Thomas Roussel-Roozmon

Thomas Roussel-Roozmon is a Canadian chess grandmaster.

Thomas Roussel-Roozmon
Country	Canada
Born	(1988-01-08) January 8, 1988 (age 37) Laval, Quebec, Canada
Title	Grandmaster (2010)[1]
FIDE rating	2454 (February 2025)
Peak rating	2500 (November 2010)

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]

References

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