The Napoleon Chess Trophy is a chess exhibition held on 16 February 2019 in La Roche-sur-Yon.
The French city is founded by Napoleon Bonaparte and will commemorate the 250th anniversary of the birth of the famous Emperor and chess player with a match between French Top GM -World number 7 - Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and the Dutch big hope, GM and World Junior number 8 Jorden Van Foreest.
Seven blitz games will be played, two standard blitz, two games with the Napoleon Opening (1.e4 e5 2.Qf3), two Chess960 games and one blindfold game.
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1 Round Blitz #1 Feb 16, 2019 13:00
2 Round Blitz #2 Feb 16, 2019 13:20
3 Round Chess960 #1 Feb 16, 2019 14:00
4 Round Chess960 #2 Feb 16, 2019 14:20
5 Round Napoleon Opening #1 Feb 16, 2019 14:45
6 Round Napoleon Opening #2 Feb 16, 2019 15:05
7 Round Blindfold Feb 16, 2019 15:30
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