List of French chess players
The list of French chess players contains chess players who are or were eligible to play for the French Chess Federation and who meet at least one of the following conditions:
- Winner of one of the following FIDE titles: Grand Master , Honorary Grand Master , International Master , Grand Master of Women , Honorary Grand Master of Women, International Master of Women;
- Holder of one of the following ICCF titles: Grand Master, Honored International Master, International Master, Grand Master of Women, International Master of Women;
- Win a national individual championship;
- a historical Elo rating of at least 2500 (before the Elo rating was introduced in July 1971).
General
In local chess, 47 grandmasters (including Marie Sebag as the only woman ), 115 international masters (including four women with Silvia Collas , Pauline Guichard , Sophie Milliet and Almira Scripcenco ), 9 women's grandmasters and 18 international women's champions are eligible to play for the French Chess Federation . Eleven grandmasters, six international masters and two international women masters are no longer eligible to play for the French Chess Federation, three grandmasters, four international masters, one women's grandmaster and one honorary women's grandmaster have already passed away. Alexander Alekhine was from 1927 to 1935 and from 1937 to 1946 world champion , Boris Spassky 1969-1972.
In correspondence chess, 8 French players have acquired the title of Grand Master, 24 that of an Honored International Master, 32 that of an International Master (including two women with Melissa Broudin and Jacqueline Roos ), two that of a Women's Grand Master and two that of an International Women's Master . Of these, one Grand Master, one Honored International Master, three International Master, one Grand Master of Women and one International Master of Women have already passed away. Christophe Léotard won the 19th World Correspondence Chess Championship.
The French individual championships were played 93 times and the French women’s championship 64 times. The record champion is Étienne Bacrot with eight titles, Sophie Milliet and Almira Scripcenco won the women's competition most often with six titles each.
Another 16 French players had a historic Elo rating of over 2,499 before June 1971.
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The following table contains this information:
- Name : gives the name of the player.
- Life data : states the year of birth and, if applicable, the year of death of the player.
- FIDE : Names the highest FIDE title of the player (GM = Grand Master, IM = International Master, WGM = Women's Grand Master, HWGM = Honorary Grand Master of Women, FM = FIDE Master , WIM = International Women's Master, WFM = FIDE -Master of Women)
- Year : Name the year the title was awarded
- ICCF : Names the highest ICCF title of the player (GM = Grand Master, SIM = Honored International Master, IM = International Master, LGM = Women's Grand Master, LIM = International Women's Master).
- Year : Name the year the title was awarded.
- Title : The number of French individual championships won.
- Title (women) : The number of French individual championships won by women.
- Historical Elo : For players who have neither FIDE nor ICCF titles and have never won a French championship, the highest historical Elo number achieved before July 1971 , provided it is at least 2500.
- Other associations : For players who were sooner or later eligible to play for at least one other association, this indicates these associations with the periods of eligibility to play (if known).
The list is current as of April 8, 2020.
Surname | Life dates | FIDE | year | ICCF | year | title | Title (women) | historical Elo | other associations |
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Thal Abergel | 1982 | GM | 2008 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Claude Adrian | 1963 | IN THE | 2001 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Maxime Aguettaz | 1984 | IN THE | 2007 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Alexander Alekhine | 1892-1946 | 0 | 0 | Russian Empire (until 1917), Soviet Russia (1917–1921) | |||||
Emmanuel Amigues | 1980 | IN THE | 2007 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Gilles Andruet | 1958-1995 | IN THE | 1982 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Angles d'Auriac | 0 | 1 | |||||||
Darko Anic | 1957 | GM | 1999 | 0 | 0 | Yugoslavia (until 1990) | |||
Manuel Apicella | 1970 | GM | 1995 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Jules Armas | 1955 | IN THE | 1987 | 0 | 0 | Romania (until 1990) | |||
Suat Atalık | 1964 | GM | 1994 | 0 | 0 | Turkey (1986–2000, 2005–2019), Bosnia and Herzegovina (2000–2005), Serbia (since 2019) | |||
Arnold Aurbach | 1885-1952 | 0 | 0 | 2543 | Russian Empire | ||||
Jeanne d'Autremont | 1899-1979 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
Étienne Bacrot | 1983 | GM | 1997 | 8th | 0 | ||||
Pierre Bailet | 1988 | IN THE | 2012 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jean Banet | 1944 | SIM | 2004 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Abraham Baratz | 1895-1975 | 0 | 0 | 2543 | Romania | ||||
Pierre Barbot | 1995 | IN THE | 2016 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Daniel Baron | 1958 | IN THE | 1998 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Harutjun Barseghjan | 1998 | IN THE | 2018 | 0 | 0 | Armenia (until 2017) | |||
Christian Bauer | 1977 | GM | 1997 | 3 | 0 | ||||
Xavier Bedouin | 1981 | IN THE | 2010 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Slim Belkhodja | 1962 | GM | 2002 | 0 | 0 | Tunisia (since 2001) | |||
Bilel Bellahcene | 1998 | GM | 2018 | 0 | 0 | Algeria (since 2018) | |||
Anthony Bellaiche | 1987 | IN THE | 2003 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Yohan Benitah | 1979 | IN THE | 2002 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Natacha Benmesbah | 1989 | WIM | 2011 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Michel Benoit | 1949 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Luc Bergez | 1975 | IN THE | 1998 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Volf Bergraser | 1904-1986 | GM | 1981 | 2 | 0 | ||||
Christophe Bernard | 1952 | IN THE | 1996 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Ossip Bernstein | 1882-1962 | GM | 1950 | 0 | 0 | Russian Empire (until 1917) | |||
Bernard Berriot | IN THE | 2001 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Louis Betbeder Matibet | 1901-1986 | 0 | 0 | 2541 | |||||
Louis Bigot | 1913-1996 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Manuel Bijaoui | 1985 | IN THE | 2009 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Maurice Billecard | 1876-1940 | 0 | 0 | 2501 | |||||
Brice Boissel | 1958 | SIM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Andreea Bollengier | 1975 | WIM | 1999 | 0 | 0 | Romania (until 2010) | |||
Jean-Pierre Boudre | 1954 | IN THE | 1988 | 0 | 0 | ||||
César Boutteville | 1917-2015 | 6th | 0 | ||||||
Olivier Bouverot | 1965 | SIM | 2004 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Stephen Boyd | 1955 | FM | 1997 | IN THE | 2008 | 0 | 0 | Canada (until 1996) | |
Emmanuel Bricard | 1966 | GM | 2005 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Philippe Brochet | 1975 | IN THE | 2003 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Melissa Broudin | IN THE | 2013 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Nicolas Brunner | 1984 | IN THE | 2007 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Benjamin Bujisho | 1978 | IN THE | 2002 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Quentin Burri | 2001 | IN THE | 2018 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Sevan Buscara | 1992 | IN THE | 2016 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Tristan Calistri | 1973 | IN THE | 2013 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jean-Luc Chabanon | 1971 | GM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Edward Chamier | 1840-1892 | 0 | 0 | 2518 | |||||
Aliaksei Charnushevich | 1978 | GM | 2012 | 0 | 0 | Belarus (until 2003) | |||
André Chéron | 1895-1980 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
François Chevaldonnet | 1950-2016 | IN THE | 1983 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Isabelle Choko | 1928 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Pascal Chomet | 1961 | IN THE | 1997 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Philippe Chopin | SIM | 2005 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Mathilde Chung | 1999 | WFM | 2016 | 0 | 0 | Monaco (since 2010) | |||
Christophe Claverie | 1973 | IN THE | 2002 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Albert Clerc | 1830-1918 | 0 | 0 | 2518 | |||||
Nicolas Cléry | 1980 | IN THE | 2010 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Vincent Colin | 1980 | IN THE | 2004 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Didier Collas | 1972 | IN THE | 1996 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Silvia Collas | 1974 | IN THE | 2005 | 0 | 1 | Bulgaria (until 2002) | |||
Mathilde Congiu | 1989 | WIM | 2008 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Mario Corinthios | 1924-1988 | IN THE | 1988 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Matthieu Cornette | 1985 | GM | 2008 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Sébastien Cossin | 1986 | IN THE | 2007 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Melkior Cotonnec | 1987 | IN THE | 2013 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Robert Crépeaux | 1900-1994 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
Josef Cukierman | 1900-1941 | 0 | 0 | 2546 | Poland (until 1926) | ||||
Roger Daniel | 1915-1999 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Vincent David | 1976-2012 | IN THE | 2009 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jean De Lagonterie | IN THE | 2003 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Christopher Debray | 1984 | IN THE | 2011 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jean-Marc Degraeve | 1971 | GM | 1998 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Suzanne Dehelly | 1896-1968 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Michel Del Gobbo | 1946 | SIM | 1999 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Alain Del Vecchio | 1969 | SIM | 2005 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Axel Delorme | 1990 | IN THE | 2008 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Laurie Delorme | 1984 | WIM | 2009 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Adrien Demuth | 1991 | GM | 2015 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Olivier Deville | 1963 | IN THE | 2012 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Lucas Di Nicolantonio | 1993 | IN THE | 2019 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jean-Michel Dijon | 1963 | IN THE | 2010 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Thomas Dionisi | 1993 | IN THE | 2019 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Josif Dorfman | 1952 | GM | 1978 | 1 | 0 | Soviet Union (until 1991) | |||
Jonathan Dourerassou | 1989 | GM | 2016 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Martine Dubois | 1959 | WIM | 1990 | 0 | 1 | Monaco (since 2018) | |||
Aurelien Dunis | 1979 | IN THE | 2003 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Duval | 0 | 1 | |||||||
Romain Édouard | 1990 | GM | 2009 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Nicolas Eliet | 1972 | IN THE | 1998 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Patrice Etchegaray | 1969 | IN THE | 1993 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Thibault Fantinel | 1992 | IN THE | 2017 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Francis Farcy | IN THE | 1996 | 0 | 0 | |||||
François Fargère | 1985 | GM | 2009 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Sébastien Feller | 1991 | GM | 2007 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Michel Feroul | 1944 | IN THE | 1991 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Maud Flandin | 0 | 1 | |||||||
Christine Flear | 1967 | WIM | 1987 | 0 | 5 | England (1989–1990) | |||
Gabriel Flom | 1986 | GM | 2020 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Robert Fontaine | 1980 | GM | 2002 | 0 | 0 | Monaco (2016 to 2018), Switzerland (since 2018) | |||
Gilles François | 1957 | IN THE | 2002 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Laurent Fressinet | 1981 | GM | 2000 | 2 | 0 | ||||
Marie Jeanne Frigard | 0 | 4th | |||||||
Sabine Fruteau | 1972 | WFM | 1992 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Yovann Gatineau | 2002 | IN THE | 2020 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Eric Gaudineau | 1974 | IN THE | 2013 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Frank Geider | 1961 | IN THE | 2003 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Alain Genzling | 1989 | IN THE | 2011 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Claire Gervais | 1976 | WIM | 1996 | 0 | 3 | ||||
Tigran Gharamian | 1984 | GM | 2009 | 1 | 0 | Armenia (until 2004) | |||
Aimé Gibaud | 1888-1957 | 4th | 0 | ||||||
Nicolas Giffard | 1950 | IN THE | 1980 | 2 | 0 | ||||
Eric Girard | 1970 | IN THE | 2015 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Gary Giroyan | 1996 | IN THE | 2013 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Maxence Godard | 1972 | IN THE | 2000 | 0 | 0 | ||||
François Godart | 1994 | IN THE | 2015 | 0 | 0 | Belgium (until 2006, since 2009) | |||
Stéphane Goerlinger | 1960 | GM | 2005 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Richard Goldenberg | 1947 | FM | 1980 | IN THE | 1986 | 0 | 0 | ||
Gildas Goldsztejn | 1982 | IN THE | 2008 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jacques Gourmelon | IN THE | 1991 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Pavel Govciyan | 1984 | IN THE | 2006 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Yannick Gozzoli | 1983 | GM | 2012 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Aristide Gromer | 1908-1966 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
Pauline Guichard | 1988 | IN THE | 2019 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Laurent Guidarelli | 1981 | GM | 2014 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Gilles Guidici | 1967 | IN THE | 2007 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Fabien Guilleux | 1990 | IN THE | 2011 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Aldo Haïk | 1952 | IN THE | 1977 | 2 | 0 | ||||
Adina-Maria Hamdouchi | 1979 | WGM | 2003 | 0 | 0 | Romania (until 2010) | |||
Hicham Hamdouchi | 1972 | GM | 1994 | 1 | 0 | Morocco (until 2009, since 2016) | |||
Arnaud Hauchard | 1971 | GM | 2000 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Cécile Haussernot | 1998 | WIM | 2017 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Gilles Hervet | 1966 | SIM | 2003 | 0 | 0 | ||||
David Housieaux | 1983 | IN THE | 2008 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Claude Hugot | 1929-1978 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Borya Ider | 1994 | IN THE | 2014 | 0 | 0 | Mongolia (until 2007) | |||
Andrei Istrățescu | 1975 | GM | 1994 | 0 | 0 | Romania (until 2011, since 2017) | |||
Dawid Janowski | 1868-1927 | 0 | 0 | 2776 | Russian Empire | ||||
Christophe Jaulneau | 1966 | SIM | 2006 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Gabriel Javelle | 1918 | IN THE | 1971 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Sébastien Joie | 1987 | IN THE | 2015 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jean-François Jolly | 1986 | IN THE | 2011 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Victor Kahn | 1889-1971 | 1 | 0 | Russian Empire | |||||
Yannick Kambrath | 1997 | IN THE | 2018 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Ishmael Karim | 1985 | IN THE | 2008 | 0 | 0 | Morocco (since 2003) | |||
Jean-Philippe Karr | 1976 | IN THE | 2001 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Isabelle Kientzler-Guerlain | 1972 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Lionel Kieseritzky | 1806-1853 | 0 | 0 | 2734 | Russian Empire (until 1839) | ||||
Jean-Réne Koch | 1970 | IN THE | 1989 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Anthony costs | 1958 | GM | 1990 | 0 | 0 | England (until 2002) | |||
Bachar Kouatly | 1958 | GM | 1989 | 1 | 0 | Lebanon (until 1983) | |||
Maxime Lagarde | 1994 | GM | 2013 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Roza Lallemand | 1961-2008 | WGM | 2000 | 0 | 0 | Soviet Union (until 1991), Russia (1992–1998) | |||
Guillaume Lamard | 1997 | IN THE | 2020 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Charles Lamoureux | 1967 | IN THE | 1994 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Vladimir Lazarev | 1964 | GM | 2000 | 0 | 0 | Soviet Union (until 1991), Russia (1992–2007) | |||
Joël Lautier | 1973 | GM | 1990 | 2 | 0 | ||||
Jean-Pierre Le Roux | 1982 | GM | 2010 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Julia Lebel-Arias | 1946 | WIM | 1985 | 0 | 3 | Argentina (until 1982), Monaco (since 2002) | |||
Pierre LeBled | IN THE | 2005 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Jean-Olivier Leconte | 1968 | FM | 2007 | SIM | 2002 | 0 | 0 | ||
Maria Leconte | 1970 | WGM | 2002 | 0 | 1 | Soviet Union (until 1991), Ukraine (1992–1997) | |||
Michel Lecroq | GM | 1997 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Josiane Legendre | 0 | 1 | |||||||
Nikolay Legky | 1955 | GM | 1994 | 0 | 0 | Soviet Union (until 1991), Ukraine (1992–2010) | |||
Ludovic Lejarre | 1976 | IN THE | 2008 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Alain Lelievre | SIM | 1999 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Claude Lemoine | 1932 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Christophe Léotard | 1966 | GM | 2000 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Claude LePage | IN THE | 2013 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Benoît Lepelletier | 1978 | IN THE | 1995 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Patrice Lerch | 1977 | IN THE | 2014 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Didier Leroy | 1977 | IN THE | 2001 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Marc Leski | 1961 | IN THE | 1986 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jean-Claude Letzelter | 1940 | FM | 1986 | 3 | 0 | ||||
Damir Levacic | 1959 | IN THE | 1990 | 0 | 0 | Monaco (since 2013) | |||
Fabien Libiszewski | 1984 | GM | 2009 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Quentin Loiseau | 1995 | IN THE | 2013 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Germaine Long | 0 | 1 | |||||||
Sébastien Luce | 1963 | IN THE | 1990 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Mircea-Sergiu Lupu | 1962 | GM | 1985 | 0 | 0 | Romania (until 1999) | |||
Smaranda Lupu | 1967 | WIM | 1987 | 0 | 0 | Romania (until 1999) | |||
Jacques Maclès | 1945 | FM | 1983 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Nino Maisuradze | 1982 | WGM | 2009 | 0 | 2 | Georgia (until 2008) | |||
Thierry Manouck | 1957 | IN THE | 1984 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Cyril Marcelin | 1979 | GM | 1998 | 0 | 0 | ||||
David Marciano | 1969 | GM | 1998 | 0 | 0 | Monaco (since 2014) | |||
Claire Martel | 1945 | LIM | 1982 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Marina Martsynovskaya | 1973 | WIM | 2003 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Cyril Marzolo | 1978 | IN THE | 1999 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Michaël Massoni | 1992 | IN THE | 2013 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Marc'Andria Maurizzi | 2007 | IN THE | 2019 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Sébastien Mazé | 1984 | GM | 2007 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Guy Mazzoni | 1929-2002 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
Manuel Ménétrier | 1968 | GM | 2002 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Étienne human | 1969 | IN THE | 2004 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Milinka Merlini | 1929-1996 | 0 | 5 | Yugoslavia (until 1972) | |||||
Xavier Merrheim | 1968 | IN THE | 2014 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Claude Miclot | 1934 | IN THE | 1986 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Sophie Milliet | 1983 | IN THE | 2009 | 0 | 6th | ||||
Gilles Mirallès | 1966 | GM | 1997 | 2 | 0 | ||||
Anne Moingt | 1974 | WIM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Charles Monroy | 1984 | IN THE | 2010 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jules Moussard | 1995 | GM | 2016 | 0 | 0 | ||||
André Muffang | 1897-1989 | IN THE | 1951 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Jerome Muller | SIM | 2003 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Jean-Baptiste Mullon | 1978 | IN THE | 2009 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Maurice Muneret | 1945-2016 | SIM | 2005 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jacob Murey | 1941 | GM | 1987 | IN THE | 1970 | 0 | 0 | Soviet Union (until 1977), Israel (1978–1986, since 1995) | |
Igor-Alexandre Nataf | 1978 | GM | 1998 | IN THE | 2010 | 0 | 0 | ||
Andreea-Cristiana Navrotescu | 1996 | WIM | 2016 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Catalin Navrotescu | 1967 | IN THE | 1991 | 0 | 0 | Romania (until 2013) | |||
Jean Netzer | 1987 | IN THE | 2007 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Mustapha Nezar | 1976 | IN THE | 2008 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Chi Minh Nguyen | 1976 | IN THE | 2007 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Malina Nicoara | 1969 | WIM | 1997 | 0 | 1 | Romania (until 1992) | |||
Vladimir Okhotnik | 1950 | GM | 2011 | 0 | 0 | Soviet Union (until 1991), Russia (1992), Ukraine (1993–2006) | |||
Jean-Christophe Olivier | 1965 | IN THE | 2001 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Philippe Pansier | SIM | 2006 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Louise Pape | 0 | 1 | |||||||
Arnaud Payen | 1972 | IN THE | 1998 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Laurent Pecot | 1964 | SIM | 2002 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Mikael Pellen | 1962 | SIM | 2013 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Michel Pellisseri | 1961 | IN THE | 2006 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Eneida Pérez | 1964 | WFM | 2003 | 0 | 0 | Dominican Republic (since 2002) | |||
Pierre Petitcunot | 1980 | IN THE | 2015 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Christophe Philippe | 1974 | IN THE | 2003 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Guillaume Philippe | 1999 | IN THE | 2020 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Romain Picard | 1982 | IN THE | 2011 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Xavier Pichelin | SIM | 2014 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Richard Pile | 1987 | IN THE | 2014 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Davoud Pira | 1960 | IN THE | 1998 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jacques Planté | 1924-1989 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Eric Prié | 1962 | GM | 1995 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Bożena Pytel | 1945 | WIM | 1974 | 0 | 0 | Poland (until 1990) | |||
Krzysztof Pytel | 1945 | IN THE | 1975 | 0 | 0 | Poland (until 1980) | |||
Marthe Raimondi | LIM | 1997 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Arnaud Rainfray | 1983 | IN THE | 2004 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Maurice Raizman | 1905-1974 | 6th | 0 | ||||||
Francesco Rambaldi | 1999 | GM | 2015 | 0 | 0 | Italy (since 2010) | |||
Éloi Relange | 1976 | GM | 1998 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Georges Renaud | 1893-1975 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Olivier Renet | 1964 | GM | 1990 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jean-Noël Reef | 1981 | GM | 2014 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jules Arnous de Rivière | 1830-1905 | 0 | 0 | 2563 | |||||
Alain Rogemont | 1955 | IN THE | 1998 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Pierre Rolland | 1926-1967 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Celine Roos | 1953 | WIM | 1985 | 0 | 0 | Canada (until approx. 1988) | |||
Daniel Roos | 1959 | IN THE | 1982 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jacqueline Roos | 1930-2016 | IN THE | 2010 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jean-Luc Roos | 1955 | IN THE | 1994 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Louis Roos | 1957 | IN THE | 1982 | 1 | 0 | ||||
Michel Roos | 1932-2002 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
Samuel Rosenthal | 1837-1902 | 0 | 0 | 2655 | Russian Empire | ||||
Kevin Roser | 1979 | IN THE | 2008 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Nicolas Rossolimo | 1910-1975 | GM | 1953 | 1 | 0 | United States | |||
David Roubaud | GM | 2014 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Marina Roumegous | 1964 | WIM | 1996 | 0 | 0 | Yugoslavia (until 1998) | |||
Eric Ruch | SIM | 2002 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Monique Ruck-Petit | 1942 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Anda Šafranska | 1960 | WGM | 1999 | 0 | 0 | Soviet Union (until 1991), Latvia (1992–2010) | |||
François Sage | SIM | 2013 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Pierre Saint-Amant | 1800-1872 | 0 | 0 | 2603 | |||||
Yann Salaün | 1968 | IN THE | 2001 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Marc Santo Roman | 1960 | GM | 1996 | 3 | 0 | ||||
Evgueny Savostianoff | IN THE | 2013 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Andrei Schschekachev | 1972 | GM | 1996 | 0 | 0 | Soviet Union (until 1991), Russia (1992–2007) | |||
Paulette Schwartzmann | 1894-1953 | 0 | 3 | Russian Empire (until 1918), Soviet Union (until 1932), Argentina (from 1939 at the earliest, from 1948 at the latest) | |||||
Victoria Schweitzer | 1959 | WIM | 2004 | 0 | 0 | Soviet Union (until 1991), Ukraine (1992–2003) | |||
Almira Scripcenco | 1976 | IN THE | 1998 | 0 | 6th | Soviet Union (until 1991), Moldova (1992–2002) | |||
Marie Sebag | 1986 | GM | 2008 | 0 | 2 | ||||
Alexei Seleznyov | 1888-1967 | 0 | 0 | 2619 | Russian Empire (until 1918), Soviet Union (until 1942) | ||||
Didier Sellos | 1957 | IN THE | 1983 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Jean-Luc Seret | 1951 | IN THE | 1982 | 4th | 0 | ||||
Guillaume Sermier | 1978 | IN THE | 2003 | 0 | 0 | Switzerland (since 2009) | |||
Robert Serradimigni | GM | 2009 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Mehrshad Sharif | 1952 | IN THE | 1975 | 0 | 0 | Iran (until 1984) | |||
Kamran Shirazi | 1952 | IN THE | 1978 | 0 | 0 | Iran (until 1983), United States (1984–2006) | |||
Samy Shoker | 1987 | GM | 2014 | 0 | 0 | Egypt (since 2009) | |||
Raphaëlle Siebrecht | 1976 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
Chantal Chaudé de Silans | 1919-2001 | HWGM | 1990 | 0 | 1 | ||||
Olivier Simon | 1980 | IN THE | 2006 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Stanislaus Sittenfeld | 1865-1902 | 0 | 0 | 2612 | |||||
Christophe Sochacki | 1994 | IN THE | 2011 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Andreï Sokolov | 1963 | GM | 1984 | 0 | 0 | Soviet Union (until 1991), Russia (1992–2000) | |||
Julien Song | 1993 | IN THE | 2013 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Boris Spassky | 1937 | GM | 1955 | 0 | 0 | Soviet Union (until 1982), Russia (since 2013) | |||
Christophe Spitz | 1966 | GM | 2007 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Patrick Spitz | 1963 | SIM | 2002 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Stéphane Standaert | 1976 | IN THE | 2014 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Kazimierz Steczkowski | 1947 | IN THE | 1984 | 0 | 0 | Poland (until 1986 or 1987) | |||
Victor Stéphan | 1991 | IN THE | 2019 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Madalina Stroe | 1968 | WIM | 1992 | 0 | 0 | Romania (until 1994) | |||
Savielly Tartakower | 1887-1956 | GM | 1950 | 1 | 0 | Austria-Hungary , Poland | |||
Jean pigeon house | 1850-1919 | 0 | 0 | 2597 | Russian Empire | ||||
Kevin Terrieux | 1985 | IN THE | 2008 | 0 | 0 | ||||
André Thiellement | 1906-1976 | 2 | 0 | ||||||
Patrick Thirion | 1966 | SIM | 2012 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Laurent Tinture | 1963 | SIM | 2014 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Hugo Tirard | 1977 | IN THE | 1999 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Vladislav Tkachiev | 1973 | GM | 1995 | 2 | 0 | Kazakhstan (until 1997) | |||
Miodrag Todorčević | 1940 | GM | 1989 | 1 | 0 | Yugoslavia (1978–1988, 1989–2003), Monaco (1988), Spain (since 2003) | |||
Philippe Tombette | 1952 | SIM | 2003 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Olivier Touzane | 1973 | IN THE | 1995 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Loïc Travadon | 2002 | IN THE | 2019 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Nicolas Tripoteau | 1983 | IN THE | 2010 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Olivier Troffiguer | 1958 | IN THE | 2000 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave | 1990 | GM | 2005 | 3 | 0 | ||||
Volodia Vaisman | 1937 | IN THE | 1975 | 0 | 0 | Romania (until 1986) | |||
Manuel Valles | 1990 | IN THE | 2014 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Guillaume Vallin | 1981 | IN THE | 2000 | 0 | 0 | ||||
François Vareille | 1966 | IN THE | 1996 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Vazeille | 0 | 2 | |||||||
Paul Velten | 1993 | GM | 2018 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Patrice Verdier | 1962 | FM | 1997 | IN THE | 1996 | 0 | 0 | ||
Clovis Vernay | 1989 | IN THE | 2008 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Dominique Viard | 1956 | SIM | 2002 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Adolphe Viaud | 1914-2010 | IN THE | 1983 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Pierre Villegas | 1992 | IN THE | 2018 | 0 | 0 | Monaco (since 2010) | |||
Alain Villeneuve | 1945 | IN THE | 1988 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Serge Vinot | 1958 | SIM | 2001 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Colomban Vitoux | 1985 | IN THE | 2009 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Anatole Vlachos | 2002 | IN THE | 2020 | 0 | 0 | Greece (since 2015) | |||
Claude Wagner | 1967 | IN THE | 1998 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Anatoli Waisser | 1949 | GM | 1985 | 1 | 0 | Soviet Union (until 1991) | |||
Pierre Weirich | IN THE | 2001 | 0 | 0 | |||||
Anthony Wirig | 1983 | GM | 2011 | 0 | 0 | ||||
Friederike Wohlers-Armas | 1962 | WIM | 1994 | 0 | 0 | Federal Republic of Germany (until 1990) | |||
Eugène Znosko-Borovsky | 1884-1954 | 0 | 0 | 2613 | Russian Empire (until 1918) |
See also
Web links
- French top 100 men and women (Elo list, active and inactive)
- French top 100 women (Elo list, active and inactive)
- Title holder in correspondence chess (English)
- Overview of the French masters (French)
- Overview of the French champions of women (French)
- Biographies of some famous French chess players (French)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Alexander Alekhine won the Russian and Soviet Russian individual championships once.
- ↑ Suat Atalık won the Turkish individual championship three times.
- ↑ In correspondence chess Stephen Boyd continues to play for the Canadian Federation.
- ↑ Melissa Broudin has also had the LGM title since 2013.
- ^ Mathilde Chung won the Monegasque women's championship once.
- ↑ Silvia Collas has also had the WGM title since 1998.
- ↑ Josif Dorfman also won the Soviet individual championship once.
- ↑ Pauline Guichard has also had the WGM title since 2011.
- ↑ Hicham Hamdouchi also won the Moroccan individual championship eleven times.
- ↑ Andrei Istrățescu won the Romanian individual championship twice.
- ↑ Dawid Janowski won the German individual championship once.
- ↑ Lionel Kieseritzky was born in the Russian Empire, according to the Julian calendar that was in effect there at the time, his birthday was in 1805.
- ↑ Julia Lebel-Arias also won the Argentine women's championship four times.
- ↑ Maria Leconte also won the Ukrainian women's championship once.
- ↑ Sophie Milliet has also had the WGM title since 2004.
- ↑ Eneida Pérez won the Dominican Republic women's championship seven times.
- ↑ Bożena Pytel won the Polish women's championship once.
- ↑ Krzysztof Pytel won the Polish individual championship twice.
- ↑ Jacqueline Roos also held the LGM title since 2001.
- ↑ Monique Ruck-Petit also won the Swiss women's championship once.
- ↑ Anda Šafranska has won the Latvian women's individual championship four or five times since the country gained independence.
- ↑ Paulette Schwartzmann also won the Argentinian women's championship four times.
- ↑ Almira Scripcenco has also had the WGM title since 1995.
- ↑ Marie Sebag has also had the WGM title since 2003.
- ↑ Mershad Sharif won the Iranian individual championship six times.
- ↑ Kamran Shirazi won the Iranian individual championship once.
- ↑ Andreï Sokolov once won the Soviet individual championship.
- ↑ Boris Spassky won the Soviet individual championship twice.
- ↑ Savielly Tartakower also won the Polish individual championship twice.
- ↑ Vladislav Tkachiev also won at least once the Kazakh individual championship.
- ↑ Pierre Villegas won the Monegasque individual championship once.