Yannick Pelletier 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, 2014 and 2017. He has also won numerous titles at the Swiss Team Championship with his first club Biel, and later the SG Zurich. In 2005, he won the German Bundesliga with Werder Bremen. He also won the French Team Championship with Clichy in
1985 Italian Open (tennis) 1985 Italian Open (tennis) The 1985 Italian Open was a tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Foro Italico in Rome in Italy that was part of the 1985 Nabisco Grand Prix and of 1985 Virginia Slims World Championship Series. The men's tournament was held from May 13 through May 18, 1985, while the women's tournament was held from May 4 through May 10, 1985. Yannick Noah defeated Miloslav Mečíř 6–4, 3–6, 6–2, 7–6 Raffaella Reggi defeated Vicki Nelson-Dunbar 6–3, 6–4 Anders Järryd / Mats Wilander defeated Ken Flach / Robert Seguso 4–6, 6–3, 6–2 Sandra Cecchini /