Claude Lemoine (born 21 April 1932), is a French chess player and journalist,

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 (1958).

Biography

In 1950s Claude Lemoine was one of the leading French chess players. He took part in the individual

finals many times and won four medals: gold (1958), two silver (1956, 1959) and bronze (1957). Claude Lemoine played for France in the

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: * In 1958, at fourth board in the

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(+5, =4, -5). Claude Lemoine played for France in the World Student Team Chess Championship: * In 1959, at first board in the 6th World Student Team Chess Championship in

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(+2, =10, -1). Claude Lemoine played for France in the

Clare Benedict Cup The Clare Benedict Cup was a chess tournament for national teams from Western and Northern Europe, which took place 23 times from 1953 to 1979. Overview and History Foundation Clare Benedict (1871–1961), author and patron, was originally fr ...

: * In 1957, at fourth board in the 4th Clare Benedict Chess Cup in Bern (+1, =2, -2). In the early 1960s Claude Lemoine moved away from the practical chess game and made a career as a journalist. He conducted chess departments at radio stations, as well as in the newspaper ''

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''. Later Claude Lemoine switched to television. He was the general director of one of the regional branches of the ''

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Claude Lemoine
chess games at 365chess.com 1932 births Living people French chess players French journalists Chess Olympiad competitors {{France-chess-bio-stub