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FRA Born 1990 (Age ≈36) Male
FIDE ID
623539

About Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave grew up in Nogent-sur-Marne, near Paris. A chess set received as a Christmas present sparked his interest as a small child. His father taught him the basics, and he soon began playing at a club. He won French youth titles from under-eight through under-twenty. Show more

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave grew up in Nogent-sur-Marne, near Paris. A chess set received as a Christmas present sparked his interest as a small child. His father taught him the basics, and he soon began playing at a club. He won French youth titles from under-eight through under-twenty. At fourteen he became a grandmaster. He won the senior French championship in 2007 after beating Vladislav Tkachiev in a playoff. In 2009 he became world junior champion in Argentina. That year he also won at Biel, defeating several established elite players. After completing a mathematics degree in 2010, he committed to professional chess.

He won four consecutive editions of Biel from 2013 through 2016. He also won the European blitz championship in 2010 and 2012. His outright victory at Dortmund in 2016 came ahead of former winners Vladimir Kramnik and Fabiano Caruana. In 2021 he became world blitz champion, defeating Jan-Krzysztof Duda in a playoff. His later successes extended to online competition. He won the 2024 CrunchLabs Masters after eliminating Magnus Carlsen and defeating Alireza Firouzja in the final stages.

FIDE ratings

Classical

2712.4 +5.4

Live estimate

Rapid

2712

Published FIDE

Blitz

2734

Published FIDE

Official classical ranks

World rank
#28
National rank · FRA
#2

Active players · Nov 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

Rating milestones

Highest recorded rating
2819 Aug 2016
Recorded years
2001–2026
Archived games
2810

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Rating history

FIDE rating history

Published rating lists through Nov 2026.

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Games

Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-11 (UTC).

Online games are identified from known tournament names, playing sites and PGN mode. Other games are listed as OTB (over-the-board).

# Date Event Site Round White Black Result Moves View
2751 2012-10-29 16th Corsica Masters KO Bastia FRA 3.2 Etienne Bacrot Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Lost: 1-0 19 Open
2752 2012-10-29 16th Corsica Masters KO Bastia FRA 3.1 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Etienne Bacrot Draw: 1/2-1/2 39 Open
2753 2012-10-29 16th Corsica Masters KO Bastia FRA 2.2 Artur Jussupow Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Won: 0-1 48 Open
2754 2012-10-29 16th Corsica Masters KO Bastia FRA 2.1 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Artur Jussupow Won: 1-0 41 Open
2755 2012-10-28 16th Corsica Masters KO Bastia FRA 1.2 Michael Massoni Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Draw: 1/2-1/2 75 Open
2756 2012-10-28 16th Corsica Masters KO Bastia FRA 1.1 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Michael Massoni Won: 1-0 36 Open
2757 2012-10-21 6th SPICE Cup GM St Louis USA 9 Liren Ding Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Draw: 1/2-1/2 41 Open
2758 2012-10-21 6th SPICE Cup GM St Louis USA 10 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Georg Meier Draw: 1/2-1/2 34 Open
2759 2012-10-20 6th SPICE Cup GM St Louis USA 8 Wesley So Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Won: 0-1 53 Open
2760 2012-10-19 6th SPICE Cup GM St Louis USA 7 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Quang Liem Le Draw: 1/2-1/2 33 Open
2761 2012-10-17 6th SPICE Cup GM St Louis USA 6 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Csaba Balogh Draw: 1/2-1/2 36 Open
2762 2012-10-16 6th SPICE Cup GM St Louis USA 5 Georg Meier Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Won: 0-1 27 Open
2763 2012-10-15 6th SPICE Cup GM St Louis USA 4 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Liren Ding Draw: 1/2-1/2 53 Open
2764 2012-10-15 6th SPICE Cup GM St Louis USA 3 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Wesley So Draw: 1/2-1/2 39 Open
2765 2012-10-14 6th SPICE Cup GM St Louis USA 2 Quang Liem Le Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Draw: 1/2-1/2 80 Open
2766 2012-10-13 6th SPICE Cup GM St Louis USA 1 Csaba Balogh Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Draw: 1/2-1/2 68 Open
2767 2012-10-07 4th Grand Prix FFE 2012 Villandry FRA 3.2 Laurent Fressinet Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Draw: 1/2-1/2 27 Open
2768 2012-10-07 4th Grand Prix FFE 2012 Villandry FRA 3.1 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Laurent Fressinet Lost: 0-1 30 Open
2769 2012-10-07 4th Grand Prix FFE 2012 Villandry FRA 2.2 Jean-Pierre Le Roux Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Draw: 1/2-1/2 54 Open
2770 2012-10-07 4th Grand Prix FFE 2012 Villandry FRA 2.1 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Jean-Pierre Le Roux Won: 1-0 50 Open
2771 2012-10-07 4th Grand Prix FFE 2012 Villandry FRA 1.2 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Alexandr Fier Won: 1-0 51 Open
2772 2012-10-07 4th Grand Prix FFE 2012 Villandry FRA 1.1 Alexandr Fier Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Won: 0-1 45 Open
2773 2012-09-09 40th Olympiad Open Istanbul TUR 11.19 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Kenneth Terence Solomon Won: 1-0 37 Open
2774 2012-09-07 40th Olympiad Open Istanbul TUR 10.12 Constantin Lupulescu Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Draw: 1/2-1/2 31 Open
2775 2012-09-06 40th Olympiad Open Istanbul TUR 9.5 Vasyl Ivanchuk Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Lost: 1-0 36 Open
2776 2012-09-05 40th Olympiad Open Istanbul TUR 8.7 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Leinier Dominguez Perez Draw: 1/2-1/2 41 Open
2777 2012-09-04 40th Olympiad Open Istanbul TUR 7.8 Boris Gelfand Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Draw: 1/2-1/2 42 Open
2778 2012-09-01 40th Olympiad Open Istanbul TUR 5.04 Ivan Saric Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Draw: 1/2-1/2 26 Open
2779 2012-08-31 40th Olympiad Open Istanbul TUR 4.4 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Michael Adams Draw: 1/2-1/2 36 Open
2780 2012-08-30 40th Olympiad Open Istanbul TUR 3.4 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Veselin Topalov Won: 1-0 68 Open
2781 2012-08-29 40th Olympiad Open Istanbul TUR 2.4 Jorge Cori Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Won: 0-1 38 Open
2782 2012-08-28 40th Olympiad Open Istanbul TUR 1.8 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Robert Gwaze Won: 1-0 42 Open
2783 2012-08-23 87th ch-FRA 2012 Pau FRA 10 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Andrei Istratescu Draw: 1/2-1/2 29 Open
2784 2012-08-22 87th ch-FRA 2012 Pau FRA 9 Christian Bauer Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Draw: 1/2-1/2 61 Open
2785 2012-08-21 87th ch-FRA 2012 Pau FRA 8 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Anatoly Vaisser Won: 1-0 63 Open
2786 2012-08-20 87th ch-FRA 2012 Pau FRA 7 Romain Edouard Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Draw: 1/2-1/2 32 Open
2787 2012-08-18 87th ch-FRA 2012 Pau FRA 6 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Jean-Baptiste Mullon Won: 1-0 58 Open
2788 2012-08-17 87th ch-FRA 2012 Pau FRA 5 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Vladislav Tkachiev Draw: 1/2-1/2 41 Open
2789 2012-08-16 87th ch-FRA 2012 Pau FRA 4 Laurent Fressinet Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Draw: 1/2-1/2 29 Open
2790 2012-08-15 87th ch-FRA 2012 Pau FRA 3 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Maxime Lagarde Won: 1-0 27 Open
2791 2012-08-14 87th ch-FRA 2012 Pau FRA 2 Hicham Hamdouchi Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Won: 0-1 82 Open
2792 2012-08-13 87th ch-FRA 2012 Pau FRA 1 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Etienne Bacrot Draw: 1/2-1/2 48 Open
2793 2012-08-03 45th Biel Masters Open Biel SUI 11 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Yang Wen Draw: 1/2-1/2 42 Open
2794 2012-08-02 45th Biel Masters Open Biel SUI 10 Evgeny Postny Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Draw: 1/2-1/2 54 Open
2795 2012-08-01 45th Biel Masters Open Biel SUI 9 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Romain Edouard Draw: 1/2-1/2 17 Open
2796 2012-07-31 45th Biel Masters Open Biel SUI 8 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Vladislav V Vorotnikov Won: 1-0 40 Open
2797 2012-07-30 45th Biel Masters Open Biel SUI 7 Mikhail Ulybin Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Won: 0-1 26 Open
2798 2012-07-28 45th Biel Masters Open Biel SUI 6 Deep Sengupta Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Draw: 1/2-1/2 91 Open
2799 2012-07-27 45th Biel Masters Open Biel SUI 5 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Hrant Melkumyan Draw: 1/2-1/2 49 Open
2800 2012-07-26 45th Biel Masters Open Biel SUI 4 Maxime Vachier-Lagrave Michael Roiz Draw: 1/2-1/2 15 Open
  1. vs Etienne BacrotLost · 1-0Black · 2012-10-29 · Round 3.216th Corsica Masters KO
  2. vs Etienne BacrotDraw · ½–½White · 2012-10-29 · Round 3.116th Corsica Masters KO
  3. vs Artur JussupowWon · 0-1Black · 2012-10-29 · Round 2.216th Corsica Masters KO
  4. vs Artur JussupowWon · 1-0White · 2012-10-29 · Round 2.116th Corsica Masters KO
  5. vs Michael MassoniDraw · ½–½Black · 2012-10-28 · Round 1.216th Corsica Masters KO
  6. vs Michael MassoniWon · 1-0White · 2012-10-28 · Round 1.116th Corsica Masters KO
  7. vs Liren DingDraw · ½–½Black · 2012-10-21 · Round 96th SPICE Cup GM
  8. vs Georg MeierDraw · ½–½White · 2012-10-21 · Round 106th SPICE Cup GM
  9. vs Wesley SoWon · 0-1Black · 2012-10-20 · Round 86th SPICE Cup GM
  10. vs Quang Liem LeDraw · ½–½White · 2012-10-19 · Round 76th SPICE Cup GM
  11. vs Csaba BaloghDraw · ½–½White · 2012-10-17 · Round 66th SPICE Cup GM
  12. vs Georg MeierWon · 0-1Black · 2012-10-16 · Round 56th SPICE Cup GM
  13. vs Liren DingDraw · ½–½White · 2012-10-15 · Round 46th SPICE Cup GM
  14. vs Wesley SoDraw · ½–½White · 2012-10-15 · Round 36th SPICE Cup GM
  15. vs Quang Liem LeDraw · ½–½Black · 2012-10-14 · Round 26th SPICE Cup GM
  16. vs Csaba BaloghDraw · ½–½Black · 2012-10-13 · Round 16th SPICE Cup GM
  17. vs Laurent FressinetDraw · ½–½Black · 2012-10-07 · Round 3.24th Grand Prix FFE 2012
  18. vs Laurent FressinetLost · 0-1White · 2012-10-07 · Round 3.14th Grand Prix FFE 2012
  19. vs Jean-Pierre Le RouxDraw · ½–½Black · 2012-10-07 · Round 2.24th Grand Prix FFE 2012
  20. vs Jean-Pierre Le RouxWon · 1-0White · 2012-10-07 · Round 2.14th Grand Prix FFE 2012
  21. vs Alexandr FierWon · 1-0White · 2012-10-07 · Round 1.24th Grand Prix FFE 2012
  22. vs Alexandr FierWon · 0-1Black · 2012-10-07 · Round 1.14th Grand Prix FFE 2012
  23. vs Kenneth Terence SolomonWon · 1-0White · 2012-09-09 · Round 11.1940th Olympiad Open
  24. vs Constantin LupulescuDraw · ½–½Black · 2012-09-07 · Round 10.1240th Olympiad Open
  25. vs Vasyl IvanchukLost · 1-0Black · 2012-09-06 · Round 9.540th Olympiad Open
  26. vs Leinier Dominguez PerezDraw · ½–½White · 2012-09-05 · Round 8.740th Olympiad Open
  27. vs Boris GelfandDraw · ½–½Black · 2012-09-04 · Round 7.840th Olympiad Open
  28. vs Ivan SaricDraw · ½–½Black · 2012-09-01 · Round 5.0440th Olympiad Open
  29. vs Michael AdamsDraw · ½–½White · 2012-08-31 · Round 4.440th Olympiad Open
  30. vs Veselin TopalovWon · 1-0White · 2012-08-30 · Round 3.440th Olympiad Open
  31. vs Jorge CoriWon · 0-1Black · 2012-08-29 · Round 2.440th Olympiad Open
  32. vs Robert GwazeWon · 1-0White · 2012-08-28 · Round 1.840th Olympiad Open
  33. vs Andrei IstratescuDraw · ½–½White · 2012-08-23 · Round 1087th ch-FRA 2012
  34. vs Christian BauerDraw · ½–½Black · 2012-08-22 · Round 987th ch-FRA 2012
  35. vs Anatoly VaisserWon · 1-0White · 2012-08-21 · Round 887th ch-FRA 2012
  36. vs Romain EdouardDraw · ½–½Black · 2012-08-20 · Round 787th ch-FRA 2012
  37. vs Jean-Baptiste MullonWon · 1-0White · 2012-08-18 · Round 687th ch-FRA 2012
  38. vs Vladislav TkachievDraw · ½–½White · 2012-08-17 · Round 587th ch-FRA 2012
  39. vs Laurent FressinetDraw · ½–½Black · 2012-08-16 · Round 487th ch-FRA 2012
  40. vs Maxime LagardeWon · 1-0White · 2012-08-15 · Round 387th ch-FRA 2012
  41. vs Hicham HamdouchiWon · 0-1Black · 2012-08-14 · Round 287th ch-FRA 2012
  42. vs Etienne BacrotDraw · ½–½White · 2012-08-13 · Round 187th ch-FRA 2012
  43. vs Yang WenDraw · ½–½White · 2012-08-03 · Round 1145th Biel Masters Open
  44. vs Evgeny PostnyDraw · ½–½Black · 2012-08-02 · Round 1045th Biel Masters Open
  45. vs Romain EdouardDraw · ½–½White · 2012-08-01 · Round 945th Biel Masters Open
  46. vs Vladislav V VorotnikovWon · 1-0White · 2012-07-31 · Round 845th Biel Masters Open
  47. vs Mikhail UlybinWon · 0-1Black · 2012-07-30 · Round 745th Biel Masters Open
  48. vs Deep SenguptaDraw · ½–½Black · 2012-07-28 · Round 645th Biel Masters Open
  49. vs Hrant MelkumyanDraw · ½–½White · 2012-07-27 · Round 545th Biel Masters Open
  50. vs Michael RoizDraw · ½–½White · 2012-07-26 · Round 445th Biel Masters Open

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