Maxime Lagarde Explained

Maxime Lagarde
Country:France
Birth Place:Niort, Deux-Sèvres, France
Grandmaster (2013)
Peakrating:2659 (February 2020)
Peakranking:No. 82 (February 2020)
Fideid:662399

Maxime Lagarde (born 16 March 1994) is a French chess grandmaster. He won the French Chess Championship in 2019.

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. He placed joint-first with 6/9 (+4–1=4), and defeated 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]

Notes and References

  1. https://ratings.fide.com/title_applications.phtml?details=1&id=662399&title=IM&pb=31 82nd FIDE Congress 2011, Krakow, 15-22 October, POL
  2. https://ratings.fide.com/title_applications.phtml?details=1&id=662399&title=GM&pb=36 2nd quarter Presidential Board Meeting 2013, 4-7 May, Baku, AZE
  3. Web site: GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018 - Bobby Fischer Memorial . Chess Results . 15 March 2018.
  4. Web site: GAMMA Reykjavik Open 2018 - Bobby Fischer Memorial: Lagarde Maxime . Chess Results . 15 March 2018.
  5. Web site: Lagarde, Guichard bag French national titles in thrilling finale . Dhananjay . Khadilkar . ChessBase . 27 August 2019.
  6. Web site: 6th Purtichju Open 2019 2019 - 365Chess.com Tournaments . 2023-09-16 . www.365chess.com.
  7. Web site: The Week in Chess 1348 . 2020-09-10 . theweekinchess.com.