Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime
GM
FranceFRA
ID: 623539
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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

FIDE ratings

2,717Classical
2,712Rapid
2,734Blitz

Performance

50 games
64% Win
20% Draw
16% Loss

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave's playing style

Strong overall score:74%32W 10D 8L over 50 games
Dominates 1.e4 as White:76%in 21 games
Strongest in blitz:74%in 49 games
Steady recent form:80%14W 4D 2L in last 20 games

Openings as White

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Dragon has the largest White sample, with 3 games. Select a row to explore its moves and inspect example games below.

Sicilian Defense: Hyperaccelerated Dragon
33%
67%
3g
Ruy Lopez: Closed, Anti-Marshall
100%
3g
Réti Opening
50%
50%
2g
Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defense, Berlin Wall
100%
2g
Ruy Lopez: Morphy Defense, Modern Steinitz Defense
100%
2g

Openings as Black

Among the openings shown, Sicilian Defense: French Variation has the largest Black sample, with 2 games. These results describe the available sample, not a prediction of the player’s next choice.

Sicilian Defense: French Variation
50%
50%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations
50%
50%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Chekhover Variation
100%
2g
Sicilian Defense: Closed
100%
2g
Queen's Pawn Game: Barry Attack
100%
2g

Repertoire

24 games as white in scope
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Move arrowsfrequency, not engine evaluation

Starting position

24 games in this line · White to move

Results for Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime as white · Wins / Draws / Losses

W / D / L
58%
33%
8%
Move
21 · 88%
57%
38%
5%
2 · 8%
50%
50%
1 · 4%
100%

Game History

(50 games)
DateSourceColorOpponentResultLink
Oct 20, 2026
Chess.com@lyonbeast
GMParavyan, David(3160)@dropstoneDP
W
Oct 20, 2026
Chess.com@lyonbeast
GMZhigalko, Sergei(3179)@Zhigalko_Sergei
W
Oct 20, 2026
Chess.com@lyonbeast
IMKoelle, Tobias(3098)@Tobias_Koelle
W
Oct 20, 2026
Chess.com@lyonbeast
IMKlukin, Kirill(3006)@Kirill_Klukin
W
Oct 20, 2026
Chess.com@lyonbeast
FMShandrygin, Nikita(2934)@NikitaShandrygin
W
Oct 20, 2026
Chess.com@lyonbeast
FMAkkara, Omer(2821)@OmerAkkara34
W
Oct 20, 2026
Chess.com@lyonbeast
GMKazakouski, Valery(2998)@ContrVersia
L
Oct 20, 2026
Chess.com@lyonbeast
FMStarozhilov, Leonid(2859)@Leonid_Starozhilov
W
Oct 20, 2026
Chess.com@lyonbeast
FMVakhlamov, Igor L.(2899)@Iball95
D
Oct 20, 2026
Chess.com@lyonbeast
FMNegrean, Andrei(2901)@TheRabbit19
D

Research Maxime Vachier-Lagrave’s games and opening repertoire

GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave is rated 2717 in standard, 2712 in rapid, 2734 in blitz by FIDE. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave plays for France.

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