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Gayon, Benoit
🇫🇷FIDE 632040· Male· France· Born in 1984
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Benoit Gayon, a 42-year-old French player, is rated 1924. He has slipped back 47 Elo over the past 12 months. 38 rated games in the past year (≈29/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Open Retif 2025-26 (Championnat de la Loire Atlantique) r6, Reykjavik Open 2026, and Team 2026 - Nationale 2 r7-9. Also played 5 rapid (including 35eme Rapide de Suce-sur-Erdre Open A) and 1 blitz events (including XII International Sunway Sitges Chess Festival - Blitz 1) recently. His peak of 2015 was reached at age 22 (Apr 2006).
Current rating
1924
Standard
Rpd1899·Blz1807
All-time high
2015
−91 pts below
Apr 2006 · age 22
Apr 2006 · age 22
Activity
38
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
38 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#42,311
#42,311 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2022
500 career games
at age 38
Dec 2022
2018
Best 12-month gain (+81 Elo)
1879 → 1960
Feb 2018
2017
7-month rising streak
+65 Elo
Jun 2017
2010
100 career games
at age 26
May 2010
2008
Re-crossed 2000
at age 24
Apr 2008
2006
All-time peak 2015
at age 22 · −91 from today
Apr 2006
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-47
1971 → 1924
Tournaments
14
40 games
Score
21.5/ 4053.8%
15W13D12L
Top 3 wins
3.[W]vsEmma Boumrar1,854·23emes Rencontres Nationales et Internationales d'Echecs - Cavalier·R8·+6.7
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsRaphael Lalitte1,858·23emes Rencontres Nationales et Internationales d'Echecs - Cavalier·R3·-13.2
Last 12 months — tournaments
14 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 0.5/1 | #40 | 1842 | -2.6 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4.5/8 | #233 | 1937 | -20.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #613 | 1864 | -2.2 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #19 | 2377 | +2.0 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0/1 | #481 | 1147 | -10.8 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/1 | #363 | 2034 | +1.8 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #69 | 2415 | -15.8 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4/10 | #154 | 1962 | -6.2 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0.5/1 | #461 | 1923 | -1.4 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #50 | 2584 | +5.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsDany Guicheteau
🇫🇷FRA·1805
+5 −1 =0
6 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsMickael HutoisFM
🇫🇷FRA·2174
+0 −4 =1
5 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsFlorent Henry
🇫🇷FRA·1945
+3 −2 =0
5 games·last met Jun 2025
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vsBenjamin BujishoIM
🇫🇷FRA·2325
+0 −5 =0
5 games·last met Sep 2024
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vsEric Murie
🇫🇷FRA·1986
+0 −3 =2
5 games·last met Apr 2017
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Rankings
/
France
#2,505
out of 24,627 players
Europe
#31,249
in continent
World
#42,310
out of 400,000+
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