Etienne Bacrot

Etienne Bacrot was born on January 22, 1983 in France. In March of 1997, he became a Grandmaster. At the age of 14 years and 2 months, he was the youngest person to date to have held the title. He became the youngest French champion ever at the age of 16, and won the championship five times in a row between 1999-2003.

As well as playing in tournaments and team competitions, Bacrot has played an annual six-game match against a prominent player in his hometown of Albert since 1995. In 1996, he beat Vasily Smyslov 5-1, in 1997 lost to Viktor Korchnoi 4-2, in 1998 defeated Robert Hbner 3.5-2.5, in 1999 lost to Alexander Beliavsky 3.5-2.5, in 2000 lost to Nigel Short 4-2, in 2001 tied 3-3 with Emil Sutovsky, in 2002 beat Boris Gelfand 3.5-2.5, and in 2004 he defeated Ivan Sokolov 3.5-2.5. There was no match in 2003. On the January 2006 FIDE rating list, Bacrot had an Elo rating of 2717, making him number 12 in the world (tied with Alexander Grischuk) and France's number one.

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