Josep Oms Pallise

Josep Oms Pallise (born 20 July 1973) is a Catalonia born Spanish chess player who holds the title of Grandmaster (GM) (2007) and from 2003 till 2007 played for Andorra.^[1] He is four-times Andorran Chess Championship winner (2003–2006) and Chess Olympiad individual gold medal winner (2006).

Josep Oms Pallise
Josep Oms Pallise in 2010
Country	Spain
Born	(1973-07-20) 20 July 1973 (age 52) Lleida, Catalonia, Spain
Title	Grandmaster (2007)
FIDE rating	2437 (August 2025)
Peak rating	2528 (November 2010)

Biography

In 1993, Josep Oms Pallise won Spanish Junior Chess Championship and played for Spain in European Junior Chess Championship. In 2000, he shared 2nd place in Catalonia Chess Championship. Josep Oms Pallise four time in row won Andorran Chess Championship (2003-2006). In 2004, he shared 3rd place in Spanish Chess Championship. Josep Oms Pallise is winner of many international chess tournament, include Valencia (1996), Zaragoza (1998, 1999), Seville (2000), Barcelona (2008).

Josep Oms Pallise played for Andorra in the Chess Olympiads:^[2]

• In 2004, at second board in the 36th Chess Olympiad in Calvià (+6, =2, -4),
• In 2006, at second board in the 37th Chess Olympiad in Turin (+7, =4, -0) and won individual gold medal.

In 1997, he was awarded the FIDE International Master (IM) title and received the FIDE Grandmaster (GM) title ten years later. Also he is FIDE Trainer (2014).