Marc Santo-Roman (born 13 September 1960) is a French chess grandmaster, born in Toulouse.[1]

Marc Santo-Roman
CountryFrance
Born (1960-09-13) 13 September 1960 (age 64)
Toulouse, France
TitleGrandmaster (1996)
FIDE rating2369 (May 2019)
Peak rating2500 (January 1991)

Chess career

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He won three French Chess Championship at Angers 1990, Montpellier 1991, and Chambéry 1994[2] and played for France in the 29th Chess Olympiad at Novi Sad 1990, 30th Chess Olympiad at Manila 1992 and in the 31st Chess Olympiad at Moscow 1994.[3] Santo-Roman was awarded the International Master title in 1984[1] and the Grandmaster title in 1996.

Chess strength

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According to Chessmetrics, at his peak in October 1991 Santo-Roman's play was equivalent to a rating of 2557, and he was ranked number 317 in the world. His best single performance was at FRA-ch Angers, 1990, where he scored 11 of 14 possible points (79%) against 2462-rated opposition, for a performance rating of 2644.[4]

On the April 2009 FIDE list his Elo rating is 2392.

Notable games

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References

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  1. ^ a b Gaige, Jeremy (1987), Chess Personalia, A Biobibliography, McFarland, pp. 371–2, ISBN 0-7864-2353-6
  2. ^ Delaire, Eric. "Championnats de France" (in French). Pagesperso-Orange.fr. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
  3. ^ Bartelski, Wojciech. "Men's Chess Olympiads: Marc Santo-Roman". OlimpBase. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
  4. ^ Sonas, Jeff. "Event Details: FRA-ch Angers, 1990". Chessmetrics. Retrieved 2009-07-08.
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