Johanne Charest Explained

Johanne Charest
Country:Canada
Birth Date:9 February 1975
Woman International Master (1997)
Peakrating:2145 (January 1997)
Fideid:2602164

Johanne Charest (born 9 February 1975) is a Canadian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM, 1996). She is a Canadian Women's Chess Championship winner (1996).

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Charest was one of Canada leading chess players. In 1996, she won Canadian Women's Chess Championship.[1] In 2000, Johanne Charest participated in Women's World Chess Championship by knock-out system and in the first round lost to Marta Zielińska.[2]

Johanne Charest played for Canada in the Women's Chess Olympiad:[3]

In 1996, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Charest Johanne - The Chess Federation of Canada - La Fédération Canadienne des Échecs . Chess.ca . 13 December 2018 . 15 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181215224812/http://chess.ca/charest-johanne . dead .
  2. Web site: 2000 FIDE Knockout Matches : World Chess Championship (women) . Mark-Weeks.com . 13 December 2018.
  3. Web site: Women's Chess Olympiads :: Johanne Charest . OlimpBase.org . 13 December 2018.