French Championship | Nîmes, France The defending champions from 2017 are 8-time champion Etienne Bacrot and 6-time champion Sophie Milliet. Start Time 2:00 am 18th August 2018 Finish Time 9:00 am 26th August 2018 Address Nîmes, France Event Participants Maria Manelidou WOMAN FIDE MASTER (WFM), ACADEMY FOUNDER & FIDE INSTRUCTOR Savvas Manelidis Co-Founder & Teacher Chris Russell Coaching Co-ordinator & FIDE Instructor Marian Petrov GRANDMASTER (GM) & FIDE TRAINER Victor Vasiesiu FIDE MASTER (FM) & TEACHER Jerzy Dybowski FIDE MASTER (FM) & TEACHER Thomas Villiers Candidate Master (CM) & FIDE Instructor Maria-Alexandra Ciocan Teacher Michael Green Teacher Shane McCabe Teacher Ege Erkol Teacher Glen Ostacchini Teacher Share: