Romain Édouard
Romain Édouard (born 28 November 1990) is a
French chess grandmaster. Romain Édouard
Born in Poitiers, Édouard has been playing chess since
the age of five,[1] and joined his first tournament in
2001. He was trained by fellow French Grandmaster
Olivier Renet during his adolescence. He won the 2006
European Youth Chess Championship U16 category at
the age of 15, and in 2007 earned his International
Master title.
Career
Amongst open tournaments, he won at Zaragoza 2008,
Bad Wiessee 2008, Andorra 2009,[2] Echternach 2009
and 2010, Hastings 2009/10 and Clermont-Ferrand
2011. There have also been victories in closed events,
at Grand Prix de Bordeaux 2007, Antwerp 2011 and
Nancy 2012.[3] In August 2012, Édouard jointly won
the French Chess Championship alongside Christian
Bauer, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Etienne Bacrot.[4]
In December of the same year, he won the Al Ain Romain Édouard in Wijk aan Zee, 2013
Classic tournament edging out Vachier-Lagrave on Country France
tiebreaks.[5] Édouard took part in the Grandmaster Born 28 November 1990
Group B of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament 2013 in Poitiers, France
Wijk aan Zee finishing sixth out of fourteen
Title Grandmaster (2009)
participants with a score of 7/13 points.[6] In 2014 he
won the Dubai Open scoring 8/9, a full point ahead of FIDE rating 2544 ([Link]
the field.[7] Édouard tied for first in the 2015 World ofile/633429) (February 2025)
Open, held in Arlington.[8] In July 2015, he won the Peak rating 2702 (June 2014)
3rd AIDEF Chess Championship (French-speaking Peak ranking No. 44 (June 2014)
countries chess championship) in Montreal.[9][10] He
tied for first in the 2018 French Chess Championship with Tigran Gharamian and Yannick Gozzoli.
Gharamian won the playoff.[11]
Édouard has played for the French national team at the Chess Olympiads of 2010, 2012 and 2014, and at
the European Team Chess Championships of 2009, 2013 and 2015. In the 2013 event he won the team
silver medal and the individual gold on board three.[12]
Books
Edouard, Romain (2014). The Chess Manual of Avoidable Mistakes. Thinkers Publishing.
ISBN 978-9082256611.
Edouard, Romain (2015). The Chess Manual of Avoidable Mistakes. Part 2: Test yourself!.
Thinkers Publishing. ISBN 9789082256642.
Notes
1. "Interview with GM Romain Edouard" ([Link]
[Link]/2012/12/interview-with-gm-romain-edouard/). [Link]. 2012-12-
15. Archived from the original ([Link]
douard/) on 2013-03-26. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
2. "Communiqué de presse" ([Link]
foire_2009.pdf) (PDF). [Link]. Retrieved 2013-04-20.
3. "Chess News: World Championship G5" ([Link]
[Link]/home/TabId/211/PostId/4008166). Chessbase. Archived from the original (htt
p://[Link]/home/TabId/211/PostId/4008166) on 2013-07-21. Retrieved
2013-07-21.
4. "2012 French Championship marred by tragedy" ([Link]
-championship-marred-by-tragedy). ChessBase. 2012-08-26. Retrieved 2015-10-09.
5. Al Ain Classic 2012 ([Link]
en=99999) Chess-Results
6. Standings of grandmaster group B 2013 ([Link]
2013/standings/2) Tata Steel Chess.
7. Sagar Shah (2014-04-16). "Edouard wins Dubai 2014 in exciting finish" ([Link]
[Link]/post/edouard-wins-dubai-2014-in-exciting-finish). ChessBase. Retrieved 8 October
2015.
8. "World Open 2015 Standings – Open Section" ([Link]
2015-standings-open-section/). CCA Chess Tournaments. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
9. "Romain Edouard clear first in Quebec Open – AIDEF Championships 2015" ([Link]
[Link]/romain-edouard-quebec-open-aidef-championships-2015/). Chessdom. 2015-
07-26. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
10. "Montréal - Rencontres de la Francophonie 2015" ([Link]
[Link]) (in French). European Chess Union. 27
July 2015. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
11. Gharamian topped playoff over Edouard & Gozzoli to win French Chess Championship (http
s://[Link]/chessdailynews/news/gharamian-topped-playoff-over-edouard-gozzol
i-to-win-french-chess-championship-uAv0YwKk8EGLxcIDtDHMZA/)
12. Romain Edouard ([Link] team chess record at
[Link]
External links
Romain Edouard ([Link] chess games at
[Link]
Romain Edouard ([Link] player profile
and games at [Link]
Romain Édouard ([Link] member profile at the
Internet Chess Club
Retrieved from "[Link]
