Maxime Lagarde
French chess grandmaster (born 1994)
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Maxime Lagarde (born 16 March 1994) is a French chess grandmaster. He won the French Chess Championship in 2019.
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Lagarde in 2021 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 16 March 1994 (age 31) Niort, Deux-Sèvres, France |
| Chess career | |
| Country | France |
| Title | Grandmaster (2013) |
| FIDE rating | 2618 (March 2026) |
| Peak rating | 2659 (February 2020) |
| Peak ranking | No. 82 (February 2020) |
Chess career
Born in 1994, Lagarde earned his international master title in 2011[1] and his grandmaster title in 2013.[2]
Lagarde finished second at the 2018 Reykjavik Open,[3] scoring 7/9 (+6–1=2).[4] He won the French Chess Championship in 2019, placing joint-first with 6/9 (+4–1=4) and defeating Laurent Fressinet on tiebreak to take the title.[5]
He won the 6th Purtichju Open in 2019.[6]
In 2020, Lagarde won the 22nd Trieste Festival.[7]
In 2025, Lagarde won the 1st rapid Caïssa tournament in Bordeaux.[8]
