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Betsch, Eric
🇫🇷FIDE 36071153· Male· France· Born in 1973
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Eric Betsch, a 53-year-old French player, is rated 1746 — his current career high. He is on a steady climb with +51 Elo over the past 12 months. 22 rated games in the past year (≈19/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Championnat du Finistere TC 2025-26 partie 3, Team 2026 - Nationale 3 r7-9, and Team 2026 - BRE Fevrier. Also played 1 rapid event (including Tournoi Rapide 3 Etangs 2026 - Principal) recently.
Current rating
1746
Standard
Rpd1673·Blz—
All-time high
1746
at best
Apr 2026 · age 53
Apr 2026 · age 53
Activity
22
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
22 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#93,904
#93,904 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2026
All-time peak 1746
at age 53
Apr 2026
2025
Best 12-month gain (+207 Elo)
1502 → 1709
Jan 2025
2024
Crossed 1600
at age 51
Mar 2024
2020
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 1517 → returned at 1527
Mar 2020
Re-crossed 1500
at age 47
Jan 2020
2019
Re-crossed 1500
at age 46
Nov 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+51
1695 → 1746
Tournaments
10
27 games
Score
16/ 2759.3%
14W6D7L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #13 | 2563 | +11.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #831 | 2563 | +11.0 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #112 | 2314 | +4.6 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #48 | 2615 | -7.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #125 | 2434 | +7.6 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3.5/5 | #34 | 1846 | +9.2 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 1.5/2 | #11 | 1847 | +8.6 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 2.5/2 | #784 | 2517 | +11.4 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 3.5/7 | #38 | 1719 | +4.0 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 0/1 | #259 | 920 | -9.4 |
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsEric Delaire
🇫🇷FRA·1832
+2 −2 =1
5 games·last met Feb 2026
View head-to-head →
vsJean-Philippe Collin
🇫🇷FRA·1870
+0 −4 =1
5 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsTudy Le Goff
🇫🇷FRA·1806
+4 −0 =1
5 games·last met Dec 2025
View head-to-head →
vsMarine Andre
🇫🇷FRA·1806
+0 −5 =0
5 games·last met Feb 2024
View head-to-head →
Rankings
/
France
#6,352
out of 24,627 players
Europe
#66,997
in continent
World
#93,902
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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