Keep Your Eyes on Maxime!

Submitted by RobertABrown on Sat, 08/25/2007 at 6:32pm.

When it comes to up and coming youngsters most of the buzz is about Magnus Carlsen or Sergei Karjakin or the amazing 12 year old Chinese girl, Hou Yifan, but what about the French phenom, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave? The French teen has just won the Championship of France in Aix-Des-Bains after convincingly beating last year's champ, Vladislav Tkachiev (2655) in a tie-breaking rapid rate playoff, making him the youngest French champion ever at the tender age of sixteen and a half.

Nobody will accuse Maxime of dull chess. He made one short draw in the closing rounds of this year's championship, but in the other games his gaze was firmly fixed upon his opponents' jugulars. The following tussle with Robert Fontaine in the penultimate round typifies chess a la Lagrave.

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by Maradonna - 2 months ago
Scotland

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Great game to post, interesting character to put the spotlight on. I enjoyed playing through this. Your annotation, varations, and writting made it a wee treat.

by Wood13 - 6 months ago
California United States

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Im a beginner so please excuse me if this is a stupid question- but why not 12... pawn take knight, then if white tries to salvage 1 bishop black takes the other.

by batgirl - 6 months ago
NC United States

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strange game. thanks.

by littleman - 8 months ago
Taree Australia

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wow very cool game he has a mean steak in him dont he great display of tactics and attacking chess in gerneral thanks mate for showing it

by nicovalens - 9 months ago
Paris France

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Great game and good job Chode.

I did see Maxime at the Paris championship 2006. It was particularly impressive to see that young thin boy defeated all the adult grandmasters at the blitz tournament.