Maili-Jade Ouellet (born 2002) is a Canadian chess player, who holds the title Woman Grandmaster.
| Maili-Jade Ouellet | |
|---|---|
| Country | Canada |
| Born | 2002 (age 21–22) Saint-Lambert, Quebec, Canada[1] |
| Title | Woman Grandmaster (2020) |
| Peak rating | 2297 (December 2019) |
Biography edit
Ouellet learned to play chess as a child and began competing in tournaments at 7 years of age.[2][3]
In 2014, Ouellet won the Canadian Youth Chess Championship in the girls U12 age group.[4] In 2018, she won the girls U16&U18 category.[5]
In 2017, she won the Women's Canadian Chess Championship, which also acted as the women's Zonal 2.1 tournament that year, thus qualifying for the Women's World Chess Championship 2018.[6][7]
Ouellet has played for Canada three times in the Women's Chess Olympiad:
- In 2016, at reserve board in the 42nd Chess Olympiad in Baku (+5, =0, -2),[8]
- In 2018, at third board in the 43rd Chess Olympiad in Batumi (+5 =2 -3).[9]
- In 2022, at first board in the 44th Chess Olympiad in Chennai (+6 =1 -4).[10]
In 2016, she was awarded the Woman International Master (WIM) title.[11] She received the Woman Grandmaster (WGM) title in 2020 for winning the 2019 American Continental Women's Championship in Aguascalientes, Mexico .[3][12]
In April 2022, Ouellet won the 2022 Canadian Women's Chess Championship in Kingston, Ontario, with a perfect score of 9/9.[13][14]
References edit
- ^ Rosner, Cecil (December 10, 2021). "Texas university offers full scholarship to teenage Canadian chess star".
- ^ MacKenzie, Angela; Rowe, Daniel J. (12 January 2020). "Quebec's teen chess grandmaster ready to play best in the world". Montreal. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
- ^ a b "Quebec teen beat her mom at chess at age 5 and hasn't looked back". CBC. 28 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2020.
- ^ "CHAMPIONNAT JEUNESSE DU CANADA (CYCC) 2014 - U12 FILLES/GIRLS". chess-results.com.
- ^ "2018 Canadian Youth Chess Championships / Championnats jeunesse d'échecs". chess-results.com.
- ^ "Women's Zonal Féminin 2017-18". chess-results.com.
- ^ "2017-18 Canadian Women's Champion: Maili-Jade Ouellet - Canadian Chess Newsfeed". chess.ca.
- ^ "42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Women". chess-results.com.
- ^ "43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Women". chess-results.com.
- ^ "44th Chess Olympiad 2022 Women". chess-results.com.
- ^ "2016 NAYCC U18 Girls September 2016 Canada FIDE Chess Tournament details". ratings.fide.com.
- ^ "Continental Women's Championship of America" (PDF). Scholar's Mate. Chess'n Math Association. December 2019. p. 17. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
- ^ Canada stages Zonal Tournaments at Easter, FIDE, 4 May 2022, retrieved 24 September 2022
- ^ "2022 Canada Women Zonal", chessresults.com, retrieved 24 September 2022
External links edit
- Maili-Jade Ouellet rating card at FIDE
- Maili-Jade Ouellet player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Maili-Jade Ouellet chess games at 365Chess.com
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