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Merlin, Paul

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FIDEFIDE 651091267· Male· France· Born in 1993

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Paul Merlin, a 33-year-old French player, is rated 1943 — just 23 short of his peak of 1966 (Nov 2024, age 31). He has held steady between 1900 and 1950 for 6 months. 21 rated games in the past year. Recent appearance: Team 2026 - Nationale 3 r7-9. Also played 1 rapid event (including 18eme Open de Rentree de Bordeaux) recently.

Current rating

1943

Standard

Rpd1882·Blz—

All-time high

1966

−23 pts below
Nov 2024 · age 31

Activity

24

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

16 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#38,106

#38,106 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

7 entries
2026
100 career games
at age 33
Apr 2026
2024
All-time peak 1966
at age 31 · −23 from today
Nov 2024
8-month rising streak
+131 Elo
May 2024
2023
Best 12-month gain (+185 Elo)
1679 → 1864
Nov 2023
Crossed 1800
at age 30
Sep 2023
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 30
Sep 2023

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Vova Ostrovskiy 2,008
Team 2026 - Nationale 3 r7-9 · Mar 2026 · +11.8 Elo
Evolution
-8
1951 → 1943
Tournaments
6
9 games
Score
5/ 955.6%
3W4D2L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsVova Ostrovskiy2,008·Team 2026 - Nationale 3 r7-9·R1·+11.8
2.[W]vsPhilipp Wurz1,788·Team 2026 - Nationale 3 r1·R1·+5.5
3.[W]vsBaptiste Waline1,615·Team 2026 - Nationale 3 r3-4·R1·+2.6
Top 2 losses
1.[L]vsFriederike Wohlers-ArmasWIM1,907·Team 2026 - Nationale 3 r3-4·R2·-11.1
2.[L]vsGabor Piroth1,907·Team 2026 - Nationale 3 r7-9·R3·-11.0

Last 12 months — tournaments

6 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Team 2026 - Nationale 3 r7-9
Team
Mar 20261.5/3#5591932-1.0
Team 2026 - Nationale 3 r6
Team
Feb 20260.5/1#4861951+0.2
Team 2026 - Nationale 3 r5
Team
Jan 20260.5/1#6771885-1.6
Team 2026 - Nationale 3 r3-4
Team
Dec 20251/2#4671761-9.0
Team 2026 - Nationale 3 r2
Team
Nov 20250.5/1#7171886-2.0
Team 2026 - Nationale 3 r1
Team
Oct 20251/1#3492588+5.6

Rankings

/
France
#2,225
out of 24,627 players
Europe
#28,164
in continent
World
#38,105
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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World
France
1
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2
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2,721
3
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2,626
4
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2,615
4
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2,615
6
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2,613
7
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2,610
8
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2,596
9
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2,559
10
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2,557
...
2225🇫🇷Merlin, Paul1,943
Europe
1
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2,841
2
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2,767
3
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2,764
4
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2,744
5
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2,739
6
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2,729
7
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2,728
8
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2,721
9
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2,717
10
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2,713
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28164🇫🇷Merlin, Paul1,943
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
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2,777
4
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2,777
6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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2,761
9
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2,753
9
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2,753
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38105🇫🇷Merlin, Paul1,943