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Bandet, Raphael
🇫🇷FIDE 678252· Male· France· Born in 1997
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Raphael Bandet, a 29-year-old French player, is rated 2214 — his current career high and sitting in the top 2% of French players, and in the top 3% worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +51 Elo over the past 12 months. 39 rated games in the past year (≈34/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Team 2026 - Nationale 2 r7-9, Tournoi du mercredi Grenoble - Printemps 2026 - Principal r3-6, and Team 2026 - Coupe de France 3e tour. Also played 1 rapid (including Tournoi Rapide d'Echecs de GEM - Avril 2026) and 2 blitz events (including Blitz FIDE Grenoble decembre 2025) recently. He took a 35-month break between Aug 2018 and Aug 2021 (COVID-19 included).
At junior level, he reached #19, #19, #15, #17 and #10 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2214
Standard
Rpd2155·Blz2102
All-time high
2214
at best
Apr 2026 · age 29
Apr 2026 · age 29
Activity
23
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
39 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 2%
#352 · French players · of 17,422
Career timeline
19 entries2026
Crossed 2200
at age 29
Apr 2026
All-time peak 2214
at age 29
Apr 2026
2022
500 career games
at age 25
Feb 2022
2018
Inactive for 35 months
paused at 2164 → returned at 2139
Aug 2018
2016
19th French U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2193
Apr 2016
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2016
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+51
2163 → 2214
Tournaments
12
37 games
Score
24/ 3764.9%
24W6D7L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsMaxime Roganova1,985·23emes Rencontres Nationales et Internationales d'Echecs - Grand Prix·R1·-15.0
2.[L]vsAyrad BoumrarFM2,244·23emes Rencontres Nationales et Internationales d'Echecs - Grand Prix·R9·-8.0
3.[L]vsAnna KubickaWIM2,259·23emes Rencontres Nationales et Internationales d'Echecs - Grand Prix·R7·-7.6
Last 12 months — tournaments
12 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 2.5/3 | #30 | 2533 | +25.2 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4/4 | #1 | 2545 | +6.6 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #3 | 2691 | +3.8 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #16 | 2889 | +7.8 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #218 | 2836 | +6.6 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0.5/1 | #164 | 1802 | -8.0 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0.5/2 | #539 | 2108 | -3.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #8 | 2721 | +4.0 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #159 | 2942 | +9.4 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4.5/9 | #105 | 2143 | -0.6 |
Hot streak: 5 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsEthan SayaFM
🇫🇷FRA·2301
+5 −6 =0
11 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsFeuille Lion
🇫🇷FRA·1830
+6 −1 =0
7 games·last met Feb 2025
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vsChristophe GelasFM
🇫🇷FRA·2320
+0 −7 =0
7 games·last met May 2022
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vsMustapha Belhadj-Abbes
🇫🇷FRA·1768
+6 −0 =0
6 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsYann Saya
🇫🇷FRA·2169
+2 −1 =2
5 games·last met Jan 2026
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Rankings
/
France
#352
out of 24,420 players
Europe
#5,175
in continent
World
#7,426
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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