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Firouzja, Alireza

Alireza Firouzja

GM🇫🇷

FIDEFIDE 12573981· Male· France· Born in 2003

Alireza Firouzja, a 23-year-old French Grandmaster, is rated 2757 and ranked 1st among French players, and 10th worldwide. He is currently in the 2750–2775 range. 42 rated games in the past year (≈74/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include the Chennai Grand Masters, Norway Chess, and the Superbet Chess Classic Romania. Also played 10 rapid (including FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025) and 6 blitz events (including FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025) recently. His peak of 2804 was reached at age 18 (Dec 2021, World #2 at the time); he spent 23 months in the world top 5.

Competes for France since Jul 2021. Awarded GM in 2018 (age 15) and IM in 2016 (age 13). At junior level, he reached World #1 in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12 and World #7 in U10.

Current rating

2757

Standard

Rpd2737·Blz2797

All-time high

2804

−47 pts below
Dec 2021 · age 18

Activity

53

games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo

31 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

#1

#1 · French players · of 17,655
23 months in World top 5 (2021–2024)

Profile · last 5 years

  1. Stronger in blitz: 67% (200 / 300) against 61% in rapid (138 / 225) and 56% in classical (122.5 / 219).
  2. Against higher-rated players (+50): 21 / 49. Against lower-rated (−50): 298 / 435.
  3. Out of form: −17 in rapid rating and 55.5 / 85 in rated rapid games over the last 12 months.

From 744 games in FIDE-rated events since Oct 2021 (219 classical, 225 rapid, 300 blitz). Fixed rules: every figure comes from these results.

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Career timeline

28 entries
2026
Re-crossed 2750
at age 23
Aug 2026
2025
1,000 career games
at age 22
Sep 2025
2024
23 months in world top 5
longest streak 19 months · first Dec 2021
Sep 2024
Re-crossed 2750
at age 21
Aug 2024
2022
1st U20 player worldwide
at age 19 · rated 2793
Jun 2022
2021
Peak World rank: #2
at age 18 · rated 2804
Dec 2021

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Rating history: OlimpBase (opens in a new tab) until 2000, FIDE since 2001

His openings · over the board

What Alireza Firouzja plays, by color

1,757 games with moves in our base · over the board · last in Sep 2026

Prepare against him

As White

486 games310 of 486

281 more games in other lines

As Black

481 games260 of 481

232 more games in other lines

Over-the-board games from our public base only.Find his online games ›

Activity & highlights

Best result
Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2026
perf 2825 (+68) · 4.5/7 · #1
Evolution
-5
2762 → 2757
Tournaments
4
31 games
Score
16.5/ 3153.2%
7W19D5L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsMagnus CarlsenGM2,840·Norway Chess 2026·R1·+6.3
2.[W]vsR PraggnanandhaaGM2,733·Norway Chess 2026·R2·+4.8
3.[W]vsGukesh DGM2,732·Norway Chess 2026·R8·+4.8
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsMaxime Vachier-LagraveGM2,717·2026 Super Chess Classic Romania·R2·-5.4
2.[L]vsR PraggnanandhaaGM2,733·Norway Chess 2026·R7·-5.2
3.[L]vsAnish GiriGM2,767·2026 Super Chess Classic Romania·R3·-4.7

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2026
Round-Robin
Jul 20264.5/7#12825+7.6
Norway Chess 2026
Round-Robin
May 20265.5/10#32799+5.4
2026 Super Chess Classic Romania
Round-Robin
May 20261/5#102515-15.3
2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic
Round-Robin
Nov 20255.5/9#22736-2.7
Worst Elo result: 2026 Super Chess Classic Romania (-15.3 Elo, finished #10).

By color · classical · 5 years

219 games

As White

63%

69.5 / 110avg opp. 2715

As Black

49%

53 / 109avg opp. 2704

Best win

vsMagnus CarlsenGM2840

Norway Chess 2026 · May 2026 · White

Worst loss

vsJu WenjunGM2549

Tata Steel Chess 2024 - Masters · Jan 2024 · Black

Games 1,757 · 2013–2026

Time control
  • WvsMagnus CarlsenGM
    Global Chess League · R28.1 · 2026-09-12
    Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation · 49 moves · rapid · 2748
  • DvsIan NepomniachtchiGM
    Global Chess League · R18.1 · 2026-09-09
    Sicilian Defense: Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack · 49 moves · rapid · 2748
  • DvsJavokhir SindarovGM
    Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2026 | Preliminary Stage · R4.1 · 2026-09-05
    King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation, Positional Defense · 57 moves · rapid · 2748
  • DvsViswanathan AnandGM
    Global Chess League · R25.1 · 2026-08-31
    Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations, Main Line · 33 moves · 2757
  • LvsMaxime Vachier-LagraveGM
    Global Chess League · R22.1 · 2026-08-31
    Grünfeld Defense: Russian Variation, Hungarian Variation · 60 moves · 2757
  • LvsJavokhir SindarovGM
    Global Chess League · R20.1 · 2026-08-31
    English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, King's Knight Variation · 34 moves · 2757
  • DvsMagnus CarlsenGM
    Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2026 | Preliminary Stage · R15.1 · 2026-08-31
    King's Indian Attack: Keres Variation · 49 moves · 2757
  • DvsViswanathan AnandGM
    Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2026 | Preliminary Stage · R12.1 · 2026-08-31
    Queen's Pawn Game: Accelerated London System, Steinitz Countergambit · 59 moves · 2757
  • LvsMaxime Vachier-LagraveGM
    Tech Mahindra Global Chess League 2026 | Preliminary Stage · R8.1 · 2026-08-31
    Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, English Attack · 42 moves · 2757
  • DvsIan NepomniachtchiGM
    Global Chess League · R2.1 · 2026-08-31
    English Opening: Great Snake Variation · 43 moves · 2757

Over-the-board games only, matched to this player through official FIDE pairings and tournament records. Opponents marked “?” could not be identified with certainty. Source: Lichess broadcasts (opens in a new tab), CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab).

Most-Played Opponents

vsFabiano CaruanaGM
🇺🇸USA·2784
+10 −24 =20
54 games·last met May 2026
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vsMaxime Vachier-LagraveGM
🇫🇷FRA·2717
+11 −13 =26
50 games·last met Sep 2026
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vsIan NepomniachtchiGM
🇷🇺RUS·2719
+15 −10 =17
42 games·last met Sep 2026
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vsWesley SoGM
🇺🇸USA·2770
+9 −10 =21
40 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsNodirbek AbdusattorovGM
🇺🇿UZB·2780
+11 −8 =18
37 games·last met Jul 2026
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Rankings

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France
#1
out of 17,578 players
Europe
#3
out of 131,162 players
World
#10
out of 221,391 players

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
France
1
🇫🇷Firouzja, Alireza
2,757
2
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
2,717
3
🇫🇷Maurizzi, MarcAndria
2,624
4
🇫🇷Moussard, Jules
2,620
5
🇫🇷Idani, Pouya
2,615
6
🇫🇷Bacrot, Etienne
2,612
7
🇫🇷Fressinet, Laurent
2,610
8
🇫🇷Lagarde, Maxime
2,597
9
🇫🇷Kamsky, Gata
2,592
10
🇫🇷Bauer, Christian
2,556
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, Magnus
2,823
2
🇩🇪Keymer, Vincent
2,761
3
🇫🇷Firouzja, Alireza
2,757
4
🇳🇱Giri, Anish
2,752
5
🇵🇱Duda, Jan-Krzysztof
2,741
6
🇹🇷Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan
2,731
7
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
2,717
8
🇳🇱Van Foreest, Jorden
2,716
9
🇭🇺Rapport, Richard
2,711
10
🇦🇿Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar
2,710
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, Magnus
2,823
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, Hikaru
2,792
3
🇺🇸Caruana, Fabiano
2,784
4
🇺🇿Sindarov, Javokhir
2,782
5
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, Nodirbek
2,780
6
🇺🇸So, Wesley
2,770
7
🇮🇳Praggnanandhaa R
2,763
8
🇩🇪Keymer, Vincent
2,761
9
🇨🇳Wei, Yi
2,758
10
🇫🇷Firouzja, Alireza
2,757
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