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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave

1990 - Today

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Maxime Vachier-Lagrave has received more than 738,967 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia. Maxime Vachier-Lagrave is the 226th most popular chess player, the 4,937th most popular biography from France (down from 4,435th in 2019) and the 6th most popular French Chess Player.

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  • 740k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 38.24

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 31

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.35

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.00

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ranks 226 out of 374. Before him are Peter Svidler, Viktor Gavrikov, Ivan Sokolov, Almira Skripchenko, Alexander Chernin, and Zhu Chen. After him are Valery Salov, Xu Yuhua, Teimour Radjabov, Peter Leko, Israel Albert Horowitz, and Walter Browne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1990, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ranks 172. Before him are Aimer, David Kross, Iselin Solheim, Sandra Perković, Öykü Karayel, and Im Soo-hyang. After him are Theerathon Bunmathan, Yevgeniya Kanayeva, Eric Saade, Edin Višća, Jake Thomas, and Darío Benedetto.

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In France

Among people born in France, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ranks 4,937 out of 6,011. Before him are Nâdiya (1973), Quentin Fillon Maillet (1992), Alexandre del Valle (1968), Barbara Pravi (1993), Marine Delterme (1970), and Coralie Trinh Thi (1976). After him are Ulrich Ramé (1972), Philippe Torreton (1965), David Di Tommaso (1979), Sébastien Tellier (1975), Manuel da Costa (1986), and Ana Tijoux (1977).

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Among CHESS PLAYERS In France

Among chess players born in France, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ranks 6. Before him are François-André Danican Philidor (1726), Legall de Kermeur (1702), Pal Benko (1928), Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant (1800), and Chantal Chaudé de Silans (1919). After him are Laurent Fressinet (1981), Étienne Bacrot (1983), and Marie Sebag (1986).

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