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Girel, Joseph
GM🇫🇷FIDE 36033561· Male· France· Born in 2004
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Joseph Girel, a 22-year-old French Grandmaster, is rated 2492 — just 11 short of his peak of 2503 (Dec 2025, age 21) and ranked 24th among French players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He has held steady between 2450 and 2500 for 6 months. 103 rated games in the past year (≈83/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include SGM 2025-2026 (all leagues) Round 7, 1. Schachbundesliga 2025-2026 Maerz 2026, and Chola Chess FIDE Round Robin Grandmaster Tournament. Also played 1 rapid (including 561e Rapide Fide du Canal) and 1 blitz events (including 2026 Cornerstone New Year's Classic - Blitz) recently. He reached French #19 in Sep 2025.
Awarded GM in 2024 (age 20), IM in 2022 (age 18), and FM in 2020 (age 16). At junior level, he reached World #29 in U20, World #48 in U18 and #1, #2 and #14 nationally in U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2492
Standard
Rpd2403·Blz2364
All-time high
2503
−11 pts below
Dec 2025 · age 21
Dec 2025 · age 21
Activity
133
games / yr avg. · ≈11/mo
102 past 12 mo · ≈9/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#24
#24 · French players · of 17,591
Career timeline
23 entries2025
All-time peak 2503
at age 21 · −22 from today
Dec 2025
Peak French rank: #19
at age 21 · rated 2501
Sep 2025
Re-crossed 2500
at age 21
Sep 2025
Crossed 2500
at age 21
Jun 2025
2024
GM title awardedGM
at age 20 · 95th 2024 FIDE Congress
Oct 2024
29th U20 player worldwide
at age 20 · rated 2492
Jan 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-8
2500 → 2492
Tournaments
18
93 games
Score
61/ 9365.6%
42W38D13L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
18 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 8/9 | #1 | 2589 | +11.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #1037 | 1493 | -7.5 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #126 | 2424 | -0.9 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #78 | 3208 | +3.8 |
Round-Robin | Feb 2026 | 3.5/9 | #7 | 2395 | -13.2 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #289 | 3182 | +3.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #192 | 3162 | +3.2 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5.5/9 | #21 | 2448 | -5.2 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5.5/9 | #73 | 2415 | -8.0 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 1.5/2 | #12 | 2631 | +3.3 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMahel BoyerGM
🇫🇷FRA·2485
+3 −2 =4
9 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsYannick GozzoliGM
🇫🇷FRA·2553
+1 −2 =6
9 games·last met Mar 2024
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vsBenjamin DefromontIM
🇫🇷FRA·2355
+3 −2 =2
7 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsMarcAndria MaurizziGM
🇫🇷FRA·2615
+1 −1 =5
7 games·last met Dec 2024
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vsAlexandre Bacrot
🇫🇷FRA·2459
+0 −4 =3
7 games·last met Apr 2024
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Rankings
/
France
#24
out of 24,627 players
Europe
#382
in continent
World
#650
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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World
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