Joseph Girel

Joseph Girel
Country	France
Born	(2004-11-15) November 15, 2004 (age 20)
Title	Grandmaster (2024) [1]
FIDE   rating	2498 (March 2025)
Peak rating	2498 (March 2025)

Joseph Girel is a French chess grandmaster.

Chess career

Joseph Girel has been a French U18 Champion in 2022, ^[2] and French U20 Champion both in 2023 and 2024. He has also been National Collegiate Champion ("Champion de France universitaire") in 2023 ^[3] as well as French U20 Blitz champion in 2023. ^[4]

He has won La Plagne's Open in 2023, ^[5] where he gained his first GM norm. He gained his second GM Norm at the Agde Grand Prix Open in 2023, where he ranked 4th. ^[6] He gained his last GM norm at the Riga Technical University Open 2024. ^[7]

In August 2023, he finished tied for third place with Floryan Eugene in the Creon Open Main. He was ranked third after tiebreaks. ^[8]

In March 2024, he finished second in the early Titled Tuesday tournament after drawing against Hikaru Nakamura in the final round. ^[9]

References

1. "FIDE Title Application (GM)" (PDF).
2. "Palmarès du Championnat de France Jeunes" (PDF). FFE. Fédération Française des échecs. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
3. "Joseph Girel et Sarah Djidjeli Champions de France universitaires d'Échecs !". FFE. Fédération française des échecs. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
4. "Les champions de France des Internationaux de France de BLITZ". FFE. Fédération française des échecs. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
5. "Grille Américaine du tournoi La Plagne 2023 - Tournoi Maitre". FFE. Fédération Française des échecs. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
6. "Normes pour Joseph Girel, Yosha Iglesias et Thibault Dudognon". FFE. Fédération Française des Echecs. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
7. "Joseph Girel et Guillaume Lamard décrochent le titre de grand maître". FFE. Fédération Française des Echecs. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
8. Ahmed, Shahid (August 30, 2023). "Iniyan wins 27th Creon Open 2023, Bharath Subramaniyam second".
9. Green, Nathaniel (March 6, 2024). "Firouzja, Nakamura Nearing Candidates Form".