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)
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