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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (French pronunciation: [maksim vaʃje laɡʁav]; born 21 October 1990), often referred to by his initials, MVL, is a French chess grandmaster who is a former World Blitz Champion. With a peak rating of 2819, he is the seventh-highest rated player in history. A chess prodigy, Vachier-Lagrave earned the title of grandmaster in 2005 at age 14. In 2007, he won the French Chess Championship, and in 2009, won the World Junior Chess Championship and the Biel Grandmaster Tournament. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave is the 292nd most popular chess player (down from 267th in 2019), the 5,591st most popular biography from France (down from 5,552nd in 2019) and the 7th most popular French Chess Player.

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ranks 292 out of 461. Before him are Mariya Muzychuk, Elena Sedina, Salomėja Zaksaitė, Yoshiharu Habu, Eduardas Rozentalis, and Ju Wenjun. After him are Ivan Cheparinov, Alireza Firouzja, Hou Yifan, Sergei Movsesian, Gabriel Sargissian, and Vidit Gujrathi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1990, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ranks 322. Before him are Jack O'Connell, Mateo Musacchio, Valère Germain, Blackbear, Patrick van Aanholt, and Mao Asada. After him are Rachel Hurd-Wood, Hikaru Kuba, Anouchka Delon, Nadia de Santiago, Baek Jin-hee, and Arantxa Rus.

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In France

Among people born in France, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ranks 5,591 out of 6,770. Before him are Jérémie Bréchet (1979), Youssouf Sabaly (1993), Édouard Cissé (1978), Loïs Boisson (2003), Mohamed Simakan (2000), and Cécile Corbel (1980). After him are Benoît Bastien (1983), Paul-Henri Mathieu (1982), Léon Marchand (2002), Linda Hardy (1973), Thomas Langmann (1971), and Philippe Gaumont (1973).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In France

Among chess players born in France, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ranks 7. Before him are François-André Danican Philidor (1726), Legall de Kermeur (1702), Pal Benko (1928), André Chéron (1895), Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant (1800), and Chantal Chaudé de Silans (1919). After him are Étienne Bacrot (1983), Laurent Fressinet (1981), and Marie Sebag (1986).

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