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Menard, Daniel
🇫🇷FIDE 20668520· Male· France· Born in 1960
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Daniel Menard, a 66-year-old French player, is rated 1659. He has slipped back 36 Elo over the past 12 months. 16 rated games in the past year (≈6/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Team 2026 - HDF Avril, Team 2026 - HDF Mars, and Team 2026 - HDF Fevrier. Also played 10 rapid (including 4e Bois-Colombes Rapide Chess Master) and 1 blitz events (including 1er Tournoi de Blitz de Saint Just en Chaussee) recently. He took a 20-month break between Apr 2016 and Jan 2018. His peak of 1742 was reached at age 64 (Mar 2024).
Current rating
1659
Standard
Rpd1669·Blz1705
All-time high
1742
−83 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 64
Mar 2024 · age 64
Activity
12
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
16 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#124,873
#124,873 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+170 Elo)
1555 → 1725
Nov 2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 64
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1742
at age 64 · −83 from today
Mar 2024
2019
Re-crossed 1600
at age 59
Nov 2019
2018
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 58
Apr 2018
2016
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 1600 → returned at 1603
Apr 2016
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-35
1694 → 1659
Tournaments
7
17 games
Score
7.5/ 1744.1%
7W3D7L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 3/4 | #22 | 1950 | -13.0 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 0/1 | #284 | 900 | -9.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #148 | 1597 | -2.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0/1 | #271 | 984 | -7.4 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 1/1 | #21 | 2502 | +10.6 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 3/4 | #14 | 1795 | -8.8 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 0/1 | #251 | 1026 | -6.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsCyril Le Brech
🇫🇷FRA·2021
+2 −6 =1
9 games·last met Apr 2022
View head-to-head →
vsJean Quiniou
🇫🇷FRA·1722
+4 −2 =1
7 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsThomas Frazao
🇫🇷FRA·1744
+4 −1 =1
6 games·last met Jan 2024
View head-to-head →
vsPascal Plessier
🇫🇷FRA·1487
+5 −0 =0
5 games·last met Sep 2024
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Rankings
/
France
#9,086
out of 24,627 players
Europe
#86,081
in continent
World
#124,867
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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