7 50. Qf2 Kd6 51. Qf8+ Re7 52. Qd8+ 1-0

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.2"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Perez, Flavio"]
[Black "Belkhodja, Slim"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2275"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[WhiteTeam "Antibes"]
[BlackTeam "Chalons en Champagne"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. d3 Bg7 5. Be3 d6 6. Bg2 Rb8 7. Qd2 b5 8. Nge2
Nd4 9. O-O e6 10. Nc1 Ne7 11. Nd1 O-O 12. c3 Ndc6 13. Bh6 d5 14. Bxg7 Kxg7 15.
exd5 Nxd5 16. Ne3 Nde7 17. Nb3 Qd6 18. d4 cxd4 19. Rfd1 e5 20. cxd4 exd4 21.
Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Qxd4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.2"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Black "Cochet, Caroline"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2052"]
[WhiteTeam "Chalons en Champagne"]
[BlackTeam "Antibes"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 e5 6. Nge2 Bg7 7. O-O Ne7 8.
Be3 b6 9. Qd2 O-O 10. Bh6 Be6 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. f4 exf4 13. Nxf4 Qd6 14. Kh1 f6
15. Rf3 Rad8 16. Raf1 Bc8 17. Qf2 Rf7 18. Qg3 Kh8 19. h4 Qe5 20. Nd1 Rg8 21. b3
g5 22. Nh5 Qxg3 23. Rxg3 gxh4 24. Rxg8+ Nxg8 25. Ne3 h6 26. Rf4 Kh7 27. Nc4 Be6
28. Nd6 Rf8 29. Rxh4 Ne7 30. Ne8 f5 31. e5 Nd5 32. c4 Nb4 33. Nef6+ Kg6 34.
Nf4+ Kf7 35. Rxh6 1-0

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.2"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Colovic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Vaisser, Anatoly"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2443"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[WhiteTeam "Grasse"]
[BlackTeam "Strasbourg"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 Ne7 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. a4 Qa5 8. Bd2
Nbc6 9. Nf3 Bd7 10. Bb5 Qc7 11. O-O O-O 12. Re1 f6 13. exf6 gxf6 14. Bh6 Rf7
15. Nh4 e5 16. Bxc6 Qxc6 17. Qh5 e4 18. c4 cxd4 19. cxd5 Qxd5 20. Qxd5 Nxd5 21.
Rxe4 Nc3 22. Ree1 Bxa4 23. Nf5 Rd7 24. Ra3 b5 25. Re7 Rxe7 26. Nxe7+ Kf7 27.
Nc6 b4 28. Nxb4 Rb8 29. Nd3 Rb1+ 30. Nc1 Ne2+ 31. Kf1 Nxc1 32. Rxa4 Na2+ 0-1

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.2"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Doettling, Fabian"]
[Black "Eliet, Nicolas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2564"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[WhiteTeam "Strasbourg"]
[BlackTeam "Grasse"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. cxd5 cxd5 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bf4 e6 7. e3 Be7 8. Ne5
Nc6 9. Bd3 Nd7 10. Nf3 Nf6 11. h3 b5 12. O-O Bb7 13. Nd2 O-O 14. Nb3 Nd7 15.
Rc1 f5 16. Ne2 Rc8 17. Bh2 Qb6 18. Nf4 Nb4 19. Bb1 a5 20. Qd2 g5 21. Rxc8 Rxc8
22. Ne2 Nc6 23. g4 fxg4 24. hxg4 a4 25. Nbc1 Nf6 26. f3 Qa5 27. Qd1 Rf8 28. Nd3
b4 29. Ne5 Qa7 30. Qd2 Ba8 31. Rc1 Nxe5 32. Bxe5 Ne8 33. Bxh7+ Kxh7 34. Qd3+
Kh6 35. Kg2 1-0

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.2"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Shoker, Samy"]
[Black "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2404"]
[BlackElo "2595"]
[WhiteTeam "Grasse"]
[BlackTeam "Strasbourg"]

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bd6 5. O-O h6 6. e4 dxe4 7. dxe4 O-O 8.
Nbd2 Be6 9. Qe2 Qd7 10. b3 Nc6 11. Bb2 Bg4 12. Nc4 Qe6 13. Ne3 Bh3 14. Nd5 Nh7
15. Rad1 Rae8 16. a3 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 f5 18. exf5 Rxf5 19. Ne3 Rf7 20. Qc4 e4 21.
Nd4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Qg6 23. Bc5 Ng5 24. Bxd6 cxd6 25. h4 Nf3 26. Rh1 Ne5 27. h5
Qf6 28. Qe2 Ref8 29. Rhf1 Qe6 30. Nc4 Nf3 31. Ne3 Ne5 32. Nc4 d5 33. Nxe5 Qxe5
34. Qd2 Rd7 35. Qd4 Qxh5 36. Qxa7 Qf3+ 37. Kg1 Rf5 38. Qe3 Qg4 39. f4 exf3 40.
Kf2 Rf8 41. Rh1 d4 42. Qd3 Re7 43. Qc4+ Rff7 0-1

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.2"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Roos, Daniel"]
[Black "Andonov, Bogomil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[WhiteTeam "Strasbourg"]
[BlackTeam "Grasse"]

1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 Bg4 3. e4 e6 4. Bd3 c6 5. Nbd2 Nf6 6. c3 Bh5 7. Qe2 d5 8. e5
Nfd7 9. Nf1 c5 10. Ng3 Bg6 11. a3 Bxd3 12. Qxd3 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qa5+ 14. Bd2 Qa6
15. Qe3 Nc6 16. Ne2 Nb4 17. Bxb4 Bxb4+ 18. Kf1 Be7 19. g3 Rc8 20. Ne1 O-O 21.
Kg2 Nb6 22. b3 Na8 23. h4 Nc7 24. Nf4 Nb5 25. a4 Rc3 26. Qd2 Rxb3 27. Qd1 Ra3
28. Rxa3 Nxa3 29. Nh5 Kh8 30. Qg4 Rg8 31. Nf3 Qxa4 32. Ng5 Qe8 33. Qf3 Rf8 34.
Nf6 Bxf6 35. exf6 h6 36. Qd3 g6 37. Qxa3 Qd8 38. h5 Kg8 39. hxg6 Qxf6 40. Qxf8+
1-0

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.2"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Dobrev, Nanko"]
[Black "Varga, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[WhiteTeam "Grasse"]
[BlackTeam "Strasbourg"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8.
g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5 12. Ne3 gxf4 13. Nxf5 O-O-O 14. O-O
fxg3 15. hxg3 Kb8 16. Qc2 h5 17. Rfc1 Ng4 18. a5 a6 19. b4 h4 20. Nxh4 Rxh4 21.
gxh4 Qh2+ 22. Kf1 Qf4 23. Bf3 Qh2 24. Bg2 Qf4 25. Bf3 Qh2 26. Bg2 Qf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.2"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Reinhart, Emmanuel"]
[Black "Karim, Ismael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2329"]
[BlackElo "2410"]
[WhiteTeam "Strasbourg"]
[BlackTeam "Grasse"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. d3 fxe4 5. dxe4 Nf6 6. Qe2 Bc5 7. Nc3 Nd4 8.
Nxd4 Bxd4 9. Bc4 d6 10. Nd5 c6 11. Nxf6+ Qxf6 12. c3 Bb6 13. Be3 Be6 14. Bxb6
axb6 15. O-O O-O 16. Rad1 b5 17. Bxe6+ Qxe6 18. a3 Rf6 19. Rd2 Raf8 20. Rfd1
Qf7 21. f3 Rd8 22. Qe3 Rd7 23. Qa7 Qe7 24. Qa5 Rh6 25. Qb4 Qh4 26. h3 Rg6 27.
Kh1 Qe7 28. a4 bxa4 29. Qxa4 Rf6 30. c4 Qe6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.2"]
[Round "6.7"]
[White "Buffe, Fabrice"]
[Black "Roos, Louis"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2158"]
[BlackElo "2350"]
[WhiteTeam "Grasse"]
[BlackTeam "Strasbourg"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. b3 c6
9. Ba3 Na6 10. Rc1 Rb8 11. Ne1 b5 12. cxb5 cxb5 13. Nd5 b4 14. Bb2 Nxd5 15.
Bxd5+ e6 16. Bg2 Bb7 17. Qd3 Qd7 18. Bxb7 Qxb7 19. Qc4 Rfe8 20. Qc6 Nc5 21.
Qxb7 Rxb7 22. Rc2 Ne4 23. e3 e5 24. dxe5 Bxe5 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Nd3 Rd5 27. Nf4
Rc5 28. Rxc5 dxc5 29. Rd1 Kf7 30. Kf1 Nc3 31. Rd2 g5 32. Ne2 Ne4 33. Rd1 Ke6
34. f3 Nd6 35. Rc1 Rb5 36. h3 h5 37. h4 gxh4 38. gxh4 Kf7 39. Nf4 a5 40. Rc2 c4
41. bxc4 Rc5 42. Nd3 Rc8 43. Kf2 Ke7 44. c5 Nb5 45. Kg3 Nc3 46. a3 Rg8+ 47. Kf4
Kf6 48. e4 fxe4 49. fxe4 Rg4+ 50. Kf3 Nxe4 51. axb4 axb4 52. c6 Nd6 53. Nf4 Ke7
54. Re2+ Kd8 55. Ne6+ Ke7 56. c7 Kd7 57. Rd2 Rc4 58. Nf4 Kxc7 59. Nxh5 Rxh4 60.
Nf4 Kc6 61. Rd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.2"]
[Round "6.8"]
[White "Nicoara, Malina"]
[Black "Forestier, Carole"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2167"]
[BlackElo "2099"]
[WhiteTeam "Strasbourg"]
[BlackTeam "Grasse"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nbd7 8.
Qc2 Re8 9. Nge2 Nf8 10. O-O Be6 11. a3 Rc8 12. b4 Ng6 13. f3 b6 14. Ba6 Ra8 15.
Nb5 c5 16. Bxf6 gxf6 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Nbc3 Qc7 19. Bd3 Red8 20. Qd2 Rab8 21.
f4 f5 22. dxc5 Bxc5 23. Nd4 Ne7 24. Nce2 Rb6 25. Rfc1 Rc8 26. h3 Qb7 27. Qa5
Bxd4 28. Rxc8+ Nxc8 29. Nxd4 Nd6 30. Rc1 Ne4 31. Bxe4 fxe4 32. f5 Bd7 33. Rf1
1-0

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.3"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Krasenkow, Michal"]
[Black "Hamdouchi, Hicham"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2596"]
[WhiteTeam "Chalons en Champagne"]
[BlackTeam "Montpellier"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 e6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. Bg2
Nbd7 9. Bg5 Rc8 10. e4 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. O-O Be7 13. Rd1 O-O 14. Nc3 b4 15.
Ne2 c5 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Bd6 18. Nd2 Ba6 19. Nc4 Re8 20. Nc1 Bxc4 21. Qxc4
Nd7 22. a3 Ne5 23. Qa6 Qf6 24. Rf1 bxa3 25. Rxa3 c4 26. Re3 Red8 27. Re4 Rb8
28. Re2 Rd7 29. Na2 Nf3+ 30. Bxf3 Qxf3 31. Nc3 Bb4 32. Re3 Qf5 33. Qxc4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.3"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Van Wely, Loek"]
[Black "Nyback, Tomi"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2622"]
[BlackElo "2655"]
[WhiteTeam "Montpellier"]
[BlackTeam "Chalons en Champagne"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8.
a3 O-O 9. b4 Be6 10. Rb1 f6 11. d3 Nd4 12. Nd2 c6 13. e3 Nb5 14. Nxb5 cxb5 15.
Nb3 Na4 16. Bb2 Bd5 17. Ba1 Bxg2 18. Kxg2 Rc8 19. Qf3 Qd7 20. d4 Nc3 21. Bxc3
Rxc3 22. Rfd1 exd4 23. Nxd4 f5 24. Ne2 Rd3 25. Nf4 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 Qc6 27. Qxc6
bxc6 28. Rd7 Re8 29. Rxa7 c5 30. Rb7 c4 31. Rxb5 Ra8 32. Nd5 Bf8 33. Ra5 Rc8
34. Nc3 g6 35. b5 Bg7 36. Na2 Rb8 37. a4 c3 38. Ra6 1-0

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.3"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Smirin, Ilia"]
[Black "Stellwagen, Daniel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2619"]
[WhiteTeam "Chalons en Champagne"]
[BlackTeam "Montpellier"]

1. e4 c6 2. d3 d5 3. Nd2 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 e5 6. Ngf3 Ne7 7. O-O O-O 8. Re1
Qc7 9. a4 h6 10. b4 Be6 11. Bb2 Nd7 12. d4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 f5 14. Nc5 Nxc5 15.
dxc5 Rad8 16. Qc1 e4 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. Qb2+ Kh7 19. Nd4 Qe5 20. c3 Bd5 21. b5
Rf7 22. Rad1 Ng8 23. bxc6 Rc8 24. Nb5 Rxc6 25. f4 Qe6 26. Nd4 Qe7 27. Nxc6 Bxc6
28. Qb4 Nf6 29. Bf1 g5 30. fxg5 hxg5 31. Bc4 f4 32. Bxf7 Qxf7 33. Qd4 e3 34.
gxf4 Qa2 35. Qd3+ Be4 36. Qe2 Qxe2 37. Rxe2 gxf4 38. Rd6 Kg6 39. Rg2+ Kf5 40.
Rg7 Ng4 41. Rf7+ Ke5 42. Re7+ Kf5 43. Rf7+ Ke5 44. Rd4 Nf2 45. h4 f3 46. h5
Nh3+ 47. Kf1 Ng5 48. Rg7 Ne6 49. Rxe4+ Kxe4 50. Re7 Ke5 1-0

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.3"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Libiszewski, Fabien"]
[Black "Cossin, Sebastien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2505"]
[BlackElo "2471"]
[WhiteTeam "Montpellier"]
[BlackTeam "Chalons en Champagne"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. O-O Nc6 8.
Kh1 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Bc5 10. Qd3 h5 11. f4 Ng4 12. Bxg4 hxg4 13. Be3 b5 14. Rad1
Bxe3 15. Qxe3 Bb7 16. Qd4 Bc6 17. Rd3 Qa7 18. Qe5 f6 19. Qd6 Qb8 20. Qd4 b4 21.
Ne2 Qb7 22. Rfd1 O-O 23. Ng3 Rac8 24. Re1 a5 25. Rd2 Bb5 26. Rf2 d5 27. Qd1
dxe4 28. Nxe4 Rcd8 29. Nd6 Qd7 30. Rd2 f5 31. Nc4 Qc7 32. Nd6 Qd7 33. Nc4 Qc7
34. Nd6 Qd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.3"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Sebag, Marie"]
[Black "Kosten, Anthony C."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2527"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[WhiteTeam "Chalons en Champagne"]
[BlackTeam "Montpellier"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Be7 6. Nxe5 Nxe5 7. dxe5 O-O
8. Nd2 Nxd2 9. Bxd2 d6 10. Bf4 dxe5 11. Bxe5 Qxd1 12. Raxd1 c6 13. Bd3 Be6 14.
Rfe1 Rfe8 15. Bd4 Red8 16. Bc3 Bf8 17. a3 g6 18. h3 Bg7 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Be4
Kf6 21. f3 Ke7 22. Kf2 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.3"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Prie, Eric"]
[Black "Belkhodja, Slim"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2504"]
[BlackElo "2479"]
[WhiteTeam "Montpellier"]
[BlackTeam "Chalons en Champagne"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 d6 6. O-O Nfd7 7. h3 e5 8. Bh2
Nc6 9. c4 exd4 10. exd4 Re8 11. Nc3 Nf6 12. Qd2 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Rxe4 14. Bd3 Rxd4
15. Nxd4 Nxd4 16. Kh1 Be6 17. Rae1 Qd7 18. f4 c5 19. b3 a5 20. Bg1 Nf5 21. Bxf5
Bxf5 22. Rd1 Be4 23. Kh2 Bc6 24. Bxc5 a4 25. Bd4 1-0

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.3"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Black "Flear, Glenn C"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2521"]
[BlackElo "2485"]
[WhiteTeam "Chalons en Champagne"]
[BlackTeam "Montpellier"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Qc7 12. d5 Bd7 13. Nbd2 c4 14. Nf1 Nb7 15. g4
h5 16. N3h2 g6 17. Bh6 Rfe8 18. Qf3 Qd8 19. Ne3 h4 20. Ng2 Nh7 21. Be3 Bg5 22.
Bxg5 Nxg5 23. Qe3 Kg7 24. Rf1 Nc5 25. b4 cxb3 26. axb3 a5 27. Ne1 Qf6 28. b4
axb4 29. Rxa8 Rxa8 30. cxb4 Na4 31. Kg2 Nb2 32. Nef3 Nxf3 33. Nxf3 Nc4 34. Qg5
Qxg5 35. Nxg5 Ra2 36. Rc1 Rb2 37. Bd3 Rxb4 38. Ra1 Kf6 39. Nh7+ Ke7 40. Ra7 Rb3
41. Be2 Rb2 42. Bd3 Rd2 43. Bxc4 bxc4 44. Nf6 Kxf6 45. Rxd7 c3 46. Rxd6+ Kg5
47. Rc6 Rd3 48. Rc4 Kf4 49. d6 f6 50. d7 Rxd7 51. Rxc3 Kxe4 52. Rc6 Rf7 53. g5
fxg5 54. Rxg6 Kf4 55. Rg8 e4 56. Rg6 Rf8 57. Rg7 Kf5 58. Re7 Rd8 59. Rf7+ Ke6
60. Rg7 Kf6 61. Ra7 Rd2 62. Kg1 Rd3 63. Kg2 Rd2 64. Kg1 Rb2 65. Ra8 Rb1+ 66.
Kg2 Rb2 67. Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.3"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Haussernot, Cecile"]
[Black "Cornette, Matthieu"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "1924"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[WhiteTeam "Montpellier"]
[BlackTeam "Chalons en Champagne"]

1. Nc3 d5 2. e4 d4 3. Nce2 e5 4. d3 h5 5. h4 Nc6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg5 Bb4+ 8. Bd2
Ng4 9. Bh3 Qf6 10. Bxg4 Bxg4 11. Bxb4 Nxb4 12. Qd2 c5 13. a3 Nc6 14. f4 Qe6 15.
f5 Qd7 16. Qg5 f6 17. Qd2 Rg8 18. Kf2 g6 19. fxg6 Rxg6 20. Nf3 O-O-O 21. b4
Rdg8 22. Rhg1 Bxf3 23. Kxf3 f5 24. exf5 Qxf5+ 25. Kg2 Qg4 26. Kh2 Ne7 27. Raf1
Nf5 28. Rxf5 Qxf5 29. bxc5 Rg4 30. Rg2 Qf8 31. c6 bxc6 32. Qa5 Qe7 33. Qa6+ Qb7
34. Qc4 R8g6 35. Rf2 Qe7 36. Kh3 Rf6 37. Qa6+ Kb8 38. Rg2 Qd7 39. Kh2 Rg8 40.
Qc4 Rgf8 41. c3 Rf2 42. Nf4 exf4 43. Qb4+ Kc7 44. Qxf8 fxg3+ 0-1

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.3"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Rozentalis, Eduardas"]
[Black "Sasikiran, Krishnan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2595"]
[BlackElo "2682"]
[WhiteTeam "Strasbourg"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 d6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. h3 Ne5 7. Bxd7+ Nfxd7 8.
Nxe5 dxe5 9. d3 e6 10. Qg4 g6 11. a4 Nb8 12. Na3 Nc6 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Be3 Bd6
15. Qh4 Be7 16. Qg3 g5 17. a5 h5 18. f3 f6 19. Qf2 Nb4 20. Red1 Rd8 21. Qe2 h4
22. c3 Nc6 23. Qf2 b6 24. axb6 axb6 25. Qc2 Kf7 26. Qb3 Rb8 27. Na3 Na5 28. Qb5
Nc6 29. Qb3 Na5 30. Qb5 Nc6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.3"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Tkachiev, Vladislav"]
[Black "Doettling, Fabian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2657"]
[BlackElo "2564"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Strasbourg"]

1. e4 c6 2. c4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qc2 Nc6 9. Bc4 O-O 10. O-O h6 11. Rd1 Bd6 12. Qe2 Nce7 13. Ne5 Nxc3 14. bxc3
Qc7 15. Qg4 Nf5 16. Rb1 Rd8 17. Re1 Bxe5 18. dxe5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.3"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoly"]
[Black "Fontaine, Robert"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2546"]
[WhiteTeam "Strasbourg"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8.
Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Bd7 11. Rb1 Qc7 12. dxc5 Na5 13. Bb3 Rad8 14. Qc2
Nxb3 15. axb3 f5 16. f3 f4 17. Bf2 g5 18. Rfd1 g4 19. Rd5 gxf3 20. gxf3 Bh3 21.
Rxd8 Qxd8 22. Kh1 e5 23. c4 Rf7 24. Nc3 Bf8 25. Rg1+ Rg7 26. Qd1 Rxg1+ 27.
Qxg1+ Kf7 28. Nd5 Qa5 29. Qg5 Qa1+ 30. Bg1 Qf1 31. Qh5+ Kg8 32. Nf6+ Kg7 33.
Ne8+ Kg8 34. Nf6+ Kg7 35. Ne8+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.3"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Kazhgaleyev, Murtas"]
[Black "Varga, Peter"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2626"]
[BlackElo "2446"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Strasbourg"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Nbd7 7. Nxc4 Qc7 8.
g3 e5 9. dxe5 Nxe5 10. Bf4 Nfd7 11. Bg2 g5 12. Bxe5 Nxe5 13. Qd4 f6 14. Ne3 Be6
15. a5 a6 16. Ne4 Be7 17. O-O Rd8 18. Qc3 O-O 19. f4 gxf4 20. gxf4 f5 21. fxe5
fxe4 22. Bxe4 Bg5 23. Nf5 Bd2 24. Qg3+ Kh8 25. Kh1 Rg8 26. Qh4 Bg5 27. Qg3 Bd2
28. Qh4 Bg5 29. Qg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.3"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Roos, Daniel"]
[Black "Siebrecht, Sebastian"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2425"]
[BlackElo "2433"]
[WhiteTeam "Strasbourg"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. d3 Bg4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8.
dxe4 Bc5 9. c3 O-O 10. a4 a5 11. Qc2 Re8 12. Nc4 Qc7 13. Ne3 Bh5 14. Nf5 Bf8
15. h3 Nc5 16. Ne1 Qb6 17. Bg5 Nfd7 18. g4 Bg6 19. Rd1 Qc7 20. Nd3 f6 21. Be3
Bf7 22. c4 Rad8 23. g5 Ne6 24. gxf6 Nxf6 25. b3 Nh5 26. Qb2 Nef4 27. Nxf4 Nxf4
28. Qc2 Be6 29. Rxd8 Qxd8 30. Qd2 Qg5 31. Bxf4 exf4 32. h4 Qg4 33. f3 Bc5+ 34.
Kh2 Qh5 35. Qxf4 Bxf5 36. exf5 Be3 37. Qg4 Qh6 38. Rd1 Qf6 39. Rd7 Qe5+ 40. Kh1
Qa1+ 41. Kh2 Qe5+ 42. Kh1 Bf4 43. Bf1 Qa1 44. Kg1 Qe5 45. Kh1 Rf8 46. Bh3 Qe1+
47. Qg1 Qc3 48. Qd1 Qb2 49. Bg2 Qf2 0-1

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.3"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Govciyan, Pavel"]
[Black "Reinhart, Emmanuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2412"]
[BlackElo "2329"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Strasbourg"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8.
O-O Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. a4 a5 11. Rd1 Bc2 12. Rd2 Nb6 13. Qa2 Bg6 14. Ne5 Nfd5
15. Nxg6 hxg6 16. Qb3 Nb4 17. Rd1 Qd7 18. e4 Rfd8 19. Be3 Qc7 20. Rac1 Rac8 21.
d5 Nd7 22. d6 Bxd6 23. Nb5 cxb5 24. Rxc7 Bxc7 25. axb5 Bb6 26. e5 Nc5 27. Rxd8+
Bxd8 28. Qd1 Be7 29. Bxb7 Rd8 30. Qxd8+ Bxd8 31. Bxc5 Nd3 32. Bd4 Bc7 33. f4
Nb4 34. Be4 Kf8 35. b6 Bd8 36. b7 Na6 37. Bc6 Nb8 38. Bb5 f6 39. Bc5+ Kf7 40.
Kf1 Bc7 41. Bd6 Bxd6 42. exd6 1-0

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.3"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Roos, Jean-Luc"]
[Black "Leconte, Maria"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2273"]
[BlackElo "2334"]
[WhiteTeam "Strasbourg"]
[BlackTeam "Cannes"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nc6 4. Ngf3 Nf6 5. e5 Nd7 6. Be2 Be7 7. Nf1 O-O 8. Ne3
f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. c4 b6 12. a3 a5 13. Qc2 Bb7 14. Rd1 Ne7 15. c5
Bf4 16. Nf1 Ne4 17. Ng3 bxc5 18. dxc5 Qe8 19. Bd3 Qg6 20. Re1 Bxc1 21. Raxc1
Rf4 22. Ne5 Qg5 23. c6 Ba6 24. Nxe4 dxe4 25. Bxe4 Raf8 26. f3 Rh4 27. Rcd1 Nc8
28. Nd7 Rd8 29. Qc5 Qh6 30. Ne5 Nd6 31. Ng4 Qf4 32. Qe5 Qxe5 33. Nxe5 Rb8 34.
Rd2 Nf5 35. f4 g5 36. Bf3 Rh6 37. fxg5 Rh4 38. Bg4 Rxg4 39. Nxg4 Bc4 40. Rc1
Bb3 41. Rc3 Kg7 42. Rd7+ 1-0

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.03"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Levacic, Damir"]
[Black "Nicoara, Malina"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2284"]
[BlackElo "2167"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2009.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Cannes"]
[BlackTeam "Strasbourg"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 d6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Bf5 5. e3 c6 6. Bd3 Bxd3 7. cxd3 e6 8. Qb3
Qb6 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. O-O Be7 11. a3 a5 12. b4 axb4 13. axb4 Rxa1 14. Rxa1 O-O
15. Rb1 Ra8 16. Na4 Qa7 17. Nc5 Bd6 18. e4 dxe4 19. dxe4 Bxc5 20. bxc5 Qa2 21.
Qxa2 Rxa2 22. h3 Ra7 23. Nd2 e5 24. Be3 exd4 25. Bxd4 Kf8 26. f3 Ra2 27. Be3
Rc2 28. Nb3 Ke8 29. Nd4 Rxc5 30. Rxb7 Kd8 31. Nf5 Rc3 32. Bg5 h6 33. Bxf6+ gxf6
34. Nxh6 Kc8 35. Ra7 Rd3 36. h4 Kb8 37. Ra2 Ne5 38. Nf5 c5 39. h5 Kc7 40. Ne7
Kb7 41. Rb2+ Ka6 42. Nd5 Rd1+ 43. Kh2 Ka5 44. Ra2+ 1-0

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.3"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Riazantsev, Alexander"]
[Black "Korneev, Oleg"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2635"]
[BlackElo "2587"]
[WhiteTeam "Metz Fischer"]
[BlackTeam "Antibes"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7
Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 Nd7 12. Qc2 dxc4 13. Bxc4 e5 14. O-O Re8
15. d5 Nb6 16. dxc6 bxc6 17. Rc1 Nd5 18. Ra3 a5 19. Be2 Ba6 20. Bxa6 Rxa6 21.
Qc5 Qxc5 22. Rxc5 Rb8 23. Nxe5 Rxb2 24. h3 a4 25. Nxc6 Nb4 26. Nxb4 Rb1+ 27.
Kh2 Rxb4 28. Rf5 Rc6 29. Rd3 g6 30. Rf3 Kg7 31. Rd7 Rf6 32. Rxf6 Kxf6 33. Ra7
h5 34. Kg3 h4+ 35. Kf3 g5 36. a3 Rc4 37. Ke2 Rc2+ 38. Ke1 Rc1+ 39. Kd2 Rg1 40.
Ke2 1-0

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.3"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Damljanovic, Branko"]
[Black "Postny, Evgeny"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2648"]
[WhiteTeam "Antibes"]
[BlackTeam "Metz Fischer"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. g3 e6 4. Nf3 b6 5. Bg2 Bb7 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 Ne4 8. d4
Nxc3 9. bxc3 Be4 10. Bf1 Bxf3 11. exf3 Nc6 12. d5 Na5 13. Bd3 O-O 14. f4 Bf6
15. Bd2 Qc7 16. Qf3 g6 17. h4 Rae8 18. h5 Bg7 19. Kg2 f5 20. Rh1 Kf7 21. Rag1
Qd6 22. g4 Rg8 23. Kf1 Bf6 24. hxg6+ hxg6 25. gxf5 exf5 26. Rh6 Qf8 27. Qh3 Rg7
28. Rg3 Nb7 29. Bxf5 gxf5 30. Qh5+ Ke7 31. Re3+ Kd8 32. Rxf6 Qxf6 33. Qxe8+ Kc7
34. Qe5+ Qxe5 35. fxe5 Na5 36. Re2 Nxc4 37. Bh6 Rg6 38. Bf4 Rg4 39. Bc1 Re4 40.
f4 Rxe2 41. Kxe2 b5 42. a4 a6 43. axb5 axb5 44. d6+ Kc6 45. Kd3 Kd5 46. Bd2 Na5
47. Be1 Nb7 48. Bh4 c4+ 49. Ke3 Nc5 50. Bd8 Nd3 51. Ba5 Nc1 52. Bb4 Nb3 53. Ke2
Nc1+ 54. Kd2 Nd3 55. Ke3 Ne1 56. Kf2 Nd3+ 57. Ke3 Ne1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.3"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Svetushkin, Dmitry"]
[Black "Parligras, Mircea"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2615"]
[BlackElo "2586"]
[WhiteTeam "Metz Fischer"]
[BlackTeam "Antibes"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Nf3 Bb7 8.
e3 a5 9. b3 d6 10. Be2 Nbd7 11. O-O Qe7 12. Bb2 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Nd2 e5 15.
Rad1 Rfe8 16. Rfe1 h5 17. Bf1 h4 18. h3 e4 19. Nb1 Ne5 20. Qd2 d5 21. Nc3 dxc4
22. bxc4 Rad8 23. Qc2 Nd3 24. Bxd3 exd3 25. Rxd3 Rxd3 26. Qxd3 Bxg2 27. Kxg2
Qb7+ 28. Kf1 Qxb2 29. Rb1 Qxa3 30. Qc2 Rd8 31. Rb3 Qa1+ 32. Rb1 Qa3 33. Ke2 Nh5
34. Rb3 Qa1 35. Rb1 Qa3 36. Kf3 Nf6 37. Rb3 Qa1 38. Rb1 Qa3 39. Ke2 Nh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.3"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Bijaoui, Manuel"]
[Black "Elbilia, Jacques"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2409"]
[BlackElo "2402"]
[WhiteTeam "Antibes"]
[BlackTeam "Metz Fischer"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nge2 Nbd7 5. g3 c6 6. Bg2 b5 7. a3 Be7 8. O-O
O-O 9. h3 a5 10. d5 Bb7 11. dxc6 Bxc6 12. Be3 b4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Bb5 15.
Qd2 Qc7 16. Rfc1 Bxe2 17. Qxe2 Rfc8 18. axb4 axb4 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. c3 b3 21.
Qb5 Rb8 22. Qc6 Qd8 23. Ra1 Rc8 24. Qa4 f5 25. Qxb3 f4 26. gxf4 exf4 27. Bxf4
Nc5 28. Qc2 Bg5 29. Bg3 Qf6 30. Ra7 Rd8 31. Qe2 Kf8 32. b4 Nd7 33. Qe6 1-0

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.3"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Koch, Jean-Rene"]
[Black "Acher, Mathieu"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2453"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[WhiteTeam "Metz Fischer"]
[BlackTeam "Antibes"]

1. e4 e5 2. f4 exf4 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bb3 d5 6. exd5 cxd5 7. d4 Bd6 8.
Nge2 O-O 9. O-O g5 10. g3 Bh3 11. Rf2 f3 12. Rxf3 Bg4 13. Re3 Nc6 14. Qf1 h6
15. h3 Bxe2 16. Nxe2 Na5 17. Qf5 Nxb3 18. axb3 Re8 19. Nc3 Rxe3 20. Bxe3 Be7
21. h4 Qd6 22. Qe5 Ng4 23. Qxd6 Bxd6 24. Bf2 gxh4 25. gxh4 Nf6 26. Nb5 Bb8 27.
Kg2 a6 28. c4 Bf4 29. Kf3 Bh2 30. Nc3 Rd8 31. Re1 Rd7 32. c5 h5 33. Bg3 Bxg3
34. Kxg3 Kg7 35. Kf4 Kg6 36. Re5 Rd8 37. b4 Rd7 38. b3 Rd8 39. Rg5+ Kh6 40. Re5

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.3"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Miralles, Gilles"]
[Black "Neiman, Emmanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2477"]
[BlackElo "2355"]
[WhiteTeam "Antibes"]
[BlackTeam "Metz Fischer"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be3 Bg7 5. Qd2 Nbd7 6. Bh6 Bxh6 7. Qxh6 c6 8.
O-O-O e5 9. Nf3 Qe7 10. Bc4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Be6 12. h3 Bxb3 13. axb3 O-O-O 14. Rhe1
Ne8 15. dxe5 dxe5 16. Rxd8+ Kxd8 17. Nh2 Kc8 18. Ng4 f6 19. g3 Nd7 20. Rd1 Ng7
21. Ne3 Ne6 22. f4 Qf8 23. Qxf8+ Rxf8 24. f5 Nd4 25. b4 Kc7 26. Re1 Nb6 27. b3
Nc8 28. Kb2 Nd6 29. Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.3"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Pucher, Olivier"]
[Black "Perez, Flavio"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2313"]
[BlackElo "2275"]
[WhiteTeam "Metz Fischer"]
[BlackTeam "Antibes"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. e4 d6 4. Nc3 Nd7 5. Nf3 e5 6. Be2 Ngf6 7. O-O h6 8. Qc2
Nh7 9. dxe5 dxe5 10. Be3 Nhf8 11. Rad1 Ne6 12. c5 O-O 13. c6 bxc6 14. Na4 Qf6
15. Qxc6 Rb8 16. Rxd7 Bxd7 17. Qxd7 g5 18. Qc6 g4 19. Nd2 Nf4 20. Qc4 Rfd8 21.
Bxg4 Qg5 22. Bf3 Bf8 23. Qc2 Bb4 24. Nc3 c6 25. Kh1 Qf6 26. a3 Be7 27. Bxa7 Ra8
28. Be3 Kh8 29. Ne2 c5 30. Nc4 Ne6 31. Ng3 Bf8 32. Nf5 Nd4 33. Bxd4 cxd4 34.
Be2 d3 35. Bxd3 Ra7 36. Nce3 Qg5 37. Nd5 h5 38. g3 Bh6 39. f4 exf4 40. gxf4 Qg6
41. Rg1 Qe6 42. Qc3+ 1-0

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.3"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Cochet, Caroline"]
[Black "Leclair, Marie"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2052"]
[BlackElo "1987"]
[WhiteTeam "Antibes"]
[BlackTeam "Metz Fischer"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. d3 Rb8 7. Nc3 e5 8. h3
Ne7 9. Nh2 d6 10. Rb1 O-O 11. f4 f5 12. Kh1 Be6 13. fxe5 dxe5 14. Be3 Qa5 15.
Nf3 f4 16. Bd2 Qc7 17. b3 Nc8 18. Qe1 Qe7 19. Qf2 Rf7 20. Na4 Bf8 21. Nxe5 Bxh3
22. Nxf7 Bxg2+ 23. Kxg2 Qxf7 24. Qxf4 Qxf4 25. Rxf4 h5 26. Rbf1 Bd6 27. Rf6 Kg7
28. e5 Be7 29. Rf7+ Kg8 30. Bc3 c4 31. e6 1-0

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.3"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Meier, Georg"]
[Black "Colovic, Aleksandar"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2641"]
[BlackElo "2443"]
[WhiteTeam "Vandoeuvre"]
[BlackTeam "Grasse"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 Bg4 7. c3 Bd6 8. Be3
Ne7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Nc4 b5 11. Nxd6 cxd6 12. dxe5 dxe5 13. Qb3+ Kh8 14. Nd2 f5
15. f3 f4 16. Bc5 Qxd2 17. Rad1 Qe2 18. Rf2 Qc4 19. Qxc4 bxc4 20. Bxe7 Rfe8 21.
Bd6 Bh5 22. Bc7 Kg8 23. Rd7 Re6 24. Ba5 Be8 25. Rb7 Rd6 26. g3 Rd1+ 27. Rf1 Rd2
28. Rf2 Rd1+ 29. Kg2 Bd7 30. Bc7 fxg3 31. hxg3 Re8 32. Rb6 Re6 33. Rf1 Rd2+ 34.
Rf2 Rd1 35. Rb8+ Kf7 36. f4 exf4 37. Rxf4+ Rf6 38. Be5 Rxf4 39. gxf4 Rd2+ 40.
Kg3 Rd3+ 41. Kf2 Rd2+ 42. Ke1 Rd3 43. Bd4 Rf3 44. Rb7 Ke8 45. Bc5 Kd8 46. Bb6+
Ke7 47. Bc5+ Kd8 48. Rb8+ Bc8 49. Bb6+ Kd7 50. e5 c5 51. e6+ Kc6 52. Rxc8+ Kxb6
53. Kd2 Rd3+ 54. Ke2 Rd6 55. f5 Rd5 56. Rf8 Kc6 57. Kf3 Re5 58. Rf7 g6 59. Kf4
Re1 60. f6 Rxe6 61. Kg5 Kd6 62. Rxh7 Re2 63. Rb7 Rf2 64. Rb6+ Kd7 65. Kh6 g5
66. Kg7 g4 67. f7 Ke7 68. Rb7+ Ke6 69. f8=Q Rxf8 70. Kxf8 Kf5 71. Rg7 Kf4 72.
Ke7 g3 73. Kd6 1-0

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.3"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Eliet, Nicolas"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2429"]
[BlackElo "2605"]
[WhiteTeam "Grasse"]
[BlackTeam "Vandoeuvre"]

1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 g6 3. e4 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. Be3 b5 6. e5 Ng4 7. Bf4 dxe5 8. dxe5
Qxd1+ 9. Rxd1 Bh6 10. Bg3 Bg7 11. h3 Nh6 12. Bd3 a6 13. O-O Nd7 14. Rfe1 Nc5
15. Bf1 Nf5 16. Bf4 h5 17. Ne4 Ne6 18. Bc1 Ra7 19. b3 Rc7 20. Ba3 c5 21. c3 O-O
22. Neg5 Nxg5 23. Nxg5 e6 24. g3 Bb7 25. Bg2 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 a5 27. g4 hxg4 28.
hxg4 Ne7 29. c4 b4 30. Bc1 Nc6 31. f4 Rd8 32. Rxd8+ Nxd8 33. Rd1 Nb7 34. Be3
Bf8 35. Ne4 Be7 36. Kf3 Kf8 37. a4 bxa3 38. Ra1 Rc6 39. Rxa3 Rb6 40. Nc3 f6 41.
Na4 Rc6 42. Ra2 fxe5 43. fxe5 Nd8 44. Ke4 Nf7 45. Bd2 Bd8 46. Be3 Be7 47. Bd2
Bd8 48. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.3"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Landa, Konstantin"]
[Black "Andonov, Bogomil"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2627"]
[BlackElo "2321"]
[WhiteTeam "Vandoeuvre"]
[BlackTeam "Grasse"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 c6 4. Qb3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. Nc3 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3
b6 9. O-O Bb7 10. Rfd1 h6 11. Bh4 Nh5 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. Rac1 Nhf6 14. cxd5 cxd5
15. Nb5 a6 16. Nc7 Ra7 17. a4 Rc8 18. Rc2 Ne8 19. Nxe8 Qxe8 20. Ne5 Rxc2 21.
Bxc2 Nxe5 22. dxe5 Bc6 23. Qxb6 Rb7 24. Qxa6 Rxb2 25. Rc1 Rb4 26. Bd1 Bd7 27.
Qd6 Rc4 28. Rxc4 dxc4 29. Qb4 c3 30. a5 Qc8 31. Bc2 g6 32. f4 Kg7 33. Kf2 Qc6
34. h4 Bc8 35. Be4 Qc7 36. Kg3 Bb7 37. Bc2 Qc6 38. e4 h5 39. Qb6 Qc8 40. f5 Ba6
41. f6+ Kh7 42. Qd6 Kg8 43. Qe7 Bb5 44. Kh2 Ba6 45. Qd6 Bb5 46. Kh3 Ba6 47. Kg3
Bb5 48. Qe7 Ba6 49. Kf4 Bb5 50. Kg5 Ba6 51. Kf4 Bb5 52. Kg3 Ba6 53. Kh3 Bb5 54.
Kh2 Ba6 55. Ba4 Bb5 56. Bxb5 c2 57. Be8 1-0

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.3"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Dobrev, Nanko"]
[Black "Nijboer, Friso"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2366"]
[BlackElo "2562"]
[WhiteTeam "Grasse"]
[BlackTeam "Vandoeuvre"]

1. d4 f5 2. e4 fxe4 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Nc6 5. d5 Ne5 6. Qd4 Nf7 7. Bxf6 exf6 8.
Qxe4+ Qe7 9. Qxe7+ Bxe7 10. O-O-O a6 11. Re1 b6 12. d6 Nxd6 13. Nd5 Kd8 14.
Rxe7 Bb7 15. Rxg7 Bxd5 16. Nh3 c6 17. Bd3 Rg8 18. Rxh7 Bxg2 19. Rg1 Kc7 20. Nf4
Bd5 21. Rg6 f5 22. h4 Rxg6 23. Nxg6 Rg8 24. h5 c5 25. Kd2 Bxa2 26. Nf4 Rg4 0-1

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.3"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Philippe, Christophe"]
[Black "Shoker, Samy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2435"]
[BlackElo "2404"]
[WhiteTeam "Vandoeuvre"]
[BlackTeam "Grasse"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Be3 a6 5. Qd2 Nd7 6. Nf3 b5 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O
Bb7 9. Rfe1 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Ngf6 11. Nd5 O-O 12. Nxf6+ Nxf6 13. a4 Bc6 14. axb5
axb5 15. Qe2 e5 16. Bc3 Qd7 17. Bb4 Rfe8 18. Rad1 d5 19. Nd2 Ra2 20. b3 Rc8 21.
f3 dxe4 0-1

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.3"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Karim, Ismael"]
[Black "Brunner, Nicolas"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteElo "2410"]
[BlackElo "2398"]
[WhiteTeam "Grasse"]
[BlackTeam "Vandoeuvre"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 b5 7. Nd5 e6 8. Nxf6+
Qxf6 9. Bd3 Bb7 10. O-O Nd7 11. Nb3 Nc5 12. Qe2 Qd8 13. Bd2 Be7 14. Na5 Qd7 15.
Nxb7 Qxb7 16. Bb4 Rc8 17. Bxc5 dxc5 18. e5 O-O 19. a4 Rb8 20. b3 b4 21. Rad1
1/2-1/2

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.3"]
[Round "7.7"]
[White "Genzling, Alain"]
[Black "Forestier, Carole"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteElo "2317"]
[BlackElo "2099"]
[WhiteTeam "Vandoeuvre"]
[BlackTeam "Grasse"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Bb4 5. e5 h6 6. Bd2 Bxc3 7. bxc3 Ne4 8. Qg4
g6 9. Bd3 Nxd2 10. Kxd2 c5 11. Nf3 Nc6 12. Qf4 Qe7 13. Rhb1 b6 14. Bb5 Bd7 15.
Bxc6 Bxc6 16. a4 Kd7 17. a5 g5 18. Qf6 g4 19. Qxe7+ Kxe7 20. Ne1 Rhb8 21. axb6
axb6 22. Rxa8 Bxa8 23. dxc5 b5 24. Ra1 Bc6 25. Ra7+ Rb7 26. Rxb7+ Bxb7 27. Ke3
f6 28. Kf4 f5 29. g3 Kd7 30. Nd3 Kc7 31. Ke3 Bc6 32. Kd2 Kb7 33. Nb4 Kc7 34.
Kc1 Be8 35. Kb2 Kb7 36. Kb3 Bf7 37. Nd3 Kc6 38. Kb4 Be8 39. Nf4 Bd7 40. Ne2 Kb7
41. Nd4 Ka6 42. c6 Bc8 43. Kc5 1-0

[Event "Top16 Chalons"]
[Site "Chalons en Champagne"]
[Date "2009.05.3"]
[Round "7.8"]
[White "Forestier, Flavien"]
[Black "Steil-Antoni, Fiona"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteElo "2164"]
[BlackElo "2115"]
[WhiteTeam "Grasse"]
[BlackTeam "Vandoeuvre"]

1. c4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 h6 7. Bh4 b6 8. Bd3
Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Qe2 Ne4 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. Nd2 Ndf6 13. f3 Nxd2 14. Qxd2 c5
15. cxd5 cxd4 16. exd4 Nxd5 17. Rad1 Rfd8 18. Bb1 Rac8 19. Qd3 g6 20. Ne4 Kg7
21. g3 Qb4 22. Rf2 Qa4 23. h4 Nb4 24. Qd2 Nc6 25. d5 Rxd5 26. Bc2 Rxd2 27. Bxa4
Rxd1+ 28. Bxd1 Nd4 29. Rd2 Bxe4 30. Rxd4 Bd5 31. a3 Kf6 32. Kf2 g5 33. Ke3 Ke5
34. hxg5 hxg5 35. Rd2 Rh8 36. g4 Rh1 37. Ba4 f5 38. gxf5 exf5 39. Rf2 Rh3 40.
Bd1 g4 41. Rd2 f4+ 42. Kf2 Bxf3 43. Bxf3 Rxf3+ 0-1

