page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. J P Le Roux vs H Hamdouchi 0-1 27 2011 French Championships E60 King's Indian Defense 2. A Shchekachev vs E Bricard   ½-½ 41 2011 French Championships D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 3. Dorfman vs C Bauer   ½-½ 13 2011 French Championships A29 English, Four Knights, Kingside Fianchetto 4. M Vachier-Lagrave vs R Edouard ½-½ 26 2011 French Championships C03 French, Tarrasch 5. Fressinet vs S Feller 1-0 33 2011 French Championships D76 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6 6. A Istratescu vs Bacrot   ½-½ 16 2011 French Championships D56 Queen's Gambit Declined 7. J P Le Roux vs M Vachier-Lagrave 0-1 65 2011 French Championships D76 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.cd Nxd5, 7.O-O Nb6 8. E Bricard vs Fressinet   ½-½ 40 2011 French Championships A02 Bird's Opening 9. R Edouard vs A Istratescu   ½-½ 21 2011 French Championships D27 Queen's Gambit Accepted, Classical 10. Bacrot vs A Shchekachev 1-0 31 2011 French Championships B07 Pirc 11. H Hamdouchi vs C Bauer ½-½ 19 2011 French Championships B01 Scandinavian 12. S Feller vs Dorfman ½-½ 23 2011 French Championships D17 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav 13. C Bauer vs S Feller   ½-½ 28 2011 French Championships D80 Grunfeld 14. Dorfman vs E Bricard   ½-½ 29 2011 French Championships D35 Queen's Gambit Declined 15. Fressinet vs Bacrot   ½-½ 70 2011 French Championships A13 English 16. A Istratescu vs J P Le Roux 1-0 40 2011 French Championships B07 Pirc 17. A Shchekachev vs R Edouard   0-1 36 2011 French Championships A30 English, Symmetrical 18. M Vachier-Lagrave vs H Hamdouchi 1-0 41 2011 French Championships B57 Sicilian 19. H Hamdouchi vs S Feller   ½-½ 55 2011 French Championships B53 Sicilian 20. M Vachier-Lagrave vs A Istratescu ½-½ 15 2011 French Championships E11 Bogo-Indian Defense 21. R Edouard vs Fressinet 0-1 40 2011 French Championships D18 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch 22. E Bricard vs C Bauer   1-0 64 2011 French Championships A09 Reti Opening 23. Bacrot vs Dorfman   ½-½ 18 2011 French Championships A07 King's Indian Attack 24. J P Le Roux vs A Shchekachev   ½-½ 17 2011 French Championships E17 Queen's Indian 25. C Bauer vs Bacrot   ½-½ 25 2011 French Championships E04 Catalan, Open, 5.Nf3  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)

< Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 1 OF 3 ·  Later Kibitzing> Aug-19-11    perfidious: Will Dorfman manage to play a thirty-move game in this event? Aug-19-11    whiteshark: <perfidious> You're looking for fish among the treetops. :D Aug-19-11    kellmano: A shame Vladislav Tkachiev is not playing. Aug-19-11    Harvestman: Hmm, of 30 games, 9 of them didn't go 20 moves. I don't object to a short draw per se, having played a few of them myself, but that percentage (15%) seems a bit high to me. Aug-19-11    Valmy: DORFMAN was/is the coach of most of the young french players. I assume this is why he has short draws. Aug-19-11    perfidious: <whiteshark: I've been known to chase the chimaera at other times too! <Harvestman> That 15% figure would be high enough, but the actual 30% is what one would call lame-rather reminds one of the recent world championships! Aug-19-11    Blunderdome: Only 3 of the 30 classical games in the Candidates' matches did not reach 20 moves. All of them involved Alexander Grischuk. Aug-19-11    Blunderdome: That's assuming CG.com categorized the classical, rapid and blitz games correctly, which they usually do for recent events. Aug-19-11    polarmis: You can watch the games with Houdini analysis here: http://frenchchamp2011.whychess.org... Aug-19-11    arnaud1959: <Valmy: DORFMAN was/is the coach of most of the young french players. I assume this is why he has short draws.> Well, it should be a reason to encourage them to beat him. He has been the same Dorfman for years now. Aug-20-11    virginmind: good start for the romanian istratescu. Aug-20-11    laskersteinitz: Etienne Bacrot is my hero. Aug-20-11    pulsar: No one plays the French at the French Championships? Aug-20-11    pulsar: 'cept this: M Vachier-Lagrave vs R Edouard, 2011 Aug-20-11    JoePhysics: Notice that they have listed the same person twice. Jean-Pierre Le Roux 2.5/7 (+1 -3 =3) [view games] Jean has played 7 games. Andrei Shchekachev 1.5/6 (+0 -3 =3) [view games] Alexej Shchekachev 1/1 (+1 -0 =0) [view games] These two combined have played 7 games. Aug-21-11    Robyn Hode: I bought Bauer's The Philidor Files book and here he won't play it! :) Aug-21-11    perfidious: <Robyn Hode: I bought Bauer's The Philidor Files book and here he won't play it! :)> Bent Larsen did the same sort of thing with the Open Spanish back in the late 1960s after publishing a work on the line, but it made sense from a practical point of view. Larsen always liked to play a variety of openings anyway, but to stick too closely to the one variation would have made it far too simple to prepare for him by looking for holes in his analysis. Aug-21-11    dumbgai: Istratescu and Hamdouchi are French citizens now? Aug-21-11    kingfu: Only one French Defense in the The French Championship? Come on folks. Ayfkm? Aug-21-11    virginmind: <dumbgai> no idea about istratescu, although he does appear on the french elo list beginning with may 2011. Aug-22-11    whiteshark: Quote of the Day <I am constantly astonished at how often tournament organisers invite noted draw specialists to their event, and then throw up their hands in horror at the number of quick draws that ensue.> -- John Nunn --> Josif D Dorfman 3.5/7 (+0 -0 =7) Aug-22-11    whiteshark: <kingfu> It doesn't work for most national championships, does it? :D http://www.un.org/en/members/index.... Aug-22-11    polarmis: Report on the French Championship (including Feller and the strange case of the disappearing chess clocks...): http://www.whychess.org/en/node/1487 Live 8th round games with Houdini analysis (starting in about an hour): http://frenchchamp2011.whychess.org... Aug-22-11    shalgo: Is there some kind of chess/bodybuilding culture in France? Most chessplayers are hardly known for their physical strength, but Feller, Bauer, and Bacrot all look seriously pumped up. http://www.chessbase.com/newsdetail... Aug-22-11    Blunderdome: <whiteshark> Re: short draws, see my post at John Nunn's player page. Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 3) < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 1 OF 3 ·  Later Kibitzing>

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