Format
GK
Garde, Kostia
🇫🇷FIDE 651006839· Male· France· Born in 2002
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Kostia Garde, a 24-year-old French player, is rated 1916 — his current career high. He is on a breakout run, having gained +132 Elo over the past 12 months. 51 rated games in the past year (≈19/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Championnat interne 2026 LDN r9-10, Team 2026 - Nationale 4 r6-7, and 42e Open International d'echecs de Cappelle la Grande. Also played 1 rapid (including 248e Rapide FIDE Interchess -2000 (conseille aux debutatnts adultes et jeunes)) and 1 blitz events (including Lisieux 10000 2025 Blitz) recently.
Current rating
1916
Standard
Rpd1834·Blz1731
All-time high
1916
at best
May 2026 · age 24
May 2026 · age 24
Activity
23
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
51 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#44,191
#44,191 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
7 entries2026
All-time peak 1916
at age 24
May 2026
100 career games
at age 24
Jan 2026
2025
Crossed 1800
at age 23
Sep 2025
7-month rising streak
+90 Elo
May 2025
Best 12-month gain (+260 Elo)
1493 → 1753
Feb 2025
2021
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Dec 2021
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+132
1784 → 1916
Tournaments
14
56 games
Score
35.5/ 5663.4%
30W11D15L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
14 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jun 2026 | 3.5/5 | #9 | 1891 | +1.0 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #12 | 2678 | +10.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1.5/2 | #628 | 1980 | +4.4 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5/9 | #171 | 1846 | -9.4 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 2/2 | #3 | 2633 | +18.2 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #867 | 2614 | +8.0 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #873 | 2420 | +4.0 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5.5/9 | #46 | 1906 | +22.4 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4/7 | #28 | 2010 | +33.6 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 1/1 | #8 | 2293 | +3.0 |
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsIoannis Panopoulos
🇬🇷GRE·2039
+2 −7 =0
9 games·last met Sep 2024
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vsIoannis Gkekos
🇬🇷GRE·1802
+3 −6 =0
9 games·last met Sep 2024
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vsNikolaos Sehas
🇬🇷GRE·1567
+5 −1 =0
6 games·last met Sep 2024
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vsAlexandra Gypari
🇬🇷GRE·1659
+4 −1 =1
6 games·last met Sep 2024
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vsFilippos Fotiadis
🇬🇷GRE·1975
+1 −3 =1
5 games·last met Sep 2024
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Rankings
/
France
#2,625
out of 24,627 players
Europe
#32,596
in continent
World
#44,190
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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