[Event "Championnat de France"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Nataf, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "National 2"]
[PresId "1011002186"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4
O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. h3 Bd7 10. O-O Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Bc6 12. Qd3 a5 13. Rfe1
a4 14. Bd5 a3 15. b4 Nd7 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. Nb1 Qb6 18. Qb3 Ra4 19.
Bxc6 Qxc6 20. c4 Ne5 21. Rc1 Raa8 22. Nd2 Rfc8 23. Qe3 Kg8 24. Rab1
Qa6 25. Qb3 Qa7 26. Kf1 Qd4 27. Qc3 Qa7 28. Qb3 Qd4 29. Qc3 Qa7 30.
Qb3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Championnat de France"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Vaisser, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "National 4"]
[PresId "1011004235"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 h6 7.
Bxf6 Nxf6 8. Bd3 Be7 9. Qe2 Nxe4 10. Bxe4 c5 11. dxc5 Qa5+ 12. c3 Qxc5
13. O-O O-O 14. Rfd1 Bf6 15. a4 Rb8 16. g3 g6 17. Nd2 Bg7 18. Qb5 Qc7
19. Qc4 Qe7 20. Nb3 b6 21. Rd2 e5 22. Re1 Be6 23. Bd5 Rfc8 24. Qb5 Rd8
25. Bxe6 Qxe6 26. Red1 Rxd2 27. Rxd2 a6 28. Qd5 Re8 29. Qxe6 Rxe6 30.
a5 Bf6 31. Kf1 Be7 32. axb6 Rxb6 33. Na5 e4 34. Rd7 Kf8 35. Nc4 Rc6
36. Ne3 Rd6 37. Rb7 f5 38. h4 f4 39. gxf4 Bxh4 40. Ke2 Be7 41. f5 Bg5
42. fxg6 Rxg6 43. Nf5 Re6 44. c4 Re5 45. Nd4 e3 46. f3 Ke8 47. Rb6 Rc5
48. Kd3 Ra5 49. Ne6 Kd7 50. Nxg5 hxg5 51. Kxe3 Kc7 52. Rg6 Ra2 53. b4
Rb2 54. Kd4 Rxb4 55. Rxa6 Rb2 56. Rf6 Rf2 57. Rf5 Kc6 58. c5 Rg2 59.
Rf6+ Kc7 60. Kd5 Rd2+ 61. Ke4 Rg2 62. Kf5 Rg3 63. Kg6 Kd7 64. Rf5 Kc6
65. Kf6 Kd7 66. Ke5 Rg1 67. Rf6 g4 68. c6+ Ke7 69. f4 g3 70. Rg6 Kf7
71. Rg4 g2 72. c7 Re1+ 73. Kf5 Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Championnat de France"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Abergel, Thal"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "National 5"]
[PresId "1011004560"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Qd2
Nf6 8. O-O-O Be7 9. f3 O-O 10. g4 b5 11. g5 Ne8 12. Nxc6 Qxc6 13. Ne2
Nd6 14. Nd4 Qc7 15. Bf4 Qb6 16. Be3 Qc7 17. Bf4 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Championnat de France"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Feller, Sebastien"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Remark "National 3"]
[PresId "1011004561"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. Ne5 Na6 7. e3
Nb4 8. Bxc4 e6 9. O-O Be7 10. Qe2 Bc2 11. b3 Nd7 12. Ba3 Bg6 13. Nxd7
Qxd7 14. Rac1 O-O 15. Bb2 a6 16. Qd2 c5 17. d5 Rad8 18. e4 Bf6 19.
Rcd1 Bd4 20. dxe6 fxe6 21. Qe2 Qf7 22. Kh1 Qf6 23. f4 Kh8 24. e5 Qh4
25. g3 Qh3 26. Rd2 Bf5 27. Qg2 Qxg2+ 28. Kxg2 Nc2 29. Rxc2 Bxc2 30.
Bxe6 b5 31. axb5 axb5 32. Rc1 Bg6 33. Kh3 h5 34. Re1 Rfe8 35. f5 Rxe6
36. fxe6 Bf5+ 37. Kh4 Bxe6 38. Re2 Bg4 39. Re4 Re8 40. h3 Bf5 41. Re2
Rxe5 42. Rxe5 Bxe5 43. Kxh5 Kh7 44. g4 Bc2 45. b4 cxb4 46. Nd1 Bf4 0-1

[Event "Championnat de France"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Degraeve, Jean-Marc"]
[Black "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "National 6"]
[PresId "1011004638"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 a5
8. O-O a4 9. Re1 c4 10. Bc2 b5 11. Nf1 Be7 12. Ng3 h5 13. Ne2 Nf8 14.
Be3 Bd7 15. a3 Na5 16. Qd2 Nb3 17. Bxb3 axb3 18. Bg5 f6 19. exf6 gxf6
20. Bh4 Ng6 21. Nf4 Nxf4 22. Qxf4 Qb8 23. Qe3 Qb6 24. Rad1 Rh7 25. Re2
O-O-O 26. Bg3 Rg8 27. h3 Rhg7 28. Kh1 Bd6 29. Bxd6 Qxd6 30. Nh4 Kb7
31. Rde1 Qf8 32. Qf4 Rf7 33. Rxe6 Bxe6 34. Rxe6 Re7 35. Qd6 Rxe6 36.
Qxe6 Qb8 37. Qxd5+ Ka6 38. Nf5 Re8 39. Ne3 Rd8 40. Qf7 Qd6 41. Qxh5
Qc6 42. Qf7 Rd7 43. Qe8 Rc7 44. Qf8 Rc8 45. Qf7 Rc7 46. Qg6 Ka5 47. d5
Qd6 48. Qg8 Rd7 49. Qa8+ Kb6 50. Qg8 f5 51. Nxf5 Qxd5 52. Qg6+ Qc6 53.
Qg5 Rd1+ 54. Kh2 Qc7+ 55. Ng3 Qd6 56. h4 Rd2 57. h5 Rxb2 58. Qe3+ Ka6
59. h6 Qg6 60. Ne4 Qh5+ 61. Kg3 Qg6+ 62. Kh2 Qh5+ 63. Kg3 Qg6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Championnat de France"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.11"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "National 1"]
[PresId "1011004663"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. c3
Qd3 8. hxg4 hxg4 9. Nxe5 Bd6 10. Nxd3 Bh2+ 11. Kh1 Bg3+ 12. Kg1
1/2-1/2

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "National 2"]
[PresId "1011002186"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Be3 e6 7. Be2
Qc7 8. a4 b6 9. f4 Bb7 10. Bf3 Nbd7 11. Qe2 g6 12. O-O e5 13. Nb3 Bg7
14. Rad1 exf4 15. Bxf4 Ne5 16. Qd2 Nc4 17. Bxd6 Nxd2 18. Bxc7 Nxf1 19.
Kxf1 Nd7 20. Bg4 Nf6 21. Bf3 Nd7 22. Bg4 Nf6 1/2-1/2

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "National 4"]
[PresId "1011004235"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. d4 c6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. Be3 Nf6 7. h3
Bh5 8. g4 Bg6 9. Ne5 Nbd7 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qf3 e6 12. O-O-O Qc7 13.
Kb1 Bb4 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Nf6 16. Qf3 Nd5 17. Bc1 b5 18. h4 O-O-O
19. h5 gxh5 20. gxh5 Qe7 21. c4 Qf6 22. Qg2 bxc4 23. Bxc4 Be7 24. Rh3
g5 25. Rf3 Qg7 26. Qf1 Nb6 27. Bb3 Kb7 28. a4 g4 29. h6 Rxh6 30. Bxh6
Qxh6 31. Rg3 Qf4 32. Qe2 Rxd4 33. Rxd4 Qxd4 34. Rxg4 Qf6 35. Ka2 Bc5
36. f3 a5 37. Qd2 Bb4 38. Qf4 Be7 39. Qe4 Nd7 40. Rf4 Qg7 41. Rg4 Qf6
42. Rf4 1/2-1/2

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Black "Degraeve, Jean-Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Remark "National 5"]
[PresId "1011004560"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Nb5 d6 6. c4 Be7 7. N1c3
a6 8. Na3 Nf6 9. Be2 Nd4 10. Be3 Nxe2 11. Qxe2 Be6 12. O-O Rc8 13.
Rfd1 O-O 14. Rac1 Rc6 15. f3 Qb8 16. Nd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 Rcc8 18. b4 b6
19. Nb1 Nd7 20. Nd2 Qa8 21. Ne4 f5 22. Bg5 Bxg5 23. Nxg5 Rf6 24. Ne6
a5 25. a3 axb4 26. axb4 Qa4 27. c5 bxc5 28. Ra1 Qxb4 29. Qa6 Rb8 30.
Qxd6 Qb7 31. Qe7 Nf8 32. Qxb7 Rxb7 33. Ra8 Rbf7 34. Nxc5 Rd6 35. Ne6
Rf6 36. Rc1 Rdxe6 37. dxe6 Rxe6 38. Rcc8 Rf6 39. Re8 e4 40. fxe4 fxe4
41. Rxe4 h6 42. Re2 Kf7 43. Rf2 Ne6 44. Rxf6+ Kxf6 45. Kf2 Kf5 46.
Ra5+ Kf6 47. Kf3 Ng5+ 48. Kg4 Ne6 49. Ra6 g6 50. Kf3 Kf5 51. g4+ Ke5
52. Ra5+ Kf6 53. h4 1-0

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoly"]
[Black "Abergel, Thal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "National 3"]
[PresId "1011004561"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Nc6 6. e3 a6 7. Bd3
Bg4 8. Nge2 e6 9. Rc1 Be7 10. Bg5 Rc8 11. O-O Nd7 12. Bxe7 Qxe7 13. f3
Bh5 14. Nf4 Bg6 15. Na4 O-O 16. Qd2 Bxd3 17. Nxd3 e5 18. dxe5 Ndxe5
19. Nxe5 Qxe5 20. Nc5 Qe7 21. Nd3 Rcd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Black "Feller, Sebastien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Remark "National 6"]
[PresId "1011004638"]
[SetUp "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Be2 e6 7. f4
Qc7 8. a4 Nc6 9. Be3 Be7 10. O-O O-O 11. Kh1 Re8 12. Bf3 Rb8 13. Qd2
e5 14. Nde2 exf4 15. Nxf4 Be6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Qf2 Ne5 18. Qg3 b5 19.
axb5 axb5 20. Ra7 Qc4 21. Be2 Qc6 22. Qh3 Bd8 23. Bh5 Nxh5 24. Qxh5
Re7 25. Qh3 Qc4 26. Kg1 Rxa7 27. Bxa7 Ra8 28. b3 Qc8 29. Bd4 b4 30.
Ne2 Bf6 31. Kh1 Qd7 32. Nf4 Re8 33. Nh5 Rf8 34. Qg3 Qe7 35. h3 Bh4 36.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 37. Qf4+ Bf6 38. Qd2 Qb7 39. Bxe5 dxe5 40. Nxf6 gxf6 41. Qh6
Qg7 42. Qxg7+ Kxg7 43. Kg1 Kg6 44. Kf2 Kg5 45. Ke3 f5 46. c4 bxc3 47.
b4 Kh4 48. b5 fxe4 49. b6 Kg3 50. b7 c2 51. Kd2 e3+ 52. Kxc2 e2 53. b8=Q
e1=Q 54. Qg8+ Kh2 55. Qxh7 Qe2+ 56. Kc3 e4 57. Qc7+ Kh1 58. Qd6 e3 59.
Qd3 Qf2 60. Qd1+ Kh2 61. Kd3 e5 62. Qf3 Qd2+ 0-1

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.12"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Nataf, Igor"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Remark "National 1"]
[PresId "1011004663"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6
8. d5 Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. Re1 Kh8 11. Nd2 Nf4 12. Bf1 f5 13. a4 fxe4 14.
Ndxe4 Nf5 15. Kh1 Nh6 16. f3 Ng8 17. c5 Nf6 18. Nxf6 Bxf6 19. Ne4 g5
20. b5 b6 21. cxd6 cxd6 22. g3 Ng6 23. Ba3 Be7 24. Rc1 Bb7 25. Bh3 a6
26. Bb4 axb5 27. axb5 Ra2 28. Qb3 Qa8 29. Be6 Ra4 30. Red1 Rxb4 31.
Qxb4 Rxf3 32. Rc7 Nf8 33. Rxe7 Nxe6 34. Rxe6 Qf8 35. Kg1 Bxd5 36. Qxd6
1-0

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Degraeve, Jean-Marc"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "National 2"]
[PresId "1011002186"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 h6 7. a3
Re8 8. Ne2 Ne7 9. Ng3 Ng6 10. Re1 c6 11. Ba4 Bc7 12. c3 d5 13. exd5
Nxd5 14. d4 Bg4 15. Bc2 exd4 16. Rxe8+ Qxe8 17. cxd4 Nh4 18. Qd3 Bxf3
19. Qh7+ Kf8 20. Bxh6 gxh6 21. Qxh6+ Ke7 22. Qxh4+ Kd6 23. gxf3 Bd8
24. Ne4+ Kc7 25. Qg3+ Kb6 26. Qe5 Qg8+ 27. Ng3 Bf6 28. Qe4 Re8 29. Qg4
Qxg4 30. fxg4 Bxd4 31. Nf5 Bf6 32. Kf1 Rh8 33. Kg1 Re8 34. Kf1 Rh8 35.
Kg1 1/2-1/2

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Vaisser, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Remark "National 4"]
[PresId "1011004235"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.
c3 c5 8. Ne5 a6 9. Be3 cxd4 10. Bxd4 Bd6 11. Qa4+ Bd7 12. Nxd7 Qxd7
13. Qxd7+ Kxd7 14. O-O-O Kc7 15. f3 Rhd8 16. g3 e5 17. Be3 Nd7 18. Bc4
f6 19. Rd2 Bc5 20. Rxd7+ Kxd7 21. Bxc5 Rdc8 22. Rd1+ Ke8 23. b4 b6 24.
Bd5 bxc5 25. Bxa8 Rxa8 26. Kc2 cxb4 27. cxb4 Ke7 28. Kb3 Ke6 29. a4 f5
30. b5 axb5 31. axb5 e4 32. h4 g6 33. f4 Ke7 34. Kb4 Rd8 35. Ra1 Kd7
36. Kc5 Rc8+ 37. Kd4 Rc7 38. b6 Rc6 39. Ra7+ Kc8 40. Rxh7 Rxb6 41. h5
gxh5 42. Rxh5 Rf6 43. Ke5 Rf8 44. Ke6 e3 45. Rh1 e2 46. Rc1+ Kd8 47.
Re1 Re8+ 48. Kxf5 Re3 49. Kf6 Ke8 50. g4 Kf8 51. g5 Re7 52. g6 Rf7+
53. Kg5 Re7 54. f5 Re3 55. Kf4 Re7 56. f6 Re6 57. Kf5 Re3 58. Rh1 Rf3+
59. Ke6 Kg8 60. Ra1 Ra3 61. Ke7 Re3+ 62. Kd6 Rd3+ 63. Ke5 Rd8 64. Kf5
Kf8 65. Rh1 Rd5+ 66. Ke6 Rh5 67. g7+ Kg8 68. f7+ Kxg7 69. Rg1+ 1-0

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "National 5"]
[PresId "1011004560"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. c3 c5 6. Ngf3 Nc6 7. Bd3 g6
8. h4 h5 9. O-O Be7 10. g3 Qb6 11. dxc5 Nxc5 12. Bc2 Qc7 13. Re1 b6
14. Nb3 Nxb3 15. axb3 Bb7 16. b4 a6 17. Bd3 b5 18. Bf4 d4 19. Be4 dxc3
20. bxc3 O-O 21. Qb1 Kg7 22. Qc1 Rfc8 23. Bh6+ Kg8 24. Qf4 Nb8 25. g4
Bxe4 26. Rxe4 Qxc3 27. Rd1 Qb3 28. Rde1 hxg4 29. Qxg4 Rc4 30. h5 Rxe4
31. Rxe4 Nd7 32. hxg6 f5 33. exf6 Nxf6 34. Qxe6+ Qxe6 35. Rxe6 Nd5
36. Ne5 Bxb4 37. Nd7 Bc3 38. f4 b4 39. f5 Bg7 40. Bxg7 Kxg7 41. Re5 b3
42. Rxd5 b2 43. Rd1 Rc8 44. f6+ Kxg6 45. Ne5+ Kxf6 46. Nd3 Rc1 47.
Rxc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Feller, Sebastien"]
[Black "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Remark "National 3"]
[PresId "1011004561"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 Nb6 7.
d4 Be6 8. Qc2 Bg7 9. e4 c6 10. Be3 Bc4 11. Bxc4 Nxc4 12. Bf4 Nd7 13.
Rd1 Qa5 14. Qb3 b5 15. O-O O-O 16. Qc2 e5 17. Bg3 Rac8 18. b3 Na3 19.
Qc1 exd4 20. Nxd4 Rfe8 21. f3 Nb6 22. e5 c5 23. Nde2 c4 24. Ne4 cxb3
25. Qg5 h6 26. Qf4 bxa2 27. Nd6 Rf8 28. Nxc8 Nxc8 29. Qe4 b4 30. Nd4
Qb6 31. Qe3 Nb1 32. Rxb1 axb1R 33. Rxb1 a5 34. Bf2 Rd8 35. Qe4 Qa6 36.
Nc6 Rd2 37. e6 fxe6 38. Qxe6+ Kh7 39. Qe4 Nd6 40. Qe3 Rxf2 41. Nxb4
Re2 0-1

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Nataf, Igor"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "National 6"]
[PresId "1011004638"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. O-O Ngf6 6. Re1 e6 7.
c3 Be7 8. d4 cxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e5 Ne4 11. Nbd2 Nxd2 12. Bxd2 O-O 13.
Rc1 Nb6 14. b3 Ba3 15. Rc2 Qd7 16. Bc1 Bb4 17. Bd2 Ba3 18. Bc1 Bb4 19.
Bd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.13"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Abergel, Thal"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Remark "National 1"]
[PresId "1011004663"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 Qf6 6. Qf3 bxc6 7.
Nd2 d6 8. Nb3 Bb6 9. Bd2 Qxf3 10. gxf3 Ne7 11. Bc3 O-O 12. Rg1 Ng6 13.
Na5 Bd7 14. Nc4 f6 15. Nxb6 axb6 16. a4 d5 17. b3 Be6 18. O-O-O Rf7
19. Kb2 f5 20. exd5 Bxd5 21. Rd4 Nf8 22. Bc4 Bxc4 23. Rxc4 c5 24. Re1
Rd7 25. Re5 g6 26. a5 Kf7 27. Ra4 b5 28. Rh4 b4 29. Be1 Rd1 30. c3
Rxa5 31. cxb4 Raa1 32. Bc3 Rab1+ 33. Ka2 cxb4 34. Rxb4 Rbc1 35. Kb2
Rb1+ 36. Ka2 Rbc1 37. Kb2 Ne6 38. h4 Rb1+ 39. Ka2 Rbc1 40. Kb2 Rh1 41.
Ra4 Rb1+ 42. Ka2 Rbd1 43. Re2 Rd3 44. Bb2 Rhd1 45. Ra8 Rd8 46. Rxd8
Rxd8 47. Be5 Rd3 48. Rc2 c5 49. f4 Rh3 50. Ka3 Rxh4 51. f3 h5 52. Rc4
Rh3 53. Rc3 h4 54. b4 cxb4+ 55. Kxb4 Rh1 56. Ra3 h3 57. Ra7+ Ke8 58.
Rh7 h2 59. Ka3 Nxf4 60. Bb8 Nh5 0-1

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "National 2"]
[PresId "1011002186"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bh4 Nxc3 7. bxc3
dxc4 8. Qa4+ Qd7 9. Qxc4 b6 10. e3 Ba6 11. Qb3 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 O-O 13.
Ke2 c5 14. Rhd1 Nc6 15. dxc5 Qc8 16. Rab1 bxc5 17. Qc4 Na5 18. Qb5 Nc6
19. Qc4 Rb8 20. Rxb8 1/2-1/2


[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Degraeve, Jean-Marc"]
[Black "Feller, Sebastien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "National 4"]
[PresId "1011004235"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. O-O Nf6 6. Qe2 Nc6 7.
b3 g6 8. c3 Bg7 9. d4 O-O 10. Re1 d5 11. e5 Ne4 12. Bb2 cxd4 13. cxd4
f6 14. Nbd2 Nxd2 15. Qxd2 fxe5 16. Nxe5 Nxe5 17. dxe5 e6 18. Rac1 Rfc8
19. Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoly"]
[Black "Nataf, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "National 5"]
[PresId "1011004560"]

1. g3 g6 2. Bg2 Bg7 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. O-O O-O 5. c4 c6 6. d4 d5 7. cxd5
cxd5 8. Nc3 Ne4 9. Ne5 Nxc3 10. bxc3 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qa4 Qb6 13.
Ba3 Qa6 14. Qxa6 Bxa6 15. Rfb1 Bxe2 16. Bxe7 Rfb8 17. Bd6 Rxb1+ 18.
Rxb1 Bb5 19. Bf1 a6 20. f3 Bf8 21. Bxf8 Kxf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "National 3"]
[PresId "1011004561"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. f4 a6 7. Be3
b5 8. Be2 Bb7 9. Bf3 Na5 10. O-O Nc4 11. Bc1 Bc5 12. Kh1 Ne7 13. Qd3
O-O 14. a4 Qb6 15. Nb3 Bb4 16. axb5 axb5 17. Rxa8 Rxa8 18. Qxd7 Bxc3
19. bxc3 Ng6 20. Qd4 Nh4 21. Qxb6 Nxb6 22. Rd1 Nxf3 23. gxf3 Nc4 24.
Kg1 Bc6 25. Kf2 f6 26. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Black "Abergel, Thal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Remark "National 6"]
[PresId "1011004638"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3
h6 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. b3 a6 11. Bb2 Be6 12. h3 Rc8 13. Bf1 Nb8
14. a4 Nc6 15. Na2 Nh7 16. c4 f5 17. exf5 Bxf5 18. Bd3 Qd7 19. Bxf5
Qxf5 20. Rf1 Rf7 21. Nc3 Rcf8 22. Nd5 Qg6 23. Qb1 e4 24. Nd4 Ng5 25.
Nxc6 bxc6 26. Nxe7+ Rxe7 27. Kh1 Qh5 28. Qd1 Rf3 29. Qxd6 Rxh3+ 30.
gxh3 Qf3+ 31. Kg1 Nxh3+ 32. Kh2 Nf4 0-1

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.13"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "National 1"]
[PresId "1011004663"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Bg4 6. h3 Bh5 7. Be2
Nbd7 8. O-O e6 9. Nd2 Bxe2 10. Qxe2 c6 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Bg5 Be7 13.
Rad1 O-O 14. Bh4 b5 15. Bg3 Qd8 16. Ne5 Rc8 17. Qf3 Nd5 18. Ne4 N7f6
19. Nxf6+ Bxf6 20. c3 c5 21. dxc5 Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Rxc5 23. Qg3 g6 24.
Bd6 Rc4 25. Bxf8 Qxf8 26. Qe5 Rc5 27. Qe4 Qc8 28. Rd4 Kg7 29. a4 a6
30. axb5 axb5 31. Ra1 Qc7 32. Qd3 Nf4 33. Qd2 Rf5 34. Re4 e5 35. Kh2
Qc6 36. Rae1 Rh5 37. Rxf4 exf4 38. Qxf4 Rf5 39. Qd4+ Qf6 40. Qxf6+
Kxf6 41. Kg3 Rg5+ 42. Kf3 Rf5+ 43. Ke2 h5 44. Rd1 Re5+ 45. Kf1 h4 46.
Rd4 g5 47. f3 Kf5 48. Kf2 f6 49. Rb4 Rd5 50. Ke3 Re5+ 51. Re4 Rd5 52.
Rd4 Re5+ 53. Kd2 Re6 54. c4 bxc4 55. Rxc4 Rb6 56. b4 Ke5 57. Kc3 Rb7
58. Re4+ Kd5 59. Rg4 Ra7 60. f4 gxf4 61. Rxf4 Ra3+ 62. Kb2 Rg3 63.
Rxh4 f5 1/2-1/2

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Abergel, Thal"]
[Black "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Remark "National 2"]
[PresId "1011002186"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7.
Qe2 Nd5 8. c4 Ba6 9. b3 O-O-O 10. g3 g5 11. Bb2 Bg7 12. Nd2 Nb4 13.
O-O-O c5 14. f4 Bb7 15. Bg2 Nd3+ 16. Qxd3 Bxg2 17. Rhe1 gxf4 18. gxf4
Bh6 19. Re2 Bc6 20. f5 Qh4 21. Kb1 d5 22. cxd5 Rxd5 23. Qa6+ Bb7 24.
Qc4 Qh5 25. e6 Re8 26. Rf1 Bxd2 27. exf7 Rxe2 28. f8Q+ Re8 29. Qg7 Bg5
30. a4 Re4 31. Qcc3 Ba6 32. Qa5 Bd3+ 33. Ka2 Rd7 34. Qf8+ Kb7 35.
Qfxc5 a6 36. f6 Bxf1 37. Qf5 Qg4 38. Qxg4 Rxg4 39. Qf5 Rg2 40. Qxd7
Bxf6 41. Qd5+ Kb8 42. Qf5 Rxb2+ 43. Ka3 Rxh2 44. Qxf6 Bb5 45. axb5
axb5 46. Qf8+ Kb7 47. Qf4 Rc2 48. Qe4+ Rc6 49. Kb4 Kb6 50. Qd4+ Ka6
51. Qd5 Rg6 52. Qa8+ Kb6 53. Qb8+ Kc6 54. Qxb5+ Kd6 55. Qe8 Re6 56.
Qd8+ Kc6 57. Ka5 Rd6 58. Qc8 Rd2 59. Qa6+ Kd7 60. Qb5+ Kc8 61. Qf5+
Kb7 62. Qe4+ Kc8 63. Qg4+ 1-0

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Remark "National 4"]
[PresId "1011004235"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2
cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bg5 Bd7 13.
Nc3 Qe8 14. Bh4 Qh5 15. Ne2 Ne4 16. Ng3 Nxg3 17. Bxg3 Bxg3 18. hxg3
Rf6 19. Nh2 Qxd1 20. Rfxd1 e5 21. dxe5 Nxe5 22. f4 Nxd3 23. Rxd3 Rd6
24. Rad1 Rc8 25. R1d2 Bf5 26. Rd4 Bb1 27. Ra4 a6 28. Nf3 Rdc6 29. Rxd5
Rc2 30. Rd2 Rxd2 31. Nxd2 Rc2 32. Nxb1 Rc1+ 33. Kh2 Rxb1 34. Rb4 b5
35. g4 Rd1 36. b3 Rb1 37. g5 Rb2 38. a3 Kf7 39. Kh3 g6 40. g4 Rd2 41.
a4 bxa4 42. bxa4 a5 43. Re4 Rd3+ 44. Kg2 Ra3 45. f5 Rc3 46. f6 Rc5 47.
Re7+ Kg8 48. Rg7+ Kf8 49. Rxh7 Rxg5 50. Kg3 Rc5 51. Kh4 Rc4 52. Kg5
Rxa4 53. Ra7 Kg8 54. Rg7+ Kf8 55. Rxg6 Rc4 56. Rg7 a4 57. Ra7 Rb4 58.
Kf5 1-0

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Vaisser, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Remark "National 5"]
[PresId "1011004560"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Nxf6+ Nxf6 7.
c3 c5 8. Ne5 a6 9. Be3 Qc7 10. Qa4+ Bd7 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Qxd7+ Nxd7
13. O-O-O cxd4 14. Bxd4 O-O-O 15. Kc2 Nb8 16. Be2 Nc6 17. Bb6 Rd6 18.
Rxd6 Bxd6 19. h4 h5 20. b4 Bc7 21. Bc5 g6 22. a4 a5 23. b5 Ne5 24. Bd4
Rd8 25. b6 Bd6 26. Rb1 Nc6 27. Be3 Kd7 28. Bb5 Rc8 29. Rd1 Ke7 30.
Bg5+ f6 31. Bxf6+ Kxf6 32. Rxd6 Ke7 33. Rd2 Nb4+ 34. Kb3 Nd5 35. Rd3
Nxb6 36. Rg3 Kf6 37. Rf3+ Ke7 38. Rg3 Kf6 39. Bd3 Rg8 40. Rf3+ Ke7 41.
Rg3 Kf6 42. Rg5 e5 43. f4 exf4 44. Rxa5 Nd7 45. Rd5 Ke7 46. Rg5 Kf6
47. a5 Ne5 48. Be4 Rg7 49. c4 Rc7 50. Bd5 Nd3 51. Kc3 Nc5 52. Kb4 Nd7
53. Be4 Ne5 54. c5 Rd7 55. Kb5 Re7 56. c6 bxc6+ 57. Bxc6 Rc7 58. Be4
Rc3 59. a6 Rb3+ 60. Kc5 Ra3 61. Bb7 f3 62. gxf3 Nxf3 63. Rg3 Ra5+ 64.
Kb4 1-0

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Feller, Sebastien"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Remark "National 3"]
[PresId "1011004561"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 Nbd7 7. O-O
e5 8. Be3 Re8 9. Qc2 exd4 10. Nxd4 c6 11. Rad1 a6 12. f3 Qc7 13. Qd2
Ne5 14. Rc1 Bd7 15. Rfd1 Rad8 16. a4 a5 17. Bf1 Bc8 18. Qf2 Qe7 19.
Nb3 Be6 20. Nxa5 Ra8 21. b4 c5 22. Nb5 cxb4 23. Bb6 Bh6 24. Rc2 Ra6
25. c5 Rxb6 26. cxb6 Ra8 27. Rc7 Qf8 28. Nc4 Rxa4 29. Nxe5 dxe5 30.
Bc4 Bxc4 31. Rxc4 Ra5 32. Nd6 Qxd6 0-1

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Degraeve, Jean-Marc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "National 6"]
[PresId "1011004638"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. d5 a5
8. h3 Na6 9. Bg5 Nc5 10. Nd2 c6 11. O-O Bd7 12. Be3 Ne8 13. a3 cxd5
14. cxd5 a4 15. Rc1 Bf6 16. Bb5 Bxb5 17. Nxb5 Bg5 18. Bxg5 Qxg5 19.
Nxd6 Nd3 20. Nxe8 Nxc1 21. Nc7 Rac8 22. Nf3 Qf6 23. Qxc1 Rfd8 24. Qc5
Rd7 25. d6 Rxd6 26. Nxe5 Qd8 27. Nxf7 Kxf7 28. Qc4+ Kg7 29. Ne6+ Kg8
30. Nc5+ Kh8 31. Qc3+ Kg8 32. Qc4+ Kh8 33. Qc3+ Kg8 34. Qc4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.15"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Nataf, Igor"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Remark "National 1"]
[PresId "1011004663"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. Bd3 Qh4 7.
Qe2 Nf6 8. h3 d5 9. g3 Qh5 10. Qxh5 Nxh5 11. e5 Bd4 12. g4 Nf4 13.
Bxf4 Bxb2 14. Kd2 Bxa1 15. Nc3 Bxc3+ 16. Kxc3 c5 17. Rb1 a6 18. Bc1 h5
19. Ba3 hxg4 20. hxg4 c4 21. Bf1 Bxg4 22. Kd4 Be6 23. Kc5 Kd7 24. Rd1
Rh1 25. Bb4 Rb8 26. a4 Rb6 27. Bc3 Rc6+ 28. Kd4 Rh4+ 29. Ke3 Re4+ 30.
Kd2 Bg4 31. Bg2 Bxd1 32. Kxd1 Rg6 0-1

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Vaisser, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Remark "National 2"]
[PresId "1011002186"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Ne2
cxd4 8. Nexd4 Nc5 9. Be3 Be7 10. c3 O-O 11. Be2 Bd7 12. O-O Ne4 13.
Kh1 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 f5 15. exf6 Bxf6 16. Ne5 Nd6 17. Qb3 Bc6 18. Rae1
Bxe5 19. Bxe5 Nc4 20. Bxc4 dxc4 21. Qxc4 Qd5 22. Qxd5 Bxd5 23. b3 b5
24. Rd1 Rad8 25. Rd4 Bc6 26. Rfd1 Rxd4 27. Rxd4 Bd5 28. Kg1 Rc8 29.
Rb4 a6 30. g4 Kf7 31. Kf2 g6 32. h3 h6 33. a4 Bc6 34. axb5 axb5 35.
Ke3 Ke7 36. Kd4 Rd8+ 37. Kc5 Be8 38. c4 Rc8+ 39. Kb6 bxc4 40. bxc4 Bc6
41. c5 h5 42. Rb3 Bd5 43. Ra3 Rc6+ 44. Kb5 hxg4 45. hxg4 Rc8 46. Ra7+
Ke8 47. Rg7 Be4 48. Bd6 Kd8 49. Kc4 Ra8 50. Kd4 Bd5 51. Rxg6 Kd7 52.
Rg7+ Kc6 53. Ke5 Ra1 54. Rc7+ Kb5 55. Kd4 1-0

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Degraeve, Jean-Marc"]
[Black "Abergel, Thal"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Remark "National 4"]
[PresId "1011004235"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Be3
a6 8. Qe2 Qc7 9. O-O-O Na5 10. Bd3 Be7 11. g4 b5 12. g5 Nd7 13. f4 b4
14. Nb1 Nc5 15. Nd2 Nxd3+ 16. Qxd3 O-O 17. f5 Bd7 18. f6 Bd8 19. Kb1
Rc8 20. Rc1 Nc4 21. Nxc4 Qxc4 22. Qd2 g6 23. Qf2 e5 24. b3 Qc3 25. Ne2
Qc6 26. Qh4 Kh8 27. c4 a5 28. Ng3 Rg8 29. h3 a4 30. Qh6 axb3 31. axb3
Ra8 32. Rc2 Ra3 33. Rb2 Bb6 34. h4 Qa8 35. Bxb6 Ra1+ 36. Kc2 Rxh1 37.
Nxh1 Qxe4+ 38. Kd2 Qxh1 39. Bf2 Bg4 40. Be1 Qg2+ 0-1

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Black "Nataf, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "National 5"]
[PresId "1011004560"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. e3 O-O 5. Be2 c5 6. c3 b6 7. O-O d6
8. h3 Ba6 9. Nbd2 Qd7 10. Bh2 Qb7 11. Re1 Nc6 12. c4 cxd4 13. Nxd4
Rac8 14. Qa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Remark "National 3"]
[PresId "1011004561"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nc6 4. O-O Bd7 5. Re1 Nf6 6. c3 a6 7. Bf1
Bg4 8. d3 e6 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. h3 Bh5 11. a3 Be7 12. Rb1 O-O 13. b4 b5
14. Bb2 d5 15. Rc1 Nb6 16. exd5 exd5 17. d4 c4 18. Be2 Bd6 19. Ne5
Bxe2 20. Rxe2 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Re8 22. Nf3 Qc7 23. Qc2 Nxe5 24. Nxe5 Rxe5
25. Rce1 Rxe2 26. Qxe2 Qd7 27. Bc1 d4 28. cxd4 Nd5 29. h4 h6 30. Qf3
Rd8 31. h5 Ne7 32. Re4 Kf8 33. Bf4 Nd5 34. Be5 f6 35. Bg3 Re8 36.
Rxe8+ Kxe8 37. Qe4+ Kf7 38. f3 Qe6 0-1

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Feller, Sebastien"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "National 6"]
[PresId "1011004638"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e5 3. e3 exd4 4. exd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nf3 O-O 7. Be2
dxc4 8. O-O Bxc3 9. bxc3 Be6 10. Bg5 Nbd7 11. Nd2 b5 12. a4 a6 13. Bf3
Rb8 14. axb5 axb5 15. Qb1 h6 16. Bh4 Qc8 17. Bg3 Nd5 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19.
Qb4 Re8 20. Rfe1 Qb7 21. f3 Qb6 22. Rab1 Rxe1+ 23. Rxe1 c5 24. dxc5
Nxc5 25. Bf2 Nd3 26. Bxb6 Nxb4 27. cxb4 Rxb6 28. Nb1 Bc6 29. Nc3 Ra6
30. Re5 Kf8 31. Kf2 f6 32. Rc5 Rb6 33. h4 Ke7 34. h5 Kd6 35. g4 Rb7
36. Ne2 Bd7 37. Nc3 Bc6 38. Ne2 Rb6 39. Nd4 Bd7 40. Ke2 Rb7 41. Kd2
Ke7 42. Kc2 Rb6 43. Kd2 Rb7 44. Kc2 Ra7 45. Nxb5 Rb7 46. Na3 Rxb4 47.
Nxc4 Be6 48. Nd2 Kd6 49. Ra5 Bd5 50. Kd3 Ke5 1/2-1/2

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.16"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Remark "National 1"]
[PresId "1011004663"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Qc7 6. Be3 a6 7. Bd3
b5 8. Nxc6 Qxc6 9. a3 Bb7 10. O-O Nf6 11. Qe2 Be7 12. f4 h5 13. h3 h4
14. Rf3 d5 15. e5 Nd7 16. Bd4 Bc5 17. Qe3 Bxd4 18. Qxd4 Qc5 19. Ne2 f6
20. Re1 f5 21. b4 Qxd4+ 22. Nxd4 Ke7 23. g4 hxg3 24. Rxg3 Rag8 25.
Kf2 g6 26. Reg1 Nf8 27. Ke3 Rh5 28. Be2 Rh7 29. Nf3 Kd8 30. Kd4 Rc7
31. Bd3 Bc6 32. h4 Rh8 33. Rh3 Be8 34. Ke3 Nd7 35. Nd4 Ke7 36. Kd2 Bf7
37. a4 bxa4 38. Bxa6 Nb6 39. Bb5 Nc4+ 40. Bxc4 Rxc4 41. c3 Rb8 42. Rb1
Be8 43. Rhh1 Bd7 44. b5 Be8 45. Rb2 Rb7 46. Rhb1 Rc8 47. Rb4 Ra8 48.
Ra1 Rab8 49. Rg1 Kf7 50. Rgb1 a3 51. Ra1 Bxb5 52. Rxa3 Bc4 53. Nc6
Rxb4 54. cxb4 Rb6 55. Ra7+ Kf8 56. Nd4 Rxb4 57. Nxe6+ Ke8 58. Kc3 Rb6
59. Ng7+ Kf8 60. e6 Bb5 61. Kd4 Rb8 62. h5 gxh5 63. Rf7+ Kg8 64. Nxh5
1-0

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "National 2"]
[PresId "1011002186"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. Qa4 Qd6 5. Bb5 Bd7 6. exd5 Qxd5 7. d3
Nf6 8. O-O Be7 9. Qb3 Qxb3 10. axb3 Nb8 11. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 12. Nbd2 O-O
13. Re1 Bd6 14. b4 Rfe8 15. Nc4 a6 16. Bd2 h6 17. h3 Rad8 18. Kf1 Re6
19. Na5 Rb8 20. d4 e4 21. Nh4 c6 22. Nf5 Bc7 23. Nb3 Rd8 24. Rad1 Kh7
25. Bc1 Nd5 26. Nc5 Nxc5 27. dxc5 Rf6 28. Ne3 Nxe3+ 29. Bxe3 Re6 30.
Rxd8 Bxd8 31. Rd1 Bf6 32. g4 Re7 33. Bf4 Bg5 34. Bd6 Re8 35. Ke2 Kg6
36. Bc7 f5 37. Rd6+ Bf6 38. f4 exf3ep+ 39. Kxf3 h5 40. Rd2 hxg4+ 41.
hxg4 fxg4+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Nataf, Igor"]
[Black "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "National 4"]
[PresId "1011004235"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 Nxd4 7.
Qxd4 d6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 a5 11. O-O a4 12. f3 Qa5 13.
Rac1 Rd8 14. Rfd1 Bd7 15. Nb5 Qxd2 16. Rxd2 Rdc8 17. Rdc2 Kf8 18. c5
dxc5 19. Rxc5 Ne8 20. Nd4 Rxc5 21. Rxc5 Rc8 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. Kf2 Nd6
24. Ke1 Bd7 25. Kd2 Ke8 26. Kc3 Nb5+ 27. Kc4 Nxd4 28. Bxd4 Bb5+ 29.
Kxb5 Bxd4 30. Kxa4 Bxb2 31. Kb5 Bd4 1/2-1/2

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Abergel, Thal"]
[Black "Feller, Sebastien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Remark "National 5"]
[PresId "1011004560"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3
b5 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Qf3 Qc7 10. O-O-O Qb7 11. g4 b4 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13.
Nce2 Nd7 14. Ng3 Nc5 15. Bc4 Bd7 16. Qe3 g6 17. f4 Qb6 18. e5 dxe5 19.
fxe5 Bg7 20. Kb1 Qc7 21. Nf3 Bb5 22. Rd4 Bc6 23. Be2 Nd7 24. Ne4 Bxe4
25. Rxe4 O-O 26. g5 Rfc8 27. Rc1 Nb6 28. c4 bxc3ep 29. Rxc3 Qd8 30.
Rd4 Nd5 31. Rxc8 Qxc8 32. Qd2 Rb8 33. Bc4 Nb6 34. Bb3 Qc7 35. Qc3 Qb7
36. a3 Bf8 37. Ka2 Nd7 38. Nd2 Nc5 39. Rb4 Qa7 40. Qe3 Qc7 41. Rc4 Qa5
42. Rc3 Qb5 43. Ne4 Nxe4 44. Qxe4 Bg7 45. Re3 Qc5 46. h4 a5 47. Re2
Qb6 48. Qc4 Qb5 49. a4 Qxc4 50. Bxc4 Rc8 51. Re4 Rc5 52. b4 axb4 53.
Kb3 Bxe5 54. Kxb4 Bd6 55. Kc3 Re5 56. Rd4 Bc7 57. Rd7 Ba5+ 58. Kd4 Rf5
59. Ke4 Be1 60. h5 gxh5 61. Rd1 Ba5 62. Rg1 Bd8 63. Be2 h4 64. Bf1
Bxg5 65. Bh3 Ra5 66. Kf3 h6 67. Ra1 Kg7 68. Kg4 Bf6 69. Ra2 Rg5+ 70.
Kf4 Be5+ 71. Ke4 Bc7 72. Rg2 Rxg2 73. Bxg2 f5+ 74. Kd4 0-1

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Degraeve, Jean-Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Remark "National 3"]
[PresId "1011004561"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 f5 4. Nc3 fxe4 5. Nxe4 d5 6. Nxe5 dxe4 7.
Nxc6 Qg5 8. Qe2 Nf6 9. f4 Qxf4 10. Ne5+ c6 11. d4 Qh4+ 12. g3 Qh3 13.
Bc4 Be6 14. Bf4 O-O-O 15. O-O-O Bd6 16. Kb1 Rhf8 17. Rhf1 Bxc4 18.
Nxc4 Bxf4 19. Rxf4 Qe6 20. Rff1 Ng4 21. Rxf8 Rxf8 22. h3 Nf2 23. Rf1
Qxh3 24. Nd2 Qxg3 25. Nxe4 Qg6 26. Nxf2 Qf5 27. Kc1 g5 28. Kd2 Kd7 29.
Qe5 Qg6 30. d5 g4 31. Qe6+ Qxe6 32. dxe6+ Kxe6 33. Re1+ Kf5 34. Ne4
Kg6 35. Ke3 h5 36. Rd1 Rf3+ 37. Ke2 h4 38. Rd8 Rf7 39. Rg8+ Rg7 40.
Rxg7+ Kxg7 41. Ke3 Kg6 42. Kf4 g3 43. Ng5 Kf6 44. Nf3 g2 45. Kg4 a5
46. Kxh4 Kf5 47. Kg3 Ke4 48. Kf2 a4 49. Nd2+ Kd4 50. Nb1 Kd5 1-0

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "National 6"]
[PresId "1011004638"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2
cxd4 8. cxd4 f6 9. exf6 Nxf6 10. O-O Bd6 11. Nf3 O-O 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13.
Nxf4 Ne4 14. Qc1 Ng5 15. Nxg5 Qxg5 16. Ne2 Qf6 17. Qe3 Bd7 18. Rad1
Rae8 19. Qh3 g6 20. Bb1 Na5 21. Nc3 Re7 22. Qg3 Rc8 23. b3 b5 24. Ne2
Nc6 25. Qd6 Rf7 26. Bd3 b4 27. Ba6 Rb8 28. Qg3 Rb6 29. Bd3 Bc8 30. Rc1
Kg7 31. Qe3 Ba6 32. Bxa6 Rxa6 33. Rc2 Ne7 34. Rfc1 Nf5 35. Qd3 Ra3 36.
f3 1/2-1/2

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.18"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoly"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "National 1"]
[PresId "1011004663"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 b6 5. Ne2 Ba6 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. Nxc3
d5 8. b3 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. a4 Re8 11. O-O dxc4 12. bxc4 Na5 1/2-1/2

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Feller, Sebastien"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Remark "National 2"]
[PresId "1011002186"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Be7 7. O-O
d6 8. Qg4 g6 9. a4 Nf6 10. Qe2 O-O 11. Na3 Nc6 12. Be3 d5 13. Bh6 Re8
14. e5 Nd7 15. f4 f6 16. Qg4 f5 17. Qh3 Nb6 18. a5 Na4 19. c4 Nxb2 20.
cxd5 Qxd5 21. Bc2 Bd7 22. Rfb1 Bxa3 23. Rxa3 Nb4 24. Bxf5 exf5 25. e6
Bc6 0-1

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "National 4"]
[PresId "1011004235"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 h6 7. h3 a6
8. Bg2 Nc6 9. Be3 Be7 10. f4 Nd7 11. O-O O-O 12. Nce2 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 e5
14. Nf5 exf4 15. Nxe7+ Qxe7 16. Bxf4 Ne5 17. Qd4 Be6 18. b3 Rad8 19.
c4 f6 20. Rad1 Rd7 21. Rf2 h5 22. gxh5 Qe8 23. Qb6 Qxh5 24. Rxd6 Rxd6
25. Qxd6 Re8 26. Bxe5 fxe5 27. Kh2 Qh4 28. Rf3 Qd8 29. Rd3 Qg5 30. Rg3
Qf4 31. Qc7 Bf7 32. Qxb7 Rd8 33. Qe7 Rd2 34. Qg5 Qxg5 35. Rxg5 Rxa2
36. Rxe5 Rb2 37. Rc5 Rxb3 38. Rc8+ Kh7 39. c5 Rc3 40. e5 a5 41. Rc7
Kg8 42. Rc8+ Kh7 43. Rf8 Be6 44. Re8 Bf5 45. c6 Kg6 46. e6 Kf6 47. Bd5
g6 48. Rf8+ Ke7 49. Rf7+ Kd6 50. Rd7+ Kc5 51. e7 Rxh3+ 52. Kg2 Re3 53.
Bf3 Kb6 54. Kf2 Re5 55. Kg3 a4 56. Kf4 Re1 57. Kg5 a3 58. Rb7+ Kc5 59.
c7 a2 60. Ra7 Rxe7 61. Rxa2 Rxc7 1/2-1/2

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Degraeve, Jean-Marc"]
[Black "Nataf, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "National 5"]
[PresId "1011004560"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4
Nb6 8. Bb5 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Bd7 10. Nxd7 Qxd7 11. Nc3 Rd8 12. O-O e6 13.
a4 Be7 14. a5 Nd5 15. a6 Ndb4 16. axb7 Qxb7 17. Qf3 O-O 18. Be3 Rd7
19. Rfd1 Rfd8 20. Rd2 Bf6 21. Rad1 Qc7 22. Qg4 Kh8 23. h3 a6 24. Ba4
h6 25. Bb3 Na5 26. Ba4 Nac6 27. Qh5 Kg8 28. Qg4 Kh8 29. Qe4 Kg8 30.
Ne2 Bg5 31. Bxg5 hxg5 32. Nc3 Rd6 33. d5 exd5 34. Nxd5 Nxd5 35. Rxd5
Rxd5 36. Rxd5 Rxd5 37. Qxd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Abergel, Thal"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Remark "National 3"]
[PresId "1011004561"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Nf3
h6 8. O-O Be7 9. Re1 O-O 10. b3 a6 11. Bb2 Be6 12. Bf1 Qa5 13. a3 Bg4
14. h3 Bh5 15. b4 Qd8 16. g4 Bg6 17. Bg2 h5 18. Nh4 hxg4 19. hxg4 Nd4
20. Nf5 Ne6 21. Bc1 Rc8 22. Bd2 Rc7 23. Rc1 Re8 24. Bf3 Bf8 25. Kg2
Qc8 26. g5 Nh7 27. Nd5 Rc6 28. Bh5 Qd8 29. Qg4 Rc4 30. Rh1 Nhxg5 31.
f3 Bxf5 32. Qxf5 g6 33. Bxg6 fxg6 34. Qxg6+ Bg7 35. Rh5 Nf7 36. Rf5
Rc7 37. Nf6+ Kf8 38. Nh7+ Kg8 39. Nf6+ Kf8 40. Rh1 Nd4 41. Nd7+ Qxd7
42. Rh8+ 1-0

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Black "Vaisser, Anatoly"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "National 6"]
[PresId "1011004638"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bg5 h6 7.
Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Bh4 c5 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Bxd7+ Qxd7 11. Qe2 Be7 12. dxc5
O-O 13. O-O Bxc5 14. Rfd1 Qc7 15. Ne5 Be7 16. Bg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.19"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Remark "National 1"]
[PresId "1011004663"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. d3 Bg4 7. h3
Bxf3 8. Qxf3 Nd7 9. Nd2 Qf6 10. Qxf6 Nxf6 11. Nc4 Nd7 12. Bd2 f6 13.
a4 Nf8 14. b4 Bd6 15. Rfb1 Kd7 16. Be3 Ne6 17. c3 Rhb8 18. Kf1 b6 19.
b5 Bc5 20. d4 exd4 21. Rd1 cxb5 22. axb5 d3 23. Rxd3+ Ke8 24. e5 Rd8
25. Rxd8+ Kxd8 26. exf6 gxf6 27. Ke2 Ke7 28. Kf3 Bxe3 29. Nxe3 c6 30.
Nf5+ Kd7 31. Rd1+ Kc7 32. Rd6 Nd8 33. c4 cxb5 34. cxb5 a6 35. bxa6
Rxa6 36. Rxf6 Ra5 37. Nd4 Rd5 38. Ke4 Rd7 39. g4 Re7+ 40. Kd3 Rf7 41.
Rh6 Rxf2 42. Rxh7+ Kd6 43. Rh6+ Kc5 44. Rh5+ Kd6 45. Rb5 Kc7 46. Ke3
Rh2 47. Rh5 Kd6 48. h4 Nf7 49. Nf3 Rg2 50. Kf4 Ke7 51. Rb5 Nh6 52. Ne5
1-0

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Abergel, Thal"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Remark "National 2"]
[PresId "1011002186"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O c5 6. c4 Be7 7. Nc3
cxd4 8. exd4 d5 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Ne5 O-O 11. Qg4 f5 12. Qe2 Nc7 13. f4
Nc6 14. Rd1 Nxd4 15. Qf2 Qe8 16. Be3 Nc6 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. a4 Qg6 19.
a5 Rfd8 20. axb6 axb6 21. Bf1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 b5 23. Bc5 Bf6 24. Rd6 Qe8
25. Bb6 Nd5 26. Nxd5 Bxd5 27. Bd4 Qe7 28. Bc5 Qc7 29. Rxd5 exd5 30. b4
Qd7 31. g3 Be7 32. Bd4 Bxb4 33. Qb2 Qe7 34. Qb3 Rd8 35. Be5 Bc5+ 36.
Kg2 Bd4 37. Bxd4 Qe4+ 38. Kh3 Qxd4 39. Qxb5 Qf6 0-1

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoly"]
[Black "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Remark "National 4"]
[PresId "1011004235"]

1. b3 e5 2. Bb2 Nc6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. Ne2 a6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. d3
Qe7 8. Nd2 Ba3 9. Bxa3 Qxa3 10. O-O Bg4 11. f3 Be6 12. d4 exd4 13.
Nxd4 O-O-O 14. Qe2 Rhe8 15. Qf2 Nd5 16. Nc4 Qc5 17. Nxe6 Rxe6 18. e4
Qxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Nc3 20. a3 b5 21. Ne3 g6 22. g4 Red6 23. g5 Rd2 24.
Raf1 a5 25. Rxd2 Rxd2 26. Rf2 Rd4 27. Ng4 a4 28. bxa4 bxa4 29. Ne5 Nb5
30. c3 Rd1+ 31. Rf1 Rxf1+ 32. Kxf1 Nxa3 33. Ke2 Nb1 34. Kd3 a3 35. Kc2
Nd2 36. f4 Nxe4 37. Nxf7 Kd7 38. Kb3 Ke6 39. Nd8+ Kf5 40. c4 Kxf4 41.
Kxa3 Kxg5 42. Nxc6 Kh4 43. Kb3 Kh3 44. Kc2 Kxh2 45. Kd3 Nf6 46. Nd4
Kg3 47. Ne6 h5 48. Nxc7 h4 49. Nd5 Nxd5 50. Kd4 0-1

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Nataf, Igor"]
[Black "Feller, Sebastien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "National 5"]
[PresId "1011004560"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4
Qc7 8. Bxf6 gxf6 9. Be2 Nc6 10. Nb3 Rg8 11. O-O Bd7 12. Bh5 Rg7 13.
Kh1 O-O-O 14. Qe1 Ne7 15. f5 d5 16. exd5 Nxd5 17. Nxd5 exd5 18. Nd4
Bd6 19. Qh4 Be5 20. Rad1 Qb6 21. b3 Kb8 22. Bf3 h5 23. Rf2 Rg5 24.
Rfd2 Rc8 25. Qf2 Bxf5 26. Nxf5 Qxf2 27. Rxf2 Rxf5 28. Rxd5 h4 29. c4
Rg5 30. Re2 Rgg8 31. Re4 Rh8 32. Kg1 Rc7 33. Bg4 Re7 34. Bf3 Kc7 35.
Kf1 Rd7 36. Rxd7+ Kxd7 37. Rg4 b6 38. Rg7 Rf8 39. h3 Kd6 40. Rh7 Bg3
41. Ke2 f5 42. Bd5 Kc5 43. Bxf7 Kb4 44. Bd5 Re8+ 45. Kd3 f4 46. Rh6
Bf2 47. Rf6 Re3+ 48. Kd2 Re5 49. Bf3 Ka3 50. Kc2 Be3 51. Kb1 Kb4 52.
c5 b5 53. c6 Rc5 54. Rd6 Ka3 55. Rd1 Rc3 56. Be4 Rc5 57. Bd5 Rc3 58.
Bf3 Rc5 59. Bd5 Rc3 60. Be4 Rc5 61. Bf3 Rc3 62. Be4 Rc5 63. Ka1 Rc3
64. Kb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Apicella, Emmanuel"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "National 3"]
[PresId "1011004561"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O
Nbd7 8. Qc2 Re8 9. Rd1 exd4 10. Nxd4 Qe7 11. Ndb5 Nc5 12. Bg5 Be6 13.
b4 Na6 14. a3 h6 15. Be3 Ng4 16. Bd4 Bxd4 17. Nxd4 Qh4 18. Bxg4 Qxg4
19. f3 Qh4 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Re5 22. Qf2 Qe7 23. Nb3 c6 24. dxc6
bxc6 25. Na5 Rc8 26. Rac1 Nb8 27. Qd2 d5 28. exd5 Rd8 29. d6 Rxd6 30.
Qxd6 Re1+ 31. Rxe1 Qxd6 32. Rcd1 Qc7 33. Nc4 h5 34. h4 Kg7 35. Re4 Nd7
36. Re7 Qf4 37. Rdxd7 Qxc4 38. Rxf7+ Kg8 39. Rg7+ Kf8 40. Rgf7+ Kg8
41. Rfe7 Kf8 42. Rxa7 Qd4+ 43. Kf1 Qc4+ 44. Re2 Qxh4 45. Rd7 Qh1+ 46.
Kf2 h4 47. Rh7 g5 48. Rd2 Ke8 49. Re2+ Kf8 50. Re4 Qc1 51. Rhe7 Qxa3
52. R7e5 Qa7+ 53. Kf1 Qa1+ 54. Re1 Qa6+ 55. Kg1 Qb6+ 56. Kh1 Qxb4 57.
Rf5+ Kg7 58. Rxg5+ Kf6 59. Rge5 c5 60. Re6+ Kf7 61. Re7+ Kf6 62. R7e6+
Kf7 63. R6e4 Qd2 64. Ra1 h3 65. gxh3 Qf2 66. Rf4+ Ke6 67. h4 c4 68.
Rc1 c3 69. Re4+ Kf5 70. Rxc3 Qf1+ 71. Kh2 Qf2+ 72. Kh1 1/2-1/2

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Degraeve, Jean-Marc"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "National 6"]
[PresId "1011004638"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 5. d4 d5 6. Bd3 Nc6 7. O-O
Be7 8. c4 Nb4 9. Be2 O-O 10. Nc3 Bf5 11. a3 Nxc3 12. bxc3 Nc6 13. Re1
Re8 14. cxd5 Qxd5 15. Bf4 Rac8 16. Bg3 Bd6 17. Nd2 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Na5
19. Qa4 Bd7 20. Qc2 Bf5 21. Qa4 Bd7 22. Qc2 Bf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.20"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "National 1"]
[PresId "1011004663"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 b6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bb7 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Qc7 7. Qf3
e6 8. O-O-O Bc5 9. Bf4 Qd8 10. Qg3 Nf6 11. Bc7 Qc8 12. Be5 Nxe4 13.
Qxg7 Rf8 14. Nxe4 Bxe4 15. Bd3 Bg6 16. f4 d6 17. Nxe6 Qxe6 18. Bxd6
Bxd6 19. Rhe1 Bxf4+ 20. Kb1 Bxd3 21. Rxe6+ fxe6 22. Rxd3 Bh6 23. Qg4
Rf1+ 24. Rd1 Rxd1+ 25. Qxd1 Ra7 26. Qd6 Rd7 27. Qxe6+ Re7 28. Qc8+ Kf7
29. a4 Nd7 30. Qxa6 Bg7 31. Qc4+ Re6 32. b4 Be5 33. a5 bxa5 34. bxa5
Ke7 35. a6 Rb6+ 36. Kc1 Bb2+ 37. Kd1 Rd6+ 38. Ke2 Bd4 39. Qc8 Re6+ 40.
Kd1 Rd6 41. c4 Bc5+ 42. Kc2 h6 43. Qb7 Rb6 44. Qa8 Rb4 45. Kc3 Ra4 46.
Qe4+ Kd8 47. Qh4+ Be7 48. Qxh6 Bf6+ 49. Kd3 Rxa6 50. h4 Rd6+ 51. Ke2
Rd4 52. g3 Rxc4 53. Qh7 Rg4 54. Kf3 Ne5+ 55. Kg2 Rg7 56. Qf5 Ke7 57.
Kh3 Kf7 58. g4 1/2-1/2

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Remark "National 2"]
[PresId "1011002186"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O
Nbd7 8. Be3 Re8 9. d5 Nh5 10. g3 Bf8 11. Ne1 Ng7 12. Nd3 f5 13. f3 Be7
14. Qd2 Nf6 15. c5 fxe4 16. fxe4 Ng4 17. Bxg4 Bxg4 18. Nf2 Bd7 19. c6
bxc6 20. dxc6 Bxc6 21. Ng4 Qd7 22. Nh6+ Kh8 23. Rf7 Rf8 24. Raf1 Qe6
25. Bg5 Rxf7 26. Nxf7+ Kg8 27. Nh6+ Kh8 28. Bxe7 Qxe7 29. Rf7 Qd8 30.
Ng4 Qe8 31. Rxc7 Qe6 32. Qh6 Bd7 33. Rxd7 Qxd7 34. Nf6 Nf5 35. exf5
Qg7 36. Qg5 gxf5 37. Qxf5 Rf8 38. Ncd5 Qg6 39. Qxg6 hxg6 40. b4 Rc8
41. a4 Rc2 42. a5 Ra2 43. Ne4 Kg8 44. Nxd6 Rd2 45. Ne4 1-0

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.21"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Bauer, Christian"]
[Black "Nataf, Igor"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "National 4"]
[PresId "1011004235"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2
Bb7 8. Re1 d5 9. a4 b4 10. d3 dxe4 11. dxe4 Qxd1 12. Rxd1 Na5 13. Bf4
Rc8 14. Nbd2 Ng6 15. Bg3 Be7 16. cxb4 cxb4 17. Bd3 Bc5 18. h4 O-O 19.
h5 Ne7 20. Rac1 Rfd8 21. Be2 f6 22. Ne1 e5 23. Nd3 Bd4 24. Rxc8 Bxc8
25. Nxb4 Bxb2 26. Nb3 Rxd1+ 27. Bxd1 Nec6 1/2-1/2

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Feller, Sebastien"]
[Black "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "National 5"]
[PresId "1011004560"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. g3 c5 5. Nf3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2
d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Qa5 10. Bd2 Nc6 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. O-O Bxc3 13.
bxc3 Ba6 14. Rfd1 Qc5 15. e4 Bc4 16. Qa4 Nb6 17. Qb4 Qh5 18. Bf4 c5
19. Qb2 Rad8 20. Rd2 e5 21. Be3 Be6 22. Rxd8 Rxd8 23. f3 Nc4 24. Qf2
h6 25. Bxc5 Rd2 26. Qf1 a5 27. a4 Qg5 28. Qe1 Rd3 29. Rd1 Qd8 30. Rxd3
Qxd3 31. f4 Nd2 32. Be3 Nxe4 33. fxe5 Nxc3 34. Bf1 Qc2 35. Qd2 Qxd2
36. Bxd2 Nxa4 1/2-1/2

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Black "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "National 3"]
[PresId "1011004561"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Qf6 6. d4 exd4 7.
Bg5 Qd6 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. Bxe7 Nxe7 10. Nc3 Bd7 11. Nb3 Rd8 1/2-1/2

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Degraeve, Jean-Marc"]
[Black "Vaisser, Anatoly"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Remark "National 6"]
[PresId "1011004638"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7.
dxc5 Bxc5 8. O-O Ne7 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Bxc6+ bxc6 11. Qd4 O-O 12. Bf4 Nf5
13. Qa4 Qb6 14. Bxd6 Nxd6 15. Ne5 c5 16. Qc6 Qxc6 17. Nxc6 c4 18. Nbd4
Re8 19. Rfe1 Be6 20. Re5 Kf8 21. f3 a6 22. Kf2 Nb5 23. Nxb5 axb5 24.
c3 Ra6 25. Nd4 Rb8 26. Nc2 d4 27. Nxd4 b4 28. Re2 bxc3 29. bxc3 Bd7
30. Nc2 Ba4 31. Ne3 Rba8 32. Rb1 Bd7 33. Nxc4 Be6 34. Nb6 R8a7 35. a4
Rb7 36. Reb2 Rc7 37. c4 Rc6 38. Nd5 Bxd5 39. cxd5 Rc7 40. Rd1 Ke7 41.
d6+ Rxd6 42. Rxd6 Kxd6 43. Rd2+ Ke6 44. a5 Ra7 45. Ra2 Ra6 46. h4 Kd5
47. h5 Kc6 48. Ke3 Kb7 49. Ra4 h6 50. Rg4 g5 51. hxg6ep fxg6 52. Rb4+
Kc7 53. Rb6 Rxa5 54. Rxg6 Rh5 55. g4 Rh3 56. Ra6 Kd7 57. Ra5 Rh1 58.
Rh5 Re1+ 59. Kf4 Re6 60. Rd5+ Kc6 61. Rd3 Rf6+ 62. Kg3 Kc5 63. f4 Kc4
64. Rd8 Kc5 65. g5 hxg5 66. fxg5 Rd6 67. Rxd6 Kxd6 68. Kg4 Ke7 69. Kh5
Kf8 70. Kh6 1-0

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.21"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Abergel, Thal"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Remark "National 1"]
[PresId "1011004663"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bc4 e6 7. Bb3
Nbd7 8. Bg5 Qa5 9. Qd2 Be7 10. O-O-O Nc5 11. Rhe1 O-O 12. Kb1 Qc7 13.
f4 b5 14. e5 dxe5 15. fxe5 Ne8 16. Ne4 Nxb3 17. cxb3 Bb7 18. Rc1 Bxg5
19. Qxg5 Bxe4+ 20. Rxe4 Qd7 21. a3 Rc8 22. Rxc8 Qxc8 23. Nf3 h6 24.
Qh4 Nc7 25. Rg4 Kh8 26. Qg3 Qd7 27. Rxg7 Qd3+ 28. Ka2 Nd5 29. Rg4 Nc3+
30. bxc3 Qc2+ 31. Ka1 Qxc3+ 32. Ka2 Qc2+ 33. Ka1 Qc1+ 34. Ka2 Rc8 0-1

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Fressinet, Laurent"]
[Black "Degraeve, Jean-Marc"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Remark "National 2"]
[PresId "1011002186"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 O-O 5. e4 d6 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 Na6
8. O-O Ng4 9. Bg5 f6 10. Bc1 c6 11. h3 Nh6 12. c5 exd4 13. Bxa6 dxc5
14. Na4 Qe7 15. Be2 b5 16. Nxc5 Qxc5 17. Nxd4 f5 18. e5 Rd8 19. Qb3+
Nf7 20. e6 Bxd4 21. exf7+ Kg7 22. Bg5 Rf8 23. Rac1 Qb6 24. Bf3 Bb7 25.
Qe6 Rxf7 26. Bh6+ Kg8 27. Bxc6 Bxb2 28. Rfd1 Bxc6 29. Rxc6 Qb8 30. Qb3
Bg7 31. Rd7 Qe8 32. Rxf7 1-0

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Sokolov, Andrei"]
[Black "Bauer, Christian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "National 4"]
[PresId "1011004235"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. dxe5 dxe5 5. Qxd8+ Kxd8 6. Bc4 Ke8 7.
Nd5 Nxd5 8. Bxd5 c6 9. Bb3 Nd7 10. Nf3 f6 11. Be3 Bc5 12. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Nataf, Igor"]
[Black "Abergel, Thal"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "National 5"]
[PresId "1011004560"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 Nf6 6. Bf4 Bf5 7. e3
e6 8. Bd3 Bxd3 9. Qxd3 Bd6 10. Bxd6 Qxd6 11. O-O Rf8 1/2-1/2

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Apicella, Manuel"]
[Black "Maze, Sebastien"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "National 3"]
[PresId "1011004561"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3
O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 1/2-1/2

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vaisser, Anatoly"]
[Black "Feller, Sebastien"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Remark "National 6"]
[PresId "1011004638"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. cxd5 Nxg5 7.
Nxg5 e6 8. Nf3 exd5 9. e3 O-O 10. Be2 c6 11. O-O Be6 12. Ne1 Nd7 13.
Nd3 Qg5 14. Rc1 Rfe8 15. b4 a6 16. Na4 a5 17. a3 axb4 18. axb4 b5 19.
Nac5 Nb6 20. Nxe6 Rxe6 21. Nf4 Rd6 22. Ra1 Rdd8 23. Qd2 Bf8 24. Qc3
Nc4 25. Rxa8 Rxa8 26. Ra1 Re8 27. g3 Bd6 28. Nd3 h5 29. Re1 h4 30. f4
Qe7 31. Bf3 Ra8 32. e4 Ra3 33. Qc2 Qa7 34. Rd1 Qxd4+ 35. Qf2 Qxf2+ 36.
Kxf2 Ra2+ 37. Be2 dxe4 38. Nc5 hxg3+ 39. hxg3 Bxc5+ 40. bxc5 Rc2 41.
Rd8+ Kg7 42. Rc8 Na5 43. Ke3 Nb3 44. Bd1 Rc3+ 45. Kxe4 f5+ 46. Ke5
Rxc5+ 47. Ke6 Nd4+ 48. Ke7 Rc1 0-1

[Event "National"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.08.21"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[Remark "National 1"]
[PresId "1011004663"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. Be3 Bd6 7.
Nbd2 Ng4 8. Bg5 f6 9. Bh4 Be6 10. Qe2 c5 11. Nc4 Qd7 12. Nfd2 b5 13.
Nxd6+ cxd6 14. f3 Nh6 15. Bf2 O-O 16. Be3 Nf7 17. O-O Rac8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Championnat de France"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "12.1"]
[White "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Black "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Result "1-0"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. f4 e5 7. Nf3 Nbd7 8. a4
Be7 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Nc5 11. Kh1 d5 12. Nxe5 Ncxe4 13. Be3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Ne4
15. c4 Nf6 16. Qf3 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Bf5 18. Qxb7 Be4 19. Qb3 Rb8 20. Nxf7 Rxf7 21.
Bxf7+ Kf8 22. Qa2 Qc8 23. Be6 Qc6 24. Rf2 Qc3 25. Bd2 Qd4 26. Raf1 Bc5 27. Re2
Bc6 28. Be3 Bxg2+ 29. Kxg2 Qe4+ 30. Rf3 Qg6+ 31. Kf1 1-0

[Event "Championnat de France"]
[Site "Pau"]
[Date "2008.??.??"]
[Round "12.2"]
[White "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime"]
[Black "Bacrot, Etienne"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[PlyCount "117"]
[EventDate "2008.??.??"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5
8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. Bg5+ Ke8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. a3 h6 14. Bc1
Rd8 15. Rfe1 Bc8 16. Nd4 Bc5 17. Nb3 Rxd1 18. Nxd1 Bb6 19. Be3 Ke7 20. Kh2 Rd8
21. Kg3 Be6 22. Nc5 Bxc5 23. Bxc5+ Ke8 24. f4 b6 25. Bf2 Rd2 26. Bg1 Ne7 27.
Ne3 Nf5+ 28. Nxf5 Bxf5 29. Kf3 Bxc2 30. Be3 Rd1 31. Rxd1 Bxd1+ 32. Kf2 h5 33.
Ke1 Bc2 34. g4 hxg4 35. hxg4 Ke7 36. f5 g6 37. Bg5+ Ke8 38. Kd2 Bb1 39. fxg6
Bxg6 40. e6 fxe6 41. Bf4 Kd7 42. Be5 c5 43. Ke3 b5 44. Kf4 b4 45. a4 Bc2 46. a5
Kc6 47. Kg5 Bd1 48. Kh4 c4 49. g5 Bc2 50. Kh5 Kb5 51. g6 Bxg6+ 52. Kxg6 Kxa5
53. Kf6 Ka4 54. Kxe6 Kb3 55. Kd5 a5 56. Bxc7 a4 57. Kd4 a3 58. bxa3 bxa3 59.
Ba5 1/2-1/2