Joël Lautier

Joël Lautier (French pronunciation: [ʒo.ɛl loˈtje]; born 12 April 1973, Scarborough, Canada) is a French chess grandmaster and FIDE Senior Trainer (2006).

Lautier won the 1988 World Junior Chess Championship on tiebreak at Adelaide, and the French Chess Championships in 2004 and 2005.^[1] He was the No. 2 French GM in 2005 after Étienne Bacrot.

Lautier first received world attention in 1986 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, where at the age of 13 he won the Under-14 World Championship ahead of Sofia Polgar and Judit Polgár, who both tied for second.^[2]

Other activities

Lautier is one of the founders of the Association of Chess Professionals. He served as its president from 2004 to 2005.

As of 2009, Lautier no longer classifies himself as a chess professional, but as a businessman working in Russia. He speaks fluent Russian.

Now divorced, he was previously married to Woman Grandmaster Almira Skripchenko.

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