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Gilles Mirallès

Gilles Mirallès

French chess grandmaster (1966–2022)

Gilles Mirallès (8 February 1966 – 28 January 2022) was a French chess grandmaster.[1][2]

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Biography

Mirallès became a Grandmaster in 1997 after winning the French Junior Chess Championship in 1982 and the French Chess Championship in 1986 and 1989. He came in third place in 1990. Also a chess coach, he was directeur technique national [fr] of the French Chess Federation from 1992 to 1996. He also collaborated with the magazine Échec et Mat [fr].

He moved to Geneva and became President of the Fédération genevoise d'échecs and director of the École d'échecs de Genève. On 1 January 2011, he was ranked 43rd in France with an Elo rating of 2462.

Mirallès died in Ferney-Voltaire on 28 January 2022, at the age of 55.[3][4]

References

  1. [1]
    "Miralles Gilles (08.02.1966)". The Chesspedia.
  2. [2]
    Linville (raync910), Ray (2 January 2023). "Celebrate Achievements Of Legendary Chess Players Who Died In 2022". Chess.com. Retrieved 25 September 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. [3]
    "Gilles Mirallès, grand contributeur au développement des échecs, nous a quittés". Europe Échecs (in French). 31 January 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
  4. [4]
    "French Grandmaster Gilles Mirallès dies at the age of 55". Chess News. 2 February 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
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