Farid Ben Malek

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Farid Ben Malek (b. 1970) is a French amateur 6 dan player, who was French Champion in 1993, 1998 and 2002 and won the 1998 Obayashi Cup. He trained as insei in Japan in 1990-1991.

He is also a professional teacher, having obtained a 1 shidoin (not same as shodan, also not easy to obtain) certificate from the Nihon Kiin.

Since 2002 he has been working for the Université Paris-Dauphine and since 2000 he has been affiliated to Germe, a provider of professional coaching and training based in Nantes, France.

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Farid often makes this shape in games

Obviously this is a minor piece of trivia. I noticed when replaying Farid’s games, that the following shape appeared several times. Probably it says something about his style of play.


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