The 10th World Francophone Chess Championships were held from 13-20th August at the Pavillon Maurice-Pollack of Laval University in Québec, Canada.
The traditional annual tournaments were organized by the Fédération québécoise des échecs (FQE) and l’Association internationale des échecs francophones (AIDEF).
The Championships consisted of three events:
- Classical 9-round tournament with the time control 90min + 30sec
- Rapid tournament with the time control 15min + 5sec
- Blitz tournament with the time control 3min + 2sec
The Classical tournament has attracted 125 players form 17 chess federations. Among them were 5 Grandmasters and 9 International Masters.
Grandmaster Gabriel Flom from France and 16-years old FM Erick Zhao from the USA shared first place with 7.5/9 points each. Flom is declared winner on slightly better tie-break.
Top-seeded GM Christian Bauer was in joint lead after 7 rounds, but he lost the last two games, dropping down in the standings.
However, Bauer did win the Rapid Francophone Chess Championship with 8/9 points. The best player in the Blitz Francophone Chess Championship was local GM Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux, who scored 10/11 points.
The total prize fund of the Championship was 20.000 CAD.
Final standings:
1 GM Flom Gabriel FRA 2459 – 7.5
2 FM Zhao Erick USA 2364 – 7.5
3 GM Rodrigue-Lemieux Shawn CAN 2506 – 7
4 FM Zhu Hong Rui CAN 2222 – 7
5 CM Latorre Vincent CAN 2166 – 7
6 WGM Ouellet Maili-Jade CAN 2318 – 6.5
7 Adam Rafael CAN 2127 – 6.5
8 England Max CAN 2150 – 6.5
9 IM Duong Thanh Nha CAN 2170 – 6.5
10 WIM Pavlidou Ekaterini GRE 2146 – 6.5
11 IM Levacic Patrick CRO 2195 – 6.5
12 GM Bauer Christian FRA 2574 – 6
13 Moses Neil CAN 2059 – 6
14 WIM Muetsch Annmarie BEL 2285 – 6
15 IM Chiku-Ratte Olivier-Kenta CAN 2324 – 6
16 Cogan Nicolas CIV 2112 – 6
17 IM Kaufman Raymond CAN 2140 – 6
18 Russell Wesley CAN 1784 – 6
19 Drolet Stephane CAN 1960 – 6
20 Boudreau Daniel CAN 1995 – 6
21 St-Germain Jack CAN 1951 – 6
22 Bourassa Samuel CAN 1400 – 6
23 IM Benitah Yohan FRA 2332 – 5.5
24 Wang Derek CAN 2104 – 5.5
25 Maltezeanu Stefan LUX 2069 – 5.5
26 Marchand Calix CAN 1997 – 5.5
27 WGM Dornbusch Tatiana MNC 2212 – 5.5
28 Jiang Barron Jiyu CAN 1876 – 5.5
29 IM Berend Fred LUX 2249 – 5.5
30 Pavlidis Pavlos GRE 1921 – 5.5
31 Bauer Pierre FRA 1894 – 5.5
32 Marin Sam CAN 1971 – 5.5
33 WCM Fiset Anais Chloe CAN 1815 – 5.5
34 Mateu Guiu Esteve AND 2071 – 5
35 Craciun Stefan CAN 1400 – 5
36 Arif Mouad MAR 1977 – 5
37 IM Levacic Damir MNC 2098 – 5
38 Duval Mathieu CAN 1771 – 5
39 Atmani Amine ALG 1906 – 5
40 Gelet Seymour CAN 2006 – 5
41 Guipi Bopala Prince Eric Jr CAN 1882 – 5
42 Malakhovets Sergey CAN 1946 – 5
43 Paleologu Vladimir SUI 2001 – 5
44 Koop Alison Emily CAN 1666 – 5
45 Duval Merlin FRA 1742 – 5
46 St-Pierre Steve CAN 1816 – 5
47 Berube Maximilien CAN 1923 – 5
48 Potvin Alain-Nicolas CAN 1786 – 5
49 Pregent Daniel CAN 1400 – 5
50 Hu Richard CAN 1854 – 4.5
51 Dube Daniel CAN 1788 – 4.5
52 Deboosere Adam Moussa ALG 1881 – 4.5
53 Guillemette Thomas CAN 1880 – 4.5
54 Sarra-Bournet Marc CAN 1809 – 4.5
55 Liard Serge CAN 1801 – 4.5
56 Hammoud Khaled CAN 1400 – 4.5
57 Gauthier Denis CAN 1708 – 4.5
58 Dube Dominic CAN 1400 – 4.5
59 Perreault Jacquelin CAN 1730 – 4.5
60 Saillant Christopher CAN 1400 – 4.5
61 Mullur Neerav CAN 1691 – 4.5
62 Chevalier Francois CAN 1779 – 4
63 Kiryakov Marin CAN 1790 – 4
64 Lamontagne Damien CAN 1759 – 4
65 Koch Alain FRA 1911 – 4
66 Hu Raymond CAN 1685 – 4
67 Mok Gillian Xi-Lin CAN 1763 – 4
68 Demers Nathan CAN 1400 – 4
69 Bergeron Nicolas CAN 1400 – 4
70 Duplessis Claude CAN 1689 – 4
71 Moses Niam CAN 1438 – 4
72 Verge Leo CAN 1400 – 4
73 Courtemanche Marc CAN 1927 – 4
74 Page Denis CAN 1783 – 4
75 Suda Lafontaine Toma CAN 1400 – 4
76 Piche Guy CAN 1805 – 4
77 Voisin Antoine CAN 1890 – 4
78 Laurendeau Alfred CAN 1400 – 4
79 Geillon-Barral Roween CAN 1424 – 4
80 Mancheron Antoine CAN 1400 – 4
81 Dupuis Claude CAN 1400 – 3.5
82 Mok Erwin Jun-Han CAN 1821 – 3.5
83 Engel Norbert FRA 1728 – 3.5
84 Nguyen Alex CAN 1400 – 3.5
85 Giroux Robert CAN 1850 – 3.5
86 Mercure Gilbert CAN 1780 – 3.5
87 Dinaud-Rousselle Kevin FRA 1400 – 3.5
88 Servant Michel CAN 1706 – 3.5
89 Follner Jean-Francois FRA 1400 – 3.5
90 Ling Samuel CAN 1580 – 3.5
91 Zhe Jia CAN 1858 – 3.5
92 Ouellet Olivier CAN 1400 – 3.5
93 Brule Daniel CAN 1946 – 3.5
94 Bergeron Jean-Guy CAN 1400 – 3
95 Poncsak Juliette CAN 1643 – 3
96 Michaud Jacques CAN 1400 – 3
97 Kostiuk Oleksandr CAN 1400 – 3
98 Lamontagne Marc CAN 1400 – 3
99 Groleau Gilles CAN 2024 – 3
100 Rodrigue Vincent CAN 1400 – 3
101 Bolduc Jacques CAN 1592 – 3
102 Lompo Boammani Aser BUR 1400 – 3
103 Ngangoua Nana Castillo FRA 1400 – 3
104 Li Grace CAN 1400 – 3
105 Han Ruochong CAN 1400 – 2.5
106 Sauve Richard CAN 1923 – 2.5
107 Pepin Pierre-Luc CAN 1400 – 2.5
108 Lherbon De Lussats Jean MNC 1501 – 2.5
109 Gougeon Patrick CAN 1582 – 2.5
110 Diotte Jean-Raymond CAN 1400 – 2.5
111 Loevenich Anna CAN 1530 – 2
112 Gaulin Gaetan CAN 1400 – 2
113 Marcoux Louis-Philip CAN 1400 – 2
114 Coutu Dufour Nicolas CAN 1400 – 2
115 Ngangoua Nana Matheo FRA 1400 – 2
116 Rotem Leonard CAN 1400 – 2
117 Berube Antoine CAN 2084 – 2
118 Marchand Jacques CAN 1862 – 2
119 Ben Soilihi Boina Soilih COM 1400 – 2
120 Geillon Christiane Nathalie CAN 1400 – 1
121 Ngangoua Nana Romane FRA 1400 – 1
122 Abou Tarka Mahamadou NIG 1400 – 1
123 Cloutier Eric CAN 1778 – 0.5
124 Levasseur Sylvain CAN 1703 – 0.5
125 Nassar Marc LBN 1935 – 0
