Miralles Gilles (08.02.1966)

French Grandmaster (1997) and chess coach living in Geneva. President of ‘la Fédération Genevoise d’Echecs’. French Champion in 1986 and 1989. French Champion U14 in 1977 and 1978 and U20 in 1982. A member of the Lyon team which won the European Team Club Championship in 1995. A participant in the 1986, 1988 and 1990 Olympiads.

Best results: won or shared first at Cagnes sur Mer in 1982, Nice 1985, Liege 1986, Cannes 1986, Ales 1988, Uzes 1988, Chenac 1989, Cannes 1991, Saint Afrique 1994, Geneva Blitz Champion 2004.

Co-author with Joel Lautier of Larousse des Echecs.

Peak rating: 2520 in 1998.