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Galan, Francois

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FIDEFIDE 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 4 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

Activity

24

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

23 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#23,980

#23,980 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

16 entries
2026
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

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Viktor Tyutyunnik 2,136
Team 2026 - Nationale 3 r7-9 · Mar 2026 · +3.0 Elo
Evolution
+73
1951 → 2024
Tournaments
12
23 games
Score
15/ 2365.2%
13W4D6L

Last 12 months — tournaments

top 10 of 12
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Open Retif 2025-26 (Championnat de la Loire Atlantique) r6
Open Swiss
Apr 20260.5/1#291911-2.8
Team 2026 - Nationale 3 r7-9
Team
Mar 20262.5/3#612343+25.8
Open Retif 2025-26 (Championnat de la Loire Atlantique) r5
Open Swiss
Mar 20261/1#122761+9.2
24th Rochefort Chess Festival - Masters
Open Swiss
Feb 20264/9#751995+2.8
Team 2026 - Nationale 3 r6
Team
Feb 20261/1#932895+13.2

Rankings

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France
#1,290
out of 24,420 players
Europe
#17,667
in continent
World
#23,980
out of 400,000+

National ranking

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2
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2,767
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