French Chess Championships 2011
The French Chess Championships 2011 run from 14-27 August in the historic city of Caen.
The main event is a 12-player single round robin contest with 20 year-old Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (pictured) top seed, followed by the 6-time winner Etienne Bacrot.
Games start at 15:00 local time, and live coverage (with a 30 minute delay) is available at the official website (in French) at this link.
The time control is 40 moves in 90 minutes, then 30 minutes to finish with a 30 second increment from the start.
A separate 6-player double round-robin women's championship is headed by Sophie Milliet in the absence of Marie Sebag and Almira Skripchenko.
The standings after seven rounds:
| Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime | 2722 | 4½ |
| Istratescu, Andrei | 2645 | 4½ |
| Fressinet, Laurent | 2698 | 4 |
| Bacrot, Etienne | 2710 | 4 |
| Edouard, Romain | 2587 | 4 |
| Dorfman, Iossif | 2578 | 3½ |
| Feller, Sebastien | 2666 | 3½ |
| Bricard, Emmanuel | 2502 | 3½ |
| Hamdouchi, Hicham | 2628 | 3 |
| Bauer, Christian | 2637 | 2½ |
| Shchekachev, Andrei | 2537 | 2½ |
| Le Roux, Jean-Pierre | 2517 | 2½ |
The women's standings after six rounds:
| Milliet, Sophie | 2355 | 4 |
| Leconte, Maria | 2327 | 3 |
| Bollengier, Andreea | 2207 | 2½ |
| Maisuradze, Nino | 2329 | 2 |
| Guichard, Pauline | 2305 | 2 |
| Collas, Silvia | 2323 | 1½ |
