Yannick Pelletier and shogi. He won the chess part with 4,5 our of 5 and scored 3 out of 5 in shogi. This enabled him to win the event. Since then, he improved at shogi and took part in the 5th International Shogi Forum in Shizuoka. Yannick Pelletier Yannick Pelletier (born September 22, 1976 in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland) is a Swiss chess player who lives in Paris, France. He completed his final Grandmaster norm at the 2000 Chess Olympiad in Istanbul and was officially awarded the Grandmaster title in 2001. Pelletier won the Swiss Chess Championship 6 times, in 1995, 2000, 2002, 2010,
Yannick Gingras Yannick Gingras Yannick Gingras (born August 4, 1979 in Sorel, Quebec, Canada) is a Champion driver of Standardbred horses in the sport of harness racing. Gingras drove in his native Canada until 2001 when he moved to Yonkers Raceway in New York where he enjoyed immediate success, winning that fall's driving title. Following a 426 win year in 2003 that earned him the Dan Patch Rising Star Award, he relocated to Meadowlands Racetrack in 2004 which he continues to maintain as his home base. In 2014, Yannick Gingras was voted American harness racing's Dan Patch Driver of the Year Award,