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Laroche, Pascal
🇫🇷FIDE 20661800· Male· France· Born in 1963
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Pascal Laroche, a 63-year-old French player, is rated 1896 — his current career high. He is progressing steadily with +49 Elo over the past 12 months. 16 rated games in the past year (≈10/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Interne Echiquier Montois 2026 r1-4, Team 2026 - Nationale 4 r6-7, and Tounoi Interne Echiquier Montois 2025. Also played 3 rapid events (including Open Rapide Tours et Detours 2025) recently.
Current rating
1896
Standard
Rpd1829·Blz—
All-time high
1896
at best
May 2026 · age 63
May 2026 · age 63
Activity
10
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
16 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#49,097
#49,097 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2026
All-time peak 1896
at age 63
May 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+73 Elo)
1802 → 1875
Jul 2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 61
Mar 2024
2020
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 1850 → returned at 1859
Nov 2020
100 career games
at age 57
Mar 2020
2013
Re-crossed 1800
at age 50
Mar 2013
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+37
1859 → 1896
Tournaments
6
16 games
Score
14/ 1687.5%
14W0D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/4 | #1 | 2438 | +16.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/2 | #296 | 2573 | +15.2 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #286 | 2705 | +11.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0/1 | #2254 | 948 | -13.2 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1/1 | #895 | 2534 | +6.6 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 6/7 | #1 | 1935 | +12.6 |
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.
Rankings
/
France
#2,923
out of 24,627 players
Europe
#36,170
in continent
World
#49,096
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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