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Pages in category "French chess players" The following 165 pages are in this category, out of 165 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Thal Abergel;
The French Defence is a chess opening characterised by the moves: 1. e4 e6. ... Nc6 is the Hecht Reefschlager Variation, a name coined by John Watson. [10]
The French Chess Championship is the annual, national chess tournament of France. It was officially first played in 1923 after the formation of the Fédération Française des Echecs in 1921. The first unofficial national tournament was played in 1880, in the Café de la Régence , where further edition were held in 1881 and 1883.
French chess players (3 C, 163 P) W. French chess writers (17 P) Pages in category "Chess in France" The following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total.
Joseph Girel has been a French U18 Champion in 2022, [2] and French U20 Champion both in 2023 and 2024. He has also been National Collegiate Champion ("Champion de France universitaire") in 2023 [3] as well as French U20 Blitz champion in 2023. [4] He has won La Plagne's Open in 2023, [5] where he gained his first GM norm.
Also a chess coach, he was directeur technique national of the French Chess Federation from 1992 to 1996. He also collaborated with the magazine Échec et Mat [ fr ] . He moved to Geneva and became President of the Fédération genevoise d'échecs and director of the École d'échecs de Genève .
Pages in category "20th-century French chess players" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
It includes French chess players that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. Pages in category "French female chess players" The following 31 pages are in this category, out of 31 total.