Céline Roos

Céline Clairette Roos was a French and Canadian chess player who held the FIDE title of Woman International Master.

Biography

Roos came from a French chess family. Her father Michel Roos won the French Chess Championship in 1964; this success was repeated by her brother Louis in 1977. Her mother Jacqueline Roos was International Correspondence Chess Grandmaster. Her brothers Jean-Luc, Louis, and Daniël are International Masters.
She participated in many international chess tournaments. In 1990, Roos had her greatest success at the International Women's Chess Tournament in Oisterwijk, when she shared second place.
Roos played for Canada in the Women's Chess Olympiads:

In 1980, at second board in the 9th Chess Olympiad (women) in Valletta,
In 1982, at second board in the 10th Chess Olympiad (women) in Lucerne,
In 1984, at second board in the 26th Chess Olympiad (women) in Thessaloniki and won individual gold medal,
In 1988, at second board in the 28th Chess Olympiad (women) in Thessaloniki.

In 1985, she earned the FIDE Woman International Master title.
Roos died on 20 April 2021, at the age of 67, after a brief illness.