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RM
Rousseau, Matthieu
🇫🇷FIDE 26049724· Male· France· Born in 2000
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Matthieu Rousseau, a 26-year-old French player, is rated 1938 — just 15 short of his peak of 1953 (Dec 2025, age 25). He has fluctuated between 1896 and 1953 over the past 2 years. 29 rated games in the past year (≈16/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Team 2026 - Nationale 3 r7-9, 3eme Trophee echiqueen de Creteil - Principal -2400, and Tournoi fevrier 2026 Echiquier Bordelais (-2400 elo). Also played 1 rapid event (including 335e - 2e Duo Atletico Longo Fide du Canal) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 29 months (2017–2019) and 37 months (2020–2024).
At junior level, he reached #80, #69, #66 and #100 nationally in U20, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1938
Standard
Rpd1927·Blz—
All-time high
1953
−15 pts below
Dec 2025 · age 25
Dec 2025 · age 25
Activity
22
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
29 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#39,212
#39,212 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
15 entries2025
All-time peak 1953
at age 25 · −15 from today
Dec 2025
2020
Inactive for 37 months
paused at 1867 → returned at 1873
Nov 2020
80th French U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1862
Oct 2020
2019
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2019
2017
Inactive for 29 months
paused at 1846 → returned at 1851
May 2017
2016
Re-crossed 1800
at age 16
Nov 2016
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-6
1944 → 1938
Tournaments
10
30 games
Score
19/ 3063.3%
16W6D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6/9 | #20 | 1874 | -12.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/3 | #341 | 2066 | +10.6 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3/5 | #27 | 1977 | +5.6 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4.5/5 | #3 | 2171 | +1.8 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #581 | 1688 | -6.2 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #266 | 2729 | +10.0 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0/2 | #1327 | 1077 | -24.2 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #54 | 2669 | +8.2 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #89 | 2679 | +8.4 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 0/1 | #1230 | 1199 | -8.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMarc Plantet
🇫🇷FRA·1881
+2 −5 =0
7 games·last met Mar 2025
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vsMichka Krestinine
🇫🇷FRA·1885
+5 −0 =2
7 games·last met Oct 2014
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vsCelian Verat-Fayolle
🇫🇷FRA·1902
+3 −1 =1
5 games·last met Apr 2017
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vsDominique Duval
🇫🇷FRA·1794
+3 −2 =0
5 games·last met Oct 2016
View head-to-head →
Rankings
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France
#2,309
out of 24,627 players
Europe
#28,956
in continent
World
#39,211
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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