Robert Fontaine

French-Monegasque-Swiss chess grandmaster (born 1980)

Robert Fontaine

Country	France (until 2016) Monaco (2016–2018) Switzerland (since 2018)
Born	18 November 1980 (1980-11-18) (age 43) Suresnes, France
Title	Grandmaster (2002)
FIDE rating	2535 (June 2024)
Peak rating	2572 (January 2008)

Robert Fontaine (born 18 November 1980) is a French chess player and journalist. He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2002. He played under Monaco flag from 2016 to 2018 and now plays for Switzerland.

Chess career

Born in 1980, Fontaine earned his international master title in 1997 and his grandmaster title in 2002. He was a professional chess player from 2002 to 2005, when he became a professional chess coach and director of the Cannes Chess Club. In 2004 Fontaine played on the French national team at the 36th Chess Olympiad.^[1] He also worked as a presenter for Europe Échecs. He joined Agon Limited as chief of staff in August 2012,^[2] but resigned after the World Chess Championship 2013. He transferred his national federation to Monaco in 2016^[3] and to Switzerland in 2018.^[4]

Personal life

On 25 February 2009, Fontaine married Kateryna Lagno, Russian chess grandmaster.^[5] The couple had a son together, but divorced some years later.^[6]^[7]

References

^ "Going for Gold in Calvià". Chess News. ChessBase. 2004-10-13. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
^ GM Robert Fontaine joins Agon as chief of staff to Andrew Paulson
^ "Player transfers in 2016". FIDE. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
^ "Player transfers in 2018". FIDE. Retrieved 2019-06-06.
^ "Chess News - Kateryna and Robert – pour la vie à jamais unis". ChessBase.com. Archived from the original on 2012-11-20. Retrieved 2014-08-21.
^ "Russian Women's team out of Olympiad". 17 July 2014. Archived from the original on 13 March 2018. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
^ "Kateryna Lagno". Archived from the original on 2018-03-13. Retrieved 2018-03-12.