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Pierre Laurent-Paoli
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Pierre Laurent-Paoli

FranceBorn 2000 (age 26)FIDE ID 26017962

Luft classical

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Monthly Luft ratings, now 2559
FIDE

FIDE classical

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Monthly FIDE ratings, now 2565
Luft

Flair

Pierre Laurent-Paoli's classical flairs

1 of 19 earned over the last 12 months

  • SignatureSicilian Defense in 5 of 10 games with black
  • TitanLuft classical rating averaging 2800+ over the last 4 years
  • Serial WinnerWon 2+ elite events in the last 12 months
  • UnderdogRegularly beats players rated 50+ higher
  • Fortress25+ games in a row without a loss
  • Black BeltDoes better with black than with white
  • IronmanPlayed 50+ games over the last 12 months
  • RisingAged 18 or under, Luft rating up 40+ over the last 12 months
  • Endgame SpecialistEndgame 90+: converting, saving and not throwing endgames
  • TacticianTactics 90+: sharp, tactical games they made sharp
  • LightningTop 20 at speed chess (mostly blitz, some rapid)
  • Hot StreakAt least 6 points from 7 straight games against strong opposition
  • ChameleonPlays a wide range of defences with black
  • WildcardBrilliant one event, off the next: hard to predict
  • ReliableConsistent across all top events
  • FighterRarely draws, and wins far more than they lose
  • AdaptableTactics and Positional both 90+
  • PositionalPositional 90+: slow, quiet games they steered
  • PodiumTop 3 in at least half of their elite events
  • Signature

Trophy cabinet

No classical titles on record yet.

Attributes

Tactics 84Positional 77Endgame 75Openings 76Composure 82Defence 76Speed 73Consistency 70

Luft classical rating

2559No. 168

From 19 classical games in top events over the last year, playing at a 2570 level.

ResultsPlayed at a 2570 level, blended with their FIDE rating+1
Tournament winsNone in the last year0
FormThe last 3 months against the whole year+5
ConsistencyHow steady they are from event to event−8
Activity19 classical games in top events−4

Openings

Their most-played, from 51 classical games in top events over the last 4 years

OpeningGamesScore
Queen's Gambit Declined750%
Ruy Lopez3100%
Queen's Gambit Accepted367%
Catalan Opening333%
Sicilian Defense275%

Queen's Gambit Declined

With White: 7 games, won 3, drew 1, lost 3 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Tarrasch Defense1100%
Modern Variation1100%
Ragozin Defense1100%
Semi-Tarrasch Defense150%
Cambridge Springs Defense10%
Queen's Knight Variation10%
Charousek Variation10%

Ruy Lopez

With White: 3 games, won 3, drew 0, lost 0 · 100%

VariationGamesScore
Morphy Defense2100%
Open1100%

Queen's Gambit Accepted

With White: 3 games, won 1, drew 2, lost 0 · 67%

VariationGamesScore
Classical Defense275%
Normal Variation150%

Catalan Opening

With White: 3 games, won 0, drew 2, lost 1 · 33%

VariationGamesScore
Closed225%
Open Defense150%

Sicilian Defense

With White: 2 games, won 1, drew 1, lost 0 · 75%

VariationGamesScore
Richter-Rauzer Variation1100%
Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack150%

Sicilian Defense

With Black: 8 games, won 3, drew 4, lost 1 · 63%

VariationGamesScore
Najdorf Variation275%
Nyezhmetdinov-Rossolimo Attack250%
Kalashnikov Variation1100%
Modern Variations1100%
Alapin Variation150%
Lasker-Pelikan Variation10%

Caro-Kann Defense

With Black: 5 games, won 1, drew 3, lost 1 · 50%

VariationGamesScore
Advance Variation275%
Endgame Offer150%
Exchange Variation150%
Two Knights Attack10%

Queen's Gambit Declined

With Black: 4 games, won 0, drew 2, lost 2 · 25%

VariationGamesScore
Ragozin Defense317%
Main line150%

Nimzo-Indian Defense

With Black: 2 games, won 1, drew 1, lost 0 · 75%

VariationGamesScore
Romanishin Variation1100%
Normal Variation150%

English Opening

With Black: 2 games, won 0, drew 1, lost 1 · 25%

VariationGamesScore
Agincourt Defense225%

Recent events

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EventPlace+/−+/−
41st European Chess Club Cup 202623 Oct 20264½/6+12+15
Romanian Team Chess Championships 202611 Oct 20264/80+3
European Individual Chess Championship 202616 Apr 2026=154th−15−13
Hastings International Chess Congress 20251 Jan 20261½/4−10−9
European Team Chess Championship 202514 Oct 20252/6−14−13

Best wins

OpponentRating
GMP. Eljanov19 Oct 2026 · 41st European Chess Club Cup 20262664
GMJ. Gustafsson24 Feb 2024 · Bundesliga 2023/242615
GMM. Lagarde24 Jul 2024 · Dole France Throphy Nextlane Grand Prix 20242608
GMPranesh M.25 Jul 2024 · Dole France Throphy Nextlane Grand Prix 20242581
GMM. Petkov8 Oct 2026 · Romanian Team Chess Championships 20262547

Most played

OpponentGamesWDL
GMPranesh M.Last 4 Oct 2026 · Romanian Team Chess Championships 20262101
IMI. KalogerisLast 12 Apr 2026 · European Individual Chess Championship 20262101
IMM. FrommLast 22 Oct 2026 · 41st European Chess Club Cup 20262101
IMJ. KramerLast 21 Oct 2023 · Bundesliga 2023/241100
GMJ. ThyboLast 22 Oct 2023 · Bundesliga 2023/241010

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How attributes are calculated

From their games in top events over the last 12 months, each judged against the opponent's rating

  • TacticsHow well they score in sharp games they chose to make sharp.
  • PositionalHow well they score in quiet, manoeuvring games they steered.
  • EndgameHow they do in endgames against what the position promised when it began: converting a winning one earns a little, saving a losing one earns a lot, and throwing a winning one costs a lot.
  • OpeningsThe engine's verdict on their position around moves 15 to 20, against what's normal for that colour, as the score it points to. Over the last 4 years, with older games counting less.
  • ComposureHow well they score under pressure: the game straight after a loss, and the last 3 games of an event while they can still win it. Over the last 4 years.
  • DefenceHow they do in games where they were 0.8 pawns or more worse after move 18, against what that position usually scores: holding the draw earns, turning it around earns more, and losing costs a little.
  • SpeedTheir Luft rapid and blitz ratings. With neither, an estimate a little below their classical level.
  • ConsistencyTheir Luft rating, less their off days: tournaments (5+ games each) over the last 4 years where they played 50+ below it. Anything better never counts against them.

  • "How well they score" is a performance rating: the opponent's rating, plus 400 for a win and minus 400 for a loss, averaged. So it's always judged against who they played.

    The score out of 100: 80 is a 2600 level, and each 13 rating points adds one, so 2860 and up is 100.

    Fair to everyone: with only a few games of a kind, the result leans towards their overall Luft rating. Strengths and weaknesses are measured against their overall level and compared with the top 100, so a specialist's best side stands out. A little recent form is added to all but Speed.