Thomas Roussel-Roozmon

Canadian chess grandmaster (born 1988)

Thomas Roussel-Roozmon
Country	Canada
Born	(1988-01-08) January 8, 1988 (age 36) Laval, Quebec, Canada
Title	Grandmaster (2010)^[1]
FIDE rating	2457 (May 2024)
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.^[2] He played for Canada at the 37th, 38th, and 39th Chess Olympiads.^[3]

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.^[2]^[4]

Achievements

Roussel-Roozmon has a number of notable chess achievements:^[5]

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.^[2]

References

^ "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
^ ^a ^b ^c "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.