French International Master Adrien Demuth finished first at the 88th Championnat d’Echecs de Paris which took place on 6th – 14th July at the Stade Louis Lumiere, 30 rue Louis Lumière 75020 PARIS.
Demuth got his first GM norm with his performance. The seven points he added in the nine rounds were enough to get sole first place and take home the winner’s trophy.
The champion was lucky that the 5-hours game between Andrei Shchekachev and Jean-Pierre Le Roux finished in a draw.
Filipino GM Joseph Sanchez finished second, while Shchekachev got the bronze medal thanks to their tiebreak scores.
Sergey Fedorchuk won the previous edition
Adrien Demuth
Final Standings:
| 1 | m | DEMUTH Adrien | 2463 F | FRA | 7 |
| 2 | g | SANCHEZ Joseph | 2524 F | PHI | 6½ |
| 3 | g | SHCHEKACHEV Andrei | 2517 F | FRA | 6½ |
| 4 | g | LE ROUX Jean-Pierre | 2595 F | FRA | 6½ |
| 5 | g | LAGARDE Maxime | 2526 F | FRA | 6½ |
| 6 | m | ROSER Kevin | 2395 F | FRA | 6 |
| 7 | g | GULIYEV Namig | 2569 F | AZE | 5½ |
| 8 | m | NGUYEN Chi-Minh | 2373 F | FRA | 5½ |
| 9 | KAMBRATH Yannick | 2267 F | FRA | 5½ | |
| 10 | m | DOURERASSOU Jonathan | 2476 F | FRA | 5½ |
| 11 | BONNET Edouard | 2280 F | FRA | 5½ | |
| 12 | m | GIROYAN Gary | 2398 F | FRA | 5½ |
| 13 | g | BESHUKOV Sergei | 2449 F | RUS | 5½ |
| 14 | g | CHABANON Jean-Luc | 2468 F | FRA | 5 |
| 15 | f | VAN DONGEN Patrick | 2318 F | FRA | 5 |
| 16 | f | LAMORELLE Julien | 2276 F | FRA | 5 |
| 17 | DIONISI Thomas | 2301 F | FRA | 5 | |
| 18 | m | SOCHACKI Christophe | 2459 F | FRA | 4½ |
| 19 | m | ARANOVITCH Emiliano | 2341 F | ITA | 4½ |
| 20 | f | RUSEV Rosen Yordanov | 2384 F | BUL | 4½ |
| 21 | m | LANDENBERGUE Claude | 2395 F | SUI | 4½ |
| 22 | g | TODORCEVIC ANTIC Miodrag | 2410 F | ESP | 4½ |
| 23 | HAROVELO Ingmar | 2244 F | FRA | 4½ | |
| 24 | f | COTONNEC Melkior | 2437 F | FRA | 4½ |
| 25 | g | RENET Olivier | 2479 F | FRA | 4½ |
| 26 | f | BOSCOLO Federico | 2349 F | ITA | 4½ |
| 27 | m | SHIRAZI Kamran | 2411 F | FRA | 4½ |
| 28 | f | VALUET Bertrand | 2285 F | FRA | 4 |
| 29 | f | RABINEAU Clement | 2289 F | FRA | 4 |
| 30 | f | RENDBOE John | 2207 F | DEN | 4 |
| 31 | m | MANOUCK Thierry | 2295 F | FRA | 3½ |
| 32 | GERVAIS Victor | 2271 F | FRA | 3½ | |
| 33 | BERTHIER Hugo | 2208 F | FRA | 3½ | |
| 34 | m | PICARD Romain | 2346 F | FRA | 3½ |
| 35 | VILLEGAS Pierre | 2288 F | MNC | 3½ | |
| 36 | m | LEROY Didier | 2305 F | FRA | 3½ |
| 37 | f | JESSEL Stephen | 2299 F | IRL | 3 |
| 38 | m | PAYEN Arnaud | 2337 F | FRA | 3 |
| 39 | LOUIS Thibault | 2222 F | FRA | 3 | |
| 40 | gf | LECONTE Maria | 2258 F | FRA | 3 |
| 41 | f | STEPHAN Victor | 2337 F | FRA | 3 |
| 42 | THOMAS Ludovic | 2212 F | FRA | 3 | |
| 43 | f | GLICENSTEIN Asher | 2215 F | FRA | 3 |
| 44 | DAL BORGO Albin | 2203 F | BEL | 2½ | |
| 45 | m | BERNARD Christophe | 2255 F | FRA | 0 |
