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Le Pen, Steven
🇫🇷FIDE 612197· Male· France· Born in 1997
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Steven Le Pen, a 29-year-old French player, is rated 2163 — just 7 short of his peak of 2170 (Dec 2018, age 21) and sitting in the top 3% of French players, and in the top 5% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +36 Elo over the past 12 months. 55 rated games in the past year (≈66/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Team 2026 - Nationale 1 r8-9, 44eme Open International de Clermont-Ferrand, and 4e Festival International d'Echecs de Tours - Tournoi A ouvert a tous. Also played 7 rapid (including 28eme Open Rapide de Nantes) and 2 blitz events (including 3eme Blitz de la Bruffiere) recently.
At junior level, he reached #35, #20, #27, #14 and #9 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2163
Standard
Rpd2104·Blz2019
All-time high
2170
−7 pts below
Dec 2018 · age 21
Dec 2018 · age 21
Activity
56
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
55 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 3%
#528 · French players · of 17,591
Career timeline
25 entries2025
Re-crossed 2100
at age 28
Mar 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2100
at age 27
Jun 2024
2023
Re-crossed 2100
at age 26
Dec 2023
1,000 career games
at age 26
Mar 2023
2020
Re-crossed 2100
at age 23
Apr 2020
2018
All-time peak 2170
at age 21 · −7 from today
Dec 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+36
2127 → 2163
Tournaments
10
55 games
Score
31.5/ 5557.3%
28W7D20L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 5/6 | #4 | 2371 | +39.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/1 | #312 | 1416 | -7.6 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5/7 | #14 | 2079 | -5.2 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0/2 | #331 | 1515 | -10.8 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5/7 | #8 | 2185 | +12.6 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/2 | #187 | 2222 | +5.2 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 0.5/2 | #198 | 2074 | -3.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5/10 | #126 | 2061 | -21.4 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 6/9 | #14 | 2180 | +14.8 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 4/9 | #46 | 2180 | +11.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsPhilippe Jaulin
🇫🇷FRA·2033
+3 −7 =2
12 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsBenjamin BujishoIM
🇫🇷FRA·2325
+1 −8 =1
10 games·last met May 2026
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vsRonan Le GoffFM
🇫🇷FRA·2283
+0 −10 =0
10 games·last met May 2025
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vsMickael HutoisFM
🇫🇷FRA·2174
+0 −9 =0
9 games·last met Jul 2023
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vsIlyess Guechchati
🇫🇷FRA·2013
+7 −0 =1
8 games·last met Jun 2025
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Rankings
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France
#528
out of 24,627 players
Europe
#7,384
in continent
World
#10,365
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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