Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
Chess.com: LyonBeast · GM · France
Known for: Long-time world top-10 classical player, strong online blitz/rapid
Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, often abbreviated MVL, is a French grandmaster who spent many years ranked among the world's top 10 classical players, peaking at world No. 2. He plays online under the handle LyonBeast and remains a strong, active competitor in rapid and blitz.
Bullet
3216
Blitz
3297
Rapid
2811
Daily
2064
Blitz W-L-D
2276-800-548
Bullet W-L-D
1497-702-222
Rapid W-L-D
109-46-91
Daily W-L-D
2-0-0
Recent Games
300
LyonBeast vs alexrustemov
win-resigned
9/30/2026, 4:04:07 PM
300
LyonBeast vs LionTheLeon_06
win-resigned
9/30/2026, 4:11:52 PM
300
IlanSchnaider vs LyonBeast
resigned-win
9/30/2026, 4:20:49 PM
300
LyonBeast vs Sicilian_Maestro789
win-resigned
9/30/2026, 4:30:55 PM
300
KlayThompson-11 vs LyonBeast
resigned-win
9/30/2026, 4:35:32 PM
300
media2012 vs LyonBeast
timeout-win
9/30/2026, 4:42:27 PM
300
yosephtaher vs LyonBeast
resigned-win
9/30/2026, 4:48:12 PM
300
LyonBeast vs Lady_Nika
win-resigned
9/30/2026, 4:50:41 PM
300
LyonBeast vs Jersonpf
win-checkmated
9/30/2026, 4:53:50 PM
300
exequiasfernandez vs LyonBeast
checkmated-win
9/30/2026, 4:58:42 PM
About this page
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