Romain Édouard

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Romain Édouard

Full name	Romain Édouard
Country	France
Born	(1990-11-28) November 28, 1990 Poitiers
Title	Grandmaster
FIDE rating	2661 (February 2014)
Peak rating	2688 (Nov 2012)

Romain Édouard (born November 28, 1990, Poitiers) is a French chess player and grandmaster since 2009. Édouard has been playing chess since the age of five,^[1] and joined his first tournament in 2001. He was trained by fellow French grandmaster Olivier Renet during his adolescence. He won the 2006 European Youth Chess Championship U16 category at the age of 15, and in 2007 earned his International Master title. Amongst open tournaments, he won at Zaragoza 2008, Bad Wiessee 2008 Andorra 2009,^[2] Echternach 2009 (and 2010), Hastings 2010, and Clermont-Ferrand 2011. There have also been victories in closed events, at Grand Prix de Bordeaux 2007, Antwerp 2011 and Nancy 2012.^[3]In 2012, Édouard became co-champion of his country by winning the French Championship alongside Christian Bauer, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Etienne Bacrot.^[4]

Notes

↑ "Interview with GM Romain Edouard". chessheights.com. 2012-12-15. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
↑ "Communiqué de presse". echecs.ass.fr. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
↑ "Chess News: World Championship G5". Chessbase. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
↑ "French Championship Tournament". Chessgames.com. Retrieved 2013-04-20.

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Name	Édouard, Romain
Alternative names
Short description	French chess grandmaster
Date of birth	November 28, 1990
Place of birth	Poitiers
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