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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 2221 — 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 +58 Elo over the past 12 months. 42 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
2221
Standard
Rpd2152·Blz2102
All-time high
2221
at best
Jun 2026 · age 29
Jun 2026 · age 29
Activity
24
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
42 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 2%
#334 · French players · of 17,591
Career timeline
19 entries2026
All-time peak 2221
at age 29
Jun 2026
Crossed 2200
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
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+67
2154 → 2221
Tournaments
13
37 games
Score
27/ 3773.0%
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
13 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 3/3 | #1 | 2657 | +6.8 |
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 |
Hot streak: 6 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsEthan SayaFM
🇫🇷FRA·2297
+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·2321
+0 −7 =0
7 games·last met May 2022
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vsMustapha Belhadj-Abbes
🇫🇷FRA·1774
+6 −0 =0
6 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsYann Saya
🇫🇷FRA·2153
+2 −1 =2
5 games·last met Jan 2026
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Rankings
/
France
#334
out of 24,627 players
Europe
#4,925
in continent
World
#7,103
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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