3rd French Club Championship prelims

(1) Potaissa - Chaumont [E42] 2003 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 c5 5.Nge2 0-0 6.a3 cxd4 7.axb4 dxc3 8.Nxc3 d5 9.cxd5 exd5 10.b5 Bf5 11.Qd4 Re8 12.Be2 b6 13.0-0 Be6 14.Ra3 Nbd7 15.Bd2 Nc5 16.Rfa1 Bf5 17.Be1 Qd7 18.f3 Ne6 19.Qd2 d4 20.Nd1 dxe3 21.Qxd7 Nxd7 22.Nxe3 Nd4 23.Nxf5 Nxf5 24.Bd3 Nd6 25.Bb4 Nc5 26.Bxc5 bxc5 27.b6 c4 28.Bf1 a5 29.Rxa5 Rab8 30.Ra6 Kf8 31.Rd1 Nc8 32.Bxc4 Nxb6 33.Bf1 Nc8 34.Ra2 Rb4 35.Kf2 Ne7 36.Rd2 Nc6 37.Rc2 Ne5 38.Ra5 f6 39.Rb5 Rxb5 40.Bxb5 Rb8 41.Be2 Here the game has been adjudication as draw. 1/2-1/2

(2) Chaumont - Potaissa [B50] 2003 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.c3 Nf6 4.Bd3 Nc6 5.Bc2 Bg4 6.d3 e6 7.Nbd2 d5 8.Qe2 Be7 9.0-0 Qc7 10.Re1 0-0 11.a3 a6 12.h3 Bh5 13.Kh1 Nd7 14.Nf1 Bd6 15.g4 Bg6 16.exd5 exd5 17.Nh4 Nf6 18.Bg5 Rae8 19.Qd2 d4 20.Bb3 Rxe1 21.Rxe1 Ne5 22.Bxf6 Qc6+ 23.Kg1 gxf6 24.cxd4 cxd4 25.f4 Nxd3 26.f5 Nxe1 27.Qxe1 d3 28.Qd1 Bc5+ 29.Kh2 Qd6+ 30.Kh1 Re8 31.fxg6 hxg6 32.Nf3 Re2 33.Bc4 Rf2 34.b4 Bb6 35.b5 axb5 36.Bxd3 Qd5 0-1

(3) Potaissa - Bedarrides [A65] 2003 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c5 4.d5 exd5 5.cxd5 d6 6.e4 g6 7.Bd3 Bg7 8.h3 0-0 9.Nf3 b5 10.Nxb5 Re8 11.Nd2 Nxe4 12.Bxe4 Ba6 13.a4 f5 14.0-0 fxe4 15.Nc4 Bf8 16.Re1 Bxb5 17.axb5 Nd7 18.Ra6 Nb6 19.Nxb6 axb6 20.b4 Rb8 21.Qb3 Qd7 22.Qc4 Qf5 23.Be3 Qe5 24.Rb1 Qf5 25.Ra7 Ra8 26.Ra6 Rab8 27.Ra7 Ra8 28.Rba1 Rab8 29.Rc7 Re7 30.Rxe7 Bxe7 31.bxc5 bxc5 32.Ra6 Bf8 33.b6 Bg7 34.Qb3 Qd7 35.Ra7 Qd8 36.Rc7 Be5 37.Qb5 Ra8 38.Ra7 Rb8 39.b7 Kg7 40.Qc6 Qe7 41.Qc8 Rxc8 42.bxc8N Qxa7 43.Nxa7 Kf6 44.Nc6 h5 45.Na5 Here the games has been adjudicated as won by White. 1-0

(4) Bedarrides - Potaissa [B90] 2003 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be3 e5 7.Nb3 Be6 8.f3 h5 9.Qd2 Nbd7 10.0-0-0 Rc8 11.Kb1 Be7 12.Nd5 Bxd5 13.exd5 Nb6 14.Bxb6 Qxb6 15.Bd3 0-0 16.Rhe1 g6 17.c4 Rfe8 18.g4 Bf8 19.g5 Nd7 20.Re4 Bg7 21.Rde1 Rf8 22.Rf1 Nc5 23.Nxc5 Qxc5 24.f4 exf4 25.Qxf4 b5 26.Qf2 bxc4 27.Qxc5 Rxc5 28.Bxc4 a5 29.b3 Be5 30.h3 Kg7 31.Kc2 f6 32.gxf6+ Rxf6 33.Rxf6 Kxf6 34.a3 Kf5 35.Kd3 g5 36.Ke3 g4 37.hxg4+ hxg4 38.b4 axb4 39.axb4 Rc8 40.Bd3 1/2-1/2