The sixteen players in the Trophée CCAS are divided into two round robins of eight. After the first phase the top four from each group qualify for the quarter-finals, when the tournament becomes a knock-out.
The time limit is 25' with an incremental 10".
In today's games there were seven decisive results and one miracle draw:
Pool A:
| White | Country | Rating | Result | Black | Country | Rating |
| Judit Polgar | HUN | 2682 | 1-0 | Nadezhda Kosintseva | RUS | 2565 |
| Sophie Milliet | FRA | 2388 | 0-1 | Nguyen Ngoc Truong Son | VIE | 2633 |
| Bu Xiangzhi | CHN | 2695 | 1-0 | Anatoly Karpov | RUS | 2619 |
| Hikaru Nakamura | USA | 2733 | 1-0 | Romain Edouard | FRA | 2636 |
Pool B:
| White | Country | Rating | Result | Black | Country | Rating |
| Vassily Ivanchuk | UKR | 2754 | 1-0 | Yannick Pelletier | SUI | 2592 |
| Zhu Chen | QAT | 2480 | 0.5-0.5 | Tigran Gharamian | FRA | 2658 |
| Kateryna Lahno | UKR | 2539 | 1-0 | Tatiana Kosintseva | RUS | 2573 |
| Jon Ludvig Hammer | NOR | 2633 | 0-1 | Le Quang Liem | VIE | 2694 |
Live games can be watched everyday from 13.00 local time Live Games
You can choose between English and French. The English-language commentators being Glenn Flear (who?) and Javier Moreno.
Moscow 15.00am
Paris, Madrid 13.00am
London 12.00 midday
New York 07.00am
Los Angeles 04.00am
For more information go to the Official site
