Bacrot and Milliet 2008 French Champions

Submitted by SonofPearl on Mon, 08/25/2008 at 6:30am.

The 83rd French National Chess Championships, held in Pau, finished on 23rd August. Etienne Bacrot (pictured) defeated Maxime Vachier-Lagrave in a rapid playoff to take the title for the sixth time.

1	Bacrot, Etienne	2691	8½
2	Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	2681	8½
3	Fressinet, Laurent	2673	7½
4	Bauer, Christian	2583	6
5	Maze, Sebastien	2553	6
6	Sokolov, Andrei1	2561	5½
7	Feller, Sebastien	2523	5
8	Nataf, Igor-Alexandre	2534	4½
9	Abergel, Thal	2499	4½
10	Degraeve, Jean-Marc	2523	4
11	Apicella, Manuel	2521	3½
12	Vaisser, Anatoly	2542	2½

Bacrot won the first game of the playoff with the white pieces and drew the second.

Sophie Milliet (pictured) won the women's title for the second time (her first win was in 2003) ahead of Marie Leconte, defending champion Sylvia Collas and three-time winner (2004/5/6) Almira Skripchenko.

1	Milliet, Sofie	2357	8½
2	Leconte, Maria	2346	8
3	Collas, Sylvia	2370	8
4	Skripchenko, Almira	2463	7½
5	Delorme, Laurie	2155	6½
6	Lallemand, Rosa	2285	5
7	Congiu, Mathilde	2196	4½
8	Verot, Melanie	2125	4½
9	Guichard, Pauline	2284	4½
10	Flear, Christine	2133	3½
11	Benmesbah, Natacha	2210	3
12	Muller, Anne	2179	2½