CHESS PLAYER

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 816,267 page views. His biography is available in 32 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 31 in 2019). Maxime Vachier-Lagrave is the 266th most popular chess player (down from 226th in 2019), the 5,554th most popular biography from France (down from 4,918th in 2019) and the 7th most popular French Chess Player.

Memorability Metrics

  • 820k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.36

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 32

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 4.74

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.04

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among CHESS PLAYERS

Among chess players, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ranks 266 out of 461. Before him are Zdenko Kožul, Alexander Chernin, Raymond Keene, Manuel Aaron, Peter Leko, and Israel Albert Horowitz. After him are Alireza Firouzja, Cristina Adela Foișor, Kateryna Lagno, Suat Atalık, Gabriel Sargissian, and Ivan Sokolov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1990, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ranks 251. Before him are DeMarcus Cousins, Lukáš Krpálek, Romain Bardet, Darío Benedetto, Boualem Khoukhi, and Yevgeniya Kanayeva. After him are Han Sun-hwa, Mao Asada, Vladimír Darida, Fran Mérida, Hwang Chan-sung, and Julia Sanina.

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In France

Among people born in France, Maxime Vachier-Lagrave ranks 5,554 out of 6,770. Before him are David Di Tommaso (1979), Amine Harit (1997), Steve Marlet (1974), Philippe Omnès (1960), Romain Bardet (1990), and Anthoine Hubert (1996). After him are Sandrine Testud (1972), Nicolas Duvauchelle (1980), Aurélie Filippetti (1973), Fayçal Fajr (1988), Joyce Jonathan (1989), and Franck Montagny (1978).

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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), Pierre Charles Fournier de Saint-Amant (1800), André Chéron (1895), and Chantal Chaudé de Silans (1919). After him are Étienne Bacrot (1983), Laurent Fressinet (1981), and Marie Sebag (1986).

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