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Costa, Pierre
🇫🇷FIDE 551007223· Male· France· Born in 1952
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Pierre Costa, a 74-year-old French player, is rated 1668 — just 20 short of his peak of 1688 (Apr 2024, age 72). He has held steady between 1650 and 1700 for 7 months. 36 rated games in the past year (≈35/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Team 2026 - Nationale 4 r6-7, Team 2026 - 60mn Mars, and 10e Open de Rodez (-2400). Also played 8 rapid (including 21e rapide FIDE de la Saint-Louis - Sete) and 1 blitz events (including Blitz FIDE de Noel de Nimes 2025) recently.
Current rating
1668
Standard
Rpd1652·Blz1642
All-time high
1688
−20 pts below
Apr 2024 · age 72
Apr 2024 · age 72
Activity
43
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
32 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#121,455
#121,455 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2025
Best 12-month gain (+248 Elo)
1433 → 1681
Jan 2025
2024
All-time peak 1688
at age 72 · −20 from today
Apr 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 72
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1500
at age 72
Mar 2024
2021
100 career games
at age 69
Nov 2021
2019
Re-crossed 1400
at age 67
Dec 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+15
1653 → 1668
Tournaments
12
35 games
Score
20/ 3557.1%
17W6D12L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
12 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 3/3 | #40 | 2401 | -16.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #812 | 2476 | +10.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/3 | #200 | 1814 | +12.6 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3.5/5 | #20 | 1832 | +1.2 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0/1 | #2193 | 824 | -11.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0/1 | #1166 | 958 | -7.2 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4/5 | #3 | 1866 | +26.4 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0/1 | #2042 | 1077 | -4.8 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 1/2 | #1098 | 1748 | -16.0 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #802 | 2447 | +10.0 |
Rankings
/
France
#8,753
out of 24,627 players
Europe
#84,079
in continent
World
#121,449
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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