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Gao, Etienne

FM🇫🇷

FIDEFIDE 20688059· Male· France· Born in 2002

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Etienne Gao, a 24-year-old French FIDE Master, is rated 2241 and sitting in the top 2% of French players, and in the top 3% worldwide. He plays occasionally (7 games in the last 12 months) and took a 52-month break between Mar 2020 and Aug 2024 (COVID-19 included). Recent appearance: Team 2025 - Top 16. Also played 1 rapid event (including Grand Prix du Mans 2025 Tournoi Honneur A) recently. His peak of 2314 was reached at age 16 (Dec 2018).

Awarded FM in 2018 (age 16). At junior level, he reached #9, #5, #6, #15, #8 and #3 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14, U12 and U10.

Current rating

2241

Standard

Rpd2259·Blz—

All-time high

2314

−73 pts below
Dec 2018 · age 16

Activity

6

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

7 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

Top 2%

#287 · French players · of 17,422

Career timeline

19 entries
2024
88th French 20-35 player
at age 22 · rated 2251
Oct 2024
2021
9th French U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2254
Nov 2021
2020
Inactive for 52 months
paused at 2254 → returned at 2251
Mar 2020
2019
Re-crossed 2300
at age 17
May 2019
5th French U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2305
Jan 2019
2018
6th French U16 player
at age 16 · rated 2314
Dec 2018

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Benjamin DefromontIM 2,388
Team 2025 - Top 16 · May 2025 · +4.0 Elo
Evolution
+1
2240 → 2241
Tournaments
1
7 games
Score
2/ 728.6%
1W2D4L
Top 2 wins
1.[W]vsYovann GatineauIM2,375·Team 2025 - Top 16·R1·+13.7
2.[D]vsBenjamin DefromontIM2,388·Team 2025 - Top 16·R2·+4.0
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsThal AbergelGM2,415·Team 2025 - Top 16·R6·-5.4
2.[L]vsPhilipp SchlosserGM2,469·Team 2025 - Top 16·R11·-4.2
3.[L]vsEvgeny PostnyGM2,525·Team 2025 - Top 16·R3·-3.3

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Team 2025 - Top 16
Team
May 20252/7#1372262+1.4

Rankings

/
France
#287
out of 24,420 players
Europe
#4,254
in continent
World
#6,210
out of 400,000+

National ranking

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2
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5
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2,717
8
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2
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2,767
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