Michel Benoit (born 18 January 1949), is a French chess player,
French Chess Championship The French Chess Championship is the annual, national chess tournament of France. It was officially first played in 1923
after the formation of the ''Fédération Française des Echecs'' in 1921. The first unofficial national tournament was played i ...
winner (1973).
Biography
From the late 1960s to the early 1980s, Michel Benoit was among the leading French chess players. In 1973, in
Vittel
Vittel (; archaic ) is a commune in the Vosges department in Grand Est in northeastern France.
Mineral water is bottled and sold here by Nestlé Waters France, under the ''Vittel'' brand.
History
In 1854, after visiting the baths at nearby Contr ...
he won
French Chess Championship The French Chess Championship is the annual, national chess tournament of France. It was officially first played in 1923
after the formation of the ''Fédération Française des Echecs'' in 1921. The first unofficial national tournament was played i ...
.
Michel Benoit played for France in the
Chess Olympiad
The Chess Olympiad is a biennial chess tournament in which teams representing nations of the world compete. FIDE organises the tournament and selects the host nation. Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, FIDE held an Online Chess Olympiad in 2020 and ...
:
* In 1974, at second reserve board in the
21st Chess Olympiad
The 21st Chess Olympiad (french: La 21e Olympiade d'échecs), organized by FIDE and comprising an openAlthough commonly referred to as the ''men's division'', this section is open to both male and female players. team tournament, as well as severa ...
in
Nice
Nice ( , ; Niçard: , classical norm, or , nonstandard, ; it, Nizza ; lij, Nissa; grc, Νίκαια; la, Nicaea) is the prefecture of the Alpes-Maritimes department in France. The Nice agglomeration extends far beyond the administrative c ...
(+5, =2, -4).
Michel Benoit played for France in the World Student Team Chess Championships:
* In 1968, at first board in the 15th World Student Team Chess Championship in
Ybbs
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Its source is located on the Zellerrain Pass near Mariazell. In the beginning, the river is called , then onwards from the border between Lower Austria and Styria up to Lunz am See it i ...
(+1, =4, -5),
* In 1969, at first board in the 16th World Student Team Chess Championship in
Dresden
Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth larg ...
(+2, =3, -3).
Michel Benoit played for France in the Men's Chess Mitropa Cup:
* In 1978, at fourth board in the 3rd Chess Mitropa Cup in
Ciocco (+4, =0, -2) and won individual gold medal,
* In 1981, at third board in the 6th Chess Mitropa Cup in
Luxembourg
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(+0, =1, -3).
In the 1990s-2000s Michel Benoit participated mainly in Open chess tournaments and team chess competitions.
References
External links
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Michel Benoitchess games at 365chess.com
1949 births
Living people
French chess players
Chess Olympiad competitors
Sportspeople from Lyon
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