Aİ Cup 3

And the Aİ CUP has done. And the winner is: Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (France). So in this blog we will going to talk about him. First of all who is he:

Not to be confused with Maxime Lagarde. Medal record Representing  France Men's Chess European Championship Silver medal – second place    2013 Warsaw    Team 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.[1] 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. In 2007, he won the French Chess Championship, and in 2009, won the World Junior Chess Championship and the Biel Grandmaster Tournament. 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. 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.

More info:

Country    France Born    21 October 1990 (age 32) Nogent-sur-Marne, France Title    Grandmaster (2005) FIDE rating    2727 (September 2023) Peak rating    2819 (August 2016) Ranking    No. 20 (September 2023) Peak ranking    No. 2 (August 2016)

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