| Maxime Lagarde | |
|---|---|
 Lagarde in 2021 | |
| Country | France |
| Born | 16 March 1994 (age 29) Niort, Deux-Sèvres, France |
| Title | Grandmaster (2013) |
| FIDE rating | 2642 (January 2024) |
| Peak rating | 2659 (February 2020) |
| Ranking | No. 100 (January 2024) |
| Peak ranking | No. 82 (February 2020) |
Maxime Lagarde (born 16 March 1994) is a French chess grandmaster. He won the French Chess Championship in 2019.
Born in 1994, Lagarde earned his international master title in 2011 [1] and his grandmaster title in 2013. [2]
Lagarde finished second at the 2018 Reykjavik Open, [3] scoring 7/9 (+6–1=2). [4] He won the French Chess Championship in 2019. He placed joint-first with 6/9 (+4–1=4), and defeated Laurent Fressinet on tiebreak to take the title. [5]
He won the 6th Purtichju Open in 2019. [6]
In 2020, Lagarde won the 22nd Trieste Festival. [7]
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