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Baumel, Laurent
🇫🇷FIDE 551022923· Male· France· Born in 1965
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Laurent Baumel, a 61-year-old French player, is rated 1935 — his current career high. He is progressing steadily with +74 Elo over the past 12 months. 26 rated games in the past year (≈29/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 9eme Open International de Givet, Team 2026 - Nationale 3 r7-9, and Open Veterans et Seniors plus - Cambrai 2025. Also played 2 rapid (including 20eme Tournoi Rapide de Descartes - Tournoi A (pour tous)) and 1 blitz events (including 1er Festival des horloges - Blitz) recently.
Current rating
1935
Standard
Rpd1879·Blz1861
All-time high
1935
at best
May 2026 · age 61
May 2026 · age 61
Activity
26
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
26 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#39,871
#39,871 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2026
All-time peak 1935
at age 61
May 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+149 Elo)
1723 → 1872
Sep 2024
9-month rising streak
+148 Elo
Jun 2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 59
Mar 2024
2022
Re-crossed 1800
at age 57
Nov 2022
100 career games
at age 57
Apr 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+74
1861 → 1935
Tournaments
7
26 games
Score
17.5/ 2667.3%
13W9D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/6 | #16 | 1945 | +4.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1.5/2 | #469 | 1942 | +0.8 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4.5/6 | #4 | 2012 | +16.0 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0.5/1 | #1112 | 1930 | +0.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/1 | #718 | 1842 | -2.0 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1/1 | #365 | 2586 | +6.6 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5.5/9 | #60 | 2063 | +47.4 |
Hot streak: 4 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsCristiano Tieres
🇵🇹POR·1928
+1 −4 =2
7 games·last met Mar 2024
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vsXavier Rubini
🇫🇷FRA·1660
+3 −0 =3
6 games·last met Mar 2024
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vsYacine Mendil
🇫🇷FRA·1687
+4 −1 =0
5 games·last met May 2024
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vsJacques-Antoi Kosciusko-Morizet
🇫🇷FRA
+3 −1 =1
5 games·last met Mar 2024
View head-to-head →
Rankings
/
France
#2,350
out of 24,627 players
Europe
#29,443
in continent
World
#39,870
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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