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GF
Galan, Francois
🇫🇷FIDE 631736· Male· France· Born in 1964
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Francois Galan, a 62-year-old French player, is rated 2024. He is progressing steadily with +73 Elo over the past 12 months. 23 rated games in the past year (≈17/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Open Retif 2025-26 (Championnat de la Loire Atlantique) r6, Team 2026 - Nationale 3 r7-9, and 24th Rochefort Chess Festival - Masters. Also played 2 rapid events (including 3eme Rapide Fide du Pouliguen) recently. He took a 14-month break between Apr 2002 and Jul 2003. His peak of 2112 was reached at age 40 (Oct 2004).
Current rating
2024
Standard
Rpd1944·Blz—
All-time high
2112
−88 pts below
Oct 2004 · age 40
Oct 2004 · age 40
Activity
22
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
23 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#24,014
#24,014 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
16 entries2026
51st French 60-65 player
at age 62 · rated 2027
Apr 2026
Best 12-month gain (+80 Elo)
1947 → 2027
Apr 2026
Re-crossed 2000
at age 62
Apr 2026
2023
6-month rising streak
+72 Elo
Apr 2023
2020
95th French 55-60 player
at age 56 · rated 1991
Oct 2020
2017
72nd French 50-55 player
at age 53 · rated 2112
Oct 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+73
1951 → 2024
Tournaments
12
23 games
Score
15/ 2365.2%
13W4D6L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
12 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 0.5/1 | #29 | 1911 | -2.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2.5/3 | #61 | 2343 | +25.8 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #12 | 2761 | +9.2 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4/9 | #75 | 1995 | +2.8 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #93 | 2895 | +13.2 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #74 | 2706 | +8.4 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #31 | 2377 | +1.8 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 1/2 | #774 | 2049 | +5.2 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #33 | 2552 | +5.0 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #236 | 2596 | +5.8 |
Rankings
/
France
#1,294
out of 24,627 players
Europe
#17,688
in continent
World
#24,014
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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