French Championship August 18-30 Aix-les-Bains, France : http://www.echecs.asso.fr/ (French)
Cross table and scheduled pairings : http://www.europe-echecs.com/articles/grilles/Pgn_20030819_aix.php : 11 rounds all play all Games start 10:00 AM rest day August 25
Category 12 GM norm 6.5/11 IM norm 4.0/11 : Standings after round 11
1 7.5 GM Etienne Bacrot(France 2645) won tiebreak games : 2- 3 7.5 GM Joel Lautier(France 2677) : GM Andrei Sokolov(France 2554)
4- 5 6.5 GM Manuel Apicella(France 2522) : GM Josif Dorfman(France 2607) : 6 6.0 GM Anatoli Vaisser(France 2571)
7 5.5 GM Christian Bauer(France 2589) : 8 5.0 GM Jean-Marc Degraeve(France 2541) : 9 4.5 IM Laurent Guidarelli(France 2392)
10 3.5 GM Robert Fontaine(France 2541) : 11-12 3.0 GM Jean-Luc Chabanon(France 2498) : WGM Almira Skripchenko(France 2489)
ICC had LIVE COVERAGE
Type "liblist France2003" for the games