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
3295
Rapid
2811
Daily
2064
Blitz W-L-D
2307-808-556
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 TheRabbit19
insufficient-insufficient
10/20/2026, 3:19:52 PM
300
Iball95 vs LyonBeast
timevsinsufficient-timevsinsufficient
10/20/2026, 3:33:01 PM
300
LyonBeast vs Leonid_Starozhilov
win-resigned
10/20/2026, 3:42:06 PM
300
ContrVersia vs LyonBeast
win-resigned
10/20/2026, 4:00:10 PM
300
LyonBeast vs OmerAkkara34
win-resigned
10/20/2026, 4:05:52 PM
300
NikitaShandrygin vs LyonBeast
resigned-win
10/20/2026, 4:20:08 PM
300
LyonBeast vs Kirill_Klukin
win-resigned
10/20/2026, 4:30:36 PM
300
Tobias_Koelle vs LyonBeast
timeout-win
10/20/2026, 4:51:03 PM
300
LyonBeast vs Zhigalko_Sergei
win-timeout
10/20/2026, 4:59:59 PM
300
dropstoneDP vs LyonBeast
resigned-win
10/20/2026, 5:10:40 PM
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