Nicolas Giffard
Nicolas Giffard (born October 4, 1950 in La Baule-Escoublac ) is a French chess player .
Life
Giffard won the French championship in 1978 and 1982 and took part with France in the 1978 , 1980 and 1982 Chess Olympiads . He played club chess in the 1990s for the team of La Dame Blanche Auxerre , with whom he took part in the European Club Cup 1993, later for Cavalier Bleu Drancy , with whom he played until 2004, from 2005 to 2007 and most recently from 2008 to 2010 highest French league (Division I or Top 16) played. In the Belgian Interclubs, Giffard played for the Brussels Chess Club in the 2007/08 season .
Giffard has held the title of International Master since 1980 . His Elo number is 2310 (as of July 2016), the highest Elo number of 2412 he reached in July 2000.
Works
- Nicolas Giffard: La Fabuleuse Histoire des champions d'échecs , ODIL, 1978
- Nicolas Giffard: Huit candidats, quatre KO , L'Impensé radical, 1977
- Nicolas Giffard: Les Échecs, leçons particulières avec un champion , Le Livre de poche, Paris, 1997, ISBN 978-2253081517
- Nicolas Giffard: Les Échecs, la tactique moderne , Éditions du Rocher, Monaco, 1997, ISBN 978-2268009438
- Nicolas Giffard: L'Efficacité aux échecs , Bornemann, 1998, ISBN 978-2851825865
- Nicolas Giffard: Comprendre les ouvertures , Bornemann, 1999, ISBN 978-2851825940
- Nicolas Giffard and Alain Biénabe: Le Nouveau Guide des échecs: Traité complet , Éditions Robert Laffont, Paris, 2009, ISBN 978-2221110133
Web links
- Biography on heritageechecsfra.free.fr (French)
- Replayable chess games by Nicolas Giffard on 365Chess.com (English)
- Nicolas Giffard at the World Chess Federation FIDE (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nicolas Giffard's results at the Chess Olympiads on olimpbase.org (English)
- ↑ Nicolas Giffard's results at European Club Cups on olimpbase.org (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Giffard, Nicolas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French chess player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th October 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | La Baule-Escoublac |