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The French Chess Championship is the annual, national chess tournament of France. It was officially first played in 1923 after the formation of the Fédération Française des Echecs in 1921. The first unofficial national tournament was played in 1880, in the Café de la Régence, where further edition were held in 1881 and 1883. The 1903 and 1914 tournaments were the first real predecessors of the official championship. They ran under the name Championnat de France des amateurs (Championship of the chess enthusiasts).
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- The 17th French championship was scheduled to be played in Le Havre and Rouen from 8 to 17 September 1939, but was cancelled after the outbreak of World War II.[1] The Dictionnaire des Echecs by François Le Lionnais and Ernst Maget (PUF, Paris, 1974) states that a French championship was held in 1940 in Nice and was won by Aimé Gibaud; but no corroborating evidence of such a tournament has been found.[2]
- Edouard, Vachier-Lagrave, Bacrot and Bauer were tied on a score of 7/10 going into the final round, when news broke of the death of Christian Bauer's four month-old child. The players decided to cancel the 11th and final round. Edouard, Vachier-Lagrave and Bacrot were to play off for the title, but on further reflection it was decided that all four players should share the title. [3]
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- No contest held between 1944 and 1954
- No contest held between 1957 and 1974
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