Round 1 2-2 :

Bacrot's defeat was the upset of the round and was key because it meant that the Puffins held on to equality. In Bacrot's defence he did have a 4 minute (!) time disadvantage from move 1. Here's the game where Bacrot was destroyed by a daring pawn storm and then a beautiful sacrifice on f7 (it was said by a commentator that Bacrot lived by f7 and died by f7 based on another game).

https://www.chess.com/live/game/2560117320?username=baki83

Round 2 1-3 :

The second round was a disaster with all but Maxime Vaschier Lagrave being defeated by the puffins. Bacrot suffered another painful defeat to an IM this time by hanging his rook. Moussard was defeated by the top board of the puffins after spending more then 6 minutes on his first move (!!!).

https://www.chess.com/live/game/2560190162?username=annawel

Round 3 2,5-1,5 :

Bacrot won with an amazing sacrifice on f7 but Moussard's team play was just amazing. He was down a pawn with a bit of compensation but not enough and had the opportunity to get a draw by repetition. He decided to go for the win. It looked like it backfired with him then losing the exchange but he had it all planned and won the game by drowning his opponent in calculation.

Round 4 2,5-1,5 :

With MVL drawing two in a row Bacrot and Moussard saved the day. Moussard defeated a second IM by gaining a few pawns and then finding a swift mate. Bacrot battled his way to a win with black thanks to a well calculated pawn sacrifice in a Catalan.

https://www.chess.com/live/game/2560336593?username=baki83

We ended up drawing 8-8, it was a bad result on paper but it was a great result when you think about the situation in round 2, and even near the end of round 3 before the Bacrot win. We lost because of some delays in showing up (two defeats were caused by that), a blunder (1 defeat), a few draws and a board 4 who couldn't get on the score board (though who would blame him ?).

If anybody wants to translate this into french or add anything to this the please do, though for the second you will probably need to contact me so I can change my post.

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