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Boulos, Paul
🇫🇷FIDE 45166684· Male· France· Born in 2011
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Paul Boulos, a 15-year-old French player, is rated 2253 — just 22 short of his peak of 2275 (Mar 2026, age 15) and ranked 9th among French players under 16, and in the top 3% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +63 Elo over the past 12 months. 87 rated games in the past year (≈79/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Championnat de France des Jeunes 2026 - U16, Team 2026 - IDF Avril, and Team 2026 - Nationale 1 r8-9. Also played 9 rapid (including Les Internationaux de France Rapide 2025) and 2 blitz events (including Les Internationaux de France Blitz 2025) recently.
Competes for France since Dec 2019. At junior level, he reached World #68 in U14, World #18 in U12, World #13 in U10, World #9 in U8 and #2 nationally in U16.
Current rating
2253
Standard
Rpd2188·Blz2139
All-time high
2275
−22 pts below
Mar 2026 · age 15
Mar 2026 · age 15
Activity
99
games / yr avg. · ≈8/mo
87 past 12 mo · ≈7/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#9
#9 · French players under 16 · of 1,273
Career timeline
17 entries2026
2nd French U16 player
at age 15 · rated 2275
Mar 2026
All-time peak 2275
at age 15 · −22 from today
Mar 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 14
Jul 2025
68th U14 player worldwide
at age 14 · rated 2224
Apr 2025
Crossed 2200
at age 14
Mar 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2100
at age 13
Oct 2024
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+117
2136 → 2253
Tournaments
23
85 games
Score
51/ 8560.0%
45W22D18L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsAram Margaryan2,065·39eme Festival International des Jeux de Cannes - Open A (p2100)·R3·-30.4
Last 12 months — tournaments
17 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 6/9 | #24 | 2193 | -26.4 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/1 | #64 | 2961 | +14.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/2 | #8 | 3041 | +36.4 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #193 | 2721 | +4.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #658 | 1412 | -23.6 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5/9 | #37 | 2196 | -27.6 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #77 | 3046 | +19.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/2 | #184 | 2314 | +6.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/1 | #110 | 2195 | -3.2 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/1 | #126 | 1942 | -14.4 |
Worst Elo result: 39eme Festival International des Jeux de Cannes - Open A (p2100) (-27.6 Elo, finished #37).
Most-Played Opponents
vsCarlos BoulosCM
🇱🇧LBN·2163
+1 −6 =0
7 games·last met May 2026
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vsAndrey Yastrebov
🇫🇷FRA·2017
+4 −1 =2
7 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsIyad LandolsiCM
🇫🇷FRA·2230
+3 −0 =4
7 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsMoawia Ahmed Holi AliCM
🇸🇩SUD·2069
+2 −4 =1
7 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsVirgile BreuilFM
🇫🇷FRA·2262
+2 −4 =1
7 games·last met Jun 2025
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Rankings
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France
#254
out of 24,420 players
Europe
#3,887
in continent
World
#5,700
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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