Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

🇫🇷 France

Age 35•Grandmaster

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave is a Grandmaster from France with a current classical FIDE rating of 2717. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave achieved a peak FIDE rating of 2819 in Aug 2016 (Age 25). Maxime Vachier-Lagrave is currently ranked #27 in the world and #2 in France. Maxime's most popular opening is the Sicilian Defense.

FIDE RATING

2717

Classical

2717

Rapid

2735

Blitz

2761

Career Statistics

World Rank#27

Country Rank#2

Peak Rating2819 - Aug 2016 (Age 25)

Total Games3795

Wins1468 (39%)

Draws1780 (47%)

Losses547 (14%)

Active Years2000 - 2026

Similar Players

Rank

Name

Rating

#25Awonder Liang2718

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#28M. Amin Tabatabaei2714

#29Yangyi Yu2714

Top Openings

Opening

Games

Sicilian DefenseB90

132

Ruy LopezC67

128

Grünfeld DefenseD85

113

Caro-Kann DefenseB12

Petrov's DefenseC42

Last updated on May 09, 2026