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INFORMACION

FRENCH TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP TOP 16

From February 9th to February 11th 2007 the town of Chalons en Champagne will organize the
first stage of the French team championship, the TOP 16, which is one of the strongest 
League in Europe.

In this preliminary contest four teams will compete : Paris Chess 15, Clichy, Montpellier
and Drancy. Given the value of the competitors this event will be both exciting and 
decisive for the attribution of the TOP 16, since the two favourite clubs Paris Chess 15 
and Clichy will be faced on Sunday 11th . A titanic clash one should miss on no account.

Here is the list of the best players expected to play at Chalons en Champagne :

Shakhriyar     MAMEDYAROV     Paris Chess 15      Azerbaidjan       2754 Elo
Michael        ADAMS          Paris Chess 15      England           2735 Elo
Peter          SVIDLER        Paris Chess 15      Russia            2728 Elo
Alexander      GRISCHUK       Paris Chess 15      Russia            2717 Elo
Etienne        BACROT         Paris Chess 15      France            2705 Elo
Dmitry         JAKOVENKO      Clichy              Russia            2691 Elo
Liviu-Dieter   NISIPEANU      Clichy              Romania           2689 Elo
Sergei         TIVIAKOV       Paris Chess 15      Netherlands       2667 Elo
Arkadij        NAIDITSCH      Clichy              Germany           2663 Elo
Joël           LAUTIER        Paris Chess 15      France            2656 Elo
Laurent        FRESSINET      Clichy              France            2646 Elo
Christian      BAUER          Paris Chess 15      France            2609 Elo
Oleg           KORNEEV        Montpelllier        France            2606 Elo

In order to bring a substantial mediatic echo to this event and also with a view of 
sharing it with enthusiastic fans worldwide I would be much interested in working out a 
partnership with websites such as yours.

In exchange to the advertising of our organization in your site, I pledge my word to send 
you all the information you need (games, items, photos...) we will own all through the 
competition.

Diego Salazar
President of the Chalons en Champagne Chess Club
Organizer of the event