Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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French chess player
Date of Birth: 21-Oct-1990
Place of Birth: Nogent-sur-Marne, Île-de-France, France
Profession: chess player
Nationality: France
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
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About Maxime Vachier-Lagrave
- Maxime Vachier-Lagrave (French pronunciation: ?[maksim va?je.lag?av]; born 21 October 1990) is a French chess player, the top ranked of his country.
- He was awarded the title of Grandmaster by FIDE in 2005, at age 14.
- His peak Elo rating of 2819 makes him the seventh-highest rated player of all time.
- He is often referred to by his initials, MVL. He was world junior champion in 2009 and is a three-time French champion (2007, 2011, shared 2012).
- Vachier-Lagrave is a five-time winner of the Biel Grandmaster Tournament (2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016), and won the Dortmund Sparkassen Chess Meeting in 2016 and the Sinquefield Cup in 2017. He participated in seven Chess Olympiads (2006–2018) and four European Team Chess Championships (2007, 2011–2015) as a member of the French national team and has been a member of the winning team of the French Team Championship multiple times (in the "Paris NAO", "Évry Grand Roque", "Club de Clichy-Echecs-92" teams).
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