Maxime Vachier-Lagrave lost his very first game of chess. It was in 1995 against the mini-computer of an electronic chessboard received as a gift at Christmas. But the next day he faced the machine again and this time defeated it. Like the day after and every other day. With each game won, he tested a new level of play and won the stake. Very quickly, and at only 5 years old, he stunned his opponents at the Créteil chess club, where his computer scientist father registered him. Three years later, he is French champion in his category and continues to win. Three-time bronze medalist and once silver medalist at the World Youth Championships in 2000, 2001, 2003 and 2005, he was recognized as an international grandmaster at the age of 14. A consecration.But nothing can stop the young French prodigy very quickly nicknamed MVL. In August 2016, after winning the Dortmund tournament, his Elo ranking (system of comparative evaluation of the level of play ...
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