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Joël Lautier

ジョエル・ローティエ　/　じょえる・ろーてぃえ

Chess player from Canada

April 12, 1973 (age 53)　・　Scarborough, Ontario, Canada

Ontario
chess player

My Take

Joël Lautier fascinates me as one of chess's underrated prodigies. Winning the World Junior Championship in 1988 ahead of Ivanchuk, Gelfand and Serper is not a footnote; it is a statement that this Canadian-born French grandmaster belonged among the elite from a teenage age. What I admire most is the quiet, almost scholarly temperament that seems to define top players of his era, who let the board do the talking. He reached the world's top tier in the 1990s without the showmanship some peers chased. I have a soft spot for that kind of understated brilliance, the genius who simply outthinks everyone and moves on.

Overview

Joël Lautier (French pronunciation: [ʒɔɛl lotje]) is a French chess grandmaster and one of the world's leading chess players in the 1990s and early 2000s. In 1986, he won the U-14 World Youth Chess Championship in Puerto Rico, Argentina. In 1988, he won the World Junior Chess Championship, ahead of stars such as Vasily Ivanchuk, Boris Gelfand and Gregory Serper.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Joël Lautier
Name (Japanese): ジョエル・ローティエ
Reading: じょえる・ろーてぃえ
Born: April 12, 1973 (age 53)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aries / Ox
Origin: Scarborough, Ontario, Canada
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: chess player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AD%E3%83%BC%E3%83%86%E3%82%A3%E3%82%A8

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