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HJ
Heymes, Jean-Michel
🇫🇷FIDE 20695748· Male· France· Born in 1969
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Jean-Michel Heymes, a 57-year-old French player, is rated 1921. He is progressing steadily with +34 Elo over the past 12 months. 15 rated games in the past year (≈13/year long-term). Recent appearances: Team 2026 - Nationale 4 r6-7 and Tournoi interne Brive 2025-2026 r5. His peak of 2021 was reached at age 41 (Jan 2010).
Current rating
1921
Standard
Rpd1965·Blz—
All-time high
2021
−100 pts below
Jan 2010 · age 41
Jan 2010 · age 41
Activity
10
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
15 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#43,000
#43,000 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+124 Elo)
1730 → 1854
Dec 2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 55
Mar 2024
2020
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1873 → returned at 1813
Nov 2020
2017
Re-crossed 2000
at age 48
May 2017
100 career games
at age 48
Apr 2017
2010
All-time peak 2021
at age 41 · −100 from today
Jan 2010
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+34
1887 → 1921
Tournaments
10
16 games
Score
11/ 1668.8%
9W4D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 4/6 | #4 | 1972 | +11.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #2083 | 1975 | +2.0 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #2 | 2515 | +5.2 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #451 | 2581 | +6.8 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0/1 | #2611 | 1222 | -6.8 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 1/1 | #8 | 2262 | +1.6 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 1/1 | #1062 | 2332 | +2.0 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #773 | 2465 | +4.2 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 0.5/1 | #13 | 1872 | -0.4 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1/1 | #228 | 2621 | +8.2 |
Hot streak: 4 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsGaby Randrianary
🇫🇷FRA·1703
+6 −1 =0
7 games·last met May 2022
View head-to-head →
vsMaelan Vendeuil-Richard
🇫🇷FRA·1952
+4 −1 =0
5 games·last met May 2023
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vsJose Laval
🇫🇷FRA·1816
+5 −0 =0
5 games·last met Jan 2020
View head-to-head →
vsJean-Francois Guyot
🇫🇷FRA·2167
+1 −3 =1
5 games·last met Jan 2017
View head-to-head →
Rankings
/
France
#2,552
out of 24,627 players
Europe
#31,749
in continent
World
#42,999
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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