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Racle, Valentin
🇫🇷FIDE 20607954· Male· France· Born in 1992
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Valentin Racle, a 34-year-old French player, is rated 2186 — just 6 short of his peak of 2192 (Jan 2025, age 33) and sitting in the top 3% of French players, and in the top 4% worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +37 Elo over the past 12 months. 42 rated games in the past year (≈32/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Team 2026 - Nationale 4 r6-7, 34eme Open de Gueugnon - Tournoi A (1800-2199), and Championnat de France 2025 - Open A. Also played 1 rapid event (including 24eme rapide de Gueugnon) recently. He took a 12-month break between Sep 2018 and Oct 2019.
At junior level, he reached #91, #72 and #26 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
2186
Standard
Rpd2116·Blz2084
All-time high
2192
−6 pts below
Jan 2025 · age 33
Jan 2025 · age 33
Activity
37
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
30 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 3%
#446 · French players · of 17,591
Career timeline
16 entries2025
All-time peak 2192
at age 33 · −6 from today
Jan 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+139 Elo)
2044 → 2183
Oct 2024
Re-crossed 2100
at age 32
Mar 2024
2023
500 career games
at age 31
Oct 2023
2018
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 2123 → returned at 2135
Sep 2018
2016
Crossed 2100
at age 24
Sep 2016
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+37
2149 → 2186
Tournaments
9
26 games
Score
19/ 2673.1%
16W6D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jun 2026 | 3.5/5 | #3 | 2186 | +4.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/2 | #159 | 2831 | +12.4 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3/5 | #3 | 2035 | -17.8 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #118 | 2733 | +3.8 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #741 | 2748 | +4.0 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0.5/1 | #1414 | 2281 | +2.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #646 | 2650 | +2.6 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1/1 | #658 | 2605 | +2.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6/9 | #13 | 2162 | -2.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsQuentin Poignot
🇫🇷FRA·2206
+2 −3 =5
10 games·last met Oct 2017
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vsGael Decure
🇫🇷FRA·1931
+7 −0 =1
8 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsAugustin Lauferon
🇫🇷FRA·2021
+5 −3 =0
8 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsPierre Mangone
🇫🇷FRA·1934
+7 −0 =1
8 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsFlorian Mathez
🇫🇷FRA·2154
+1 −3 =2
6 games·last met Jun 2025
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Rankings
/
France
#446
out of 24,627 players
Europe
#6,298
in continent
World
#8,946
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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