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34. Update (Saturday, August 18): French Championships after Round 6

Grandmasters Etienne Bacrot and Maxime Vachier Lagrave lead the French National Championship after 6 rounds with 4½ points each in Pau in the Pyrenees Mountains.

Tied for third place a 4 points each are grandmasters Laurent Fressinet, Romain Edouard and Vlad Tkachiev.

In the women's group, WGM Anda Safranska leads after five rounds with 3½ points, a half point ahead of Almira Skripchenko, who has won the French women's championship many times in the past.

The general group is a single round robin of eleven rounds while the ladies are playing a double round robin among six players (ten rounds). The action for both groups ends Friday.