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Bignonneau, Pascal
🇫🇷FIDE 696641· Male· France· Born in 1969
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Pascal Bignonneau, a 57-year-old French player, is rated 1645. He has slipped back 32 Elo over the past 12 months. 33 rated games in the past year (≈15/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Team 2026 - NAQ Mars, Team 2026 - 60mn Mars, and 42e Open International d'echecs de Cappelle la Grande. Also played 1 rapid event (including 2e Rapide Caissa Bordeaux) recently. He took a 15-month break between Sep 2014 and Jan 2016. His peak of 1759 was reached at age 43 (May 2012).
Current rating
1645
Standard
Rpd1686·Blz—
All-time high
1759
−114 pts below
May 2012 · age 43
May 2012 · age 43
Activity
27
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
33 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#130,075
#130,075 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+215 Elo)
1488 → 1703
Dec 2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 55
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1500
at age 55
Mar 2024
2023
Re-crossed 1500
at age 54
Nov 2023
2019
100 career games
at age 50
Apr 2019
2014
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 1629 → returned at 1605
Sep 2014
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-32
1677 → 1645
Tournaments
9
35 games
Score
14.5/ 3541.4%
11W7D17L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsChristoph Rottenwoerer1,851·23emes Rencontres Nationales et Internationales d'Echecs - Cavalier·R7·+15.0
2.[W]vsTomas Grosse1,836·23emes Rencontres Nationales et Internationales d'Echecs - Cavalier·R1·+14.7
3.[W]vsShiv Sarves Manan Kumanan1,569·XII International Sunway Sitges Chess Festival - Group B·R8·+7.9
Top 3 losses
3.[L]vsLeana Ghezzali1,756·23emes Rencontres Nationales et Internationales d'Echecs - Cavalier·R5·-7.3
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/1 | #183 | 2367 | +7.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1.5/3 | #681 | 1720 | +6.0 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3.5/8 | #393 | 1580 | -15.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #86 | 2240 | +4.8 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3/8 | #90 | 1635 | -17.2 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0/1 | #283 | 976 | -7.2 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 2/1 | #884 | 2295 | +5.4 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 2.5/9 | #238 | 1634 | -10.4 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 0/1 | #140 | 1035 | -5.8 |
Worst Elo result: XII International Sunway Sitges Chess Festival - Group B (-17.2 Elo, finished #90).
Rankings
/
France
#9,594
out of 24,627 players
Europe
#89,069
in continent
World
#130,069
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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