Hauchard Arnaud (15.11.1971)
French Grandmaster (2000). Vice Champion of France in 1992.
Best results: Pau IM 1989, 2nd; Herzliya 1998, 1st; Belfort GM 1998, 3rd; Masters 1999, 4th Gonfreville; Porto Open 2000, 3rd.
A participant in the 1998 and 2000 Olympiads.
Hauchard is the world record holder of the longest blitz game (5 minutes) simultaneous. He achieved the performance in December 2007 playing without interruption for 83 hours and 30 minutes and 631 games (613 wins).
Former French women national coach and national men coach in 2010, he was also coaching Maxime Vachier-Lagrave many years.
Accused of cheating at the 2010 Olympiad, FIDE suspended the player for 3 years.
Peak rating: 2539 in 2000.
