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Gamba, Claire
🇫🇷FIDE 26038706· Female· France· Born in 1985
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Claire Gamba, a 41-year-old French player, is rated 1469 — just 29 short of her peak of 1498 (Mar 2026, age 41). She plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months) and took a 37-month break between Feb 2019 and Apr 2022 (COVID-19 included). Recent standard appearances include Team 2026 - 60mn Janvier, XIX Trophee International de Lyon 2025 open B (elo -1900), and Team 2026 - ARA Decembre. Also played 24 rapid events (including Trophee rapide Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes du samedi 20 decembre 2025) recently.
Current rating
1469
Standard
Rpd—·Blz1440
All-time high
1498
−29 pts below
Mar 2026 · age 41
Mar 2026 · age 41
Activity
9
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#197,293
#197,293 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
7 entries2026
All-time peak 1498
at age 41 · −29 from today
Mar 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+363 Elo)
1088 → 1451
Mar 2024
Crossed 1400
at age 39
Mar 2024
Crossed 1200
at age 39
Mar 2024
2019
Inactive for 37 months
paused at 1105 → returned at 1093
Feb 2019
2016
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 31
Dec 2016
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+56
1413 → 1469
Tournaments
5
22 games
Score
7/ 2231.8%
8W0D14L
Top 2 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | May 2026 | 0/3 | #265 | 906 | -29.2 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 2/2 | #146 | 1508 | 0.0 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3/4 | #62 | 1323 | 0.0 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 2/1 | #314 | 755 | 0.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsPierre Schwartz
🇫🇷FRA·1455
+2 −16 =0
18 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsEmmanuelle Halimi
🇫🇷FRA·1445
+6 −10 =0
16 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsMethodi Tomanov
🇫🇷FRA·1641
+4 −11 =0
15 games·last met May 2025
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vsMaria Tymczak
🇫🇷FRA
+10 −4 =1
15 games·last met Sep 2023
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vsArmin Otari
🇫🇷FRA·1586
+1 −13 =0
14 games·last met May 2026
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Rankings
/
France
#15,822
out of 24,627 players
Europe
#121,872
in continent
World
#197,184
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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