(FILES) This file photo taken on May 04, 2021 shows French chess Grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave posing during a photo session in Paris. - Second in the Candidates tournament on March 15, 2020 - April 27, 2021), behind the Russian Ian Nepomniachtchi. The French international chess grandmaster Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, 30 years old, is aware that "time is not on his side", to become the first French world champion (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP)