Thomas Roussel-Roozmon Explained

Country:	Canada
Birth Date:	8 January 1988
Birth Place:	Laval, Quebec, Canada
Grandmaster (2010)^[1]
Peakrating:	2500 (November 2010)
Fideid:	2603659

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]

Notes and References

1. Web site: FIDE Title Application (GM).
2. Web site: L’étudiant Thomas Roussel Roozmon obtient le titre de grand maître international aux échecs. October 26, 2010.
3. Web site: Thomas Roussel-Roozmon sur le point de devenir GM.
4. Web site: CANADA’S NEWEST GM.
5. Web site: Thomas Roussel-Roozmon. June 2, 2010.