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Lagarde, Maxime
GM🇫🇷FIDE 662399· Male· France· Born in 1994
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Maxime Lagarde, a 32-year-old French Grandmaster, is rated 2615 and ranked 4th among French players, and 120th worldwide. He has held steady between 2600 and 2625 for 20 months. 127 rated games in the past year (≈96/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include European Individual Chess Championship 2026, Reykjavik Open 2026, and HUN Team Ch. Super League Szabo L Memorial Partial R 5. Also played 10 rapid (including FIDE World Cup 2025 Rapid TB) and 5 blitz events (including European Blitz Chess Championship 2025) recently. His peak of 2659 was reached at age 26 (Feb 2020, World #81 at the time); he spent 21 months in the world top 100.
Awarded GM in 2013 (age 19), IM in 2011 (age 17), and FM in 2008 (age 14). At junior level, he reached World #15 in U20, World #12 in U18, World #12 in U16, World #13 in U14 and World #18 in U12.
Current rating
2615
Standard
Rpd2601·Blz2583
All-time high
2659
−44 pts below
Feb 2020 · age 26
Feb 2020 · age 26
Activity
110
games / yr avg. · ≈9/mo
88 past 12 mo · ≈7/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#4
#4 · French players · of 17,591
21 months in World top 100 (2019–2024)
21 months in World top 100 (2019–2024)
Career timeline
26 entries2024
Re-crossed 2600
at age 30
Nov 2024
21 months in world top 100
longest streak 14 months · since Sep 2019
Mar 2024
2023
Re-crossed 2600
at age 29
Aug 2023
2021
Peak French rank: #4
at age 27 · rated 2647
Nov 2021
2020
Peak World rank: #81
at age 26 · rated 2659
Feb 2020
All-time peak 2659
at age 26 · −41 from today
Feb 2020
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-3
2618 → 2615
Tournaments
17
108 games
Score
71/ 10865.7%
48W46D14L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
12 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Jun 2026 | 7/9 | #4 | 2700 | +9.6 |
Team | Jun 2026 | 7/10 | #12 | 2599 | +0.6 |
Team | May 2026 | 1/2 | #15 | 2505 | -3.1 |
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 6/9 | #7 | 2583 | -2.5 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 7.5/11 | #50 | 2597 | -1.5 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 6.5/9 | #13 | 2583 | -1.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #21 | 3182 | +2.0 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1.5/2 | #40 | 2664 | +1.2 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #16 | 3129 | +1.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 2/2 | #6 | 3285 | +6.7 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsRomain EdouardGM
🇫🇷FRA·2538
+5 −7 =10
22 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsJules MoussardGM
🇫🇷FRA·2613
+7 −6 =8
21 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsMatthieu CornetteGM
🇫🇷FRA·2559
+6 −3 =9
18 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsLaurent FressinetGM
🇫🇷FRA·2610
+1 −4 =13
18 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsSergey A. FedorchukGM
🇺🇦UKR·2593
+7 −3 =7
17 games·last met Mar 2026
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Rankings
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France
#4
out of 24,627 players
Europe
#61
in continent
World
#120
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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