CChessStats
Format
LH

Legal, Herve

🇫🇷

FIDEFIDE 26079372· Male· France· Born in 1971

Follow Herve LegalTrack his monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.

Herve Legal, a 55-year-old French player, is rated 1601. He plays occasionally (7 games in the last 12 months) and took a 59-month break between Nov 2020 and Nov 2025. Recent standard appearances include Team 2026 - OCC Avril, Team 2026 - OCC Mars, and Team 2026 - OCC Fevrier. Also played 1 rapid (including Rapide FIDE Perpignan 28 Septembre 2025) and 4 blitz events (including 1er Open Blitz FIDE d'Elne) recently. His peak of 1635 was reached at age 53 (Mar 2024).

Current rating

1601

Standard

Rpd1727·Blz1624

All-time high

1635

−34 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 53

Activity

2

games / yr avg.

7 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#146,651

#146,651 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

7 entries
2026
Re-crossed 1600
at age 55
Jan 2026
2024
Crossed 1600
at age 53
Mar 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 53
Mar 2024
Crossed 1400
at age 53
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1635
at age 53 · −34 from today
Mar 2024
2020
Inactive for 59 months
paused at 1392 → returned at 1619
Nov 2020

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Sebastien Rossignol 1,723
Team 2026 - OCC Fevrier · Feb 2026 · +5.8 Elo
Evolution
-34
1635 → 1601
Tournaments
7
7 games
Score
1.5/ 721.4%
1W1D5L
Top 2 wins
1.[W]vsPatrice Rosello1,686·Team 2026 - OCC Decembre·R1·+24.0
2.[D]vsSebastien Rossignol1,723·Team 2026 - OCC Fevrier·R3·+5.8
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsFranck Denaclara1,468·Team 2026 - OCC Novembre·R2·-26.8
2.[L]vsJerome Migoli1,717·Team 2026 - OCC Octobre·R1·-14.5
3.[L]vsPhilippe Surugue1,806·Team 2026 - OCC Avril·R3·-9.4

Last 12 months — tournaments

7 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Team 2026 - OCC Avril
Team
Apr 20260/1#2851006-10.0
Team 2026 - OCC Mars
Team
Mar 20260/1#2291054-8.4
Team 2026 - OCC Fevrier
Team
Feb 20260.5/1#2201723+6.0
Team 2026 - OCC Janvier
Team
Jan 20260/1#3261325-3.2
Team 2026 - OCC Decembre
Team
Dec 20251/1#802486+25.2
Team 2026 - OCC Novembre
Team
Nov 20250/1#173668-28.0
Team 2026 - OCC Octobre
Team
Oct 20250/1#161917-15.6
Worst Elo result: Team 2026 - OCC Novembre (-28.0 Elo, finished #173).

Rankings

/
France
#11,197
out of 24,627 players
Europe
#98,120
in continent
World
#146,639
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
France
1
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,744
2
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeFollow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,721
3
🇫🇷Bacrot, EtienneFollow Etienne BacrotTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,626
4
🇫🇷Lagarde, MaximeFollow Maxime LagardeTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,615
4
🇫🇷Maurizzi, MarcAndriaFollow MarcAndria MaurizziTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,615
6
🇫🇷Moussard, JulesFollow Jules MoussardTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,613
7
🇫🇷Fressinet, LaurentFollow Laurent FressinetTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,610
8
🇫🇷Kamsky, GataFollow Gata KamskyTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,596
9
🇫🇷Cornette, MatthieuFollow Matthieu CornetteTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,559
10
🇫🇷Bauer, ChristianFollow Christian BauerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,557
...
11197🇫🇷Legal, Herve1,601
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
3
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
4
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,744
5
🇵🇱Duda, Jan-KrzysztofFollow Jan-Krzysztof DudaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
6
🇭🇺Rapport, RichardFollow Richard RapportTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,729
7
🇳🇱Van Foreest, JordenFollow Jorden Van ForeestTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,728
8
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeFollow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,721
9
🇦🇿Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarFollow Shakhriyar MamedyarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
10
🇹🇷Erdogmus, Yagiz KaanFollow Yagiz Kaan ErdogmusTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,713
...
98120🇫🇷Legal, Herve1,601
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
2
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
4
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
6
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
8
🇮🇳Erigaisi ArjunFollow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,761
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
9
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
146639🇫🇷Legal, Herve1,601