He took part in the individual French Chess Championship finals many times and won four medals: gold (1958), two silver (1956, 1959) and bronze (1957).
[1] Claude Lemoine played for France in the Chess Olympiad:[2] Claude Lemoine played for France in the World Student Team Chess Championship:[3] Claude Lemoine played for France in the Clare Benedict Cup:[4] In the early 1960s Claude Lemoine moved away from the practical chess game and made a career as a journalist.
He conducted chess departments at radio stations, as well as in the newspaper Le Monde.
He was the general director of one of the regional branches of the France 3 TV channel.
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