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Thomas Roussel-Roozmon is a Canadian chess grandmaster.
Chess career
Roussel-Roozmon began playing chess at the age of 5. He played for Canada at the 37th, 38th, and 39th Chess Olympiads.
In 2010, Roussel-Roozmon became the fourth Canadian-born player to achieve the Grandmaster title, which he obtained at the 2010 Chess Olympiad held in Khanty-Mansiysk.
Achievements
Roussel-Roozmon has a number of notable chess achievements:
2010 Selected Canada's Olympiad National Team
2008 Represented Canada at Olympiad
2008 1st place, First Saturday Grand Master March, Budapest, Hungary
2007 Grandmaster Norm at Quebec Open
2007 2nd place, Quebec Open Championship
2006 Represented Canada at Olympiad
2004 Awarded International Master title
2003 Canadian Grade 10 Champion
2002 Canadian Grade 9 Champion
2000 Represented Canada at World Under-12 Championship (9th place)
2000 Canadian Under-12 Champion
2000 Canadian Grade 7 Champion
Personal life
Roussel-Roozmon studied philosophy at the Université du Québec à Montréal.