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Harding, Samuel
🇫🇷FIDE 544045263· Male· France· Born in 1980
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Samuel Harding, a 46-year-old French player, is rated 1642 — his current career high. He is currently in the 1600–1650 range. 13 rated games in the past year (≈11/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Team 2026 - EST Mars, Team 2026 - EST Janvier, and Team 2026 - EST Decembre. Also played 4 rapid (including 27eme Memorial Fabrice Fabing A) and 2 blitz events (including Grand Chess Tour Sarregueminois Blitz 3) recently.
Current rating
1642
Standard
Rpd1702·Blz—
All-time high
1642
at best
Apr 2026 · age 46
Apr 2026 · age 46
Activity
10
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
13 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#130,651
#130,651 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
5 entries2026
All-time peak 1642
at age 46
Apr 2026
Crossed 1600
at age 46
Mar 2026
Crossed 1500
at age 46
Mar 2026
Crossed 1400
at age 46
Mar 2026
First FIDE rating
1626 · at age 46
Mar 2026
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Evolution
—
Tournaments
4
8 games
Score
3.5/ 843.8%
4W3D1L
Top wins
No noteworthy wins (no Elo gained on any game).
Top losses
No noteworthy losses.
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #262 | 1568 | 0.0 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/1 | #191 | 1665 | 0.0 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0.5/1 | #238 | 1558 | 0.0 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 2/2 | #699 | 1553 | 0.0 |
Hot streak: 4 tournaments without losing Elo.
Rankings
/
France
#9,644
out of 24,420 players
Europe
#89,335
in continent
World
#130,645
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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