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Joly, Julien
🇫🇷FIDE 26082284· Male· France· Born in 2003
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Julien Joly, a 23-year-old French player, is rated 2258 — just 10 short of his peak of 2268 (Aug 2023, age 20) and sitting in the top 1% of French players, and in the top 3% worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +68 Elo over the past 12 months. 44 rated games in the past year (≈37/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Championnat International d'Echecs de Lyon Henri Rinck 2026, Team 2026 - Nationale 2 r7-9, and 24th Rochefort Chess Festival - Masters. Also played 2 rapid (including Activ' Chess lemanique FIDE Hiver 2026) and 2 blitz events (including 3eme Festival international d'Annemasse - Blitz) recently.
At junior level, he reached #15, #12, #20, #26 and #80 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2258
Standard
Rpd2197·Blz2132
All-time high
2268
−10 pts below
Aug 2023 · age 20
Aug 2023 · age 20
Activity
41
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
60 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 1%
#243 · French players · of 17,591
Career timeline
16 entries2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 22
Dec 2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 22
Oct 2025
2024
89th French 20-35 player
at age 21 · rated 2246
May 2024
2023
15th French U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2268
Aug 2023
All-time peak 2268
at age 20 · −29 from today
Aug 2023
2022
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Best result
23emes Rencontres Nationales et Internationales d'Echecs - Grand Prixperf 2350 (+118) · 6/9 · #26
Top opponent
Evolution
+87
2171 → 2258
Tournaments
13
65 games
Score
39/ 6560.0%
28W22D15L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsFloryan EugeneIM2,474·23emes Rencontres Nationales et Internationales d'Echecs - Grand Prix·R9·+16.0
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
13 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jun 2026 | 3.5/5 | #4 | 2207 | -1.4 |
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 5/7 | #6 | 2224 | +4.4 |
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 4/9 | #47 | 2302 | +14.2 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6/9 | #25 | 2190 | -2.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/3 | #412 | 2225 | -3.0 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5.5/9 | #26 | 2231 | +0.6 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #204 | 2868 | +5.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #68 | 2895 | +6.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #45 | 3156 | +14.2 |
Match | Nov 2025 | 0/1 | lost | 1367 | -10.8 |
Rankings
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France
#243
out of 24,627 players
Europe
#3,768
in continent
World
#5,538
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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