# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maxime-vachier-lagrave
# Generated: 2026-08-15T01:28:01.589Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maxime-vachier-lagrave"
name: "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave"
slug: "maxime-vachier-lagrave"
description: "Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, often referred to by his initials, MVL, is a French chess grandmaster who is a former World Blitz Champion. With a peak rating of 2819, he is the seventh-highest rated player in history."
tagline: "French chess player"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maxime_Vachier-Lagrave_au_tournoi_des_candidats_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "France"
  isoCode: "FR"
birthDate: "1990-10-21"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           53.26
  momentum:             0
  historical:           20.98148133333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  65
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    url:       "https://x.com/Vachier_Lagrave"
    handle:    "Vachier_Lagrave"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/mvl_chess/"
    handle:    "mvl_chess"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "https://www.mvlchess.com/"
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    title: "Մաքսիմ Վաշիե-Լագրավ"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump