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Besombes, Romain

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FIDEFIDE 20635567· Male· France· Born in 1995

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Romain Besombes, a 31-year-old French player, is rated 2003 — his current career high. He is progressing steadily with +31 Elo over the past 12 months. 34 rated games in the past year (≈14/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Team 2026 - IDF Avril, Team 2026 - Nationale 3 r7-9, and Team 2026 - IDF Janvier. Also played 3 rapid (including Hoop Gambit Chess Tournament 2025) and 2 blitz events (including Internationaux RnB Paris IDF 2026 Blitz) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 59 months (2013–2018) and 55 months (2018–2023, COVID-19 included).

At junior level, he reached #81, #84, #70 and #52 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.

Current rating

2003

Standard

Rpd1952·Blz1928

All-time high

2003

at best
May 2026 · age 31

Activity

32

games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo

34 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

#27,023

#27,023 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

14 entries
2026
Crossed 2000
at age 31
May 2026
All-time peak 2003
at age 31
May 2026
7-month rising streak
+56 Elo
May 2026
2018
Inactive for 55 months
paused at 1852 → returned at 1854
May 2018
2014
81st French U20 player
at age 19 · rated 1851
Apr 2014
2013
Inactive for 59 months
paused at 1851 → returned at 1852
May 2013

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Alexandre Lemoine 2,174
Lisieux 10000 2025 open A · Aug 2025 · +5.5 Elo
Evolution
+31
1972 → 2003
Tournaments
13
34 games
Score
19.5/ 3457.4%
13W13D8L

Last 12 months — tournaments

13 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Team 2026 - IDF Avril
Team
Apr 20261/1#1562773+9.4
Team 2026 - Nationale 3 r7-9
Team
Mar 20261/1#6332787+10.0
Team 2026 - Nationale 3 r6
Team
Feb 20261/1#2752654+6.6
Team 2026 - Nationale 3 r5
Team
Jan 20261/1#4692689+7.8
Team 2026 - IDF Janvier
Team
Jan 20261/2#2261981+0.6
Team 2026 - Nationale 2 r3-4
Team
Dec 20251/2#2172050+5.4
Team 2026 - IDF Decembre
Team
Dec 20251/1#3672846+12.6
Team 2026 - Nationale 3 r2
Team
Nov 20251/1#2512742+9.8
10eme Open International Serge Dimier - Open A
Open Swiss
Oct 20253.5/6#201932-5.8
Team 2026 - Nationale 3 r1
Team
Oct 20250/1#9161131-10.8
Hot streak: 8 tournaments without losing Elo.

Rankings

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France
#1,494
out of 24,627 players
Europe
#19,967
in continent
World
#27,023
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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3
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2,626
4
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2,615
4
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2,615
6
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2,613
7
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2,610
8
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2,596
9
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10
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2,557
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Europe
1
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2,841
2
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2,767
3
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2,764
4
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2,744
5
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2,739
6
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2,729
7
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2,728
8
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2,721
9
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2,717
10
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World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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4
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2,777
6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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2,761
9
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2,753
9
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