Michel Benoit
Michel Benoit (born January 18, 1949 in Lyon ) is a French chess player .
Life
Benoit won the French championship in 1973 and took part with France in the 1974 Chess Olympiad , in the student team championships in 1968 and 1969 and in the Mitropa Cups in 1978 and 1981, with the best result at the Mitropa Cup in 1978 (together with Wolfram Hartmann) reached on the fourth board.
He worked for the RATP , wrote the chess columns in La Croix and VSD for years and authored several chess books. His Elo rating is 2200 (as of July 2016), the highest rating of 2290 he achieved in July 1991 and again in July 1992.
Works
- Michel Benoit: Les Echecs en trois jours , Solar, Paris, 1974
- Michel Benoit: Echecs à Nice , Payot & Rivages, Paris, 1974, ISBN 978-2228152105
- Michel Benoit: Les Echecs , 1976
- Michel Benoit: 111 Problèmes Faciles d'Echecs , Solar, Paris, 1980, ISBN 978-2263004674
- Michel Benoit: 104 Nouveaux Problèmes Faciles d'Echecs , Solar, 1984, ISBN 978-2263008092
- Michel Benoit: Les Echecs de l'initiation à la compétition , Solar, Paris 1989, ISBN 978-2263028724
Web links
- Biography on heritageechecsfra.free.fr (French)
- Replayable chess games by Michel Benoit on 365Chess.com (English)
- Michel Benoit at the World Chess Federation FIDE (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michel Benoit's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
- ↑ Michel Benoit's results at student team world championships on olimpbase.org (English)
- ↑ Michel Benoit's results at Mitropa-Cups on olimpbase.org (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Benoit, Michel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French chess player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 18, 1949 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lyon |