Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

2008
Full name Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Country  France
Born (1990-10-21) 21 October 1990
Nogent-sur-Marne, France
Title Grandmaster
FIDE rating 2745 (February 2014)
(No. 17 in the January 2014 FIDE World Rankings)
Peak rating 2745 (January 2014)

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (French pronunciation: ​[maksˈim vaˈʃje laɡʁˈav]; born 21 October 1990) is a French chess Grandmaster and the 2009 World Junior Chess Champion.

Grandmaster norms

He completed his final grandmaster norm at age 14 years, 4 months, in 2005.

His norms were obtained in the following tournaments:

  • Paris Championship 2004: finished 3rd with 6½ points from nine rounds and a performance of 2703
  • NAO GM Tournament 2004: won the tournament with 6/9 and got a performance of 2605
  • GM Tournament of Évry: from 21 to 27 February 2005, finished second with 7½ and a performance of 2712

Rating

Vachier-Lagrave's FIDE rating in July 2008 was 2681.[1] In the official rating list of October 2008 he crossed the "2700" threshold at 2716 points.

His rating on the November 2009 list was 2718 (23rd in the world and third in the top 20 juniors).

French Championships

  • Montluçon 1997: at the age of 6 Champion of U-8 category, performance of 1643
  • Romans-sur-Isère 1999: at the age of 8 Champion of U-10 category
  • Pau 2000: at the age of 9 Champion of U-12 category
  • Hyères 2002: at the age of 11 Champion of U-16 category
  • Grand-Bornand 2003: at the age of 12 Vice-Champion of U-18 category
  • Reims 2004: at the age of 13 Champion of U-20 (juniors) category with a TPR of 2604 (8 points out of 9 with 2/3 against masters)
  • Chartres 2005: finished 3rd at the Men French Championship with a TPR of 2660
  • Besançon 2006 : finished 5th at the Men French Championship with 6 points out of 11 and a TPR of 2608

World Youth Championships

  • Oropesa del Mar (Spain) 2000: 3rd in U-10 with 8½ points out of 11
  • Oropesa-del-Mar (Spain) 2001: 3rd in U-12 with 8 points out of 11
  • Halkidiki (Greece) 2003: 2nd in the U-14 group with 9 points out of 11
  • Belfort (France) 2005: 3rd in the U-16 group with 8½ out of 11
  • Puerto Madryn (Argentina) 2009: 1st in the World Junior Chess Championship with 10½ out of 13[2]

Teams

Vachier-Lagrave played in the U16 French team championship since 1997. Team results include:

  • U16 French championship 2004-2005: first board for NAO Chess Club, 7 points from 7 games. NAO-CC earned the title
  • U16 French championship 2005-2006: first board for NAO Chess Club, 7 points from 7 games. NAO-CC again earned the title
  • Top 16 2005-2006: NAO team, 6½ points from 8 games. NAO-CC won the championship for the fourth time in a row.

Recent tournaments

  • "Aeroflot" tournament, Moscow 2006: played the A1 tournament, reserved for players having a rating superior to 2550. He gained 6 points out of 9 and finished 6th with a TPR of 2775
  • Young Masters, Lausanne 2006: being the youngest player invited, won the tournament with a TPR of 2630
  • Corus tournament B, Wijk aan Zee 2007: finished 5th with 8 points out of 13
  • Winner of 2007 Paris Championship with 7 points out of 9
  • Winner of 2007 French Championship after beating GM Vladislav Tkachiev in tiebreak match. In the main tournament he collected 7.5 out of 11
  • Winner of 2009 Biel tournament with 6 points out of 10 ahead of Morozevich and Ivanchuk.
  • 2010: Part of a 'world team' against Magnus Carlsen.
  • Winner of 2012 SPICE Cup[3] at Webster University with 6 points out of 10 ahead of Le Quang Liem, Ding Liren, Wesley So, Georg Meier, and Csaba Balogh.
  • In the 2013 Alekhine Memorial tournament, held from 20 April to 1 May, Vachier-Lagrave finished eighth, with +2−2=5.[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime FIDE Chess Profile - Players Arbiters Trainers". Ratings.fide.com. Retrieved 2013-12-09. 
  2. ↑ "Federación Argentina De Ajedrez". Ajedrez.com.ar. Retrieved 2013-12-09. 
  3. ↑ "Susan Polgar Chess Daily News and Information: Vachier-Lagrave tops SPICE Cup". Susanpolgar.blogspot.com. 2012-10-22. Retrieved 2013-12-09. 
  4. ↑ "Aronian and Gelfand win Alekhine Memorial 2013". ChessBase News. 1 May 2013. Retrieved 2 May 2013. 

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