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Montreal International 2003, where he scored 6.5/11 for 5th place with 9 GMs in the field. Shortly afterwards, he scored his second norm in the
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King's Gambit: A Son, A Father and the World's Most Dangerous Game,
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King's Gambit: A Son, A Father and the World's Most Dangerous Game
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2001–02 Canadian Junior Championship at Winnipeg with 5/8.
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The story of his becoming a grandmaster is recounted in
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1008:Chess Olympiad record at OlimpBase.org
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908:Sutherland, Anne (2006-01-26).
242:Charbonneau won the 2002 Zonal
612:Berry, Jonathan (2000-08-26).
475:British Columbia Chess History
446:British Columbia Chess History
226:. He worked on his chess with
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953:"Canadian Junior Shawinigan"
780:Byrne, Robert (2002-04-28).
640:"Charbonneau scores big win"
637:Bevand, Larry (2000-08-26).
497:"It's a learning experience"
494:Bevand, Larry (1999-10-02).
203:: board 1, 4.5/11 (+4 =1 -6)
121:Canadian Chess Championships
808:"'The kid' is now the king"
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185:: board 4, 4.5/9 (+2 =5 -2)
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398:Canadian Chess Biographies
279:first-round knockout match
277:in his world championship
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197:: board 1, 5/12 (+3 =4 -5)
191:: board 3, 6/11 (+5 =2 -4)
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614:"Chess [column]"
888:Illinois Chess Bulletin
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1290:Canadian chess players
1240:Shawn Rodrigue-Lemieux
1204:Thomas Roussel-Roozmon
936:Hoffman, Paul (2007).
916:The Gazette (Montreal)
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330:University of Montreal
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111:(born May 6, 1983, in
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317:at the controversial
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833:Ross, David (2003).
590:Neven, Knut (2000).
568:St. Pierre, Benoit.
546:Neven, Knut (1999).
394:"Pascal Charbonneau"
252:International Master
711:Yoos, Jack (2001).
336:Notable chess games
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109:Pascal Charbonneau
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918:. p. 6
860:Chess Focus
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323:Irina Krush
285:Grandmaster
264:Jean HĂ©bert
195:CalviĂ 2004
141:FIDE Master
131:Early years
117:grandmaster
73:Grandmaster
53:May 6, 1983
1274:Categories
1252:See also:
1224:Yang Kaiqi
1079:FIDE title
960:En Passant
922:2023-04-22
894:2023-04-21
865:2023-04-21
842:En Passant
819:2022-04-22
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379:References
300:Igor Zugic
201:Turin 2006
178:at Turin.
49:1983-05-06
1233:2020–2029
1197:2010–2019
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1067:Canadian
189:Bled 2002
166:Olympiads
113:Montreal
59:Montreal
27:Country
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38:Canada
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