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Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

GM🇫🇷

FIDEFIDE 623539· Male· France· Born in 1990

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, a 36-year-old French Grandmaster, is rated 2717 and ranked 2nd among French players, and 22nd worldwide. He has held steady between 2700 and 2725 for 9 months. 59 rated games in the past year (≈75/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include the Chess Olympiad (open), the Sinquefield Cup, and the French Top 16. Also played 8 rapid (including FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025) and 7 blitz events (including FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025) recently. His peak of 2819 was reached at age 26 (Aug 2016, World #2 at the time); he spent 39 months in the world top 5. In the 1990–2000 FIDE lists (source: OlimpBase), he was already rated 2186 in Jan 2000.

Awarded GM in 2005 (age 15), IM in 2005 (age 15), and FM in 2004 (age 14). At junior level, he reached World #2 in U20, World #3 in U18, World #3 in U16, World #6 in U14 and World #4 in U12.

Current rating

2717

Standard

Rpd2712·Blz2734

All-time high

2819

−102 pts below
Aug 2016 · age 26

Activity

68

games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo

59 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

#2

#2 · French players · of 17,655
39 months in World top 5 (2016–2021)

Profile · last 5 years

  1. A team player: 108 of 307 classical games were in team events.
  2. Similar results in every format: 57% in classical (173.5 / 307), 60% in rapid (177.5 / 298), 61% in blitz (246.5 / 403).
  3. Against higher-rated players (+50): 34 / 65. Against lower-rated (−50): 381.5 / 577.
  4. Out of form: −27 in blitz rating and 48.5 / 83 in rated blitz games over the last 12 months.

From 1,008 games in FIDE-rated events since Oct 2021 (307 classical, 298 rapid, 403 blitz). Fixed rules: every figure comes from these results.

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Career timeline

28 entries
2021
Re-crossed 2750
at age 31
Aug 2021
39 months in world top 5
longest streak 15 months · first Mar 2016
Feb 2021
2017
Re-crossed 2800
at age 27
Sep 2017
Re-crossed 2800
at age 27
Mar 2017
2016
Peak World rank: #2
at age 26 · rated 2819
Aug 2016
Crossed 2800
at age 26
Aug 2016

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 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave plays, by color

3,860 games with moves in our base · over the board · last in Oct 2026

Prepare against him

As White

536 games340 of 536

362 more games in other lines

As Black

525 games284.5 of 525

313 more games in other lines

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

Activity & highlights

Evolution
-23
2740 → 2717
Tournaments
9
55 games
Score
29/ 5552.7%
7W44D4L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsAlireza FirouzjaGM2,759·2026 Super Chess Classic Romania·R2·+5.5
2.[W]vsAmin TabatabaeiGM2,737·46th Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026 Open·R8·+5.3
3.[W]vsSam SevianGM2,701·2026 GCT Sinquefield Cup·R2·+4.8
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsYagiz Kaan ErdogmusGM2,658·3-8 december 2025 Clash of generations II·R5·-5.9
2.[L]vsJorden van ForeestGM2,728·Team 2026 - Top 16·R6·-4.8
3.[L]vsR PraggnanandhaaGM2,750·2026 GCT Sinquefield Cup·R8·-4.5

Last 12 months — tournaments

7 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
46th Chess Olympiad Samarkand 2026 Open
Team
Sep 20266/10#2042703-1.0
2026 GCT Sinquefield Cup
Round-Robin
Aug 20264.5/9#52752+4.8
Team 2026 - Top 16
Team
Jun 20265/9#682652-7.5
2026 Super Chess Classic Romania
Round-Robin
May 20264.5/9#52747+3.8
1. Schachbundesliga 2025-2026 Maerz 2026
Team
Mar 20261.5/3#352675-1.9
1. Schachbundesliga 2025-2026 Februar 2026
Team
Feb 20260.5/1#1492655-0.9
1. Schachbundesliga 2025-2026 Januar 2026
Team
Jan 20261/2#902640-2.6

By color · classical · 5 years

307 games

As White

61%

94 / 153avg opp. 2668

As Black

52%

79.5 / 154avg opp. 2680

Best win

vsAlireza FirouzjaGM2804

2022 GCT Superbet Chess Classic · May 2022 · Black

Worst loss

vsMarc'Andria MaurizziGM2610

FIDE Grand Swiss 2025 · Sep 2025 · White

Games 3,860 · 2000–2026

Time control
  • DvsS.L. NarayananGM
    Deutsche Schach-Bundesliga · R3.9 · 2026-10-11
    Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Classical Defense Deferred · 76 moves · 2717
  • DvsVasyl IvanchukGM
    Deutsche Schach-Bundesliga · R2.1 · 2026-10-10
    Grünfeld Defense: Exchange Variation · 59 moves · 2717
  • LvsDavid NavaraGM
    German Bundesliga 2026/27 (Schachbundesliga) · R1.9 · 2026-10-09
    Queen's Gambit Declined: Three Knights Variation · 76 moves · 2717
  • DvsJonas Buhl BjerreGM
    Olymp 2026 Open · R11.81 · 2026-09-27
    Italian Game: Giuoco Pianissimo, Italian Four Knights Variation · 42 moves · 2718
  • DvsVincent KeymerGM
    Olymp 2026 Open · R10.181 · 2026-09-26
    Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations · 82 moves · 2718
  • DvsDing LirenGM
    Olymp 2026 Open · R9.177 · 2026-09-25
    Ruy Lopez: Closed, Martinez Variation · 43 moves · 2718
  • WvsAmin TabatabaeiGM
    Olymp 2026 Open · R8.193 · 2026-09-24
    Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, English Attack, Anti-English · 38 moves · 2718
  • DvsJakhongir VakhidovGM
    Olymp 2026 Open · R7.193 · 2026-09-23
    Queen's Gambit Declined: Queen's Knight Variation · 48 moves · 2718
  • DvsNikita VitiugovGM
    Olymp 2026 Open · R6.177 · 2026-09-21
    Four Knights Game: Scotch Variation Accepted, Main Line · 33 moves · 2718
  • DvsThai Dai Van NguyenGM
    Olymp 2026 Open · R5.189 · 2026-09-20
    Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Classical Variation, Original Defense · 45 moves · 2718

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

vsLevon AronianGM
🇺🇸USA·2725
+34 −21 =68
123 games·last met Aug 2026
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vsFabiano CaruanaGM
🇺🇸USA·2784
+27 −24 =62
113 games·last met Aug 2026
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vsMagnus CarlsenGM
🇳🇴NOR·2823
+15 −29 =46
90 games·last met Sep 2026
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vsWesley SoGM
🇺🇸USA·2770
+20 −11 =59
90 games·last met Aug 2026
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vsAnish GiriGM
🇳🇱NED·2752
+18 −10 =53
81 games·last met Aug 2026
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Rankings

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France
#2
out of 17,578 players
Europe
#7
out of 131,162 players
World
#22
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
...
22
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
2,717
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