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Couve, Mathieu
🇫🇷FIDE 26068893· Male· France· Born in 1998
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Mathieu Couve, a 28-year-old French player, is rated 1741 — his current career high. He is progressing steadily with +48 Elo over the past 12 months. 24 rated games in the past year (≈8/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2eme Tournoi Open de Paques 2026 de Hyeres (-2400), Team 2026 - PAC Avril, and Team 2026 - 60mn Mars. Also played 2 rapid (including Salon rapide 11 25 Tournoi A) and 1 blitz events (including Salon de Provence 22e Pardigon Blitz A) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 81 months (2015–2022) and 45 months (2022–2025).
Current rating
1741
Standard
Rpd1726·Blz1740
All-time high
1741
at best
May 2026 · age 28
May 2026 · age 28
Activity
8
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
24 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#95,687
#95,687 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2026
All-time peak 1741
at age 28
May 2026
6-month rising streak
+24 Elo
May 2026
2025
100 career games
at age 27
Dec 2025
2024
Crossed 1600
at age 26
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1500
at age 26
Mar 2024
2022
Inactive for 45 months
paused at 1489 → returned at 1720
Jan 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+48
1693 → 1741
Tournaments
10
27 games
Score
15.5/ 2757.4%
12W7D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 2/5 | #33 | 1675 | -9.0 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/1 | #45 | 2686 | +14.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #1050 | 2558 | +11.0 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 2.5/5 | #31 | 1859 | -6.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #31 | 2460 | +8.2 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #90 | 2323 | +5.0 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0.5/1 | #172 | 1765 | +1.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 2/2 | #1421 | 2473 | -2.6 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 3.5/6 | #11 | 1896 | +21.8 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1/1 | #30 | 2294 | +4.8 |
Rankings
/
France
#6,497
out of 24,627 players
Europe
#68,160
in continent
World
#95,685
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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