Manuel Apicella (born 19 April 1970 in
Longjumeau,
France) is a French
chess grandmaster.
Apicella was awarded the title International Master in 1989 and the GM title in 1995.
In 1990 he won the
Paris City Chess Championship. He won the
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 ...
in 1992 at a category 7 event in
Strasbourg
Strasbourg (, , ; german: Straßburg ; gsw, label=Bas Rhin Alsatian, Strossburi , gsw, label=Haut Rhin Alsatian, Strossburig ) is the prefecture and largest city of the Grand Est region of eastern France and the official seat of the Eu ...
. He won the French Team Championship eight times, 1986 playing for ''Caissa'', 1989, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2007 and 2008 for ''Clichy'' and 2010 for ''Châlons-en-Champagne''. He won the French Team Cup five times, in 1992, 1996, 1998, 2001 and 2006. In the British
4NCL
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The 4NCL, or Four Nations Chess League, is a chess league in the United Kingdom and named after its four nations: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. However, the league is truly international, with pl ...
(Four Nations Chess League) he played for the team ''Wood Green Hilsmark Kingfisher''.
Playing for the French U26 national team he won a bronze medal in the U26 world championship in
Paranaguá in 1993. At the
European Team Chess Championships he played twice for the French National Team (1989 and 1992). He played for France at three
Chess Olympiads, in
1994
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,
1996
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and
2000
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.
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1970 births
Living people
Chess grandmasters
French chess players
People from Longjumeau
Sportspeople from Essonne
20th-century French people