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Houriez, Alain
🇫🇷FIDE 605719· Male· France· Born in 1965
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Alain Houriez, a 61-year-old French player, is rated 1953. He has slipped back 65 Elo over the past 12 months. 16 rated games in the past year. Recent standard appearances include Belgian Interclubs Round 2025-2026 Ronde 7, Team 2026 - Nationale 3 r6, and 23emes Rencontres Nationales et Internationales d'Echecs - Grand Prix. Also played 1 rapid (including 6eme Open rapide de Douai) and 1 blitz events (including Chpt de Blitz 2025 du CDJE 59) recently. He took a 30-month break between Mar 2020 and Oct 2022 (COVID-19 included). His peak of 2136 was reached at age 50 (Nov 2015).
Current rating
1953
Standard
Rpd2072·Blz1968
All-time high
2136
−183 pts below
Nov 2015 · age 50
Nov 2015 · age 50
Activity
15
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
16 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#36,051
#36,051 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
19 entries2026
94th French 60-65 player
at age 61 · rated 1971
Jan 2026
2023
56th French 55-60 player
at age 58 · rated 2076
Jun 2023
2020
Inactive for 30 months
paused at 2065 → returned at 2071
Mar 2020
2017
70th French 50-55 player
at age 52 · rated 2119
Aug 2017
Re-crossed 2100
at age 52
Mar 2017
2015
50th French 45-50 player
at age 50 · rated 2136
Nov 2015
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-65
2018 → 1953
Tournaments
8
16 games
Score
4.5/ 1628.1%
3W3D10L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsFabrice Joly1,997·23emes Rencontres Nationales et Internationales d'Echecs - Grand Prix·R9·-9.1
3.[L]vsAnthony Rambaut2,010·23emes Rencontres Nationales et Internationales d'Echecs - Grand Prix·R6·-8.7
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Feb 2026 | 0/1 | #979 | 1282 | -6.8 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0/1 | #816 | 1280 | -6.8 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/1 | #487 | 1827 | -3.8 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 1.5/2 | #230 | 2073 | +5.6 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0/1 | #794 | 1179 | -11.6 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 0.5/8 | #235 | 1607 | -59.4 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1/1 | #418 | 2757 | +8.0 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 1/1 | #99 | 2805 | +9.6 |
Worst Elo result: 23emes Rencontres Nationales et Internationales d'Echecs - Grand Prix (-59.4 Elo, finished #235).
Rankings
/
France
#2,078
out of 24,627 players
Europe
#26,626
in continent
World
#36,050
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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