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Garcia, Richard
🇫🇷FIDE 20656246· Male· France· Born in 1975
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Richard Garcia, a 51-year-old French player, is rated 1824 — just 3 short of his peak of 1827 (Mar 2024, age 49). He is on a steady climb with +27 Elo over the past 12 months. 11 rated games in the past year (≈16/year long-term). Recent appearances: Team 2026 - Nationale 4 r6-7 and Team 2025 - 60mn juillet. Also played 2 rapid (including XXVI Obert Internacional d'Escacs de Figueres "Miquel Mas") and 3 blitz events (including Festi Canohes 2025 blitz 1) recently. He took a 18-month break between May 2023 and Dec 2024.
Current rating
1824
Standard
Rpd1760·Blz1761
All-time high
1827
−3 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 49
Mar 2024 · age 49
Activity
9
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
8 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#68,981
#68,981 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2026
6-month rising streak
+12 Elo
Apr 2026
2025
Re-crossed 1800
at age 50
Aug 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+112 Elo)
1715 → 1827
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 49
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1827
at age 49 · −3 from today
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 18 months
paused at 1712 → returned at 1816
May 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+27
1797 → 1824
Tournaments
6
8 games
Score
5.5/ 868.8%
3W5D0L
Top 3 wins
Top losses
Undefeated in the last 12 months.
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 1.5/2 | #411 | 1875 | +3.2 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #1248 | 1941 | +3.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/1 | #1299 | 1869 | +1.4 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0.5/1 | #1622 | 1917 | +2.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/1 | #1665 | 1889 | +2.2 |
Team | Jul 2025 | 2/2 | #23 | 2512 | +15.2 |
Hot streak: 6 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsThierry Diomine
🇫🇷FRA·1755
+4 −2 =1
7 games·last met Jun 2019
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vsJean-pierre Lunaty
🇫🇷FRA·1717
+3 −1 =3
7 games·last met Dec 2017
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vsClement Moreno Chabot
🇫🇷FRA·1977
+4 −1 =1
6 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsYannick Tisseyre
🇫🇷FRA·1934
+1 −3 =1
5 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsJack Boussely
🇫🇷FRA·1662
+4 −0 =1
5 games·last met Oct 2018
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Rankings
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France
#4,351
out of 24,627 players
Europe
#50,207
in continent
World
#68,980
out of 400,000+
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