Maxime Lagarde
Maxime Lagarde (born 16 March 1994) is a French chess grandmaster. He won the French Chess Championship in 2019.
| Maxime Lagarde | |
|---|---|
 Lagarde in 2018 | |
| Country | France |
| Born | 16 March 1994 (age 26) Niort, Deux-Sèvres, France |
| Title | Grandmaster (2013) |
| FIDE rating | 2640 (February 2021) |
| Peak rating | 2659 (February 2020) |
Chess career
Born in 1994, Lagarde earned his international master title in 2011[1] and his grandmaster title in 2013.[2] He is the No. 9 ranked French player as of March 2018.[3]
Lagarde finished second at the 2018 Reykjavik Open,[4] scoring 7/9 (+6–1=2).[5] He won the French Chess Championship in 2019. He placed joint-first with 6/9 (+4–1=4), and defeated Laurent Fressinet on tiebreak to take the title.[6]
In 2020, Lagarde won the 22nd Trieste Festival.[7]
References
- 82nd FIDE Congress 2011, Krakow, 15-22 October, POL FIDE
- 2nd quarter Presidential Board Meeting 2013, 4-7 May, Baku, AZE FIDE
- Staff writer(s) (March 2018). "Federations Ranking - France". FIDE.
- Staff writer(s) (15 March 2018). "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018 - Bobby Fischer Memorial". Chess Results.
- Staff writer(s) (15 March 2018). "GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018 - Bobby Fischer Memorial: Lagarde Maxime". Chess Results.
- Khadilkar, Dhananjay (27 August 2019). "Lagarde, Guichard bag French national titles in thrilling finale". ChessBase.
- "The Week in Chess 1348". theweekinchess.com. Retrieved 2020-09-10.
External links
- Maxime Lagarde player profile and games at Chessgames.com
- Maxime Lagarde rating card at FIDE
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