Joseph Girel

Joseph Girel
CountryFrance
Born (2004-11-15) November 15, 2004 (age 20)
TitleGrandmaster (2024)[1]
FIDE rating2490 (January 2025)
Peak rating2495 (December 2023)

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".