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Silvestre, Benoit
🇫🇷FIDE 45183171· Male· France· Born in 1984
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Benoit Silvestre, a 42-year-old French player, is rated 1584. He is on a steady climb with +25 Elo over the past 12 months. 37 rated games in the past year (≈8/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Team 2026 - ARA Fevrier, Championnat de Savoie 2025 r7-9, and Team 2026 - 60mn Decembre. Also played 7 rapid (including 4eme d'Echecs de Belley A) and 6 blitz events (including 5e Festival International de La Plagne Soleil - Blitz) recently. He had 3 career breaks: 47 months (2017–2021, COVID-19 included), 15 months (2021–2023) and 20 months (2023–2024). His peak of 1682 was reached at age 40 (Mar 2024).
Current rating
1584
Standard
Rpd1623·Blz1643
All-time high
1682
−98 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 40
Mar 2024 · age 40
Activity
19
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
37 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#153,108
#153,108 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2025
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 41
Apr 2025
Best 12-month gain (+175 Elo)
1470 → 1645
Feb 2025
2024
Crossed 1600
at age 40
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1500
at age 40
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1682
at age 40 · −98 from today
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 1470 → returned at 1639
Feb 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+25
1559 → 1584
Tournaments
10
47 games
Score
17/ 4736.2%
21W4D22L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsCome Du Roscoat1,738·5e Festival International de La Plagne Soleil - Tournoi Accession·R5·+15.3
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 3.5/8 | #52 | 1662 | +19.6 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/2 | #78 | 1503 | -3.6 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 0.5/2 | #23 | 1540 | +2.0 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 1/2 | #14 | 1725 | +8.8 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 1.5/1 | #812 | 2308 | +0.6 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 2/1 | #20 | 2524 | +14.4 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 0/1 | #29 | 988 | -4.0 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 3/3 | #16 | 2359 | +10.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsJacques Leclerc
🇫🇷FRA·1794
+1 −4 =1
6 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsMichel Drillat
🇫🇷FRA·1776
+0 −5 =0
5 games·last met May 2026
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vsDario Zanin
🇫🇷FRA·1856
+1 −4 =0
5 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsWilly Gentet
🇫🇷FRA·1868
+1 −4 =0
5 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsManuel Buinier
🇫🇷FRA·1647
+2 −1 =2
5 games·last met Dec 2025
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Rankings
/
France
#11,836
out of 24,627 players
Europe
#101,507
in continent
World
#153,093
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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