Biography

French Grandmaster. Diploma in Computer Science (1991). French Champion in 1992 and second in 1994. Winner of 3 titles of French Youth Champion U8, U12(2).

Winner at Belfort in 1995 and Clichy in 1995, Bois – Colombes in 2003 and 2004, Montecatini Terme in 2006, Montpellier Masters in 2007 and equal first at the Mediterranean Championship in 2007.

A participant in the Olympiads in 1994, 1996 and 2000. A member of the team of Clichy which won twice the French League.

Coach of the French women’s team at the 2004 Olympiad.

Best ELO: 2560 in 1996.

Kozul, Zdenko (2605) - Apicella, Manuel (2500) EU-Cup Gr2 Eupen (2), 1997.09.23 1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 c6 4.e3 f5 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.O-O Bd6 7.b3 Qe7 8.a4 a5 9.Ba3 Bxa3 10.Nxa3 O-O 11.Qb1 Ne4 12.Nc2 Nd7 13.b4 g5 14.bxa5 g4 15.Bxe4 fxe4 16.Nd2 Qh4 17.Qe1 Qh5 18.Kh1 Rxa5 19.f3 exf3 20.gxf3 dxc4 21.Qg3 Raf5 22.Rg1 Rg5 23.Nxc4 b6 24.Nd2 c5 25.Qd6 Kh8 26.Raf1 gxf3 27.Rxg5 Qxg5 28.Nxf3 Rxf3 29.Rxf3 Bb7 30.Ne1 Qxe3 31.Qg3 cxd4 32.Kg2 Ne5 33.Kh3 Bxf3 0-1

Apicella vs. Mamedov, European championship 2011