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Bolon, Karelle
WFM🇫🇷FIDE 634514· Female· France· Born in 1987
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Karelle Bolon, a 39-year-old French Woman FIDE Master, is rated 1990 and sitting in the top 5% of French women. She has held steady between 1950 and 2000 for 15 months. 19 rated games in the past year (≈16/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 1. Frauenbundesliga 2025-2026 April 2026, Team 2026 - Nationale 2 r7-9, and Deutsche Frauen-Mannschaftsmeisterschaft (LV) 2025. Also played 1 blitz event (including Bundesliga-Blitzturnier des NSV 2026 1. Vorrunde) recently. She had 2 career breaks: 36 months (2014–2017) and 33 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included). Her peak of 2162 was reached at age 16 (Jan 2003).
Awarded WFM in 2006 (age 19). At junior level, she reached #40, #60 and #10 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
1990
Standard
Rpd—·Blz1987
All-time high
2162
−172 pts below
Jan 2003 · age 16
Jan 2003 · age 16
Activity
25
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
19 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#62 · French women · of 1,341
Career timeline
17 entries2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 38
Mar 2025
2020
Inactive for 33 months
paused at 1934 → returned at 1906
Apr 2020
2018
Re-crossed 2000
at age 31
Jul 2018
2014
Inactive for 36 months
paused at 2009 → returned at 1994
May 2014
2010
Re-crossed 2100
at age 23
Jan 2010
2007
Best 12-month gain (+92 Elo)
2011 → 2103
Jul 2007
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+4
1986 → 1990
Tournaments
10
19 games
Score
9.5/ 1950.0%
8W3D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 0.5/3 | #58 | 1900 | -6.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #436 | 2585 | +4.6 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #156 | 2228 | +1.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/1 | #247 | 1983 | -0.2 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 2/2 | #63 | 2631 | +11.6 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0/2 | #75 | 1368 | -11.2 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #97 | 2484 | +2.8 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1/1 | #217 | 2718 | +8.4 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0/2 | #61 | 1462 | -7.0 |
Team | Jun 2025 | 2.5/5 | #44 | 1954 | -4.8 |
Rankings
/
France
#1,622
out of 24,627 players
Europe
#21,515
in continent
World
#29,106
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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