Yannick Pelletier

Quick Facts

Full Name	Yannick Pelletier
Occupation	Chess Player
Date Of Birth	Sep 22, 1976(1976-09-22)
Age	48
Birthplace	Biel/Bienne
Country	Switzerland
Birth City	Canton of Bern
Horoscope	Virgo

Yannick Pelletier Biography

Yannick Pelletier is one of the most popular and richest Chess Player who was born on September 22, 1976 in Biel/Bienne, Canton of Bern, Switzerland. Yannick Pellettier, a Swiss chess player, was born September 22, 1976 in Biel/Bienne (Switzerland). He currently resides in Reckange in Luxembourg.

He won the German Bundesliga in 2005 with Werder Bremen. He won the French Team Championship in 2007 with Clichy, 2008, 2012 and 2013. He also won the French Cup 2008 and 2009. He won the gold medal at board 6 for Bischwiller in 2018 and was part of the team that won the French Team Championship.

From 2013 until 2018, he worked as the Tournament Director of the International Biel Chess Festival.

In October 2015, he beat World Nr 2 Hikaru Nakamura at the European Club Cup in Skopje. Barely a month later, at the European Team Championship in Reykjavik, he won against World Champion Magnus Carlsen. He is only the third Swiss chess player to beat a reigning World Champion (after Oskar Nägeli in 1932, who beat Alexander Alekhine at a training tournament in Bern, and of course Viktor Kortchnoi). In November 2016, representing the SG Zurich at the European Club Cup in Novi Sad, he achieved his best ever rating performance (2803) by scoring 6 out of 7 on board 3.

He tied for 4th in 2001 with Mark Hebden, Tamaz Gelashvili and Vladimir Tukmakov at the 9th Neuchatel Open. In 2001, he won the Zurich Christmas Open with 6,5 out 7 and in 2006, he tied for 1st in 2002 and 2007, 2008, and 2009. In 2007, he tied for 3rd-5th with Judit Pologar and Alexander Grischuk at the 40th Biel Chess Tournament. He won the Basel Hilton Open 2010 tiebreak and the Cap d’Agde Open 2012. He won the Martinique Open in 2012 alone and in tiebreak in 2013.

Yannick Pelletier Net Worth

Yannick Pelletier is one of the richest Chess Player from Switzerland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Yannick Pelletier 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He is the leader of the Swiss national team and has represented his country at every major event since 1996 (Chess Olympiads and European Team Championship).

In 2001, he was awarded the Grandmaster title after completing his final Grandmaster norm at Istanbul’s 2000 Chess Olympiad. Pelletier was awarded the Swiss Chess Championship six times: in 1995, 2000 and 2002. He also won it in 2010, 2014, and 2017. Pelletier has also won many titles at the Swiss Team Championship, first with Biel and then the SG Zurich.

In September 2013, he took part in a special event called the Marseille Biathlon, regrouping chess and shogi. He won the chess part with 4.5 out of 5 and scored 3 out of 5 in shogi. This enabled him to win the event. Since then, he improved at shogi and took part in the 5th International Shogi Forum in Shizuoka.

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Yannick Ranked on the list of most popular Chess Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Switzerland. Yannick Pelletier celebrates birthday on September 22 of every year.