Joel Lautier

Joël Lautier 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. He is the youngest player ever to win the World Junior Championship at the age of 15. He is one of the few players who has a lifetime positive score against Garry Kasparov. He was one of the people instrumental in Kramnik winning the Classical World Chess Championship 2000 against Kasparov by preparing the infamous 'Berlin Wall'. He also won the French Chess Championship twice in 2004 and 2005. He was the first president of the Association of Chess Professionals when it was founded in June 2003. In 2006, Lautier gave up competitive chess to pursue a career in investment banking. Since 2009 he has been CEO of the Moscow-based investment banking firm RGG Capital.

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Tournaments won by Joel Lautier

Tournament Year Location
Max Euwe Memorial Tournament 1995 Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Rubinstein Memorial 1991 Polanica-Zdrój (Poland)
World U-20 Championship 1988 Adelaide
Joel Lautier

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Born: Thursday, April 12, 1973

Daily puzzles with Joel Lautier

Viswanathan Anand - Joel Lautier
Credit Suisse, Biel SUI
1997.07.21
Predrag Nikolic - Joel Lautier
8th Amber Blindfold, Monte Carlo MNC
1999.03.18
Evgeny Bareev - Joel Lautier
It, Enghien-les-Bains FRA
2001.04.14
Veselin Topalov - Joel Lautier
Fontys, Tilburg NED
1998.10.30

Puzzles with Joel Lautier

Andrei Sokolov - Joel Lautier
Clermont Ferrand
1989
Jeroen Piket - Joel Lautier
Amber-blindfold 04th, Monte Carlo
1995
Jeroen Piket - Joel Lautier
Amber-blindfold 04th, Monte Carlo
1995
Joel Lautier - G1 Giorgadze
XLVIII TCh-ESP, Sanxenxo ESP
2004.11.18
Joel Lautier - E. Relange
ACP Blitz Prelim3, playchess.com INT
2004.04.14
Joel Lautier - E. Relange
ACP Blitz Prelim3, playchess.com INT
2004.04.14
Joel Lautier - PH Nielsen
ACP Blitz Prelim3, playchess.com INT
2004.04.14
Joel Lautier - M. Golubev
ACP Blitz Prelim3, playchess.com INT
2004.04.14
Joel Lautier - M. Golubev
ACP Blitz Prelim3, playchess.com INT
2004.04.14
Joel Lautier - M. Golubev
ACP Blitz Prelim3, playchess.com INT
2004.04.14
F. Hoelzl - Joel Lautier
ch-AUT (team), Melk AUT
1999.10.23
Anthony J Miles - Joel Lautier
2nd IECC, Ohrid MKD
2001.06.13
Joerg Pape - Joel Lautier
Hameln Voba, Hameln
1987
Joel Lautier - Jean Rene Koch
FRA-chB, Epinal
1986
Joel Lautier - Jean Rene Koch
FRA-chB, Epinal
1986
S. Atalik - Joel Lautier
2nd IECC Playoff g/15, Ohrid MKD
2001.06.15
Joel Lautier - L. Galego
2nd IECC Playoff g/15, Ohrid MKD
2001.06.15
Joel Lautier - T. Markowski
2nd IECC Playoff g/5, Ohrid MKD
2001.06.15