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2421 -lrb- october 2012 -rrb- france marseille , france -lrb- fide world rankings -rrb- no. 59 ranked woman in the november 2012 international master , wgm 623725 2 november 1983 sophie milliet milliet sophie.jpg sophie milliet
 sophie milliet
sophie milliet

sophie milliet -lrb- born 2 november 1983 in marseille -rrb- is a french chess player and four times national women 's champion -lrb- 2003 , 2008 , 2009 and 2011 -rrb- .
she was raised in the french town of castelnau-le-lez and learned to play chess at the age of four .
her endeavours at junior level showed good promise and catapulted her elo rating over the 2100 mark by the time she was seventeen years of age .
consequently , she played top board for the french girls team at the faber cup in dublin in 2000 and contributed to winning the event .
however , it was at aix-les-bains in 2003 that she showed her greatest progress , winning the french women 's championship with 9/11 , an impressive 1 1/2 points clear of the field .
the result sealed her qualification for the woman grandmaster -lrb- wgm -rrb- title , awarded the same year .
at the 2004 event , she came close to repeating her previous success , for a while leading the competition in val d'isère and eventually taking second place behind almira skripchenko .
due to the strength of this contest , she gained many rating points .
in 2006 , she made a foray to the swiss open championship in lenzerheide and placed a creditable third .
competing at the baku 2007 women 's international she faced a tough test , losing her first 3 games , then resourcefully climbing back to 4/9 in what was a first class line-up .
pia cramling was just one notable scalp along the way .
the french championship returned to aix-les-bains in 2007 and once again she finished in first place , this time on equal points with silvia collas .
a rapidplay play-off was used to determine the champion and milliet narrowly missed out .
at pau in 2008 , she claimed a second triumph in the french women 's championship .
at nîmes in 2009 she won her third title with the score of 7/10 -lrb- +5 − 1 = 4 -rrb- .
a keen exponent of team chess , she represented france in the chess olympiads of 2004 and 2006 , notching up a healthy , cumulative plus score of +11 − 4 = 6 .
she also participated at the european team chess championships of 2003 , 2005 and 2007 .
as a player of league chess , she is extremely active and has participated in the french nationale for three teams ; `` bischwiller '' , `` clichy '' and latterly , `` montpellier '' .
between 2003 and 2005 she was a frequent visitor to the german women 's bundesliga and in respect of the uk 's 4ncl , has occasionally appeared for the largely female-populated `` pride and prejudice '' team in 2007/08 .
she was awarded the international master title in march 2009 , in respect of norms earned at the french club championship -lrb- 2005 -rrb- , the swiss championship at lenzerheide -lrb- 2006 -rrb- and the béthune open -lrb- 2008 -rrb- .
