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
2234-794-542
Bullet W-L-D
1497-702-222
Rapid W-L-D
109-46-91
Daily W-L-D
2-0-0
Recent Games
300
TheRabbit19 vs LyonBeast
resigned-win
7/21/2026, 3:13:42 PM
300
LyonBeast vs SahibSinghKnight
win-resigned
7/21/2026, 3:30:57 PM
300
Rud_Makarian vs LyonBeast
resigned-win
7/21/2026, 3:43:12 PM
300
LyonBeast vs jefferyx
win-resigned
7/21/2026, 3:55:33 PM
300
Zhuu96 vs LyonBeast
resigned-win
7/21/2026, 4:08:47 PM
300
FabianoCaruana vs LyonBeast
resigned-win
7/21/2026, 4:21:53 PM
300
LyonBeast vs MITerryble
stalemate-stalemate
7/21/2026, 4:34:06 PM
300
Grischuk vs LyonBeast
insufficient-insufficient
7/21/2026, 4:47:34 PM
300
LyonBeast vs ChristopherYoo
win-resigned
7/21/2026, 4:57:10 PM
300
mishanick vs LyonBeast
repetition-repetition
7/21/2026, 5:09:47 PM
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