Jules Moussard | |
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 Jules Moussard in 2016 | |
| Country | France |
| Born | (1995-01-16)16 January 1995 (age 30) Paris,France |
| Title | Grandmaster (2016) |
| FIDE rating | 2592 (March 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2686 (September 2022) |
| Peak ranking | No. 51 (September 2022) |
Jules Moussard (French pronunciation:[ʒylmusaʁ]; born 16 January 1995) is a Frenchchess player. He holds the title ofGrandmaster, whichFIDE awarded him in 2016.
Born in Paris,[1] Moussard won seven titles at the French youth championships. He is the only player to have won a title in every age category, including theadult championship since his 2022 victory in finals againstÉtienne Bacrot. In 2002, he won his first title in the French under-8 championship inHyères, in front of Jacques Netzer. At the under-10 championship inReims in 2004 he finished behind Stéphane Staatdjian, but won in the same age category the next year inCalvi. In 2006 inAix-les-Bains, he won the under-12 title. He returned to this city in 2009 to win his fourth title, this time in the under-14 category. Two years later, he won the under-16 championship. Then inNîmes in 2012, he won the under-18 championship ahead of Christophe Soshacki and Quentin Loiseau. In 2015 inPau he won his seventh and last French youth championship in the under-20 division, ahead of Pierre Barbot and Raphaël Dutreuil.
Moussard won the silver medal at theWorld Youth Championships in the Under-10 category in 2004, tied withYu Yangyi (gold medallist),Hou Yifan (bronze medallist) and Raymond Song (fourth).[2] He received the titleFIDE Master for this result.
He was awarded the title ofInternational Master in 2011. FIDE awarded him the title ofGrandmaster in 2016.[3] Moussard won theParis championship in 2016 and 2018.[4] Also in 2018, he won theLondon Chess Classic FIDE Open on tiebreak score overNicholas Pert, after both players scored 7½ points out of 9.[5][6]