Céline Roos Explained
| Céline Roos |
| Full Name: | Céline Clairette Roos |
| Country: |
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| Birth Date: | 22 December 1953 |
| Birth Place: | Strasbourg, France |
| Death Place: | Strasbourg, France |
| Woman International Master (1985) |
| Peakrating: | 2182 (January 2001) |
Céline Clairette Roos (22 December 1953 – 20 April 2021)[1] was a French and Canadian chess player who held the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM).
Biography
Roos came from a French chess family. Her father Michel Roos (1932–2002) won the French Chess Championship in 1964; this success was repeated by her brother Louis in 1977. Her mother Jacqueline Roos (died 2016) was International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster (2000). Her brothers Jean-Luc (born 1955), Louis (born 1957), and Daniël (born 1959) are International Masters (IM).[2]
She participated in many international chess tournaments. In 1990, Roos had her greatest success at the International Women's Chess Tournament in Oisterwijk, when she shared second place.[3]
Roos played for Canada in the Women's Chess Olympiads:[4]
- In 1980, at second board in the 9th Chess Olympiad (women) in Valletta (+5, =3, -4),
- In 1982, at second board in the 10th Chess Olympiad (women) in Lucerne (+4, =5, -3),
- In 1984, at second board in the 26th Chess Olympiad (women) in Thessaloniki (+7, =5, -1) and won individual gold medal,
- In 1988, at second board in the 28th Chess Olympiad (women) in Thessaloniki (+8, =1, -3).
In 1985, she earned the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title.
Roos died on 20 April 2021, at the age of 67, after a brief illness.[5] [6] [7]
External links
- "Emma Zunz" as Endgame - Céline Roos wrote a paper relating chess to Jorge Luis Borges' short story "Emma Zunz."
Notes and References
- Web site: ROOS Celine Clairette . deces.matchid.io . fr . Fichier des personnes décédées [Register of deceased persons] . 10 December 2021.
- Web site: Roos chess . ChessGraphics.net . January 1997 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20030604003048/http://www.chessgraphics.net/roos.htm . 4 June 2003 . 10 December 2021.
- Web site: Oisterwijk (Women) 1990 . 365Chess.com . 1 February 2018.
- Web site: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Céline Roos . Wojciech . Bartelski . OlimpBase.org . 1 February 2018.
- Web site: Avis de décès de Madame Celine ROOS paru le 21/04/2021 dans Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace . Death notice of Madame Celine ROOS published on 21 April 2021 in The Latest News from Alsace . LibraMemoria.com . fr. English translation.
- Web site: Celine Roos nous a quittés . Celine Roos has passed away . echecs.asso.fr . fr . . 27 April 2021. English translation.
- Web site: Céline Roos RIP . KevinSpraggettOnChess . 10 May 2021.
