Thomas Roussel-Roozmon | |
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Country | Canada |
Born | (1988-01-08) January 8, 1988 (age 36) Laval, Quebec, Canada |
Title | Grandmaster (2010) |
FIDE rating | 2454 (January 2025) |
Peak rating | 2500 (November 2010) |
Thomas Roussel-Roozmon is a Canadian chess grandmaster.
Chess career
Roussel-Roozmon began playing chess at the age of 5. He played for Canada at the 37th, 38th, and 39th Chess Olympiads.
In 2010, Roussel-Roozmon became the fourth Canadian-born player to achieve the Grandmaster title, which he obtained at the 2010 Chess Olympiad held in Khanty-Mansiysk.
Achievements
Roussel-Roozmon has a number of notable chess achievements:
- 2010 Selected Canada's Olympiad National Team
- 2008 Represented Canada at Olympiad
- 2008 1st place, First Saturday Grand Master March, Budapest, Hungary
- 2007 Grandmaster Norm at Quebec Open
- 2007 2nd place, Quebec Open Championship
- 2006 Represented Canada at Olympiad
- 2004 Awarded International Master title
- 2003 Canadian Grade 10 Champion
- 2002 Canadian Grade 9 Champion
- 2000 Represented Canada at World Under-12 Championship (9th place)
- 2000 Canadian Under-12 Champion
- 2000 Canadian Grade 7 Champion
Personal life
Roussel-Roozmon studied philosophy at the Université du Québec à Montréal.
References
- "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
- ^ "L'étudiant Thomas Roussel Roozmon obtient le titre de grand maître international aux échecs". October 26, 2010.
- "Thomas Roussel-Roozmon sur le point de devenir GM".
- "CANADA'S NEWEST GM".
- "Thomas Roussel-Roozmon". June 2, 2010.
Canadian grandmasters | |
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Chess players for Canada with the FIDE title of grandmaster (GM) by title decade | |
1960–1969 | |
1970–1979 | |
1980–1989 | |
1990–1999 | |
2000–2009 | |
2010–2019 | |
2020–2029 | |