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BJ
Bigonnet, Jean-Michel
🇫🇷FIDE 659584· Male· France· Born in 1996
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Jean-Michel Bigonnet, a 30-year-old French player, is rated 2123 — just 22 short of his peak of 2145 (Mar 2026, age 30) and sitting in the top 4% of French players, and in the top 6% worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +62 Elo over the past 12 months. 106 rated games in the past year (≈33/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Championnat de Corse 2026, Team 2026 - CRS Avril, and Team 2026 - Nationale 3 r7-9. Also played 4 blitz events (including Djerba International Chess Festival 2026 Blitz) recently. He took a 40-month break between Aug 2014 and Jan 2018.
At junior level, he reached #56, #34, #23, #8 and #8 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2123
Standard
Rpd2029·Blz2020
All-time high
2145
−22 pts below
Mar 2026 · age 30
Mar 2026 · age 30
Activity
71
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
106 past 12 mo · ≈9/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#687 · French players · of 17,591
Career timeline
24 entries2026
Re-crossed 2100
at age 30
Jun 2026
Re-crossed 2100
at age 30
Mar 2026
All-time peak 2145
at age 30 · −22 from today
Mar 2026
2025
500 career games
at age 29
Feb 2025
2024
Re-crossed 2100
at age 28
Sep 2024
Crossed 2100
at age 28
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+72
2051 → 2123
Tournaments
18
105 games
Score
66.5/ 10563.3%
55W23D27L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
15 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 1/2 | #7 | 2241 | +8.0 |
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 7/9 | #2 | 2192 | +22.2 |
Round-Robin | Apr 2026 | 4.5/7 | #2 | 2110 | +2.8 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 0.5/2 | #44 | 1867 | -12.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #784 | 2679 | +3.6 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 1/9 | #112 | 1823 | -48.0 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 8.5/9 | #1 | 2450 | +48.2 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #117 | 2738 | +5.8 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 6/7 | #1 | 2123 | +15.8 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 1/2 | #767 | 1915 | -8.6 |
Worst Elo result: 39eme Festival International des Jeux de Cannes - Open A (p2100) (-48.0 Elo, finished #112).
Most-Played Opponents
vsLudovic Utrera
🇫🇷FRA·2165
+10 −9 =1
20 games·last met Oct 2024
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vsSerge GuillemartCM
🇫🇷FRA·2062
+9 −7 =3
19 games·last met May 2026
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vsApollo DeladerriereCM
🇫🇷FRA·2063
+4 −5 =3
12 games·last met May 2026
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vsHelio Deladerriere
🇫🇷FRA·1907
+6 −4 =1
11 games·last met May 2026
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vsPierre-Louis PieriCM
🇫🇷FRA·2201
+0 −7 =4
11 games·last met May 2026
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Rankings
/
France
#687
out of 24,627 players
Europe
#9,681
in continent
World
#13,388
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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