Jean-Noël Riff

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Jean-Noël Riff
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Riff in 2013
Country France
Born (1981-04-22) April 22, 1981 (age 44)
Mulhouse, France
Title Grandmaster (2014) [1]
Peak rating 2520 (January 2009)

Jean-Noël Riff is a French chess grandmaster.

Chess career

Riff earned his GM norms at the: [1]

In October 2009, he became the champion of the Touquet International Open, where he drew against Sahaj Grover, who became India's youngest International Master. [2]

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In August 2014, he finished second in the Trophée BNP Paribas tournament, behind winner Yannick Gozzoli. [3]

In January 2017, he held a draw against former FIDE World Champion Veselin Topalov at the Gibraltar Masters. [4]

References

  1. 1 2 "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
  2. ↑ "Sahaj Grover becomes India's youngest International Master". The Times of India. October 31, 2009.
  3. ↑ "Trophée BNP Paribas 2014 (22 août) : record battu et victoire de Yannick Gozzoli". August 23, 2014.
  4. ↑ Shah, Sagar (January 26, 2017). "Gibraltar Rd02: Top players face tough resistance".
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