Vachier-Lagrave is French Champion

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

After a closely fought contest, top seed Maxime Vachier-Lagrave edged out a group of four players who were only half-a-point behind. In the last round Vachier-Lagrave drew with Black against Etienne Bacrot, whereas pre-round co-leader Laurent Fressinet went down to Christian Bauer. Despite complaints that there were too many short draws, the Championship in Caen (in Normandy, Northern France) was still one of the most exciting for years.

Here are the final standings:

Rank	Name	Rating	Age	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	Score	Perf.
1	Vachier-Lagrave, Max	2722	21	X	=	=	=	=	=	=	=	1	1	1	=	7	2711
2	Fressinet, Laurent	2698	30	=	X	=	=	1	1	0	1	0	=	=	1	6.5	2676
3	Bacrot, Etienne	2710	28	=	=	X	=	=	1	=	=	=	=	=	1	6.5	2675
4	Istratescu, Andrei	2645	36	=	=	=	X	=	=	=	=	1	=	=	1	6.5	2681
5	Feller, Sebastien	2666	20	=	0	=	=	X	=	=	=	1	=	1	1	6.5	2679
6	Edouard, Romain	2587	21	=	0	0	=	=	X	1	=	0	1	1	1	6	2657
7	Bauer, Christian	2637	34	=	1	=	=	=	0	X	=	=	=	0	=	5	2581
8	Dorfman, Iossif	2578	59	=	0	=	=	=	=	=	X	=	=	=	=	5	2586
9	Le Roux, Jean-Pierre	2517	29	0	1	=	0	0	1	=	=	X	0	=	=	4.5	2563
10	Hamdouchi, Hicham	2628	39	0	=	=	=	=	0	=	=	1	X	=	0	4.5	2553
11	Bricard, Emmanuel	2502	45	0	=	=	=	0	0	1	=	=	=	X	=	4.5	2564
12	Shchekachev, Andrei	2537	39	=	0	0	0	0	0	=	=	=	1	=	X	3.5	2493

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In the women's event, Sophie Milliet who, in the absence of Marie Sebag and Almira Skripchenko, was the clear favourite. She duly won with a round to spare.