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Montoya, Michael

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FIDEFIDE 36011614· Male· France· Born in 1974

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Michael Montoya, a 52-year-old French player, is rated 1739 — just 27 short of his peak of 1766 (Dec 2025, age 51). He plays occasionally (5 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 21 months (2019–2020, COVID-19 included) and 42 months (2022–2025). Recent appearance: Team 2026 - Nationale 4 r6-7.

Current rating

1739

Standard

Rpd1745·Blz—

All-time high

1766

−27 pts below
Dec 2025 · age 51

Activity

2

games / yr avg.

5 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#96,378

#96,378 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

10 entries
2025
All-time peak 1766
at age 51 · −27 from today
Dec 2025
2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 50
Mar 2024
2022
Inactive for 42 months
paused at 1597 → returned at 1766
May 2022
2019
Inactive for 21 months
paused at 1629 → returned at 1627
Jan 2019
2016
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 42
Jun 2016
2014
Crossed 1600
at age 40
Jan 2014

Standard rating history

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

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Maxime Richard 1,684
Team 2026 - Nationale 4 r2 · Nov 2025 · +7.7 Elo
Evolution
-19
1758 → 1739
Tournaments
4
5 games
Score
1/ 520.0%
1W0D4L
Top 1 win
1.[W]vsMaxime Richard1,684·Team 2026 - Nationale 4 r2·R1·+7.7
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsGuillaume Rocher1,801·Team 2026 - Nationale 4 r3·R1·-8.7
2.[L]vsLouis Jourdain1,802·Team 2026 - Nationale 4 r6-7·R1·-8.2
3.[L]vsPierre Vincent1,867·Team 2026 - Nationale 4 r5·R1·-6.8

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Team 2026 - Nationale 4 r6-7
Team
Mar 20260/2#37141132-11.4
Team 2026 - Nationale 4 r5
Team
Feb 20260/1#23151067-7.0
Team 2026 - Nationale 4 r3
Team
Dec 20250/1#25831001-9.0
Team 2026 - Nationale 4 r2
Team
Nov 20251/1#5332484+8.0

Most-Played Opponents

vsFrancois Bensussan
🇫🇷FRA·1650
+1 −5 =0
6 games·last met Oct 2013
View head-to-head →
vsOrlando De Abreu
🇫🇷FRA·1961
+0 −5 =0
5 games·last met May 2014
View head-to-head →
vsMarc Schaerer
🇨🇭SUI·1776
+0 −5 =0
5 games·last met Oct 2013
View head-to-head →

Rankings

/
France
#6,554
out of 24,627 players
Europe
#68,622
in continent
World
#96,376
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
France
1
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2,744
2
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2,721
3
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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
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2,613
7
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2,610
8
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2,596
9
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2,559
10
🇫🇷Bauer, ChristianFollow Christian BauerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,557
...
6554🇫🇷Montoya, Michael1,739
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
...
68622🇫🇷Montoya, Michael1,739
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
...
96376🇫🇷Montoya, Michael1,739