The French Top 16 is a team championship taking place in Chartres, France from June 1-11. It begins with 2 pools of 8 teams where after 7 rounds the Top 4 and Bottom 4 advance to higher and lower brackets, with the French Champions decided in the higher bracket. Matches are played on 8 boards. The time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves, then 30 minutes to the end of the game, with a 30-second increment from move 1.
Chessdom.com will follow daily the live games.
Parallel : French Team Championship Top 16, Pool A / 2nd Maharashtra Open / Norway Chess / 23rd Dubai Open A / 23rd Dubai Open B / Limburg Open 2023 / 2. Laimer Pfingst-Open A
More : U18 German Championship / U16 German Championship / U14 German Championship / U12 German Championship / U10 German Championship / Girls U18 German Championship / Girls U16 German Championship / Girls U14 German Championship / Girls U12 German Championship / Girls U10 German Championship
Starting team ranking :
| 1. Asnieres Le Grand Echiquier (RtgAvg:2573, TB1: 4 / TB2: 0) | |||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | RtgAvg | |
| 2 | GM | Moussard, Jules | 2655 | FRA | 2469 |
| 3 | GM | Movsesian, Sergei | 2615 | ARM | 2386 |
| 4 | GM | Esipenko, Andrey | 2682 | FID | 2476 |
| 5 | GM | Oparin, Grigoriy | 2687 | USA | 2405 |
| 6 | GM | Cornette, Matthieu | 2578 | FRA | 2389 |
| 7 | GM | Degraeve, Jean-Marc | 2463 | FRA | 2206 |
| 8 | GM | Pelletier, Yannick | 2511 | SUI | 2170 |
| 9 | IM | Guichard, Pauline | 2395 | FRA | 2037 |
| 2. Clichy Echecs 92 (RtgAvg:2595, TB1: 4 / TB2: 0) | |||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | RtgAvg | |
| 1 | GM | Van Foreest, Jorden | 2695 | NED | 2570 |
| 2 | GM | Maghsoodloo, Parham | 2716 | IRI | 2442 |
| 3 | GM | Gharamian, Tigran | 2601 | FRA | 2443 |
| 4 | GM | Amin, Bassem | 2690 | EGY | 2459 |
| 5 | GM | Libiszewski, Fabien | 2498 | FRA | 2278 |
| 6 | GM | Tregubov, Pavel V. | 2553 | FRA | 2340 |
| 7 | GM | Delorme, Axel | 2483 | FRA | 2266 |
| 8 | WFM | Broly, Mathilde | 2113 | FRA | 1592 |
| 9 | GM | Hamdouchi, Hicham | 2526 | MAR | 2549 |
| 3. Mulhouse Philidor (RtgAvg:2551, TB1: 4 / TB2: 0) | |||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | RtgAvg | |
| 1 | GM | Nihal, Sarin | 2681 | IND | 2443 |
| 2 | GM | Bluebaum, Matthias | 2672 | GER | 2292 |
| 3 | GM | Narayanan.S.L, | 2657 | IND | 2341 |
| 4 | IM | Rakotomaharo, Fy Antenaina | 2462 | MAD | 2245 |
| 5 | IM | Terrieux, Kevin | 2446 | FRA | 2364 |
| 6 | GM | Sokolov, Andrei | 2464 | FRA | 2318 |
| 7 | IM | Papadiamandis, Elliot | 2320 | FRA | 2161 |
| 8 | WGM | Navrotescu, Andreea | 2194 | FRA | 2032 |
| 9 | GM | Mendonca, Leon Luke | 2623 | IND | 2509 |
| 10 | GM | Riff, Jean-Noel | 2401 | FRA | 2367 |
| 11 | IM | Burri, Quentin | 2403 | FRA | 2395 |
| 4. Grasse Echecs (RtgAvg:2524, TB1: 4 / TB2: 0) | |||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | RtgAvg | |
| 1 | GM | Saric, Ivan | 2670 | CRO | 2549 |
| 2 | GM | Lupulescu, Constantin | 2573 | ROU | 2444 |
| 3 | GM | Wirig, Anthony | 2518 | FRA | 2404 |
| 4 | GM | Parligras, Mircea-Emilian | 2556 | ROU | 2394 |
| 5 | IM | Loiseau, Quentin | 2464 | FRA | 2413 |
| 6 | GM | Sochacki, Christophe | 2464 | FRA | 2287 |
| 7 | GM | Demuth, Adrien | 2485 | FRA | 2297 |
| 8 | IM | Milliet, Sophie | 2384 | FRA | 1558 |
| 9 | IM | Barbot, Pierre | 2458 | FRA | 2245 |
| 5. Metz Fischer (RtgAvg:2438, TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | |||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | RtgAvg | |
| 1 | GM | Postny, Evgeny | 2549 | ISR | 2598 |
| 2 | GM | Ganguly, Surya Shekhar | 2587 | IND | 2634 |
| 3 | GM | Bailet, Pierre | 2513 | FRA | 2518 |
| 4 | GM | Lazarev, Vladimir | 2496 | FRA | 2579 |
| 5 | GM | Visakh, N R | 2542 | IND | 2577 |
| 6 | IM | Migot, Tangi | 2373 | FRA | 2509 |
| 7 | FM | Micottis, Dorian | 2267 | FRA | 2484 |
| 8 | Pucher, Serina | 1199 | FRA | 2249 | |
| 9 | Hisler, Thomas | 2178 | FRA | 2498 | |
| 6. Poitiers-Migne Echecs (RtgAvg:2263, TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | |||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | RtgAvg | |
| 1 | IM | Lucas, Arthur | 2326 | FRA | 2583 |
| 2 | FM | Tranchant, Sebastien | 2292 | FRA | 2614 |
| 3 | FM | Salles, Louis | 2295 | FRA | 2588 |
| 4 | FM | Saada, Julien | 2245 | FRA | 2460 |
| 5 | FM | Mariette, Lucas | 2284 | FRA | 2455 |
| 6 | Lambert, Romain | 2201 | FRA | 2464 | |
| 7 | Ladrat, Matthieu | 2161 | FRA | 2320 | |
| 8 | Leriche, Ines | 1917 | FRA | 2289 | |
| 9 | IM | Picard, Romain | 2301 | FRA | 2573 |
| 7. Marseille Echecs (RtgAvg:2337, TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | |||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | RtgAvg | |
| 1 | IM | Laurent-Paoli, Pierre | 2552 | FRA | 2689 |
| 2 | IM | Espinosa Aranda, Angel | 2442 | ESP | 2702 |
| 3 | Bacrot, Alexandre | 2390 | FRA | 2590 | |
| 4 | FM | Martinez Reyes, Pedro Ramon | 2376 | VEN | 2653 |
| 5 | FM | Lamaze, Simon | 2377 | FRA | 2577 |
| 6 | FM | Ruperez Benito, Antonio | 2307 | ESP | 2532 |
| 7 | FM | Rottenwohrer Suarez, Juan | 2265 | ESP | 2473 |
| 8 | Belluire, Beatrice | 1985 | FRA | 2254 | |
| 8. THF – St Quentin (RtgAvg:2437, TB1: 0 / TB2: 0) | |||||
| Bo. | Name | Rtg | FED | RtgAvg | |
| 1 | GM | Cheng, Bobby | 2560 | AUS | 2668 |
| 2 | IM | Dionisi, Thomas | 2395 | FRA | 2509 |
| 3 | IM | Brochet, Philippe | 2399 | FRA | 2682 |
| 4 | FM | Heinz, Timothee | 2367 | FRA | 2544 |
| 5 | IM | Godart, Francois | 2387 | BEL | 2618 |
| 6 | WFM | Monpeurt, Cyrielle | 2147 | FRA | 2329 |
| 7 | Le Hay, Thierry | 2033 | FRA | 2511 | |
| 8 | Bitbol-Delaveyne, Maelan | 2088 | FRA | 2395 | |
| 9 | GM | Kulaots, Kaido | 2509 | EST | 2623 |
| 10 | GM | Chabanon, Jean-Luc | 2435 | FRA | 2464 |
| 11 | GM | Marcelin, Cyril | 2443 | FRA | 2446 |
