Jean-Luc Seret
Jean -Luc Seret ( born September 4, 1951 in Saint- Étienne- du- Rouvray ) is a French chess player who scored a quarter of a century of the best players of his country.
He learned chess at the age of eleven years of his father, who was an enthusiastic lady players. In 1969 he played at the World Youth Championships in Stockholm, which was won by eventual world chess champion Anatoly Karpov.
Between 1968 and 1995 he took 23 times in the final of the French Individual Championship ( tournoi "National" ) part. In 1971 he shared the first place in Merignac. French champion he was. During the tournaments in 1980 in Puteaux, 1981 in Vitrolles, 1984 in Alès and 1985 in Clermont- Ferrand
He represented his country at the Chess Olympiads in 1974 in Nice, 1976 in Haifa, 1980 in Valletta, 1982 in Lucerne and 1984 in Thessaloniki. In the World Team Championship in 1985 in Lucerne, he was awarded a bronze medal for the third-best result on the fifth board.
Chess club he played from 1965 to 1992 in Rouen clubs Cercle Rouennais of Échecs, Dame Blanche de Sotteville- lès -Rouen and Rouen Échecs, where the latter was born from the union of the first two. 1992 to 1994 he played for Belfort Échecs and 1995 to 2002 for Bordeaux Échecs. Since 2002 he represents the Association Club 2 Chevry his residence Gif- sur -Yvette, whose president he is. In Germany he played from 1991 to 2003 some games per year for the club SC Four home in the second division.
In 1982 he received the title of International Master. The French team championship in 1992 he had a grandmaster norm.
Seret, with the support of the chess composer Jean -Michel Trillon a study and about 12 fairy chess tasks composed. In 1975, he won in the category at issue More Züger tournament of the journal Thèmes 64 first prize.
He is also a strong bridge player. In backgammon, he examines the chose to produce and has two articles about it on the web newspaper operated by Kit Woolsey GammOnLine published.
Seret is married and has four children. Professionally, he has worked as a Research Engineer at EDF Clamart.