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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave was born on 21 October, 1990 in Nogent-sur-Marne, France, is a French chess grandmaster (born 1990). Discover Maxime Vachier-Lagrave's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 33 years old?

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Age 33 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 21 October, 1990
Birthday 21 October
Birthplace Nogent-sur-Marne, France
Nationality France

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1990

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (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.

1997

From the age of six, Vachier-Lagrave competed in numerous sections of youth tournaments, winning the French Under-8 championship in 1997, U-10s in 1999, U-12s in 2000, U-16s in 2002, runner up in the U-18s in 2003 and won the U-20s in 2004 scoring 8/9.

Vachier-Lagrave played in the French team championship with the NAO Chess Club teams since 1997.

Team results include:

2000

He also took part in the World Youth Chess Championship, coming third in the U-10 division in 2000 (8½/11), third in the U-12 championship in 2001 (8/11), second in the U-14 event in 2003 (9/11) and third in U-16 section in 2005 (8½/11).

2001

From 2001 to 2008, his FIDE rating increased steadily from 2198 in January 2001 to 2637 in January 2008.

He passed 2600 in October 2007 and 2700 one year later.

2004

He became an International Master in 2004 and achieved the Grandmaster title in 2005 at the age of 14 years and 4 months after sharing first in the 2004 Paris Championship with 6½/9, winning the NAO GM tournament in 2004 with 6/9 and coming second in the Évry GM tournament in February 2005 with 7½/9.

2005

A chess prodigy, Vachier-Lagrave earned the title of grandmaster in 2005 at age 14.

2007

In 2007, he won the French Chess Championship, and in 2009, won the World Junior Chess Championship and the Biel Grandmaster Tournament.

2008

He played for the Évry Grand Roque chess club in 2008, 2009 and 2010.

In the European Chess Club Cup, he played with SV Mülheim Nord (in 2008), SOCAR Baku (in 2010), Clichy Échecs 92 (in 2013) and Obiettivo Risarcimento Padova (2014–2016).

In addition to his strength in classical time controls, Vachier-Lagrave is very skilled at rapid and blitz chess.

He won the World Blitz Chess Championship 2021, and was the only player to defeat eventual winner Magnus Carlsen during the 2023 edition.

Maxime ranked third on the FIDE rapid list and tenth on the blitz list.

Vachier-Lagrave also teaches chess on his personal YouTube channel, MVL Chess, and maintains a blog.

2011

He repeated as French Chess Champion in 2011 and 2012 and as the winner of the Biel Grandmaster Tournament in 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016.

Since 2011, he plays for the Clichy club chess team in the Top12.

2017

He won the Sinquefield Cup in 2017 and 2021 and competed in the Candidates Tournament 2020–21, placing second.

He has participated in the Chess Olympiad and in the European Team Chess Championship, representing France.

2020

On 6 March, citing concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic, Teimour Radjabov withdrew from the 2020–21 Candidates Tournament.

His replacement was Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, as he was next on the qualifier by rating list.

FIDE decided to postpone the second half of the tournament due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The tournament was resumed on 19 April 2021, and ended on 28 April 2021.

Maxime ended the tournament with 8/14 points (4 wins, 8 draws, and 2 losses) getting second place, half a point behind the winner Ian Nepomniachtchi.