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Laurent Fressinet
GM
FIDE World Rank
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age
42
age became grandmaster
19
residence
France
Laurent
FIDE ID # 608742
Fressinet won the French Chess Championship in 2010 and 2014. In 2012 he finished second in the European Individual Chess Championship in Plovdiv. Twice runner-up at the European Blitz Championship, in 2006 and 2007, and French Rapid Chess Champion in 2009 and 2011, Fressinet won the last leg of the French Rapid Grand-Prix in Villandry and finished second in the Grand-Prix Final in Ajaccio in 2012.
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Maxime Vachier-Lagrave placed second at the 2019 London Finals.
2016 Grand Chess Tour Winnings
$7,500
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