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Clovis Vernay

Clovis Vernay
CountryFrance (until 2022)
Switzerland (since 2022)
Born (1989-07-15) July 15, 1989 (age 35)
Saint-Chamond, Loire, France
TitleGrandmaster (2022)[1]
FIDE rating2487 (February 2025)
Peak rating2526 (November 2021)

Clovis Vernay is a French-Swiss chess grandmaster.

Chess career

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He joined the Lyon Chess Club in 2002. He earned his first GM norm in 2010, second GM norm in 2016, and earned the title in 2021.[2] He switched his FIDE federation from France to Switzerland in 2022.

In July 2007, he won the Grenoble Masters tournament with a score of 6.5/9, defeating top seed and grandmaster Evgeni Janev.[3]

In August 2022, he won the Martigny Open with a score of 6.5/7, finishing ahead of runners-up Fabrizio Patuzzo, Murtez Ondozi, Nicolas Brunner, and Sebastien Joie.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  2. ^ Fayel, Nicolas (February 14, 2022). "Clovis VERNAY devient Grand Maître International !".
  3. ^ "Echecs: Clovis Vernay, le plus jeune Maître International de l'histoire de Rhône-Alpes". July 20, 2007.
  4. ^ Bovigny, Bernard (August 14, 2022). "Le tournoi d'active-chess de Martigny réunit 123 participant(e)s – Victoire du favori, le GM Clovis Vernay".