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Schebacher, Lionel
🇫🇷FIDE 36052574· Male· France· Born in 1978
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Lionel Schebacher, a 48-year-old French player, is rated 1896 — his current career high. He is on a steady climb with +31 Elo over the past 12 months. 30 rated games in the past year (≈27/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Team 2026 - Nationale 4 r6-7, Basel Christmas Experts Open 2025, and Team 2026 - Nationale 1 r4-5. Also played 1 rapid (including Memorial Bernadette Riff 2025) and 2 blitz events (including 3e Blitz du Philidor Mulhouse) recently.
Current rating
1896
Standard
Rpd1779·Blz1774
All-time high
1896
at best
Apr 2026 · age 48
Apr 2026 · age 48
Activity
29
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
30 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#49,097
#49,097 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
8 entries2026
All-time peak 1896
at age 48
Apr 2026
2025
Best 12-month gain (+192 Elo)
1655 → 1847
Feb 2025
2024
Crossed 1800
at age 46
Dec 2024
2018
100 career games
at age 40
Jan 2018
2016
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 38
Jan 2016
2014
Crossed 1600
at age 36
Mar 2014
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+31
1865 → 1896
Tournaments
9
30 games
Score
19/ 3063.3%
14W10D6L
Top 3 wins
3.[W]vsPiermael Raffin-Sumyk1,749·18eme Festival International d'Echecs de Marseille - Accession·R7·+7.3
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsLeane Schebacher1,791·18eme Festival International d'Echecs de Marseille - Accession·R4·-11.5
3.[L]vsFlorence Bianchi1,792·18eme Festival International d'Echecs de Marseille - Accession·R6·-11.5
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 1.5/2 | #358 | 2076 | +9.8 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #1176 | 1773 | -3.2 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/1 | #1406 | 1812 | -1.4 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4.5/7 | #16 | 2028 | +30.2 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0/1 | #270 | 1037 | -11.0 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #540 | 2530 | +6.8 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4.5/7 | #136 | 1914 | +14.6 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1/1 | #620 | 2489 | +5.8 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5.5/9 | #18 | 1747 | -20.6 |
Worst Elo result: 18eme Festival International d'Echecs de Marseille - Accession (-20.6 Elo, finished #18).
Rankings
/
France
#2,923
out of 24,627 players
Europe
#36,170
in continent
World
#49,096
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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