[Event "Pennant-chT"]
[Site "Adelaide"]
[Date "2016.10.11"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zorkovic, Ante"]
[Black "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B12"]
[BlackElo "2071"]
[PlyCount "69"]
[EventDate "2016.09.27"]
[EventType "team-tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2023"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2022.10.05"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Bd3 Bxd3 6. Qxd3 a6 7. 0-0 c5 8. c3 Nc6 9. a3 cxd4 10. cxd4 Nge7 11. Bg5 h6 12. Bh4 g5 13. Bg3 Qb6 14. Nc3 Nf5 15. Ne2 Be7 16. Rfd1 Rg8 17. b4 h5 18. h3 Kd7 19. Ne1 Rac8 20. Nc2 h4 21. Bh2 g4 22. hxg4 Rxg4 23. Ne1 Rcg8 24. Kf1 Qb5 25. f3 R4g7 26. Kf2 Bd8 27. a4 Qxd3 28. Rxd3 Bb6 29. a5 Nxe5 30. Rdd1 Ba7 31. Kf1 Nc4 32. Nc2 Nce3+ 33. Nxe3 Nxe3+ 34. Kf2 Nxd1+ 35. Rxd1 0-1

[Event "New Caledonia-ch"]
[Site "Noumea"]
[Date "2011.09.07"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Bekker, Gary"]
[Black "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A70"]
[WhiteElo "1807"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2011.09.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 a6 7. a4 g6 8. Nf3 Bg4 9. Be2 Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nbd7 11. 0-0 Bg7 12. Bf4 Qe7 13. Re1 Ne5 14. Be2 0-0 15. Qd2 Rfe8 16. Bf1 Nh5 17. Bh6 Bxh6 18. Qxh6 Ng4 19. Qd2 Qh4 20. h3 Ne5 21. a5 g5 22. Be2 Nf4 23. Ra3 Rad8 24. Na4 Kh8 25. Rg3 Rg8 26. Nb6 Qh6 27. Nc4 Nxc4 28. Bxc4 f6 29. Be2 g4 30. Kh2 gxh3 31. Rxg8+ Rxg8 32. g3 Re8 33. Bf3 Re5 34. Qxf4 Qg7 35. Bg4 Qe7 36. Bf5 Kg7 37. Qg4+ Kh8 38. Be6 Rg5 39. Qf4 Kg7 40. Bf5 Kh8 41. Qd2 Rg8 42. Re3 Kg7 43. Rf3 Rf8 44. Rf4 Kf7 45. Rh4 Rh8 46. Rxh7+ Rxh7 47. Bxh7 Ke8 48. Qh6 Qe5 49. Bg6+ Kd8 50. Qh8+ Kc7 51. Bf5 1-0

[Event "New Caledonia-ch"]
[Site "Noumea"]
[Date "2011.09.07"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Black "Veu, Michel"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B28"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[PlyCount "105"]
[EventDate "2011.09.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 a6 3. c3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nf5 d6 7. Ne3 Nf6 8. Bd3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Be4 Nf6 11. Bxc6+ bxc6 12. Qxd8+ Kxd8 13. Nc4 Bc5 14. Bg5 Kc7 15. Nbd2 Ng4 16. Ne4 Bf8 17. f3 f6 18. fxg4 fxg5 19. Nxe5 Be7 20. 0-0 Be6 21. c4 Rhf8 22. Rxf8 Rxf8 23. b3 Rf4 24. Re1 Bb4 25. Nxg5 Bc8 26. Nd3 Bxe1 27. Nxf4 Bxg4 28. Nxh7 Bc3 29. Ng5 a5 30. Nf3 Bf5 31. Ne2 Bb2 32. Nd2 c5 33. Kf2 Kd6 34. Ke3 Bc1 35. Ng3 Bb1 36. Ne2 Bxd2+ 37. Kxd2 Bxa2 38. Kc2 a4 39. Nc1 axb3+ 40. Nxb3 Ke5 41. Kb2 Bxb3 42. Kxb3 Kd4 43. h4 Kd3 44. h5 Kd4 45. g4 Ke5 46. g5 Kf5 47. h6 gxh6 48. gxh6 Kg6 49. Ka4 Kxh6 50. Kb5 Kg6 51. Kxc5 Kf7 52. Kd6 Ke8 53. Kc7 1-0

[Event "New Caledonia-ch"]
[Site "Noumea"]
[Date "2011.09.06"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Black "Jones, Lee"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "2112"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2011.09.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. d4 Nxd5 4. Bd3 g6 5. h3 Bg7 6. Nf3 c5 7. c3 0-0 8. 0-0 Nd7 9. a3 Qc7 10. Re1 Re8 11. Be3 b6 12. Qd2 Bb7 13. Bh6 Bh8 14. c4 N5f6 15. d5 b5 16. Nc3 a6 17. b3 Nb6 18. Rad1 Rad8 19. Qc2 Nh5 20. Ne2 bxc4 21. bxc4 e6 22. Nc3 exd5 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Nxd5 Nxd5 25. cxd5 Bxd5 26. Bxg6 hxg6 27. Rxd5 c4 28. Be3 c3 29. Rc5 Qd6 30. Ra5 Ng3 31. Qa4 Ne2+ 32. Kh1 Rb8 33. g4 Rc8 34. Kg2 c2 35. Rxa6 Qd5 36. Ra5 Qd1 37. Rc5 Rxc5 38. Qe8+ Kg7 39. Bxc5 Nf4+ 40. Kg3 Ne6 41. Ne5 Qg1+ 42. Kf3 Ng5+ 43. Kf4 c1Q+ 44. Be3 0-1

[Event "New Caledonia-ch"]
[Site "Noumea"]
[Date "2011.09.06"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Weller, Tony"]
[Black "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1889"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[PlyCount "124"]
[EventDate "2011.09.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. c3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 d6 6. 0-0 Nbd7 7. Nbd2 e6 8. b3 Be7 9. Bb2 0-0 10. Rc1 b5 11. c4 a6 12. Re1 Ne4 13. Nxe4 Bxe4 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. b4 Nd7 16. cxb5 axb5 17. a3 Qb6 18. Qd4 Qxd4 19. Nxd4 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Bf6 21. Rc7 Nb6 22. e3 Nc4 23. Bc1 Bxd4 24. exd4 d5 25. Rb7 Rfb8 26. Rxb8+ Rxb8 27. Re2 Rc8 28. Ra2 Nb6 29. Bf4 Rc4 30. Bd6 Na4 31. Bc5 h5 32. Re2 Rc3 33. Re3 Rxe3 34. fxe3 f6 35. Kf3 Kf7 36. e4 Nc3 37. exd5 exd5 38. h3 Ke6 39. g4 h4 40. Bf8 g5 41. Bc5 Nb1 42. Bf8 Nxa3 43. Bc5 Nb1 44. Bb6 Kf7 45. Bd8 Kg6 46. Be7 Nd2+ 47. Ke2 Nc4 48. Kf3 Kf7 49. Bd8 Nd6 50. Ke3 Ne8 51. Kf3 Ng7 52. Bb6 Ne6 53. Kg2 f5 54. gxf5 Nf4+ 55. Kf3 Nxh3 56. Kg4 Ng1 57. Bc7 h3 58. Be5 Ke7 59. Kg3 h2 60. Kg2 Nf3 61. Kh1 Nxe5 62. dxe5 d4 0-1

[Event "New Caledonia-ch"]
[Site "Noumea"]
[Date "2011.09.05"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Lamata, Telly"]
[Black "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C50"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2011.09.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nc6 2. Nf3 e5 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bc5 5. 0-0 d6 6. h3 Be6 7. Bxe6 fxe6 8. d3 Qd7 9. Na4 Bb6 10. c3 h6 11. Re1 g5 12. Nxb6 axb6 13. Nh2 Qf7 14. d4 0-0-0 15. f3 Rdg8 16. Ng4 h5 17. Nxf6 Qxf6 18. d5 Ne7 19. Rf1 Qg6 20. g4 hxg4 21. hxg4 exd5 22. exd5 Qh7 23. Kf2 Qh2+ 24. Ke1 Qg3+ 25. Kd2 Rh2+ 26. Kd3 Rf8 27. c4 e4+ 28. Kxe4 Qe5+ 29. Kd3 b5 30. Re1 Qg7 31. Be3 bxc4+ 32. Kxc4 Qxb2 33. Qa4 Rc2+ 34. Kd3 Nxd5 35. Qa8+ Kd7 36. Qxf8 Qc3+ 37. Ke4 Qe5+ 38. Kd3 Nb4# 0-1

[Event "New Caledonia-ch"]
[Site "Noumea"]
[Date "2011.09.04"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Beilli, Dominique"]
[Black "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2011.09.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Bd3 c6 6. Nge2 Bg4 7. 0-0 e6 8. h3 Bf5 9. Re1 Bb4 10. Bxf5 Qxf5 11. a3 Bxc3 12. Nxc3 Nbd7 13. Qe2 0-0 14. Ne4 Nxe4 15. Qxe4 Qxe4 16. Rxe4 b5 17. a4 a6 18. a5 c5 19. dxc5 Nxc5 20. Re2 Rac8 21. Be3 Ne4 22. Bd4 Nd6 23. b4 Nf5 24. Bc5 Rfd8 25. Ra3 Nd6 26. Rd3 Nc4 27. Rxd8+ Rxd8 28. c3 Rd5 29. f4 h5 30. Kf2 Rd3 31. Bd4 g6 32. Rc2 Rd1 33. Ke2 Rb1 34. Ra2 Kf8 35. Rc2 Ke7 36. Kf3 Kd6 37. Re2 Kd5 38. Bf6 Rd1 39. Bd4 Nd2+ 40. Ke3 Ne4 41. Kf3 f5 42. Rc2 Kc4 43. Ke2 Rd3 44. Be5 Rg3 45. Kd1 Nxc3+ 46. Kc1 Kxb4 47. Rb2+ Kc4 0-1

[Event "New Caledonia-ch"]
[Site "Noumea"]
[Date "2011.09.04"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Black "Kerriou, Gilles"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A11"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[BlackElo "1974"]
[PlyCount "68"]
[EventDate "2011.09.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. Qa4 Bd7 7. Qb3 Rc8 8. 0-0 Na5 9. Qd3 Nc6 10. Nc3 e6 11. a3 Be7 12. b4 h5 13. Bb2 Ng4 14. Nb5 Nf6 15. Rac1 a6 16. Nbd4 h4 17. Nxc6 Bxc6 18. Ne5 Bb5 19. Qe3 Rxc1 20. Rxc1 Bd6 21. d3 Qb8 22. g4 Nd7 23. f4 g5 24. Nxd7 Kxd7 25. Bxh8 Bxf4 26. Qc5 Bxc1 27. Bf6 Qf4 28. Qe7+ Kc6 29. Qc5+ Kd7 30. Qe7+ Kc6 31. Bf3 h3 32. Qc5+ Kd7 33. Qe7+ Kc6 34. Qc5+ Kd7 1/2-1/2

[Event "New Caledonia-ch"]
[Site "Noumea"]
[Date "2011.09.03"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Black "Petre, Rene"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "2043"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2011.09.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. h3 Nc6 6. c3 e5 7. dxe5 Nxe5 8. Bb5+ Nc6 9. Nf3 Be7 10. Ne5 Qb6 11. Qe2 0-0 12. Be3 Bc5 13. Bxc5 Qxc5 14. Bxc6 bxc6 15. 0-0 Re8 16. Nd2 a5 17. Rfe1 Bf5 18. Qf3 Be4 19. Qf4 Rad8 20. Rad1 Bc2 21. Rc1 Be4 22. Ng4 Nxg4 23. Qxg4 Qb6 24. b3 Bg6 25. Qd4 Qc7 26. c4 Rxe1+ 27. Rxe1 f6 28. c5 Kf8 29. f4 Re8 30. Rxe8+ Kxe8 31. Kf2 Be4 32. g3 Bf5 33. g4 Be4 34. Qe3 Qe7 35. a3 Kd7 36. b4 axb4 37. axb4 Bc2 38. Qxe7+ Kxe7 39. Ke3 g6 40. h4 f5 41. g5 Ke6 42. Nf3 Ba4 43. Nd4+ Kf7 44. Kd3 Ke7 45. Kc3 Kf7 46. Kb2 Ke7 47. Ka3 Bd1 48. Nxc6+ Kd7 49. b5 Be2 50. Kb4 Bf1 51. Nd4 Ke7 52. b6 1-0

[Event "New Caledonia-ch"]
[Site "Noumea"]
[Date "2011.09.03"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Macar, Georges"]
[Black "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A30"]
[BlackElo "2043"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2011.09.03"]
[EventType "tourn"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "AUS"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 144 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2011.10.28"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 b6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Bb7 4. g3 Nf6 5. Bg2 e6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. e3 0-0 8. d4 d6 9. a3 Nbd7 10. b4 a6 11. bxc5 bxc5 12. Rb1 Rb8 13. Na4 Bxf3 14. Rxb8 Bxd1 15. Rxd8 Bxa4 16. Rxf8+ Kxf8 17. d5 Bb3 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Bd2 Bxc4 20. Rb1 d5 21. Rb7 Bb5 22. Ra7 Nb8 23. Bh3 Kf7 24. Bf1 c4 25. Rc7 Nfd7 26. Bb4 Bxb4 27. axb4 Ke7 28. Bh3 Nc6 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT2C 0506"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2005.12.20"]
[Round "3.8"]
[White "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Black "Garrel, Alain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2030"]
[BlackElo "2149"]
[PlyCount "58"]
[EventDate "2005.10.27"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qd6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. d4 Bg4 6. Nge2 Nbd7 7. f3 Bf5 8. a3 a6 9. Bf4 Qb6 10. Bb3 e6 11. Qd2 Bd6 12. Be3 0-0-0 13. 0-0-0 Kb8 14. Ng3 Bg6 15. Rhe1 Qa5 16. Qf2 Bxa3 17. d5 Qxc3 18. bxa3 exd5 19. Bd4 Qa5 20. Bb2 Nb6 21. Qd4 Rhe8 22. Ne2 c5 23. Qf4+ Ka8 24. Qd2 Qxd2+ 25. Rxd2 d4 26. Red1 Nfd5 27. Nxd4 c4 28. Ne2 cxb3 29. c4 Rc8 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT2C 0506"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2005.11.19"]
[Round "2.8"]
[White "Daubas, Bernard"]
[Black "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A50"]
[WhiteElo "1860"]
[BlackElo "2030"]
[PlyCount "54"]
[EventDate "2005.10.27"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. Nc3 Bb7 4. d5 e6 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bd3 0-0 7. Bg5 exd5 8. exd5 Re8+ 9. Nge2 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 c6 11. 0-0 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Bc2 cxd5 14. cxd5 Qe5 15. Re1 Qxd5 16. Qxd5 Bxd5 17. Nf4 Be6 18. Re3 Na6 19. Rae1 Nc5 20. Nd5 Rac8 21. f4 Kf8 22. c4 Bxd5 23. cxd5 Rxe3 24. Rxe3 Re8 25. Rc3 Re2 26. Bb3 Rd2 27. Bc4 Rd1+ 0-1

[Event "Fincas Mediterranea 2nd"]
[Site "Castelldefels"]
[Date "2005.08.25"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Colom Andres, Xavier"]
[Black "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D93"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2005.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 0-0 6. Rc1 c6 7. Nf3 Nh5 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 g5 10. Bg3 Nxg3 11. hxg3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. Qc2 Nf6 14. Ne5 Nd5 15. Rd1 Be6 16. e4 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Qd6 18. Bxe6 Qxe6 19. Nf3 Rad8 20. e5 f5 21. 0-0 Rd7 22. Nd2 Rfd8 23. Nb3 b6 24. f4 g4 25. Rd2 a5 26. Rfd1 Kf7 27. a4 Kg6 28. c4 Bf8 29. d5 Qg8 30. Nd4 e6 31. Nxe6 1-0

[Event "Fincas Mediterranea 2nd"]
[Site "Castelldefels"]
[Date "2005.08.23"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Escobar Torres, Antonio"]
[Black "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A05"]
[WhiteElo "2095"]
[BlackElo "2015"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2005.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. b3 b6 3. Bb2 Bb7 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 c5 6. 0-0 d5 7. d3 Nbd7 8. Nbd2 Be7 9. Re1 0-0 10. e4 dxe4 11. dxe4 Qc7 12. e5 Nd5 13. h4 Rad8 14. Qe2 Nb4 15. Ne4 c4 16. a3 Bxe4 17. Qxe4 c3 18. Bc1 Nd5 19. Ng5 Bxg5 20. Bxg5 Rde8 21. Rad1 f6 22. exf6 N7xf6 23. Qe2 h6 24. Bc1 Qf7 25. Rd3 Qg6 26. Bh3 e5 27. Bg2 e4 28. Rd4 Qf5 29. Red1 e3 30. f4 Nc7 31. R1d3 Nb5 32. Rc4 Ne4 33. Bxe3 Nxa3 34. g4 Qh7 35. Rcd4 Ng3 36. Qf3 Nxc2 37. Qxg3 Nxd4 38. Bxd4 c2 39. Bb2 Re1+ 40. Qxe1 Qxd3 41. Qe6+ Kh8 42. Qxh6+ Qh7 1-0

[Event "Fincas Mediterranea 2nd"]
[Site "Castelldefels"]
[Date "2005.08.20"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Black "Hernando Rodrigo, Julio Antonio"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[BlackElo "2371"]
[PlyCount "126"]
[EventDate "2005.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. d4 Nf6 5. Be2 c6 6. Nf3 Bf5 7. 0-0 Nbd7 8. Bf4 e6 9. a3 Be7 10. b4 Qd8 11. Nh4 Be4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Nf3 Nc3 14. Qd2 Nxe2+ 15. Qxe2 0-0 16. Rfd1 Nb6 17. c4 a5 18. Bd2 axb4 19. axb4 Bf6 20. Rxa8 Qxa8 21. Bf4 Qa4 22. Bd6 Ra8 23. Bc5 Nxc4 24. Rc1 Qa2 25. Kf1 Qxe2+ 26. Kxe2 Ra2+ 27. Kd3 b5 28. Rc2 Ra3+ 29. Ke2 h5 30. Nd2 Nxd2 31. Kxd2 g5 32. h3 g4 33. hxg4 hxg4 34. Ke2 Kg7 35. f3 Kg6 36. Bb6 Rb3 37. Bc5 Kf5 38. Ra2 g3 39. Rc2 e5 40. dxe5 Bxe5 41. Bf8 Bc3 42. Bd6 Bxb4 43. Bxb4 Rxb4 44. Rxc6 Rb2+ 45. Ke3 Kg5 46. f4+ Kg4 47. Rf6 Rxg2 48. Rxf7 Rf2 49. Rg7+ Kh3 50. Rh7+ Kg2 51. Rb7 Rb2 52. f5 b4 53. f6 Rf2 54. Rxb4 Rxf6 55. Re4 Kh2 56. Rh4+ Kg1 57. Ke2 g2 58. Rh8 Re6+ 59. Kd2 Re5 60. Rh7 Kf2 61. Rf7+ Kg3 62. Rg7+ Kf3 63. Rg8 Re4 0-1

[Event "Fincas Mediterranea 2nd"]
[Site "Castelldefels"]
[Date "2005.08.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Black "Hernando Rodrigo, Jose Maria"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[BlackElo "2351"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2005.08.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "ESP"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Qxd5 3. Nc3 Qa5 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. h3 a6 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 Bb7 8. Nf3 c5 9. dxc5 e6 10. 0-0 Bxc5 11. Bg5 Nbd7 12. Qe2 0-0 13. a3 Qc7 14. Rad1 Bxa3 15. Nxb5 axb5 16. bxa3 Rxa3 17. Bc1 Raa8 18. Rfe1 Nc5 19. Qxb5 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Nxb3 21. Qxb3 Rfc8 22. Re2 Nd5 23. c4 Rab8 24. Qd3 Qxc4 25. Qxc4 Rxc4 26. Rb2 Rxb2 27. Bxb2 f6 28. Bd4 Nf4 29. Kh2 Kf7 30. Be3 Nd5 31. Kg2 Kg6 32. Kg3 Ne7 33. f4 Nd5 34. Kf3 Kf5 35. Rg1 g5 36. Rd1 h5 37. h4 Nxf4 0-1

[Event "Nice op 21st"]
[Site "Nice"]
[Date "2005.08.04"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Black "Marholev, Dimitar"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C60"]
[WhiteElo "2015"]
[BlackElo "2423"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2005.08.01"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 107 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. 0-0 Bg7 5. Re1 a6 6. Bc4 d6 7. h3 Nf6 8. d3 0-0 9. a4 h6 10. Be3 d5 11. exd5 Nxd5 12. Bd2 b6 13. Nc3 Nde7 14. Rb1 Bb7 15. b4 Nf5 16. b5 axb5 17. axb5 Ncd4 18. Nxe5 Nh4 19. Nc6 Nxc6 20. bxc6 Bxc6 21. Ne4 Kh8 22. Qc1 Nxg2 23. Kxg2 f5 24. Bxh6 fxe4 25. Bxg7+ Kxg7 26. dxe4 Qh4 27. Qe3 Rae8 28. f3 Re5 29. Bf1 Rg5+ 30. Kh1 Qg3 31. Rb3 Rxf3 32. Qd4+ 0-1

[Event "Stuttgart-chA int"]
[Site "Ditzingen"]
[Date "2005.05.08"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Kubannek, Fabian"]
[Black "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1635"]
[BlackElo "2041"]
[PlyCount "16"]
[EventDate "2005.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 b5 3. c3 e6 4. Bf4 Be7 5. e3 a6 6. h3 0-0 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. 0-0 c5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stuttgart-chA int"]
[Site "Ditzingen"]
[Date "2005.05.07"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Black "Willems, Sebastian"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B01"]
[WhiteElo "2041"]
[BlackElo "1739"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2005.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. dxc6 Nxc6 5. Nf3 e5 6. d3 Bf5 7. Nc3 Be7 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. Qb3 Rb8 11. Rd1 0-0 12. Be2 Qa5 13. 0-0 g5 14. Nd5 Bg7 15. h3 Be6 16. Nc3 Rfd8 17. Qb5 Qc7 18. a3 a6 19. Qa4 f5 20. Qc2 Bf6 21. Nh2 Nd4 22. Qb1 Bg7 23. Bf3 Nxf3+ 24. Nxf3 Bf7 25. Rd2 Rd7 26. Qd1 Rbd8 27. Re1 Qa5 28. Qe2 e4 29. dxe4 Rxd2 30. Nxd2 Bxc3 31. bxc3 Qxc3 32. Nb1 Qxc4 33. Qxc4 Bxc4 34. exf5 Rd3 35. Kh2 b5 36. g4 a5 37. Re3 b4 38. axb4 axb4 39. Rxd3 Bxd3 40. Nd2 Kf7 41. Kg3 Kf6 42. Kf3 Bb5 43. Ke3 Ke5 44. Nf3+ Kf6 45. Ne1 Bf1 46. Nd3 b3 47. f3 Bxh3 48. Kd2 h5 49. Nf2 hxg4 50. fxg4 Bxg4 51. Nxg4+ Kxf5 52. Nh6+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Stuttgart-chA int"]
[Site "Ditzingen"]
[Date "2005.05.07"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Kohler, Manuel"]
[Black "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "1835"]
[BlackElo "2041"]
[PlyCount "127"]
[EventDate "2005.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. d4 b5 3. e3 b4 4. c4 bxc3 5. Nxc3 e6 6. Bd3 c5 7. 0-0 Nc6 8. a3 a5 9. Re1 Be7 10. Ne4 Nxe4 11. Bxe4 d5 12. Bc2 Ba6 13. Ba4 Qb6 14. Ne5 Bb7 15. dxc5 Bxc5 16. Qf3 Qc7 17. Qg3 Bd6 18. f4 0-0 19. Ng4 Be7 20. Bd2 f5 21. Bxc6 Bxc6 22. Ne5 Qb7 23. Rac1 Bb5 24. Rc3 a4 25. Rec1 Rac8 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. Rxc8+ Qxc8 28. Qe1 Qc2 29. Qc1 Qxc1+ 30. Bxc1 Kf8 31. Kf2 g5 32. g3 g4 33. Bd2 Ke8 34. Bc3 Kd8 35. Ke1 Kc7 36. Bd4 Kb7 37. Kd2 Ka6 38. Kc3 Be8 39. Nd3 Kb5 40. Ne5 Bd8 41. Nd3 Ba5+ 42. Nb4 Bd7 43. Ba7 Bc8 44. Bd4 Bd7 45. Ba7 Bc7 46. Bd4 Ka5 47. Bc5 Bb5 48. Bd4 Bf1 49. Bc5 Kb5 50. Bd4 Bg2 51. Ba7 Be4 52. Bd4 Bb1 53. Bf6 h5 54. Bd4 Bd8 55. Ba7 h4 56. Bd4 hxg3 57. hxg3 Bh4 58. gxh4 g3 59. e4 dxe4 60. h5 g2 61. h6 e5 62. fxe5 e3 63. Bxe3 f4 64. Bf2 1-0

[Event "Stuttgart-chA int"]
[Site "Ditzingen"]
[Date "2005.05.06"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Black "Glueck, Ulrich"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2041"]
[BlackElo "1904"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2005.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Na3 Bg4 6. Be2 Nf6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nb5 Rc8 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. cxd4 b5 11. 0-0 e6 12. Qd3 Qc4 13. Qe3 Qd5 14. a4 bxa4 15. Rxa4 a5 16. Bd2 Bb4 17. Bxb4 axb4 18. Rxb4 0-0 19. Rb5 Qd6 20. Rc5 Nd5 21. Qa3 Nf4 22. Ba6 Ra8 23. Ra5 Qc6 24. d5 Qb6 25. Ne5 Be2 26. Ra1 Bxa6 27. Rxa6 Rxa6 28. Qxa6 Qxb2 29. Ng4 Qb8 30. d6 Rd8 31. h3 h6 32. Qc6 Ne2+ 33. Kh1 Nd4 34. Qe4 Nf5 35. Rb1 Qc8 36. Qd3 Qd7 37. Rd1 Rb8 38. Ne5 Qa4 39. d7 Rd8 40. Rc1 Ne7 41. Qd6 Nd5 42. Rc8 Qa5 43. Rxd8+ Qxd8 44. Nc6 1-0

[Event "Stuttgart-chA int"]
[Site "Ditzingen"]
[Date "2005.05.06"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Zikeli, Saskia"]
[Black "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B04"]
[WhiteElo "1935"]
[BlackElo "2041"]
[PlyCount "107"]
[EventDate "2005.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. e5 Nd5 3. d4 d6 4. c4 Nb6 5. exd6 cxd6 6. h3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. Be2 0-0 9. 0-0 Nc6 10. Nc3 e5 11. d5 Ne7 12. Nd2 h6 13. Rb1 Bf5 14. Nce4 Rc8 15. b3 Bxe4 16. Nxe4 f5 17. Nd2 Nd7 18. Ba3 Nf6 19. b4 b6 20. Qb3 Kh7 21. Rfd1 g5 22. Rbc1 Qd7 23. Nf1 Rfd8 24. c5 bxc5 25. bxc5 Rb8 26. Qc4 dxc5 27. d6 Nc6 28. Qxc5 Nd4 29. Bd3 Ne8 30. Qa5 Nxd6 31. Rc7 Qe6 32. Qxa7 Ne8 33. Re7 Ra8 34. Qxa8 Qxe7 35. Qa5 Qf6 36. Bxf5+ Kh8 37. Bd3 Nd6 38. Ng3 Rf8 39. Qe1 Ra8 40. Qb4 Rf8 41. Qe1 Rd8 42. Rb1 Ne6 43. Bxd6 Rxd6 44. Ne4 Qd8 45. Nxd6 Qxd6 46. Qe4 Kg8 47. Qh7+ Kf8 48. Qf5+ Ke8 49. Bc4 Nd8 50. Bb3 Qf6 51. Qd3 Bf8 52. Qb5+ Ke7 53. Rd1 Qf5 54. Ba4 1-0

[Event "Stuttgart-chA int"]
[Site "Ditzingen"]
[Date "2005.05.05"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Black "Meinecke, Klaus Hinrich"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[WhiteElo "2041"]
[BlackElo "1897"]
[PlyCount "74"]
[EventDate "2005.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 dxe5 5. Nxe5 a6 6. Qa4+ Nfd7 7. Bc4 e6 8. 0-0 Bd6 9. d4 0-0 10. Bf4 b5 11. Bxb5 Nb6 12. Qb3 axb5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Rd1 Qe8 15. Nd2 Bb7 16. c4 f6 17. Nef3 bxc4 18. Nxc4 Bxf3 19. Qxf3 Qc6 20. Qxc6 Nxc6 21. Nxb6 Bxb6 22. Rd6 Nd4 23. Rxb6 Ne2+ 24. Kf1 Nxf4 25. a4 Rfb8 26. Rxb8+ Rxb8 27. a5 Rxb2 28. a6 Rb8 29. Ke1 Nxg2+ 30. Kd2 Nf4 31. Kc3 Kf7 32. Kc4 Ke7 33. a7 Ra8 34. Kb5 Kd7 35. Kb6 Nd5+ 36. Kb7 f5 37. Kxa8 Kc8 0-1

[Event "Stuttgart-chA int"]
[Site "Ditzingen"]
[Date "2005.05.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Vuckovic, Aleksandar"]
[Black "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C06"]
[WhiteElo "2328"]
[BlackElo "2041"]
[PlyCount "81"]
[EventDate "2005.05.05"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "7"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2018"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2017.10.13"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ne2 Qb6 8. Nf3 f5 9. 0-0 Be7 10. Nf4 Nf8 11. Re1 Bd7 12. Bxf5 0-0-0 13. Bg4 g6 14. dxc5 Qc7 15. Nd3 h5 16. Bh3 Nh7 17. Nd4 Nxd4 18. cxd4 g5 19. Qxh5 g4 20. Qxg4 Rdg8 21. Qe2 Nf8 22. Bg4 Bb5 23. Rd1 Bh4 24. Bf4 Qg7 25. h3 Qf7 26. Be3 Ng6 27. Qf3 Qd7 28. Nf4 Nxf4 29. Bxf4 Rf8 30. Qe3 Qf7 31. Bg3 Bd8 32. a4 Be8 33. b4 Rhg8 34. b5 Rxg4 35. hxg4 Rh8 36. f3 Qh7 37. Kf2 Bh4 38. Bxh4 Qxh4+ 39. Ke2 Qg3 40. Rg1 Rh2 41. Qf2 1-0

[Event "Metz op 23rd"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2005.04.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bronznik, Valerij"]
[Black "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "D35"]
[WhiteElo "2389"]
[BlackElo "2041"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2005.04.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. e3 0-0 7. Bd3 b6 8. Bxf6 Bxf6 9. Qh5 g6 10. Qxd5 Qxd5 11. Nxd5 Bd8 12. Nxc7 Bb7 13. Nxa8 Bxg2 14. f3 Bxh1 15. Ke2 g5 16. Nh3 Bg2 17. Nxg5 Bxg5 18. Rg1 Bd8 19. Rxg2+ Kh8 20. Kf1 Nc6 21. Be4 Nb8 22. Rc2 f5 23. Bd5 Na6 24. a3 Re8 25. Rc8 1-0

[Event "Metz op 23rd"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2005.04.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Black "Alexieva, Silvia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2041"]
[BlackElo "2381"]
[PlyCount "102"]
[EventDate "2005.04.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. d4 cxd4 6. cxd4 d6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8. Bb3 N8d7 9. 0-0 dxe5 10. dxe5 Nc5 11. Qxd8+ Kxd8 12. Rd1+ Bd7 13. Bc2 Nd5 14. Ng5 Ke8 15. a3 h6 16. Ne4 Na4 17. Bb3 Bc6 18. Bxd5 Bxd5 19. Nbc3 Nxc3 20. Nxc3 Bb3 21. Rd3 Bc4 22. Rd1 f5 23. exf6 gxf6 24. Ne4 Ke7 25. Be3 Bd5 26. f3 Rg8 27. Kf2 f5 28. Nc5 Bg7 29. Bd4 Bxd4+ 30. Rxd4 Rac8 31. Rc1 b6 32. Nd3 Rxc1 33. Nxc1 Rc8 34. Nd3 Rc2+ 35. Ke3 Rxg2 36. Rh4 Kd6 37. Rxh6 Bc4 38. Rh7 a5 39. b4 a4 40. Rh4 Bb5 41. Rd4+ Ke7 42. Ne5 Rxh2 43. Nc4 Ra2 44. f4 Kf6 45. Nxb6 Rxa3+ 46. Kd2 Rf3 47. Nc4 a3 48. Kc2 Bc6 49. Nd2 a2 50. Kb2 Ra3 51. Ka1 Bd5 0-1

[Event "Metz op 23rd"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2005.04.17"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Black "Dziuba, Marcin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[WhiteElo "2041"]
[BlackElo "2429"]
[PlyCount "49"]
[EventDate "2005.04.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 105 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.05.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. Qb3 e6 6. Na3 Rb8 7. Qc4 d6 8. exd6 Bxd6 9. d4 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Bxa3 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. bxa3 0-0 13. Bd3 e5 14. 0-0 Qd6 15. Qh4 f5 16. c4 Nc3 17. Bc2 Ne2+ 18. Kh1 Nd4 19. Rd1 c5 20. Bg5 Bb7 21. Ba4 Qg6 22. Rg1 Nf3 23. gxf3 Bxf3+ 24. Rg2 h6 25. Be7 0-1

[Event "Metz op 23rd"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Black "Dubuisson, Thomas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "2041"]
[BlackElo "1926"]
[PlyCount "39"]
[EventDate "2005.04.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Bd6 5. Nc3 Ne7 6. Qh5 Be6 7. Nge2 Nd7 8. Bg5 Nf6 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. 0-0-0 Ng6 11. Nxd5 c6 12. Ndc3 Qb6 13. Qf3 0-0-0 14. Qxf6 Be7 15. Qf3 Nh4 16. Qe4 Bg5+ 17. f4 Bf5 18. Qe3 Bxd3 19. Qxd3 Bh6 20. Qh3+ 1-0

[Event "Metz op 23rd"]
[Site "Metz"]
[Date "2005.??.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Papini, Emmanuel"]
[Black "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "1870"]
[BlackElo "2041"]
[PlyCount "90"]
[EventDate "2005.04.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. c3 Qb6 5. f4 Bd7 6. Nf3 Nh6 7. Bd3 Bb5 8. Bxb5+ Qxb5 9. Na3 Qd7 10. Qb3 Nc6 11. Be3 Nf5 12. Bf2 b6 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Qd1 h5 15. 0-0 Rb8 16. Rb1 Be7 17. Qe2 0-0 18. Nc2 Qc7 19. Ne3 Nxe3 20. Bxe3 Qa5 21. a3 Rfd8 22. Rfd1 Qa4 23. Qf2 a5 24. Bxc5 Bxc5 25. Qxc5 Rxb2 26. Rxb2 Qxd1+ 27. Kf2 Qa4 28. Rb7 Rc8 29. Qd6 Qc2+ 30. Kg3 Qxc3 31. Rc7 Rxc7 32. Qxc7 Nd4 33. Qd8+ Kh7 34. Qg5 Nf5+ 35. Kh3 Qe3 36. Qxh5+ Kg8 37. g3 g6 38. Qg4 Nh6 39. Qg5 Qxf3 40. Qxh6 Qxa3 41. Qg5 Qf8 42. Qg4 Qh6+ 43. Kg2 Qh5 44. Qg5 Qxg5 45. fxg5 a4 0-1

[Event "FRA-chT2 0405"]
[Site "France"]
[Date "2004.10.10"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Black "Desboeufs, Michael"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C02"]
[WhiteElo "2021"]
[BlackElo "2153"]
[PlyCount "55"]
[EventDate "2004.10.10"]
[EventType "team"]
[EventRounds "11"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2006"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2005.11.24"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. c3 e6 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. e5 Qb6 7. Nc3 Bd7 8. Be2 Nge7 9. 0-0 Nf5 10. Na4 Qa5 11. Bd2 Nb4 12. Nc3 Qb6 13. a3 Nc6 14. Na4 Qc7 15. Rc1 Be7 16. b4 a6 17. Nc5 0-0 18. Bf4 Rfc8 19. Qd2 Be8 20. Rc2 Qb6 21. Rfc1 a5 22. Na4 Qd8 23. b5 Na7 24. Rxc8 Rxc8 25. Rxc8 Nxc8 26. Qc3 h6 27. Nb2 Na7 28. a4 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch opB"]
[Site "Val d'Isere"]
[Date "2004.08.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Bornhauser, Eric"]
[Black "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "1910"]
[BlackElo "1850"]
[PlyCount "111"]
[EventDate "2004.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 e6 7. h4 h6 8. Ne5 Ne7 9. Nxg6 Nxg6 10. h5 Ne7 11. c3 Nd7 12. Qb3 Qc7 13. Rh4 Nd5 14. Ne4 Be7 15. Rh3 0-0-0 16. Bd2 N7f6 17. Nxf6 Bxf6 18. 0-0-0 Nf4 19. Rh1 Rd5 20. g3 Nxh5 21. Bc4 Ra5 22. Be2 g6 23. Rh3 Ng7 24. Rxh6 Rxh6 25. Bxh6 Bg5+ 26. Bxg5 Rxg5 27. Rh1 Qd8 28. Rh7 Qg8 29. Rh2 Nf5 30. Qd1 Nd6 31. Qh1 Qg7 32. Rh8+ Kc7 33. Qh7 Qxh7 34. Rxh7 Rf5 35. f4 Kd7 36. Bd3 Rf6 37. Kd2 Nf5 38. g4 Ne7 39. f5 gxf5 40. gxf5 Nxf5 41. Rh8 Rh6 42. Ra8 Rh2+ 43. Kc1 Nd6 44. Rxa7 f5 45. c4 Kc7 46. Ra5 Rh4 47. c5 Nf7 48. Ra4 Ng5 49. Kd2 f4 50. Rb4 Rh2+ 51. Ke1 f3 52. Rb3 f2+ 53. Kf1 Nf3 54. Ke2 Nxd4+ 55. Kf1 Nxb3 56. axb3 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch opB"]
[Site "Val d'Isere"]
[Date "2004.08.??"]
[Round "3"]
[White "Delaruelle, Christian"]
[Black "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B13"]
[WhiteElo "1950"]
[BlackElo "1850"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2004.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nf3 Nc6 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. Be3 e6 8. c5 Be7 9. Bd3 0-0 10. a3 e5 11. Be2 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 e4 13. Be2 Qd7 14. 0-0 Ne8 15. Rc1 f5 16. Nxd5 Kh8 17. Nxe7 Nxe7 18. f3 Nd5 19. Qd2 Nef6 20. Bc4 Rfe8 21. f4 Rad8 22. Rfd1 Qc7 23. b4 Ng4 24. Bxd5 Rxd5 25. h3 Nf6 26. Qe2 Rd7 27. Rc2 Nd5 28. Rf1 Red8 29. Rd2 Rf7 30. g3 Qd7 31. Rc1 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch opB"]
[Site "Val d'Isere"]
[Date "2004.08.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Black "Blot, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "1960"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2004.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. Be2 Bg7 5. Be3 c6 6. h3 Qa5 7. Qd2 e5 8. dxe5 dxe5 9. 0-0-0 0-0 10. Bg5 Be6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Kb1 Rd8 13. Qe3 Rxd1+ 14. Bxd1 b5 15. b3 Na6 16. Bg4 Bxg4 17. hxg4 Rd8 18. Nf3 b4 19. Na4 c5 20. g5 Bg7 21. Nb2 Qc7 22. Nh2 Qe7 23. Ng4 Nb8 24. Nf6+ Bxf6 25. gxf6 Qxf6 26. Qxc5 Nc6 27. Nd3 Re8 28. f3 a5 29. Nb2 Qe6 30. Rd1 Nd4 31. Qxa5 Qc6 32. Nc4 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch opB"]
[Site "Val d'Isere"]
[Date "2004.08.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Black "Deleva, Mathias"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C01"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "1750"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2004.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 exd5 4. Bd3 Nf6 5. Ne2 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. 0-0 Be7 8. Re1 0-0 9. Nd2 a5 10. Nf1 b5 11. Be3 Qb6 12. Qd2 Re8 13. f3 Bd7 14. Kh1 b4 15. Rac1 a4 16. Bb1 Rab8 17. c4 cxd4 18. Nxd4 dxc4 19. Ne6 Qb7 20. Nxg7 Kxg7 21. Bh6+ Kh8 22. Rxe7 Rxe7 23. Qg5 Ne8 24. Bf8 f6 25. Qh5 Be6 26. Bxe7 Qxe7 27. Re1 Qf7 28. Qh4 Nc7 29. Ng3 Ne5 30. Nh5 Nd3 31. Nxf6 Rf8 32. Ne4 Qf4 33. Qe7 Bh3 34. Ng5 Bxg2+ 35. Kxg2 Qd2+ 36. Re2 Nf4+ 37. Kh1 Qc1+ 38. Re1 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch opB"]
[Site "Val d'Isere"]
[Date "2004.08.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Black "Marchand, Raphael"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C77"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "1870"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2004.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. Qe2 d6 8. c3 Bb6 9. a4 b4 10. Bxf7+ Kxf7 11. Qc4+ Ke7 12. Qxc6 Rb8 13. Qc4 Be6 14. Qe2 Qe8 15. h3 Qh5 16. d4 Rhf8 17. a5 Ba7 18. Nbd2 Rb5 19. c4 Rbb8 20. c5 exd4 21. cxd6+ cxd6 22. Qxa6 Bc5 23. Qd3 Bxh3 24. gxh3 Qxh3 25. Ne5 Qc8 26. Nec4 Nh5 27. Kh2 Nf4 28. Qg3 Qe6 29. Nf3 Ne2 30. Qh4+ Kd7 31. Ncd2 Rf6 32. Qh3 Rh6 33. Nh4 d5 34. Qxe6+ Kxe6 35. exd5+ Kxd5 36. Ndf3 Rh5 37. Bd2 Re8 38. a6 Kc6 39. Kg2 Ba7 40. Ra4 Rhe5 41. Rxb4 Ra5 42. Rc4+ Rc5 43. Rxc5+ Kxc5 44. Nf5 Kb5 45. Nd6+ 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch opB"]
[Site "Val d'Isere"]
[Date "2004.08.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Wagner, Bruno"]
[Black "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C10"]
[WhiteElo "1959"]
[BlackElo "1850"]
[PlyCount "75"]
[EventDate "2004.08.16"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2005"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.11.15"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. e4 e6 4. Bd3 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6 8. Bg5 Be7 9. Bd3 0-0 10. Qe2 c5 11. dxc5 Qa5+ 12. c3 Qxc5 13. 0-0 Bd7 14. Bxf6 Bxf6 15. Bxh7+ Kxh7 16. Qd3+ Kg8 17. Qxd7 Rfd8 18. Qa4 b5 19. Qe4 a5 20. Rfd1 b4 21. cxb4 axb4 22. Rdc1 Qa5 23. Rab1 Qxa2 24. Ne5 Qd5 25. Qxd5 Rxd5 26. Nc4 Ra2 27. Kf1 b3 28. Ke2 Kf8 29. Ra1 Bxb2 30. Rxa2 Bxc1 31. Ra8+ Ke7 32. Rb8 Rd4 33. Na5 Rd2+ 34. Ke1 b2 35. Rb7+ Kf6 36. Nc4 Rc2 37. Nd6 Bd2+ 38. Ke2 0-1

[Event "St Chely d'Aubrac op 4th"]
[Site "St Chely d'Aubrac"]
[Date "2004.07.24"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Rabineau, Clement"]
[Black "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C28"]
[WhiteElo "2135"]
[BlackElo "1850"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2004.07.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. f4 d6 4. Bc4 Be7 5. d3 0-0 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Ng4 8. Bd2 Na5 9. f5 c6 10. Ng5 Nxc4 11. dxc4 Nf6 12. Qf3 h6 13. h4 h5 14. 0-0-0 a6 15. Rdg1 Ng4 16. Nd1 d5 17. cxd5 cxd5 18. exd5 Qd7 19. Rf1 Bc5 20. Be3 Bxe3+ 21. Nxe3 e4 22. Nxe4 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Qxd5 24. Nc3 Qc6 25. f6 gxf6 26. Ne4 f5 27. Qg5+ Qg6 28. Nf6+ Kh8 29. Nxh5 Rg8 30. Nf4 Qxg5 31. hxg5+ Kg7 32. Rd1 b5 33. Rh6 Bb7 34. Rd7 Rgb8 35. Nh5+ Kg8 36. Nf6+ Kg7 37. Nh5+ Kg8 38. Nf6+ Kg7 39. Rh7+ Kg6 40. Rdxf7 Kxg5 41. Rhg7+ Kf4 42. Rxb7 Rh8 43. b3 Rh6 44. Nd5+ Ke5 45. Nb4 Rc8 46. Nd3+ Kd4 47. Kb2 Rcc6 48. Rgf7 Rh2 49. Rbd7+ 1-0

[Event "St Chely d'Aubrac op 4th"]
[Site "St Chely d'Aubrac"]
[Date "2004.07.23"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Black "Laine, Patrice"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B40"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "2070"]
[PlyCount "79"]
[EventDate "2004.07.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 d5 4. exd5 exd5 5. Be2 Nf6 6. 0-0 Be7 7. d4 0-0 8. Bf4 Nc6 9. Na3 Bf5 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. Nb5 a6 12. Nbd4 Be4 13. Qa4 Nxd4 14. cxd4 Bd6 15. Ne5 Rc8 16. Rac1 Qe7 17. Qb3 Rfd8 18. Qg3 Rc7 19. Bh6 Ne8 20. Bh5 f6 21. Bf7+ Kf8 22. Rxc7 Bxc7 23. f4 Bxe5 24. Bxg7+ Nxg7 25. fxe5 f5 26. e6 Rc8 27. h4 Rc2 28. Rf2 Qc7 29. Qg5 Rxf2 30. Kxf2 Qc2+ 31. Kg1 Qxg2+ 32. Qxg2 Bxg2 33. Kxg2 Ke7 34. Bg8 h6 35. Kf3 Nxe6 36. Bxe6 Kxe6 37. b4 b6 38. a4 a5 39. b5 Kf7 40. Kg3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Chely d'Aubrac op 4th"]
[Site "St Chely d'Aubrac"]
[Date "2004.07.22"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Corke, Anya Sun"]
[Black "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D61"]
[WhiteElo "2042"]
[BlackElo "1850"]
[PlyCount "134"]
[EventDate "2004.07.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 e6 6. e3 Be7 7. Qc2 a6 8. Rd1 0-0 9. Be2 h6 10. Bh4 Re8 11. 0-0 Qc7 12. Nd2 dxc4 13. Nxc4 b5 14. Bg3 Qa7 15. Nd6 Rd8 16. e4 c5 17. e5 Bxd6 18. dxc5 Qxc5 19. Rxd6 Nd5 20. Bf3 Bb7 21. Qd2 N7b6 22. Ne4 Qc7 23. Rxd8+ Rxd8 24. Nd6 Nc4 25. Qc1 Nxd6 26. Qxc7 Nxc7 27. exd6 Nd5 28. Rc1 f6 29. Rc5 Rd7 30. Kf1 Kf8 31. Ke2 Ke8 32. a3 Nb6 33. Bh5+ Kd8 34. Bg4 Bd5 35. Rc7 Rxc7 36. dxc7+ Kd7 37. Kd3 Na8 38. Kd4 Nxc7 39. Kc5 Na8 40. Bh3 h5 41. Bd6 g5 42. g3 Nc7 43. Bf1 Bb3 44. Be2 h4 45. Bf3 Nd5 46. Bxd5 exd5 47. gxh4 gxh4 48. Bf4 Ke6 49. Kd4 Kf5 50. Bd6 a5 51. Bc7 a4 52. Bd6 Bc4 53. Ke3 Kg4 54. Bc7 f5 55. Be5 Bb3 56. f3+ Kh3 57. Kf2 Bd1 58. Bf6 Bc2 59. Be5 Bd1 60. Bf6 Kxh2 61. Bxh4 d4 62. Bf6 d3 63. Ke3 Be2 64. f4 Kg2 65. Be5 Kf1 66. Kd2 Kf2 67. Bd6 Kf3 1/2-1/2

[Event "St Chely d'Aubrac op 4th"]
[Site "St Chely d'Aubrac"]
[Date "2004.07.21"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Black "Santo Roman, Marc"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B33"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "2403"]
[PlyCount "52"]
[EventDate "2004.07.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Qb6 5. Nb3 Qc7 6. Bd3 Nf6 7. 0-0 a6 8. a4 Nc6 9. Nc3 d6 10. Be3 Be7 11. a5 Nd7 12. f4 0-0 13. Kh1 Nc5 14. Bxc5 dxc5 15. e5 c4 16. Bxc4 Nxe5 17. fxe5 Qxc4 18. Ra4 Qc7 19. Qh5 Bd7 20. Rg4 f5 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. Ne4 Bxb2 23. Rd1 Qxc2 24. Rh4 h6 25. Nbc5 Rf5 26. Qg4 Rf4 0-1

[Event "St Chely d'Aubrac op 4th"]
[Site "St Chely d'Aubrac"]
[Date "2004.07.20"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Tholey, Jean Paul"]
[Black "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D52"]
[WhiteElo "2057"]
[BlackElo "1850"]
[PlyCount "92"]
[EventDate "2004.07.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bg5 a6 6. e3 e6 7. Qc2 h6 8. Bh4 Bd6 9. Rd1 0-0 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 b5 12. Bd3 Qa5 13. 0-0 Bb7 14. e4 e5 15. Bxf6 gxf6 16. dxe5 Nxe5 17. Nh4 b4 18. Nf5 Ng4 19. Nxd6 Qe5 20. g3 Qxd6 21. Bxa6 Qb8 22. Bxb7 Qxb7 23. Ne2 Rxa2 24. Qb3 Ra5 25. Qf3 Qc8 26. Nd4 Rg5 27. Nf5 Qe6 28. Qf4 h5 29. Rd6 Qe5 30. Qxe5 Nxe5 31. f4 Rxf5 32. exf5 Nc4 33. Rxc6 Nxb2 34. Rb1 Nd3 35. Rd6 Nc5 36. Rxb4 Ra8 37. Kg2 Ra2+ 38. Kh3 Kg7 39. Rc4 Nb3 40. Rcc6 Nd2 41. g4 Ne4 42. Rd7 Nf2+ 43. Kg3 Nxg4 44. h3 Ra3+ 45. Kh4 Nf2 46. Rxf6 Kxf6 0-1

[Event "St Chely d'Aubrac op 4th"]
[Site "St Chely d'Aubrac"]
[Date "2004.07.19"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Black "Uhoda, Philippe"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B07"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "2140"]
[PlyCount "104"]
[EventDate "2004.07.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 g6 4. f3 c6 5. Be3 b5 6. Qd2 Bg7 7. Bh6 Bxh6 8. Qxh6 Nbd7 9. Bd3 e5 10. d5 cxd5 11. Nxd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Qa5+ 13. c3 Nc5 14. Be4 b4 15. Ne2 Ba6 16. Qd2 bxc3 17. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 18. Nxc3 f5 19. Bc2 Rb8 20. Rb1 Ke7 21. b4 Nd7 22. Ba4 Bd3 23. Rb2 Nb6 24. Bb3 Rhc8 25. Kd2 Bc4 26. Rc1 Bxb3 27. axb3 a5 28. b5 Rc5 29. Ra2 Nxd5 30. Rxa5 Nxc3 31. Rxc3 Rcxb5 32. Ra7+ Ke6 33. Kc2 R8b7 34. Ra6 R5b6 35. Ra8 h5 36. Rg8 Kf6 37. Rf8+ Kg5 38. g3 h4 39. Rd3 hxg3 40. hxg3 Rc7+ 41. Kb2 Rh7 42. Rg8 Rh2+ 43. Kc3 Rg2 44. Kc4 Rxg3 45. Kd5 e4 46. f4+ Kxf4 47. Rxg3 Kxg3 48. Rxg6+ Kf4 49. b4 e3 50. Re6 Rxb4 51. Rxd6 e2 52. Re6 Re4 0-1

[Event "St Chely d'Aubrac op 4th"]
[Site "St Chely d'Aubrac"]
[Date "2004.07.18"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Black "Gazel, Bruno"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C96"]
[WhiteElo "1850"]
[BlackElo "1520"]
[PlyCount "73"]
[EventDate "2004.07.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. 0-0 b5 6. Bb3 Be7 7. c3 0-0 8. Re1 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bc2 c5 11. d4 Nc6 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nbd2 Re8 14. Nf1 Nbd7 15. a4 b4 16. Ne3 Nf8 17. a5 bxc3 18. bxc3 Ng6 19. Nc4 Rb8 20. Bd3 Bd7 21. Nb6 Bb5 22. Qe2 Nd7 23. c4 Nxb6 24. cxb5 c4 25. Bc2 Nd7 26. b6 Nf4 27. Bxf4 exf4 28. Ba4 Bf6 29. Ra2 Re7 30. Bxd7 Qxd7 31. Qxc4 g5 32. Qxa6 g4 33. hxg4 Qxg4 34. Qd3 Kh8 35. Nh2 Qg7 36. a6 Rg8 37. Qf3 1-0

[Event "St Chely d'Aubrac op 4th"]
[Site "St Chely d'Aubrac"]
[Date "2004.07.17"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Voiska, Margarita"]
[Black "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A30"]
[WhiteElo "2387"]
[BlackElo "1850"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2004.07.17"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "CBM 101 Extra"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceVersion "2"]
[SourceVersionDate "2004.09.01"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. b3 b6 4. Bb2 Bb7 5. Nc3 e6 6. g3 Be7 7. Bg2 0-0 8. 0-0 d6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. d4 a6 11. d5 e5 12. a4 Bc8 13. Ng5 Rb8 14. f4 Ne8 15. Nf3 exf4 16. gxf4 Ndf6 17. e4 Nc7 18. e5 Ng4 19. Qd3 Nh6 20. Ne4 Bf5 21. Nfd2 Ne8 22. Qg3 Bh4 23. Qc3 Be7 24. Rae1 f6 25. e6 Nc7 26. Ng3 Qe8 27. Nf3 Bg4 28. Nh4 Kh8 29. h3 Bh5 30. f5 b5 31. axb5 axb5 32. Bc1 Ng8 33. Re4 bxc4 34. bxc4 Rb4 35. Qe1 Ra4 36. Nxh5 Qxh5 37. Bf3 Qe8 38. Rg4 Ra1 39. Ng6+ hxg6 40. Qh4+ Nh6 41. Bxh6 Rxf1+ 42. Kxf1 g5 43. Bxg5+ Kg8 44. Bh6 g5 45. fxg6 1-0

[Event "GER-FRA mT"]
[Site "Elsass"]
[Date "2004.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Black "Schott, Reimund"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B56"]
[WhiteElo "2090"]
[BlackElo "2145"]
[PlyCount "63"]
[EventDate "2004.07.??"]
[EventType "match"]
[EventRounds "1"]
[EventCountry "GER"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2007"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2006.11.23"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. f3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3 Be6 9. Qd2 a5 10. Bb5 0-0 11. 0-0-0 Na7 12. Ba4 b5 13. Bxb5 Nxb5 14. Nxb5 a4 15. Na1 Bxa2 16. Nxd6 Qb8 17. Bc5 Qc7 18. Qe3 Ra6 19. Qa3 Be6 20. Nb7 Qxb7 21. Bxe7 Re8 22. Rd6 Rxd6 23. Bxd6 Nd7 24. Rd1 Rc8 25. Kb1 Qb5 26. Qb4 Qe2 27. Qd2 Qc4 28. b3 Qb5 29. Qb4 Qe2 30. Qd2 Qb5 31. Qb4 Qe2 32. Qd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Val Thorens op"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Black "Baudifier, Yoan"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A29"]
[PlyCount "61"]
[EventDate "2002.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 Be7 6. Nf3 0-0 7. 0-0 h6 8. a3 Be6 9. b4 Qd7 10. Re1 Bh3 11. Bh1 Nd8 12. a4 c6 13. a5 a6 14. Na4 Rb8 15. Be3 c5 16. bxc5 dxc5 17. Nxe5 Qe6 18. Rb1 g5 19. Nf3 Nd7 20. Nd2 Qe5 21. Ne4 f5 22. Nexc5 Bxc5 23. Nxc5 Nxc5 24. d4 Qc7 25. dxc5 Qxa5 26. Bd5+ Kg7 27. Qd4+ Kg6 28. Rb6+ Kh7 29. Ra1 Nc6 30. Bxc6 Rbd8 31. Bd5 1-0

[Event "Val Thorens op"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Black "Marcel, Claude"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B07"]
[PlyCount "100"]
[EventDate "2002.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 g6 4. f4 c6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. h3 0-0 7. Nbd2 Re8 8. c3 Nfd7 9. Nf1 e5 10. Be3 exf4 11. Bxf4 d5 12. e5 f6 13. Qd2 fxe5 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15. Nxe5 Bxe5 16. 0-0-0 Qf6 17. Bg5 Qf7 18. Nh2 Bxh2 19. Rxh2 Bf5 20. Rf1 Qe6 21. Bxf5 gxf5 22. g4 Rf8 23. Re2 Qg6 24. Re7 Na6 25. Bh6 Rf7 26. Rxf7 Kxf7 27. Rxf5+ Ke7 28. Qe3+ Kd7 29. Rg5 Re8 30. Rxg6 Rxe3 31. Bxe3 hxg6 32. Bxa7 Nc7 33. Kd2 Ne6 34. Be3 c5 35. h4 Ke7 36. Ke2 Kf7 37. Kf3 Kf6 38. a4 Kf7 39. a5 c4 40. Bd4 Kg8 41. g5 Kh7 42. Kg4 Kg8 43. h5 gxh5+ 44. Kxh5 Nf4+ 45. Kg4 Nd3 46. Kf5 Kf7 47. g6+ Ke7 48. Bf6+ Kf8 49. Ke6 Nf4+ 50. Kd6 Nh5 1-0

[Event "Val Thorens op"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "2"]
[White "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Black "Marechal, Stanislas"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B06"]
[PlyCount "71"]
[EventDate "2002.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Be3 d6 4. Bc4 Nf6 5. f3 0-0 6. Ne2 e5 7. c3 Nc6 8. Na3 a6 9. Nc2 b5 10. Bd3 Rb8 11. Qd2 Na5 12. g4 Nc4 13. Bxc4 bxc4 14. Nb4 Bb7 15. d5 a5 16. Nc2 Bc8 17. 0-0-0 a4 18. Ng3 Qe8 19. h4 c5 20. h5 Qb5 21. Na3 Qb7 22. hxg6 fxg6 23. Nxc4 Ne8 24. Rdf1 Qa6 25. Na3 Nc7 26. Qh2 Qb6 27. f4 Bxg4 28. Qxh7+ Kf7 29. fxe5+ Ke8 30. Qxg6+ Kd8 31. Rxf8+ Bxf8 32. Nc4 Qb5 33. Rh8 Kd7 34. Qxg4+ Ke7 35. Bg5+ Ke8 36. Nxd6# 1-0

[Event "Val Thorens op"]
[Site "Val Thorens"]
[Date "2002.??.??"]
[Round "6"]
[White "Schweisguth, Etienne"]
[Black "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D80"]
[PlyCount "56"]
[EventDate "2002.07.15"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2003"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2002.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. cxd5 Nxd5 4. Nf3 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Qb3 c6 7. Bc4 e6 8. d4 0-0 9. 0-0 Qb6 10. Qc2 Nd7 11. Na4 Qc7 12. e4 Ne7 13. Bg5 Re8 14. Bb3 Nb6 15. Rfd1 Nxa4 16. Bxa4 f6 17. Be3 Rd8 18. Rac1 Qa5 19. Bb3 Kh8 20. Bd2 Qb6 21. Bc3 a5 22. a3 Ra6 23. d5 exd5 24. e5 Bf5 25. Qe2 Ng8 26. exf6 Nxf6 27. Qe7 Re8 28. Qf7 Be6 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch op-C"]
[Site "Marseille"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "8"]
[White "Cid, Nadia"]
[Black "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[PlyCount "76"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 b6 2. d4 Bb7 3. Nc3 e6 4. Nf3 Ne7 5. Bd3 d5 6. e5 Nd7 7. 0-0 Ng6 8. Ne2 Be7 9. c3 Ndf8 10. Ne1 Nh4 11. f4 Nf5 12. Bxf5 exf5 13. Ng3 g6 14. Nf3 h5 15. Qe2 Qd7 16. b3 Ne6 17. Be3 Rc8 18. c4 0-0 19. Nh1 c5 20. Rad1 Rfd8 21. h3 cxd4 22. Nxd4 Nc5 23. Nf2 dxc4 24. bxc4 Ne4 25. Nxe4 Bxe4 26. Rc1 Qa4 27. Rfd1 Ba3 28. Rc3 Qb4 29. Nb5 Rxd1+ 30. Qxd1 Qb2 31. Qf1 Bc5 32. Bxc5 Rxc5 33. Qf2 Rxb5 34. Qg3 Qa1+ 35. Kh2 Rb1 36. Qe3 Rb2 37. Kg3 Rxg2+ 38. Kh4 Qe1+ 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch op-C"]
[Site "Marseille"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "5"]
[White "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Black "Milon, Cyril"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A37"]
[PlyCount "51"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 e5 6. 0-0 Nge7 7. d3 d6 8. h3 f5 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bd2 0-0 11. Rb1 Rb8 12. e3 g5 13. a3 Ng6 14. Qc2 Nce7 15. Ne2 b6 16. Bc3 Bb7 17. b4 d5 18. d4 dxc4 19. Nxe5 Bxg2 20. Kxg2 Bxe5 21. dxe5 b5 22. Rbd1 Qc7 23. f4 Nd5 24. Rxd5 Qc6 25. e4 fxe4 26. Rd6 1-0

[Event "FRA-ch op-C"]
[Site "Marseille"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "9"]
[White "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Black "Penalver, Frederic"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B50"]
[PlyCount "84"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d3 Nc6 4. g3 Bg4 5. Bg2 g6 6. Nbd2 Bg7 7. h3 Bd7 8. 0-0 Qc8 9. Kh2 Nf6 10. Re1 h5 11. h4 Ng4+ 12. Kg1 Nd4 13. c3 Ne6 14. Nf1 Qc7 15. Ne3 Nxe3 16. Bxe3 Rb8 17. Rc1 Qa5 18. Qc2 0-0 19. b3 Rbc8 20. Bd2 b5 21. Ng5 Qc7 22. Qd1 Nxg5 23. Bxg5 Bc6 24. d4 cxd4 25. cxd4 Qd7 26. Kh2 a6 27. Qd3 Qa7 28. Be3 Ba8 29. f4 Qd7 30. Bh3 e6 31. f5 exf5 32. exf5 Rxc1 33. Rxc1 Qe7 34. fxg6 fxg6 35. d5 Rf6 36. Be6+ Kh7 37. Bb6 Qb7 38. Rc6 Rxe6 39. Qc2 Rf6 40. Bd8 Rf5 41. Rxd6 Qf7 42. Qd3 Bxd5 0-1

[Event "FRA-ch op-C"]
[Site "Marseille"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "7"]
[White "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Black "Poulain, Cedric"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "C00"]
[PlyCount "72"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. d3 Nc6 5. 0-0 e6 6. Nbd2 Be7 7. Re1 0-0 8. e4 Qc7 9. e5 Nd7 10. Qe2 f6 11. exf6 Rxf6 12. Nb3 Nb6 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Ne5 Bd7 15. c3 Raf8 16. Ng4 Rf5 17. Bxd6 Qxd6 18. d4 cxd4 19. cxd4 Nc4 20. f4 b6 21. Rac1 Qb4 22. Ne3 Nxe3 23. Qxe3 Qe7 24. Bh3 R5f6 25. f5 Re8 26. Qg5 Qf7 27. fxe6 Bxe6 28. Bxe6 Rfxe6 29. Rxe6 Qxe6 30. Qd2 Na5 31. Nxa5 bxa5 32. Rc5 Rb8 33. Rxa5 Rxb2 34. Qxb2 Qe1+ 35. Kg2 Qxa5 36. Qe2 Kf7 1/2-1/2

[Event "FRA-ch op-C"]
[Site "Marseille"]
[Date "2001.??.??"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Jagu, Olivier"]
[Black "Giraud, Sylvain"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "D30"]
[PlyCount "118"]
[EventDate "2001.??.??"]
[EventType "swiss"]
[EventRounds "9"]
[EventCountry "FRA"]
[SourceTitle "EXT 2002"]
[Source "ChessBase"]
[SourceDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceVersion "1"]
[SourceVersionDate "2001.11.25"]
[SourceQuality "1"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. c5 g6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bf4 b6 6. b4 Bd7 7. a3 bxc5 8. dxc5 Qf6 9. b5 Qxf4 10. bxc6 Bxc6 11. e3 Qa4 12. Qd4 f6 13. Nc3 Qa5 14. Qb4 Qxc5 15. Qxc5 Bxc5 16. Bb5 Bxb5 17. Nxb5 Kd7 18. Ke2 Ne7 19. Rhc1 Bb6 20. a4 a6 21. a5 Bxa5 22. Rxa5 axb5 23. Rxb5 Rhb8 24. Rbc5 Rb7 25. Nd4 Ra6 26. Kf3 e5 27. Ne2 Rc6 28. Ng3 Rxc5 29. Rxc5 Kd6 30. Rc2 c5 31. Rd2 f5 32. h4 c4 33. Ne2 Kc5 34. Nc3 Rb3 35. Rc2 Kb4 36. Na2+ Ka3 37. Nc1 Rb5 38. Ra2+ Kb4 39. Ra7 Nc6 40. Ra1 d4 41. Na2+ Kc5 42. exd4+ exd4 43. Ke2 Ra5 44. f4 Nb4 45. Nxb4 Rxa1 46. Nc2 Ra2 47. Kd1 Rxc2 48. Kxc2 Kb4 49. h5 Ka3 50. hxg6 hxg6 51. g4 fxg4 52. f5 gxf5 53. Kd2 f4 54. Ke2 c3 55. Kd1 d3 56. Ke1 g3 57. Kd1 f3 58. Ke1 d2+ 59. Kf1 d1R# 0-1

