Johanne Charest

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Johanne Charest
Country Canada
Born (1975-02-09) 9 February 1975 (age 49)
Title Woman International Master (1997)
Peak rating 2145 (January 1997)

Johanne Charest (born 9 February 1975) is a Canadian chess player who holds the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM, 1996). She is a Canadian Women's Chess Championship winner (1996).

In the late 1990s and early 2000s, Charest was one of Canada leading chess players. In 1996, she won Canadian Women's Chess Championship. [1] In 2000, Johanne Charest participated in Women's World Chess Championship by knock-out system and in the first round lost to Marta Zielińska. [2]

Johanne Charest played for Canada in the Women's Chess Olympiad: [3]

In 1996, she was awarded the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title.

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References

  1. "Charest Johanne - The Chess Federation of Canada - La Fédération Canadienne des Échecs". Chess.ca. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  2. "2000 FIDE Knockout Matches : World Chess Championship (women)". Mark-Weeks.com. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  3. "Women's Chess Olympiads :: Johanne Charest". OlimpBase.org. Retrieved 13 December 2018.