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 (November 2024)
Peak rating2526 (November 2021)

Clovis Vernay is a French-Swiss chess grandmaster.

Chess career

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

  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".