![Cérémonie d’ouverture : vous ne verrez pas si souvent Maxime avec une cravate ! (Photo: GCT).](https://www.mvlchess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cover-2-300x200.jpg)
Saint-Louis Classic, so tight
Five draws out of five games for Maxime, in a very fierce tournament where noone has taken a clear lead ...
![Saint-Louis Rapid & Blitz 2018 (Image: GCT).](https://www.mvlchess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cover-1-300x184.jpg)
Long live blitz!
The Rapid & Blitz tournament opened this long August month of chess in Saint-Louis. It was organized on the now ...
![Speed Chess 2018 (Image: chess.com).](https://www.mvlchess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cover-300x200.jpg)
No rest for the brave !
Barely back from Biel in the afternoon of August 2, on the day after a last round followed by a ...
![Le podium de Bienne 2018 (Photo: Simon Bohnenblust / Biel Chess Festival).](https://www.mvlchess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/podium_bienne-300x200.jpg)
On the podium, but narrowly
After a difficult start in the tournament, I won two games juste before the break scheduled after round 6, getting ...
![Les six joueurs du tournoi de Grands-Maîtres sur la scène (Photo: Simon Bohnenblust / Biel Chess Festival).](https://www.mvlchess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/bienne_01-300x200.jpg)
Biel, almost home
Tenth town of Switzerland with about 50.000 inhabitants, Biel, at the juncture of German-speaking and Romandie Switzerland, has been staging ...
![Affiche trophée MVL](https://www.mvlchess.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/affiche-300x200.jpg)
Trophée MVL in Asnières
The Asnières chess club, in partnership with the city, organized on June 27 a « Trophée MVL », held in the heart ...