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Laffonta, Matthias
🇫🇷FIDE 26032015· Male· France· Born in 2002
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Matthias Laffonta, a 24-year-old French player, is rated 2200 — his current career high and sitting in the top 2% of French players, and in the top 4% worldwide. He is on a breakout run, having gained +82 Elo over the past 12 months. 34 rated games in the past year. Recent standard appearances include Team 2026 - Nationale 3 r7-9, 22e Open International de Noel de Mont de Marsan, and Team 2026 - Nationale 2 r3-4. Also played 1 rapid event (including RAPIDASPOM 28-02-2026) recently.
At junior level, he reached #51, #62, #32 and #55 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U12.
Current rating
2200
Standard
Rpd2148·Blz—
All-time high
2200
at best
Jun 2026 · age 24
Jun 2026 · age 24
Activity
34
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
27 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 2%
#402 · French players · of 17,591
Career timeline
14 entries2026
Crossed 2200
at age 24
Jun 2026
All-time peak 2200
at age 24
Jun 2026
2024
Crossed 2100
at age 22
Jun 2024
2022
51st French U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2015
Nov 2022
Re-crossed 2000
at age 20
Sep 2022
2021
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2021
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+87
2113 → 2200
Tournaments
13
28 games
Score
21/ 2875.0%
16W10D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
13 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 2.5/2 | #45 | 2536 | +3.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/2 | #217 | 2986 | +20.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #728 | 1873 | -7.2 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #375 | 2756 | +5.0 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5.5/8 | #30 | 2276 | +31.8 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0.5/1 | #1015 | 2274 | +3.8 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 1/1 | #168 | 2682 | +3.8 |
Round-Robin | Dec 2025 | 1/1 | #5 | 2737 | +4.8 |
Round-Robin | Nov 2025 | 2/3 | #3 | 2201 | +5.2 |
Round-Robin | Oct 2025 | 0/1 | #10 | 1293 | -11.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsLoic Fournier
🇫🇷FRA·2170
+1 −4 =2
7 games·last met May 2024
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vsRouben Karapetian
🇫🇷FRA·1976
+2 −2 =2
6 games·last met Jun 2023
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vsJules Espinoux
🇫🇷FRA·1954
+2 −1 =3
6 games·last met Feb 2018
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vsPhilippe Phalippou
🇫🇷FRA·1727
+2 −3 =0
5 games·last met Dec 2018
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Rankings
/
France
#402
out of 24,627 players
Europe
#5,741
in continent
World
#8,192
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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