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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 2 rapid (including Tournoi d'Automne Tarbes 2025) and 1 blitz events (including Blitz du Telethon-Juillan 2025) recently. He had 5 career breaks: 15 months (2009–2010), 15 months (2010–2012), 55 months (2012–2017), 59 months (2019–2024, COVID-19 included) and 13 months (2024–2025). 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
#94,123
#94,123 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
13 entries2025
All-time peak 1789
at age 52 · −44 from today
May 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+161 Elo)
1597 → 1758
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 51
Mar 2024
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 1758 → returned at 1789
Mar 2024
2019
Inactive for 59 months
paused at 1597 → returned at 1758
Mar 2019
2012
Inactive for 55 months
paused at 1659 → returned at 1662
May 2012
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — 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 |
Rankings
/
France
#6,356
out of 24,420 players
Europe
#67,112
in continent
World
#94,122
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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