GM Joel Lautier wins French championship

French championship was held in Chartres from August 15-26. Except Bacrot and Dorfman, all the best french players have participated in this event. Joel Lautier scored 7,5/11 with a 2682 performance to win the title. Former russian GM Andrei Sokolov and 14-year-old Maxime Vachier-Lagrave tied for second with 7,0/11.













Final standings:
1. Lautier (2672) 7,5
2-3. A. Sokolov (2603), Vachier-Lagrave (2527) 7
4-6. Bauer (2641), Fontaine (2526), Fressinet (2627) 6
7-8. Vaisser (2576), Bagheri (2537) 5,5
9. Degrave (2546) 5
10-12. Marzolo (2388), Kosten (2522), Apicella (2553) 3,5


This game had nice finish:

Bagheri,A (2537) - Lautier,J (2672) [A43]
Championnat de France Chartres (10), 25.08.2005

1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 c5 3.d5 b5 4.a4 b4 5.c4 g6 6.b3 Bg7 7.Bb2 0-0 8.g3 e6 9.Bg2 exd5 10.cxd5 Re8 11.0-0 Ba6 12.Re1 d6 13.Nfd2 Ng4 14.Bxg7 Kxg7 15.Ra2 Qf6 16.Nf3 Nd7 17.Nbd2 Qe7 18.Nf1 f6 19.Rc2 Nge5 20.Ne3 f5 21.h4 Nxf3+ 22.exf3 Qf6 23.f4 Re7 24.h5 Rae8 25.Bf3 Qd4 26.Qc1 Nb6 27.Rd1 Qf6 28.a5 Na8 29.Kg2 Nc7 30.Rh1 Bb7 31.g4 Rxe3 32.fxe3 fxg4 33.Bxg4 Nxd5 0-1