Maxime Lagarde is a Chess Grandmaster from France with Elo ratings exceeding 2600 from FIDE, making him one of the best French chess players of all time.
Full Name: Maxime Lagarde
Title: Grandmaster – Earned in 2013
International Master- Earned in 2011
FIDE Master- Earned in 2008
Place of birth: Niort, Deux-Sèvres, France
Born: March 16, 1994
Federation: France
Ratings
World ranking: 180
Rapid: 2676
Blitz: 2603
Classical: 2613
Peak rating: 2659 – Achieved in February, 2020
Profiles
Most Frequently Played Openings
With The White Pieces
- Sicilian Defense
- Ruy Lopez
- English
With The Black Pieces
- Sicilian Defense
- Queen’s Pawn Game
- French Defense
Biography
Maxime Lagarde is a French chess Grandmaster born on March 16 1994 in Niort, Deux-Sevres, France. Maxime was awarded the Grandmaster title in 2013, the International Master title in 2011, and the FIDE Master title in 2008. As of February 2020, his Peak rating was 2659. Maxime ranked the fifth French chess player as of August 2021.
The Beginning
Lagarde seconded at the 2018 Reykjavik Open, scoring 7 out of 9 games. In 2019, Maxime won the French Chess Championship and finished joint-first with 6 out of 9 games, thus winning the title on a tiebreak against Laurent Fressinet. Maxime won the 22nd Trieste Festival in 2020. Maxime has played 473 games from 2006 to 2022, winning 174, losing 78, and drawing 128 hence attaining an overall record of 62.6 percent.
Notable Achievements
Maxime won the 2019 French Championship and achieved his highest FIDE rating of 2659 the following year.
Notable Games
Luke McShane vs Maxime Lagarde – London Chess Classic ENG – RoW Round 1 – London ENG, December 03, 2021
Maxime Lagarde vs Thai Dai Van Nguyen – European Championship Round 4 – Reykjavik ISL, August 29, 2021
Maxime Lagarde vs Peter Michalik – Bundesliga Round 14 – Berlin GER, April 30, 2018
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