Jules Moussard (; born 16 January 1995) is a French

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player. He holds the title of Grandmaster, which

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awarded him in 2016.

Career

Born in Paris, Moussard won seven titles at the French youth championships. He is the only player to have won a title in every age category, including the adult championship since his 2022 victory in finals against

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. In 2002, he won his first title in the French under-8 championship in

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, in front of Jacques Netzer. At the under-10 championship in

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in 2004 he finished behind Stéphane Staatdjian, but won in the same age category the next year in Calvi. In 2006 in

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in 2012, he won the under-18 championship ahead of Christophe Soshacki and Quentin Loiseau. In 2015 in Pau he won his seventh and last French youth championship in the under-20 division, ahead of Pierre Barbot and Raphaël Dutreuil. Moussard won the silver medal at the World Youth Championships in the Under-10 category in 2004, tied with

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(gold medallist),

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(bronze medallist) and Raymond Song (fourth). He received the title

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for this result. He was awarded the title of

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in 2011. FIDE awarded him the title of Grandmaster in 2016. Moussard won the Paris championship in 2016 and 2018. Also in 2018, he won the London Chess Classic FIDE Open on tiebreak score over

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, after both players scored 7½ points out of 9.

References

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