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French Individual Chess Championships – Participants lists

The French Individual Chess Championships 2022 will take place from 13-21 August in the city of Albi. A magnificent city listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site will host the 95th edition of the French Individual Chess Championship after three years of pause caused by the pandemic of Covid19.

The Men’s Individual Chess Championship features a very strong line-up with 16 players and an average rating of 2558, with GM Jules Moussard, GM Etienne Bacrot and GM Laurent Fressinet as the top seeds. 16-player Women’s Championship is headlined by IM Almira Skripchenko, IM Pauline Guichard and IM Anastasia Savina. (scroll down for starting rank lists)

GM Maxime Lagarde and IM Pauline Guichard triumphed the 2019 Championship and this year defend the title of National Champions.

French Individual Chess Championship 2022:


1. g Jules MOUSSARD 2651
2. g Etienne BACROT 2638
3. g Laurent FRESSINET 2630
4. g Maxime LAGARDE 2628
5. g Tigran GHARAMIAN 2602
6. g Christian BAUER 2596
7. g Yannick GOZZOLI 2591
8. g Romain EDOUARD 2575
9. g Matthieu CORNETTE 2570
10. g Sébastien FELLER 2569
11. g Iossif DORFMAN 2539
12. m Guillaume LAMARD 2517
13. g Adrien DEMUTH 2493
14. g Marc’Andria MAURIZZI 2483
15. g Marie SEBAG 2472
16. m Yovann GATINEAU 2367

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French Individual Women’s Chess Championship 2022:


1. Almira SKRIPCHENKO 2399
2. Pauline GUICHARD 2377
3. Anastasia SAVINA 2348
4. Andreea NAVROTESCU 2318
5. Natacha BENMESBAH 2251
6. Silvia ALEXIEVA 2219
7. Maria LECONTE 2211
8. Nino MAISURADZE 2207
9. Cyrielle MONPEURT 2172
10. Anysia THOMAS 2126
11. Anaëlle AFRAOUI 2115
12. Laurie DELORME 2081
13. Manon SCHIPPKE 2072
14. Elise BELLAICHE 2049
15. Sarah DJIDJELI 2040
16. Solenn AFRAOUI 1945