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Lehman, Denis
🇫🇷FIDE 20602790· Male· France· Born in 1973
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Denis Lehman, a 53-year-old French player, is rated 1745. He has slipped back 44 Elo over the past 12 months. 18 rated games in the past year (≈5/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 32e Open International d'Echecs de Tarbes, Team 2026 - Nationale 3 r7-9, and Championnat interne Echiquier de Bigorre 2026 groupe 1. Also played 1 rapid (including Tournoi d'Automne Tarbes 2025) and 1 blitz events (including Blitz du Telethon-Juillan 2025) recently. He had 4 career breaks: 15 months (2009–2010), 15 months (2010–2012), 55 months (2012–2017) and 73 months (2019–2025). His peak of 1789 was reached at age 52 (May 2025).
Current rating
1745
Standard
Rpd1763·Blz1743
All-time high
1789
−44 pts below
May 2025 · age 52
May 2025 · age 52
Activity
9
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
18 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#94,274
#94,274 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2025
Best 12-month gain (+31 Elo)
1758 → 1789
May 2025
All-time peak 1789
at age 52 · −44 from today
May 2025
2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 51
Mar 2024
2019
Inactive for 73 months
paused at 1597 → returned at 1789
Mar 2019
2012
Inactive for 55 months
paused at 1659 → returned at 1662
May 2012
2010
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 1705 → returned at 1691
Sep 2010
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-44
1789 → 1745
Tournaments
7
18 games
Score
7/ 1838.9%
6W2D10L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 2/6 | #60 | 1648 | -18.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/2 | #1774 | 998 | -19.0 |
Round-Robin | Mar 2026 | 3/5 | #4 | 1814 | +6.6 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0/1 | #883 | 902 | -12.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #156 | 2647 | +12.0 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 1/2 | #566 | 1723 | -2.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0/1 | #805 | 989 | -10.0 |
Rankings
/
France
#6,383
out of 24,627 players
Europe
#67,239
in continent
World
#94,272
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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