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Cepisul, Desire
🇫🇷FIDE 657093· Male· France· Born in 1962
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Desire Cepisul, a 64-year-old French player, is rated 1778. He has slipped back 48 Elo over the past 12 months. 23 rated games in the past year (≈7/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Open FIDE 1 de Petit Bourg 2026, 7e Open Fide de l'Arsenal (-2400), and 6e Open Fide de l'Arsenal (-2400). Also played 4 rapid (including 2eme Open Rapide FIDE de La Tour de pierres) and 2 blitz events (including Championnat de Martinique Blitz 2025) recently. He had 4 career breaks: 13 months (2010–2011), 13 months (2012–2013), 57 months (2015–2019) and 49 months (2019–2024, COVID-19 included). His peak of 1840 was reached at age 62 (Mar 2024).
Current rating
1778
Standard
Rpd1703·Blz1683
All-time high
1840
−62 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 62
Mar 2024 · age 62
Activity
14
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
23 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#83,194
#83,194 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
12 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+98 Elo)
1742 → 1840
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 62
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1840
at age 62 · −62 from today
Mar 2024
2019
100 career games
at age 57
Nov 2019
Inactive for 49 months
paused at 1742 → returned at 1728
Nov 2019
2015
Inactive for 57 months
paused at 1752 → returned at 1742
Jan 2015
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-45
1823 → 1778
Tournaments
5
29 games
Score
18/ 2962.1%
16W4D9L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3.5/3 | #9 | 2394 | -3.6 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4/4 | #7 | 2412 | +4.6 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 3.5/4 | #8 | 1913 | -14.2 |
Open Swiss | May 2025 | 4/8 | #11 | 1655 | -31.6 |
Open Swiss | May 2025 | 3/4 | #11 | 1784 | -2.8 |
Rankings
/
France
#5,453
out of 24,420 players
Europe
#59,887
in continent
World
#83,193
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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