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Pelletier, Yannick

Pelletier, Yannick

GM🇨🇭

FIDEFIDE 1301837· Male· Switzerland· Born in 1976

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Yannick Pelletier, a 50-year-old Swiss Grandmaster, is rated 2514 and ranked 6th among Swiss players, and 498th worldwide. He has held steady between 2500 and 2525 for 15 months. 20 rated games in the past year (≈62/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include SMM NLA 2026 round 2, Luxembourg Team Championship 25-26 Round 8-9, and Luxembourg Team Championship 25-26 Round 7. His peak of 2624 was reached at age 27 (Jan 2003, World #65 at the time); he spent 132 months in Swiss top 3, with a longest streak of 7 consecutive years.

Awarded GM in 2001 (age 25) and IM in 2001 (age 25).

Current rating

2514

Standard

Rpd2643·Blz—

All-time high

2624

−110 pts below
Jan 2003 · age 27

Activity

41

games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo

20 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

#6

#6 · Swiss players · of 3,199
132 months in National top 3 (2001–2024)

Career timeline

23 entries
2024
132 months in national top 3
longest streak 88 months · since Jan 2001
Dec 2024
2022
18th 45-50 player worldwide
at age 46 · rated 2551
Aug 2022
2020
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 2581 → returned at 2555
Mar 2020
2017
28th 40-45 player worldwide
at age 41 · rated 2576
Jan 2017
2013
1,000 career games
at age 37
Feb 2013
2012
Re-crossed 2600
at age 36
Oct 2012

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Daniel DardhaGM 2,627
Luxembourg Team Championship 25-26 Round 6 · Jan 2026 · +1.5 Elo
Evolution
-5
2519 → 2514
Tournaments
11
15 games
Score
9.5/ 1563.3%
7W5D3L
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsRick FrischmannFM2,355·Luxembourg Team Championship 25-26 Round 8-9·R2·-7.1
2.[L]vsNico GeorgiadisGM2,506·SMM 2025 NLA round 6-7·R2·-5.0
3.[L]vsDennis WagnerGM2,617·SMM 2025 NLA round 6-7·R1·-3.4

Last 12 months — tournaments

11 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
SMM NLA 2026 round 2
Team
Apr 20261/1#83042+1.7
Luxembourg Team Championship 25-26 Round 8-9
Team
Mar 20260.5/2#1612180-9.4
Luxembourg Team Championship 25-26 Round 7
Team
Feb 20261/1#83155+2.4
Luxembourg Team Championship 25-26 Round 6
Team
Jan 20260.5/1#852627+1.2
Luxembourg Team Championship 25-26 Round 5
Team
Dec 20251/1#403044+1.7
Luxembourg Team Championship 25-26 Round 3-4
Team
Nov 20252/2#13113+3.8
Luxembourg Team Championship 25-26 Round 2
Team
Oct 20251/1#232918+0.8
SMM 2025 NLA rounds 8-9
Team
Sep 20251.5/2#172729+5.9
SMM 2025 NLA round 6-7
Team
Aug 20250/2#861762-8.7
SMM 2025 NLA round 5
Team
Jun 20250.5/1#372474-0.6

Most-Played Opponents

vsJoseph G. GallagherGM
🇨🇭SUI·2385
+2 −2 =7
11 games·last met Jul 2021
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vsSebastian BognerGM
🇨🇭SUI·2546
+3 −2 =5
10 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsAlberto DavidGM
🇮🇹ITA·2460
+0 −2 =6
8 games·last met Sep 2024
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vsOliver KurmannIM
🇨🇭SUI·2353
+4 −1 =3
8 games·last met Oct 2023
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vsMarkus KlauserIM
🇨🇭SUI·2292
+3 −2 =3
8 games·last met Jul 2021
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Rankings

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Switzerland
#6
out of 3,418 players
Europe
#285
in continent
World
#498
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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World
Switzerland
1
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2,576
2
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3
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2,535
4
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2,523
5
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2,520
62,514
7
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2,491
8
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2,483
9
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2,465
10
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2,462
Europe
1
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2,840
2
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2,767
3
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2,759
3
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2,759
5
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2,739
6
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2,735
7
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2,729
8
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2,717
8
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10
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2,708
...
285🇨🇭Pelletier, Yannick2,514
World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
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2,780
5
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2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
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2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
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2,753
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498🇨🇭Pelletier, Yannick2,514