French Chess Championship 2001

The 76th French Championship was held in Marseille from August 12 to 25, 2001 .

The participants of the championship were divided into two groups of eight chess players in each. The first four in each group qualified in the next step. In group A, it was a big surprise that Joel Lautier could not get into the first half. In group B, Elua Relange won the tie-break in the blitz by Joseph Dorfman with a score of 2½: 1½, and Igor-Alexander Nataf refused to participate in the tie-break and therefore was absent in the next stage. In the final, chess players played only against members of another qualification group. Points scored are summarized.

Content

Table

Group A

No.	Participant	Rating	one	2	3	four	five	6	7	eight	+	-	=	Glasses	A place
one	Jean-Marc Degrev	2602		½	½	½	½	one	one	one	3	0	four	five	one
2	Anatoly Weiser	2556	½		½	one	½	½	½	one	2	0	five	4½	2
3	Andrey Sokolov	2604	½	½		½	½	½	½	one	one	0	6	four	3-4
four	Robert Fontaine	2452	½	0	½		½	one	½	one	2	one	four	four	3-4
five	Joelle Lautier	2675	½	½	½	½		½	½	½	0	0	7	3½	five
6	Arno Oshar	2513	0	½	½	0	½		one	½	one	2	four	3	6
7	Slim Belkodzha	2531	0	½	½	½	½	0		0	0	3	four	2	7-8
eight		2518	0	0	0	0	½	½	one		one	four	2	2	7-8

Group B

No.	Participant	Rating	one	2	3	four	five	6	7	eight	+	-	=	Glasses	A place
one	Etienne Bacrot	2653		½	½	½	one	½	one	one	3	0	four	five	one
2	Christian bower	2576	½		one	½	½	½	½	one	2	0	five	4½	2
3	Igor-Alexander Nataf	2527	½	0		one	½	one	½	½	2	one	four	four	3-5
four	Elua Relange	2472	½	½	0		½	½	one	one	2	one	four	four	3-5
five	Joseph Dorfman	2602	0	½	½	½		½	one	one	2	one	four	four	3-5
6	Manuel Apisella	2524	½	½	0	½	½		½	one	one	one	five	3½	6
7	Laurent Fressinet	2606	0	½	½	0	0	½		0	0	four	3	1½	7-8
eight	Jean-Luc Chabanon	2511	0	0	½	0	0	0	one		one	five	one	1½	7-8

Final A

Parties marked with a dark background were played in a preliminary group.

No.	Participant	Rating	one	2	3	four	five	6	7	eight	+	-	=	Glasses	Total Points	A place
one	Anatoly Weiser	2556		½	½	one	½	½	½	one	2	0	five	4½	7	1-3
2	Etienne Bacrot	2653	½		½	½	½	½	one	½	one	0	6	four	7	1-3
3	Jean-Marc Degrev	2602	½	½		0	½	one	½	½	one	one	five	3½	7	1-3
four	Christian bower	2576	0	½	one	½		½	½	½	one	one	five	3½	6½	four
five	Andrey Sokolov	2604	½	½	½		½	½	½	½	0	0	7	3½	6	5-7
6	Elua Relange	2472	½	½	0	½	½		½	one	one	one	five	3½	6	5-7
7	Joseph Dorfman	2602	½	0	½	½	½	½		½	0	one	6	3	6	5-7
eight	Robert Fontaine	2452	0	½	½	½	½	0	½		0	2	five	2½	5½	eight

Final B