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Kern, Nicolas
🇫🇷FIDE 20660294· Male· France· Born in 1998
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Nicolas Kern, a 28-year-old French player, is rated 2110 — just 19 short of his peak of 2129 (Feb 2015, age 17) and sitting in the top 4% of French players, and in the top 7% worldwide. He has fluctuated between 2080 and 2118 over the past 2 years. 44 rated games in the past year (≈38/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open, Team 2026 - Nationale 1 r8-9, and 39eme Festival International des Jeux de Cannes - Open A (p2100). Also played 1 rapid (including Hoop Gambit Chess Tournament 2025) and 1 blitz events (including 1er Blitz Easy Chess x Davidson Consulting) recently.
At junior level, he reached #22, #20, #13, #11 and #13 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2110
Standard
Rpd2101·Blz2113
All-time high
2129
−19 pts below
Feb 2015 · age 17
Feb 2015 · age 17
Activity
39
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
44 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#741 · French players · of 17,591
Career timeline
23 entries2026
Re-crossed 2100
at age 28
Apr 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2100
at age 27
Dec 2025
Re-crossed 2100
at age 27
Aug 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2100
at age 26
Dec 2024
2023
500 career games
at age 25
Mar 2023
2021
Re-crossed 2100
at age 23
Jul 2021
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+18
2092 → 2110
Tournaments
11
44 games
Score
22/ 4450.0%
19W6D19L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsMaelan Bitbol-Delaveyne2,200·39eme Festival International des Jeux de Cannes - Open A (p2100)·R3·+12.7
2.[W]vsArjun C Krishnamachari2,181·39eme Festival International des Jeux de Cannes - Open A (p2100)·R8·+12.2
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
11 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4.5/9 | #377 | 2143 | +7.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/2 | #144 | 2038 | -2.6 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3.5/9 | #87 | 2136 | +9.0 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/2 | #91 | 2042 | -4.0 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3/8 | #111 | 2039 | -17.0 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 1/1 | #646 | 2798 | +7.0 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 1/1 | #170 | 2692 | +4.6 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 2/2 | #8 | 2882 | +19.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0/1 | #402 | 1469 | -5.4 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 0/1 | #380 | 1195 | -13.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsFlorian DaeschlerFM
🇫🇷FRA·2283
+4 −4 =3
11 games·last met Jun 2024
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vsPatrice LerchIM
🇫🇷FRA·2304
+1 −7 =1
9 games·last met May 2025
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vsJerome GenzlingCM
🇨🇦CAN·2046
+6 −1 =1
8 games·last met May 2023
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vsAlexis CahenFM
🇲🇨MNC·2093
+1 −1 =5
7 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsSylvain DegardinFM
🇫🇷FRA·2209
+0 −2 =4
6 games·last met Feb 2025
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Rankings
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France
#741
out of 24,627 players
Europe
#10,483
in continent
World
#14,471
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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