ENGHIEN-LES BAINS
“Le Masters” of Enghien-les-Bains, the strongest French tournament at the time, was organized by Francis Gomet and Pierre Carbonnel at the local Casino every 2 years between 1995 and 2003. The winners were: 1995 Etienne Bacrot (12 years), 1997 Etienne Bacrot and Viktor Korchnoi, 1999 Joel Lautier (cat.15), 2001 Vladimir Akopian (cat.17), 2003 Evgeny Bareev (cat.17).


