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Riou, Pierre
🇫🇷FIDE 20662904· Male· France· Born in 1949
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Pierre Riou, a 77-year-old French player, is rated 1627 — just 25 short of his peak of 1652 (Mar 2024, age 75). He has held steady between 1600 and 1650 for 2 years. 10 rated games in the past year (≈9/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Open Retif 2025-26 (Championnat de la Loire Atlantique) r6, Team 2026 - PDL Fevrier, and Team 2026 - PDL Decembre.
Current rating
1627
Standard
Rpd1702·Blz—
All-time high
1652
−25 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 75
Mar 2024 · age 75
Activity
7
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
10 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#136,232
#136,232 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
10 entries2026
100 career games
at age 77
Jan 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+208 Elo)
1444 → 1652
Mar 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 75
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1500
at age 75
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1652
at age 75 · −25 from today
Mar 2024
2017
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 68
Feb 2017
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Top opponent
Best comeback
Open Retif 2025-26 (Championnat de la Loire Atlantique) r5finished #1 (seeded #38 of 50)
Evolution
+20
1607 → 1627
Tournaments
8
10 games
Score
6/ 1060.0%
5W2D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsThomas Da Silva Moine1,490·Open Retif 2025-26 (Championnat de la Loire Atlantique) r3-4·R1·-13.8
3.[L]vsNathan Boubacar Hamani1,685·Open Retif (championnat de la Loire Atlantique) Octobre 2025·R1·-7.7
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 0/1 | #56 | 880 | -8.2 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #1 | 2371 | +8.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #179 | 1475 | -4.0 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #38 | 2322 | +8.0 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 1/1 | #110 | 2337 | +8.2 |
Rankings
/
France
#10,184
out of 24,420 players
Europe
#92,486
in continent
World
#136,224
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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