GMRomain Edouard

Romain Édouard was born in Poitiers in 1990 and began playing chess at five. Olivier Renet trained him during his teenage years. He won the European under-16 championship in 2006, became an international master in 2007 and a grandmaster in 2009. His tournament victories included Hastings in 2009-10 and Al Ain in 2012. He shared the French championship in 2012. At the 2013 European team championship, he helped France win silver and earned individual gold on board three. He won the Dubai Open in 2014 with eight points from nine games. He also won the Francophonie championship in Montreal in 2015. His instructional writing includes The Chess Manual of Avoidable Mistakes and its companion exercise volume.