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Gagnepain, Laurent
🇫🇷FIDE 658251· Male· France· Born in 1977
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Laurent Gagnepain, a 49-year-old French player, is rated 1838. He is progressing steadily with +20 Elo over the past 12 months. 16 rated games in the past year (≈29/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Team 2026 - Nationale 3 r7-9, Tata Steel Chess 2026 - Tienkampen, and 7eme Tournoi des Senechaux. Also played 3 rapid (including 16e Festival de la Tour Blanche) and 3 blitz events (including Les Internationaux de France Blitz 2025) recently. His peak of 1870 was reached at age 47 (Mar 2024).
Current rating
1838
Standard
Rpd1823·Blz1723
All-time high
1870
−32 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 47
Mar 2024 · age 47
Activity
18
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
16 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#64,871
#64,871 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
15 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+99 Elo)
1769 → 1868
Nov 2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 47
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1870
at age 47 · −32 from today
Mar 2024
2023
Re-crossed 1800
at age 46
May 2023
2022
500 career games
at age 45
May 2022
Re-crossed 1800
at age 45
Apr 2022
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+20
1818 → 1838
Tournaments
6
17 games
Score
10/ 1758.8%
8W4D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 1.5/1 | #767 | 2321 | +2.8 |
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 5/9 | #147 | 1866 | +10.8 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/1 | #581 | 1870 | +1.4 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0/1 | #1245 | 1098 | -8.2 |
Round-Robin | Nov 2025 | 2/3 | #2 | 1930 | +9.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #138 | 2340 | +3.4 |
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsChristophe Gattuso
🇫🇷FRA·1873
+2 −12 =10
24 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsMichel Coucoureux
🇫🇷FRA·1727
+8 −3 =1
12 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsStephane Huynh Tan
🇫🇷FRA·1890
+2 −7 =3
12 games·last met Nov 2022
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vsNicolas Devaux
🇫🇷FRA·1812
+3 −4 =1
8 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsDominique Soulier
🇫🇷FRA·1725
+6 −0 =2
8 games·last met Jun 2023
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Rankings
/
France
#4,060
out of 24,627 players
Europe
#47,365
in continent
World
#64,870
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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