Top chess players in France

Live FIDE ratings, updated as games are played · October 2026

France has 17,553 rated players. The highest rated is GM Alireza Firouzja at 2757.

Country ranking

#6 of 184

top 10 average 2630.0

Grandmasters

Moved since the October list

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OCT26·17,553 players·Updated 08:55 UTC

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1#10		GMAlireza Firouzja FRA · 23	2757	27572757.0	–	-5
2#=22		GMMaxime Vachier-Lagrave FRA · 36	2717	27172717.0	–	-20
3#101		GMMarcAndria Maurizzi FRA · 19	2624	26242624.0	–	=
4#=1101	1	GMJules Moussard FRA · 31	2620	26202620.0	–	+20
5#=117		GMPouya Idani FRA · 31	2615	26152615.0	–	+14
6#=1222	2	GMEtienne Bacrot FRA · 43	2612	26122612.0	–	-15
7#=1282	2	GMLaurent Fressinet FRA · 45	2610	26102610.0	–	+8
8#=154		GMMaxime Lagarde FRA · 32	2597	25972597.0	–	-20
9#=167		GMGata Kamsky FRA · 52	2592	25922592.0	–	-12
10#=2733	3	GMChristian Bauer FRA · 49	2556	25562556.0	–	+6
11#2976	6	GMPierre Laurent-Paoli FRA · 26FIDE 2550	2550	25522551.5	+1.5	-20
12#=3531	1	GMPavel V. Tregubov FRA · 55	2538	25382538.0	–	-18
13#=358		GMYannick Gozzoli FRA · 43	2537	25372537.0	–	-32
=14#=364		GMMatthieu Cornette FRA · 41	2536	25362536.0	–	+19
=14#=364		GMRomain Edouard FRA · 36	2536	25362536.0	–	-9
16#=3911	1	IMMarco Materia FRA · 17	2530	25302530.0	–	+41
17#=4081	1	IMLoic Travadon FRA · 24	2528	25282528.0	–	+37
18#=4702	2	IMFloryan Eugene FRA · 26	2516	25162516.0	–	+42
19#=5182	2	GMJoseph Girel FRA · 22	2508	25082508.0	–	+8
20#=5391	1	IMTimothe Razafindratsima FRA · 20	2506	25062506.0	–	+19
21#=5483	3	IMAugustin Droin FRA · 20	2505	25052505.0	–	+25
22#=6232	2	GMJean-Marc Degraeve FRA · 55	2493	24932493.0	–	+15
23#=6621	1	GMGuillaume Lamard FRA · 29	2488	24882488.0	–	-9
=24#=7082	2	IMSimon Lamaze FRA · 20	2482	24822482.0	–	+16
=24#=7082	2	GMSebastien Maze FRA · 42	2482	24822482.0	–	-52

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