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Cousin, Benjamin
🇫🇷FIDE 651019655· Male· France· Born in 1991
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Benjamin Cousin, a 35-year-old French player, is rated 1848 — just 5 short of his peak of 1853 (Mar 2026, age 35). He is on a steady climb with +27 Elo over the past 12 months. 32 rated games in the past year (≈19/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Team 2026 - Nationale 4 r6-7, 3eme Festival Manoir Hotel Touquet Golf Resort - Master, and 17eme Open International d'echecs de Rouen. Also played 3 rapid (including 18eme Tournoi rapide d'Orcher La Tour) and 1 blitz events (including 3eme Festival Manoir Hotel Touquet Golf Resort - Blitz) recently.
Current rating
1848
Standard
Rpd1733·Blz1811
All-time high
1853
−5 pts below
Mar 2026 · age 35
Mar 2026 · age 35
Activity
21
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
27 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#62,017
#62,017 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
9 entries2026
All-time peak 1853
at age 35 · −5 from today
Mar 2026
100 career games
at age 35
Jan 2026
2025
Crossed 1800
at age 34
Jun 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+180 Elo)
1594 → 1774
Aug 2024
2023
Re-crossed 1600
at age 32
Dec 2023
2022
Crossed 1600
at age 31
Dec 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+27
1821 → 1848
Tournaments
8
27 games
Score
16/ 2759.3%
13W6D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 3.5/7 | #24 | 1888 | +1.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/2 | #1466 | 1718 | -7.2 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4.5/7 | #10 | 1927 | +19.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #404 | 2647 | +10.6 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4/7 | #33 | 1879 | +2.4 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0/1 | #2603 | 917 | -13.2 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #963 | 2426 | +4.8 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1/1 | #868 | 2564 | +8.4 |
Rankings
/
France
#3,856
out of 24,627 players
Europe
#45,351
in continent
World
#62,016
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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