Maxime Lagarde

Maxime Lagarde is a French chess grandmaster. He won the French [Chess Championship] in 2019.

Chess career

Born in 1994, Lagarde earned his international master title in 2011 and his grandmaster title in 2013.
Lagarde finished second at the 2018 Reykjavik Open, scoring 7/9. He won the French Chess Championship in 2019, placing joint-first with 6/9 and defeating Laurent Fressinet on tiebreak to take the title.
He won the 6th Purtichju Open in 2019.
In 2020, Lagarde won the 22nd Trieste Festival.
In 2025, Lagarde won the 1st rapid Caïssa tournament in Bordeaux.