Maili-Jade Ouellet (born 2002) is a Canadian chess player, who holds the title Woman Grandmaster.

Maili-Jade Ouellet
CountryCanada
Born2002 (age 21–22)
Saint-Lambert, Quebec, Canada[1]
TitleWoman Grandmaster (2020)
Peak rating2352 (October 2024)

Biography

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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, 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

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  1. ^ Rosner, Cecil (December 10, 2021). "Texas university offers full scholarship to teenage Canadian chess star".
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "CHAMPIONNAT JEUNESSE DU CANADA (CYCC) 2014 - U12 FILLES/GIRLS". chess-results.com.
  5. ^ "2018 Canadian Youth Chess Championships / Championnats jeunesse d'échecs". chess-results.com.
  6. ^ "Women's Zonal Féminin 2017-18". chess-results.com.
  7. ^ "2017-18 Canadian Women's Champion: Maili-Jade Ouellet - Canadian Chess Newsfeed". chess.ca.
  8. ^ "42nd Olympiad Baku 2016 Women". chess-results.com.
  9. ^ "43rd Olympiad Batumi 2018 Women". chess-results.com.
  10. ^ "44th Chess Olympiad 2022 Women". chess-results.com.
  11. ^ "2016 NAYCC U18 Girls September 2016 Canada FIDE Chess Tournament details". ratings.fide.com.
  12. ^ "Continental Women's Championship of America" (PDF). Scholar's Mate. Chess'n Math Association. December 2019. p. 17. Retrieved 5 December 2022.
  13. ^ Canada stages Zonal Tournaments at Easter, FIDE, 4 May 2022, retrieved 24 September 2022
  14. ^ "2022 Canada Women Zonal", chessresults.com, retrieved 24 September 2022
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