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Nicolas Giffard

Number of games in database: 266
Years covered: 1974 to 2017
Last FIDE rating: 2153 (2305 rapid, 2355 blitz)
Highest rating achieved in database: 2393
Overall record: +78 -102 =86 (45.5%)*
   * Overall winning percentage = (wins+draws/2) / total games in the database.

MOST PLAYED OPENINGS
With the White pieces:
 Queen's Pawn Game (21) 
    A45 D02 A41 E00 D00
 Reti System (18) 
    A04 A06
 Nimzo Indian (13) 
    E20 E22 E58 E21
 Modern Benoni (13) 
    A65 A57 A56 A62 A75
 English (11) 
    A15 A10 A14 A17
 King's Indian (8) 
    E61 E70 E77 E60
With the Black pieces:
 Sicilian (40) 
    B28 B83 B82 B57 B32
 Caro-Kann (20) 
    B10 B12 B13 B18 B17
 Sicilian Scheveningen (14) 
    B83 B82 B80 B81
 Queen's Pawn Game (13) 
    A46 E10 D02 A45 E00
 King's Indian Attack (7) 
    A07
 King's Indian (5) 
    E91 E90 E81
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NOTABLE GAMES: [what is this?]
   N Giffard vs Korchnoi, 2006 1/2-1/2
   N Giffard vs C Astengo, 1999 1-0
   V Liberzon vs N Giffard, 1980 0-1
   E Manet vs N Giffard, 2013 0-1
   G Timoscenko vs N Giffard, 2000 0-1

NOTABLE TOURNAMENTS: [what is this?]
   French Championship (1986)
   Cannes Open (1988)
   World Senior Teams Championship (65+) (2017)
   World Student Team Championship qual-4 (1974)
   French Championship (1988)
   Hastings 2009/10 (2009)
   Torcy Open-A (1991)
   Aosta Open (2004)
   Buenos Aires Olympiad (1978)
   Valletta Olympiad (1980)
   Cannes Open (1995)
   Cappelle-la-Grande Open (2013)
   Cappelle-la-Grande Open (2011)

RECENT GAMES:
   🏆 World Senior Teams Championship (65+)
   H Wademark vs N Giffard (May-02-17) 0-1
   H Kratschmer vs N Giffard (May-01-17) 0-1
   N Giffard vs H Titz (Apr-30-17) 1-0
   N Pushkov vs N Giffard (Apr-28-17) 1-0
   B Baum vs N Giffard (Apr-27-17) 1/2-1/2

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NICOLAS GIFFARD
(born Oct-04-1950, 74 years old) France

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Nicolas Giffard was born in La Baule, France. Awarded the IM title in 1980, he was French champion in 1978 and 1982.

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 page 1 of 11; games 1-25 of 271  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. N Giffard vs M Vrabec  1-0421974World Student Team Championship qual-4D90 Grunfeld
2. C Carrion vs N Giffard  0-1401974World Student Team Championship qual-4B57 Sicilian
3. N Giffard vs C Quigley  ½-½431974World Student Team Championship qual-4D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5
4. S Pedersen vs N Giffard  1-0571974World Student Team Championship qual-4A07 King's Indian Attack
5. N Giffard vs J Diaz  ½-½751974World Student Team Championship qual-4A22 English
6. N Giffard vs B Jacobsen  ½-½3419751st EEC Team Championship E60 King's Indian Defense
7. A Zichichi vs N Giffard  1-03819751st EEC Team Championship A07 King's Indian Attack
8. N Giffard vs Nunn  ½-½2619751st EEC Team Championship D34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
9. J M Cummins vs N Giffard  ½-½2319751st EEC Team Championship A01 Nimzovich-Larsen Attack
10. R Nilles vs N Giffard  0-14019751st EEC Team Championship D84 Grunfeld, Grunfeld Gambit Accepted
11. N Giffard vs P Mack  0-14019751st EEC Team Championship D91 Grunfeld, 5.Bg5
12. D Rajkovic vs N Giffard  1-0291978TrstenikD94 Grunfeld
13. D Sahovic vs N Giffard  1-0451978TrstenikD34 Queen's Gambit Declined, Tarrasch
14. N Giffard vs I Hakki  1-0401978Buenos Aires OlympiadA65 Benoni, 6.e4
15. N Giffard vs A Lombard  1-0351978Buenos Aires OlympiadE20 Nimzo-Indian
16. E Ermenkov vs N Giffard  1-0381978Buenos Aires OlympiadB82 Sicilian, Scheveningen
17. N Giffard vs Ljubojevic  ½-½231978Buenos Aires OlympiadA56 Benoni Defense
18. N Giffard vs Dzindzichashvili  ½-½121978Buenos Aires OlympiadE20 Nimzo-Indian
19. R Calvo Minguez vs N Giffard  1-0661978Buenos Aires OlympiadD86 Grunfeld, Exchange
20. V Ciocaltea vs N Giffard  0-1201978Buenos Aires OlympiadB40 Sicilian
21. N Giffard vs A Kuligowski  1-0271978Buenos Aires OlympiadE20 Nimzo-Indian
22. Carlos Ruben Vasquez Horna vs N Giffard  0-1211978Buenos Aires OlympiadA45 Queen's Pawn Game
23. P Biyiasas vs N Giffard 1-0291978Buenos Aires OlympiadA07 King's Indian Attack
24. N Giffard vs S Taulbut  0-1281979Aaronson MastersA41 Queen's Pawn Game (with ...d6)
25. Short vs N Giffard  0-1321979Aaronson MastersA07 King's Indian Attack
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Kibitzer's Corner
Dec-30-04
Premium Chessgames Member
  Benzol: Nicolas Giffard
Born 4th October 1950 in La Baule
An IM in 1980 he was French champion in 1978 and 1982.
Jun-16-06  BIDMONFA: Nicolas Giffard

GIFFARD, Nicolas
http://www.bidmonfa.com/giffard_nic...
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Apr-28-10
Premium Chessgames Member
  GrahamClayton: A photo of Giffard taken at the 1982 French Championship can be seen at:

http://heritageechecsfra.free.fr/19...

Feb-24-17  diagonal: Nicolas Giffard was the creator of the games and chess consultant of <La diagonal du fou>

Film extract: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Nn...

<Dangerous Moves> (english film title), in French: La Diagonale du fou is a 1984 French-language film about chess, directed by Richard Dembo, produced by Arthur Cohn, starring Michel Piccoli, Alexandre Arbatt, as well as Liv Ullmann, Leslie Caron, and Bernhard Wicki in prominent supporting roles.

Its original French title is "La diagonale du fou" ("The Fool's Diagonal"), referring to the chess piece called the bishop in English - but the fool in French, and in this language <fou> means also <crazy>, <mad>, <lunatic>, <raving>, <insane>, <loco> ..

The movie was a co-production between companies in France and Switzerland. It tells the story of two very different men competing in the final match of the World Chess Championship.

Critical reviews: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0087144...

The film won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1985 (for the year 1984); it was submitted by the Swiss government, and gave that nation its first Oscar win.

It also won the Louis Delluc Prize, the Prix de l'Académie du Cinema, the César Award for Best Debut. Amongst others, the film was nominated for the Golden Globe, USA in 1985, and Michel Piccoli was nominated for the César Award as Best Actor.

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