 Haussernot in 2020 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1998-10-22)October 22, 1998 (age 27) |
| Chess career | |
| Country | France |
| Title | Woman International Master (2017) |
| Peak rating | 2254 (September 2025) |
Cécile Haussernot (born 22 October 1998) is a Frenchchess player holding the title ofWoman International Master (WIM). She was twice European champion in her age girls category.
Haussernot learned how to move the pieces at the age of five, and was invited to play on her club's team at the age of six and then learned the basics. She is a six-time French youth champion: U-8 Girls 2006, U-10 Girls 2007, U-14 Girls 2008, U-14 Girls 2011, U-16 Girls 2013 and U-20 2018. She became also French vice-champion in the U-16 Girls category in 2009 and finished 3rd in the U-12 Boys category at the 2010 French youth championships.
Haussernot won two gold medals at theEuropean Youth Chess Championships, in the U-10 Girls section in 2007 atŠibenik, Croatia[1] and in the U-12 Girls section in 2009 atFermo, Italy.[2] She took the bronze medal in the U-12 Girls category atBatumi, Georgia in 2010. In theWorld Youth Chess Championships, she finished fourth in the U-10 Girls section in 2008 inVũng Tàu, Vietnam.
In August 2017, Haussernot finished second in theFrench women's championship.[3] The next month, she played for the silver medal-winning French team[4] in the Women's Mitropa Cup inBalatonszárszó, Hungary.[5] In October, Haussernot finished fourth in the EuropeanACP Women'sBlitz Chess Championship inMonte Carlo, behindAlexandra Kosteniuk,Kateryna Lagno andValentina Gunina respectively.[6][7]She finished second in the French Woman's Rapid Championships in 2018 in Angoulême.[8] The same year, she earned a Woman Grandmaster norm in Salento, Italy, in May 2018. She then represented France in the Olympiads in Batumi, in October 2018.In December 2020, she became French Woman Rapid Champion.[9]
