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Bessou, Faustin
🇫🇷FIDE 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 2 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
May 2026 · age 21
Activity
19
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
42 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#100,768
#100,768 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2026
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
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+49
1677 → 1726
Tournaments
14
48 games
Score
28.5/ 4859.4%
25W7D16L
Top 3 wins
3.[W]vsMatthieu Lescieux1,822·4e Festival International d'Echecs de Tours - Tournoi A ouvert a tous·R1·+13.0
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
14 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/2 | #251 | 2591 | +24.6 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 2.5/4 | #115 | 1665 | -23.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2.5/3 | #124 | 1967 | +18.6 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3/5 | #12 | 1756 | +5.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0/1 | #2770 | 777 | -13.6 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3.5/4 | #31 | 2156 | +1.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/1 | #1621 | 1670 | -1.2 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 2.5/6 | #82 | 1781 | +2.6 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 1/1 | #327 | 2663 | +14.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #23 | 2406 | +7.8 |
Rankings
/
France
#6,947
out of 24,627 players
Europe
#71,411
in continent
World
#100,766
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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