Céline Roos
Full nameCéline Clairette Roos
Country France
 Canada
Born(1953-12-22)22 December 1953
Strasbourg, France
Died20 April 2021(2021-04-20) (aged 67)
Strasbourg, France
TitleWoman International Master (1985)
Peak rating2182 (January 2001)

Céline Clairette Roos (22 December 1953 – 20 April 2021)[1] was a French and Canadian chess player who held the FIDE title of Woman International Master (WIM).

Biography

Roos came from a French chess family. Her father Michel Roos (1932–2002) won the French Chess Championship in 1964; this success was repeated by her brother Louis in 1977. Her mother Jacqueline Roos (died 2016) was International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster (2000). Her brothers Jean-Luc (born 1955), Louis (born 1957), and Daniël (born 1959) are International Masters (IM).[2]

She participated in many international chess tournaments. In 1990, Roos had her greatest success at the International Women's Chess Tournament in Oisterwijk, when she shared second place.[3]

Roos played for Canada in the Women's Chess Olympiads:[4]

In 1985, she earned the FIDE Woman International Master (WIM) title.

Roos died on 20 April 2021, at the age of 67, after a brief illness.[5][6][7]

References

  1. "ROOS Celine Clairette". deces.matchid.io (in French). Fichier des personnes décédées [Register of deceased persons]. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  2. "Roos chess". ChessGraphics.net. January 1997. Archived from the original on 4 June 2003. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  3. "Oisterwijk (Women) 1990". 365Chess.com. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  4. Bartelski, Wojciech. "Women's Chess Olympiads :: Céline Roos". OlimpBase.org. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  5. "Avis de décès de Madame Celine ROOS paru le 21/04/2021 dans Les Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace" [Death notice of Madame Celine ROOS published on 21 April 2021 in The Latest News from Alsace]. LibraMemoria.com (in French). English translation.
  6. "Celine Roos nous a quittés" [Celine Roos has passed away]. echecs.asso.fr (in French). Fédération Française des Echecs. 27 April 2021. English translation.
  7. "Céline Roos RIP". KevinSpraggettOnChess. 10 May 2021.
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