2004. Won Petrosian memorial with the world team in 2004 with the tied 3rd individual performance. Won Karpov Poikovsky tournament in 2005 ahead of Viktor Bologan, Alexander Grischuk, Peter Svidler and Alexey Dreev. Finished third at Dortmund Sparkassen in 2005. Finished third at the 2005 FIDE world cup beating Alexander Grischuk for bronze. This qualified him for the Candidates Tournament of the FIDE World Chess Championship 2007 in May–June 2007, although he would have qualified on rating anyway. However he was eliminated from the Candidates in the first round of matches, losing 3½–½ to Gata Kamsky. Won the 2006 FiNet Chess960 Open with a 9½/11 score. Won the 2008 French Championship. Won the 2009 Aeroflot Open. Third at the 2010 Nanjing tournament behind Carlsen and Anand. Won 2011 Poikovsky Karpov tournament with 5½/9 ahead of Sergey Karjakin, Fabiano Caruana, Dimitry Jakovenko. Team results European team chess championship playing with France: 2nd in 2001, 3rd in 2005 and 2nd in 2021. Many times French team champion and European club champion with Nao chess club. Youth results World champion in under-10 years old category. World champion in under-12 years old category. Beat Levon Aronian in a match in Albert. IM at 12 years old. GM at 14 years old setting a new record at that time. Rankings Ranked No. 9 in the world in every 2005 FIDE list, playing 55 games. References External links 1983 births Living people Sportspeople from Lille Chess grandmasters Chess Olympiad competitors French chess players World Youth Chess Champions