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Marchand, Michel

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FIDEFIDE 36074624· Male· France· Born in 1940

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Michel Marchand, a 86-year-old French player, is rated 1406 — just 13 short of his peak of 1419 (Mar 2024, age 84). He plays occasionally (8 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 20 months (2015–2017), 42 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included) and 21 months (2024–2026). Recent appearances: 24th Rochefort Chess Festival - Accession and Team 2026 - NAQ Decembre.

Current rating

1406

Standard

Rpd—·Blz—

All-time high

1419

−13 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 84

Activity

7

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

8 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#215,244

#215,244 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

10 entries
2025
Best 12-month gain (+353 Elo)
1066 → 1419
Jan 2025
2024
Crossed 1400
at age 84
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1200
at age 84
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1419
at age 84 · −13 from today
Mar 2024
Inactive for 21 months
paused at 1419 → returned at 1414
Mar 2024
2020
Inactive for 42 months
paused at 1095 → returned at 1086
Apr 2020

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Best result
24th Rochefort Chess Festival - Accession
perf 1480 (+73) · 3/7 · #184
Top opponent
vs Jean-paul Ge 1,555
24th Rochefort Chess Festival - Accession · Feb 2026 · +14.0 Elo
Evolution
-13
1419 → 1406
Tournaments
2
11 games
Score
3/ 1127.3%
3W0D8L

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
24th Rochefort Chess Festival - Accession
Open Swiss
Feb 20263/7#1841480-8.2
Team 2026 - NAQ Decembre
Team
Dec 20250/1#179828-4.6

Rankings

/
France
#17,252
out of 24,420 players
Europe
#128,089
in continent
World
#214,732
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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5
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6
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6
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2,610
8
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9
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10
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17252🇫🇷Marchand, Michel1,406
Europe
1
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2,840
2
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3
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2,759
3
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2,759
5
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2,739
6
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7
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2,729
8
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2,717
8
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2,717
10
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2,708
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World
1
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2,840
2
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3
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4
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2,780
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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10
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