Michel Benoit (chess player)
Michel Benoit, is a French chess player, French Chess Championship winner.
Biography
From the late 1960s to the early 1980s, Michel Benoit was among the leading French chess players. In 1973, in Vittel he won French Chess Championship.Michel Benoit played for France in the Chess Olympiad:
- In 1974, at second reserve board in the 21st Chess Olympiad in Nice.
- In 1968, at first board in the 15th World Student Team Chess Championship in Ybbs,
- In 1969, at first board in the 16th World Student Team Chess Championship in Dresden.
- In 1978, at fourth board in the 3rd Chess Mitropa Cup in Ciocco and won individual gold medal,
- In 1981, at third board in the 6th Chess Mitropa Cup in Luxembourg.