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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 3 career breaks: 21 months (2019–2020, COVID-19 included), 21 months (2022–2024) and 20 months (2024–2025). 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

#96,274

#96,274 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

12 entries
2025
All-time peak 1766
at age 51 · −27 from today
Dec 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+161 Elo)
1597 → 1758
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 50
Mar 2024
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 1758 → returned at 1766
Mar 2024
2022
Inactive for 21 months
paused at 1597 → returned at 1758
May 2022
2019
Inactive for 21 months
paused at 1629 → returned at 1627
Jan 2019

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — 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

Rankings

/
France
#6,541
out of 24,420 players
Europe
#68,505
in continent
World
#96,273
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
France
1
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2,759
2
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2,717
3
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2,626
4
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2,618
5
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2,613
6
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2,610
6
🇫🇷Maurizzi, MarcAndriaFollow MarcAndria MaurizziTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,610
8
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2,596
9
🇫🇷Bauer, ChristianFollow Christian BauerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,557
10
🇫🇷Cornette, MatthieuFollow Matthieu CornetteTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,556
...
6541🇫🇷Montoya, Michael1,739
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
3
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
3
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
5
🇵🇱Duda, Jan-KrzysztofFollow Jan-Krzysztof DudaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
6
🇳🇱Van Foreest, JordenFollow Jorden Van ForeestTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,735
7
🇭🇺Rapport, RichardFollow Richard RapportTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,729
8
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeFollow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
8
🇦🇿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.
2,708
...
68505🇫🇷Montoya, Michael1,739
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
3
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,788
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
96273🇫🇷Montoya, Michael1,739