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Samson, Valentin
🇫🇷FIDE 36020656· Male· France· Born in 2002
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Valentin Samson, a 24-year-old French player, is rated 1905 — just 1 short of his peak of 1906 (Mar 2024, age 22). He plays occasionally (1 game in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 31 months (2014–2017), 14 months (2017–2018) and 31 months (2019–2021, COVID-19 included). Recent appearance: Team 2026 - Nationale 2 r1.
Current rating
1905
Standard
Rpd1873·Blz1916
All-time high
1906
−1 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 22
Mar 2024 · age 22
Activity
7
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
1 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#46,912
#46,912 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2024
All-time peak 1906
at age 22 · −1 from today
Mar 2024
2022
Re-crossed 1800
at age 20
Aug 2022
100 career games
at age 20
Aug 2022
2021
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2021
2019
Inactive for 31 months
paused at 1808 → returned at 1815
Mar 2019
2018
Best 12-month gain (+385 Elo)
1423 → 1808
Dec 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+11
1894 → 1905
Tournaments
1
1 games
Score
1/ 1100.0%
1W0D0L
Top 1 win
Top losses
Undefeated in the last 12 months.
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Oct 2025 | 1/1 | #93 | 2733 | +11.0 |
Rankings
/
France
#2,786
out of 24,627 players
Europe
#34,568
in continent
World
#46,911
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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