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Valles, Manuel
IM🇫🇷FIDE 649201· Male· France· Born in 1990
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Manuel Valles, a 36-year-old French International Master, is rated 2313 and sitting in the top 1% of French players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He has held steady between 2300 and 2350 for 2 years. 13 rated games in the past year (≈48/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include SMM NLA 2026 round 2, SGM 2025-2026 (all leagues) Promotion, and Team 2026 - Nationale 4 r6-7. His peak of 2411 was reached at age 25 (Nov 2015); he also reached French #70 in Mar 2014.
Awarded IM in 2014 (age 24) and FM in 2013 (age 23). At junior level, he reached #11, #15, #16 and #13 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2313
Standard
Rpd2340·Blz2350
All-time high
2411
−98 pts below
Nov 2015 · age 25
Nov 2015 · age 25
Activity
17
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
12 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 1%
#148 · French players · of 17,591
Career timeline
27 entries2024
1,000 career games
at age 34
Jan 2024
2020
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 2360 → returned at 2366
Sep 2020
2017
Re-crossed 2400
at age 27
Oct 2017
Re-crossed 2400
at age 27
Jan 2017
2016
Re-crossed 2400
at age 26
Aug 2016
Re-crossed 2400
at age 26
Mar 2016
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-9
2322 → 2313
Tournaments
11
12 games
Score
7/ 1258.3%
3W8D1L
Top 3 wins
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
11 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 0.5/1 | #57 | 2448 | +1.9 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 0.5/1 | #97 | 2445 | +1.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #989 | 2650 | +0.8 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0.5/1 | #1475 | 2051 | -3.2 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/1 | #741 | 2165 | -2.0 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #840 | 2572 | +0.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/1 | #1272 | 1989 | -3.7 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1.5/2 | #33 | 2420 | +2.7 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0/1 | #144 | 1394 | -6.7 |
Team | Aug 2025 | 0.5/1 | #60 | 2135 | -2.4 |
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsLaurent GuidarelliGM
🇫🇷FRA·2458
+0 −5 =4
9 games·last met Nov 2019
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vsVincent Chauvet
🇫🇷FRA·2180
+4 −0 =4
8 games·last met Oct 2021
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vsClaude Maruejols
🇫🇷FRA·1854
+4 −2 =1
7 games·last met Oct 2014
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vsRoland WeillFM
🇫🇷FRA·2066
+3 −1 =2
6 games·last met Sep 2019
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vsSebastien JoieIM
🇨🇭SUI·2342
+0 −0 =6
6 games·last met Jul 2018
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Rankings
/
France
#148
out of 24,627 players
Europe
#2,421
in continent
World
#3,664
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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