Player Biographies

GM Pascal Charbonneau

2004 Canadian Closed Champion 7-2, 2618 performance rating

2002 Canadian Closed Champion 8.5-2.5, 2617, defeated GM Spraggett

Represented Canada:

2006 Olympiad, Board 1, 2450, defeated GM Anand

2004 Olympiad, Board 1, 2544

2002 Olympiad, Board 3, 2545

2000 Olympiad, Board 4, 2464, first IM norm

2005 World Cup

2004 World Championship

2001 World Under-18 Boys Championship 6-5

1999 World Junior (Under-20) Championship

1999 World Under-16 Boys Championship 7-3

1998 World Under-16 Boys Championship 7.5-3.5

1996 World Under-16 Boys Championship 6.5-4.5

1998 Canadian Junior Champion 10-1, 2432

1997 Canadian Junior 9-2, 2408

Province	Age	Title year	FIDE Rating	CFC Rating	CFC High
QC	23	GM2006	2501	2512	2527

City	USCF rating	FQE rating	Number of games 2005	Number of games 2006	Year of high
Outremout	2530	2497	21+17u+14f	0+16u+20f	2004

Highest placing on top CFC list	Year of top listing	Highest Performance Rating	First CFC rating	Year of first rating	Rating a year ago
5	2005	2620	1803	1995	2512

2006 simultaneous tour across Canada, photo in Toronto Star and Metro

51th on USCF Rating List

2006 photo, wrote article On Becoming a Grandmaster in Chess Canada

2006 cowrote article Americans in the World Cup in Chess Life

1997-2003 wrote articles annotated games, and photos in En Passant

Major victories:

2006 Winter Chicago FIDE Invitational won 6-3, final GM norm, defeated GM Perelshteyn

2005 United States Chess League Most Valuable Player, Board 1 on Baltimore Kingfishers, USCL Champions

2002 IM title

2002 Canadian Open tied for first 8-2, 2496

2001 Canadian Boys Under-18 Champion 7-0, 2443

2000 Quebec Closed Champion 7-3, 2567

2000 Canadian Junior Champion 6-2, 2307

2000 Canadian Boys Under-18 Champion 5.5-.5, 2428

2000 Canadian Grade 11 Champion

1999 Canadian Youth (U-16) Champion 4.5-.5, 2392

1998 Canadian Cadet Champion 7-2, 2257

1996 Canadian Grade 7 Champion

1995 Canadian Grade 6 Champion

1994 Canadian Grade 5 Champion

Other top results:

2004 World Open 6-3, defeated GM De Firmian

2003 Montreal International 6.5-4.5, 2620

2003 Lindsborg FIDE Open 6-3, defeated GMs Baburin, Blatny

2002 Montreal International 5.5-5.5, 2544

2002 Pan American Intercollegiate co-winner 5.5-.5

2001 Jack Taylor Memorial winner 5-0, 2556

1999 PanAm Open 3.5-1.5, 2456

1997 North Bay International 4.5-4.5, 2413

GM Mark Bluvshtein

2004 Canadian Closed third 6.5-2.5, 2542 performance rating

2001 Canadian Closed third 6-3, 2478

Represented Canada:

2006 Olympiad, Board 2, 2576

2004 Olympiad, Board 3, 2638

2002 Olympiad, first reserve, 2553

2005 World Boys Under-18 Championship 3rd place

2002 World Youth Championship Under-14 7.5-3.5

2001 World Youth Championship Under-14 7.5-3.5

2001 played in Canadian Junior Championship second 7-2, 2386

2000 played in Canadian Junior Championship

Province	Age	Title year	FIDE Rating	CFC Rating	CFC High
ON	18	GM 2004	2541	2512	2553

City	USCF rating	FQE rating	Number of games 2005	Number of games 2006	Year of high
Toronto	2525	2513	38+21f	13+11f	2005

Highest placing on top CFC list	Year of top listing	Highest Performance Rating	First CFC rating	Year of first rating	Rating a year ago
3	2005	2638	2178	1999	2538

Top rated Canadian under 20, under 18

2006 annotated game in Chess Life

2004 photo, feature of article in the Toronto Star

2000-3 wrote articles and annotated games in En Passant

2001 interviewed in En Passant “I definitely have an attacking style and like to sacrifice material. My idol is Gary Kasparov.”

Major victories:

2005 Canadian Open cowinner 8-2, 2595

2004 Canadian Grade 10 Champion

2002 Canadian Grade 8 Champion

2002 Canadian Boys Under-14 Champion 8-0, 2323

2001 Canadian Grade 7 Champion

2001 Canadian Boys Under-14 Champion 6.5-.5, 2248

2001 IM title

1999 Ontario Junior co-winner 4-1, 2349

Other top results:

2005 Zurich Open 5-2

2004 Montreal International 6.5-4.5, 2624, GM norm

2004 Canadian Open 6.5-3.5, 2570, GM norm

2002 Macedonian Labour Day Open cowinner 5-1, 2585

2002 Second CMA Futurity 6.5-2.5, 2590

2002 Canadian Open 7.5-2.5, 2527

2001 Toronto Christmas Open won 4.5-.5, 2556

2001 Father’s Day Open won 4-1, 2416

2000 DCC November Active 5-1, 2467 active

2000 Toronto Thanksgiving Open won 5-1, 2546

2000 Toronto Class Open 3.5-1.5, 2466

2000 Toronto Closed 8-3, 2396

1999 October Fall Open 4-1, 2717