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Bessou, Faustin

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FIDEFIDE 36041297· Male· France· Born in 2005

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Faustin Bessou, a 21-year-old French player, is rated 1726 — his current career high. He is progressing steadily with +49 Elo over the past 12 months. 42 rated games in the past year (≈10/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Team 2026 - Nationale 4 r6-7, Spring-2026, and Team 2026 - 60mn Mars. Also played 4 rapid (including Rapide de Rentree de Saint Lo 2025 A) and 1 blitz events (including 5e Festival du Mat de La Charite - Blitz) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 22 months (2018–2020), 19 months (2022–2024) and 12 months (2024–2025).

At junior level, he reached #59 nationally in U10.

Current rating

1726

Standard

Rpd1720·Blz1647

All-time high

1726

at best
May 2026 · age 21

Activity

19

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

42 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#100,651

#100,651 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

13 entries
2026
All-time peak 1726
at age 21
May 2026
100 career games
at age 21
Feb 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+253 Elo)
1374 → 1627
Apr 2024
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1627 → returned at 1677
Apr 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 19
Mar 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 19
Mar 2024

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Best result
34eme Open International d'Echecs de Caen - Open B
perf 1957 (+260) · 5/6 · #39
Top opponent
vs James Barlow 1,904
Open FIDE Vernon 2026 (-2400) · Jan 2026 · +5.0 Elo
Evolution
+49
1677 → 1726
Tournaments
14
48 games
Score
28.5/ 4859.4%
25W7D16L
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsAdrien Caceres-Cheron1,527·Team 2026 - 60mn Novembre·R12·-14.5
2.[L]vsLeon Picquenot1,577·Team 2026 - Nationale 4 r5·R1·-13.5
3.[L]vsAndranik A. Hakobyan1,610·Spring-2026·R5·-13.2

Last 12 months — tournaments

top 10 of 14
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Team 2026 - Nationale 4 r6-7
Team
Mar 20262/2#2512591+24.6
Spring-2026
Open Swiss
Mar 20262.5/4#1151665-23.4
Team 2026 - 60mn Mars
Team
Mar 20262.5/3#1241967+18.6
8e Open FIDE d'Agneaux Saint-Lo (-2400)
Open Swiss
Feb 20263/5#121756+5.4
Team 2026 - Nationale 4 r5
Team
Feb 20260/1#2770777-13.6
Worst Elo result: Spring-2026 (-23.4 Elo, finished #115).

Rankings

/
France
#6,915
out of 24,420 players
Europe
#71,287
in continent
World
#100,650
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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4
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5
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6
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6
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8
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10
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Europe
1
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2,840
2
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3
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3
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2,759
5
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6
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7
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2,729
8
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2,717
8
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10
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World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
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4
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5
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2,776
6
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2,767
7
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2,759
7
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2,759
9
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2,754
10
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2,753
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