Céline Roos | |
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Full name | Céline Clairette Roos |
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Born | Strasbourg, France | 22 December 1953
Died | 20 April 2021 Strasbourg, France | (aged 67)
Title | Woman International Master (1985) |
Peak rating | 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).
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 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]
Céline Roos | |
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Full name | Céline Clairette Roos |
Country | ![]() ![]() |
Born | Strasbourg, France | 22 December 1953
Died | 20 April 2021 Strasbourg, France | (aged 67)
Title | Woman International Master (1985) |
Peak rating | 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).
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 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]