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Maugenest, Ghislain
🇫🇷FIDE 36029483· Male· France· Born in 2005
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Ghislain Maugenest, a 21-year-old French player, is rated 2256 — just 15 short of his peak of 2271 (Dec 2025, age 20) and sitting in the top 1% of French players, and in the top 3% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +28 Elo over the past 12 months. 26 rated games in the past year (≈51/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Team 2026 - Nationale 1 r8-9, Team 2026 - Coupe de France 3e tour, and 23emes Rencontres Nationales et Internationales d'Echecs - Grand Prix. Also played 3 rapid events (including 4e Bois-Colombes Rapide Chess Master) recently.
At junior level, he reached World #88 in U14, World #84 in U12, World #66 in U10 and #13, #9 and #5 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
2256
Standard
Rpd2275·Blz2118
All-time high
2271
−15 pts below
Dec 2025 · age 20
Dec 2025 · age 20
Activity
27
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
26 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 1%
#245 · French players · of 17,422
Career timeline
22 entries2026
83rd French 20-35 player
at age 21 · rated 2266
Feb 2026
2025
13th French U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2271
Dec 2025
All-time peak 2271
at age 20 · −15 from today
Dec 2025
2024
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2024
2022
Re-crossed 2200
at age 17
Sep 2022
500 career games
at age 17
Sep 2022
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Best result
23emes Rencontres Nationales et Internationales d'Echecs - Grand Prixperf 2429 (+158) · 6/9 · #23
Top opponent
Evolution
+28
2228 → 2256
Tournaments
7
26 games
Score
14.5/ 2655.8%
11W7D8L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsPierre BailetGM2,433·23emes Rencontres Nationales et Internationales d'Echecs - Grand Prix·R5·+14.4
2.[W]vsKevin TerrieuxIM2,407·23emes Rencontres Nationales et Internationales d'Echecs - Grand Prix·R7·+13.7
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/2 | #211 | 2073 | -10.0 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/2 | #120 | 2270 | +0.2 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0/1 | #206 | 1475 | -9.8 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 1.5/2 | #71 | 2367 | +4.8 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 6/9 | #23 | 2429 | +50.6 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1/1 | #162 | 2783 | +4.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4.5/9 | #38 | 2177 | -12.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMatthieu Maugenest
🇫🇷FRA·2087
+4 −2 =0
6 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsBenjamin BujishoIM
🇫🇷FRA·2325
+0 −5 =1
6 games·last met Feb 2025
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vsNoam Nguyen
🇫🇷FRA·2039
+5 −0 =0
5 games·last met Apr 2025
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vsBenjamin DefromontIM
🇫🇷FRA·2355
+3 −1 =1
5 games·last met Apr 2025
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vsJoseph GirelGM
🇫🇷FRA·2481
+1 −3 =1
5 games·last met Feb 2025
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Rankings
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France
#245
out of 24,420 players
Europe
#3,804
in continent
World
#5,582
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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