Gatineau, Yovann

Yovann Gatineau, a 24-year-old French International Master, is rated 2375 and sitting in the top 1% of French players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has held steady between 2350 and 2400 for 19 months. 18 rated games in the past year (≈69/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Luxembourg Team Championship 25-26 Round 10, Team 2026 - Nationale 1 r8-9, and 2. Bundesliga Sued 2025-2026 Maerz 2026. Also played 4 rapid (including Les Internationaux de France Rapide 2025) and 1 blitz events (including Les Internationaux de France Blitz 2025) recently. His peak of 2423 was reached at age 18 (Mar 2020); he also reached French #55 in Sep 2020.

Awarded IM in 2020 (age 18) and FM in 2017 (age 15). At junior level, he reached World #75 in U20, World #53 in U18, World #39 in U16, World #37 in U14, World #32 in U12 and #16 nationally in U10.