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Alcindor, Samuel
🇫🇷FIDE 36066320· Male· France· Born in 2000
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Samuel Alcindor, a 26-year-old French player, is rated 1980 — just 8 short of his peak of 1988 (Jul 2025, age 25). He has fluctuated between 1857 and 1988 over the past 2 years. 60 rated games in the past year (≈42/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include V Open Chess Menorca 2026, Team 2026 - Nationale 3 r7-9, and Team 2026 - NAQ Mars. He took a 37-month break between Sep 2019 and Nov 2022 (COVID-19 included).
Current rating
1980
Standard
Rpd1834·Blz1823
All-time high
1988
−8 pts below
Jul 2025 · age 25
Jul 2025 · age 25
Activity
78
games / yr avg. · ≈7/mo
48 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#30,787
#30,787 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
7 entries2025
All-time peak 1988
at age 25 · −8 from today
Jul 2025
2024
Crossed 1800
at age 24
Mar 2024
2019
Inactive for 37 months
paused at 1579 → returned at 1573
Sep 2019
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2019
2018
100 career games
at age 18
Aug 2018
2017
Best 12-month gain (+295 Elo)
1245 → 1540
Jul 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-8
1988 → 1980
Tournaments
13
48 games
Score
28.5/ 4859.4%
22W13D13L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
13 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 3.5/4 | #18 | 2009 | +2.0 |
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 4.5/7 | #20 | 1993 | +5.6 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 3.5/9 | #267 | 1989 | +0.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/3 | #170 | 2072 | +9.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2.5/3 | #8 | 2099 | +10.0 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #647 | 1849 | -2.8 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #265 | 2722 | +9.4 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0.5/1 | #1073 | 2024 | +2.2 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 1/1 | #328 | 2300 | +1.6 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0/1 | #813 | 1075 | -12.2 |
Hot streak: 5 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsMathis Huyghues-Beaufond
🇫🇷FRA·1896
+6 −8 =4
18 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsGilles Suez-Panama
🇫🇷FRA·1964
+4 −13 =1
18 games·last met Apr 2025
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vsPascal Verneuil
🇫🇷FRA·2104
+1 −11 =1
13 games·last met May 2025
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vsSarah Casimir
🇫🇷FRA·1811
+7 −5 =1
13 games·last met Apr 2025
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vsLorens Moulanier
🇫🇷FRA·1645
+9 −1 =1
11 games·last met Nov 2024
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Rankings
/
France
#1,736
out of 24,627 players
Europe
#22,759
in continent
World
#30,786
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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