de Vassal, Thibault (FRA) [FICGS member # 1]
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Thibault de Vassal
Last status : WCH starts on nov. 1st, 2018
Hello from France ! .. Birthdate 1973, April 13 (exactly 10 years after Garry Kasparov :)). I play correspondence chess since 2004, first because there is no chess club and no more players around there (Creuse, center of France). Have good games !
Thibault de Vassal has currently 0 running correspondence chess game(s), won 53, lost 40 and drawn 199 other games against an average elo of 2357, played advanced chess at fast time controls, now 0 running, 35 won, 34 lost, 72 drawn, played big chess, now 0 running, 133 won, 30 lost, 16 drawn, plays Go (weiqi, baduk), now 1 running, 215 won, 254 lost, and plays poker texas holdem, now 28 running, 327 won, 218 lost, finally Thibault finished a total of 1626 games and is still playing a total of 29 games.
Correspondence chess statistics :
vs. Peter Shwimmer (2379) : 41% (24 games, 1 wins, 5 losses)
vs. Herbert Kruse (2358) : 38% (21 games, 0 wins, 5 losses)
vs. Marius Zubac (2287) : 64% (14 games, 4 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Eros Riccio (2475) : 41% (12 games, 0 wins, 2 losses)
vs. Wolfgang Utesch (2165) : 37% (12 games, 0 wins, 3 losses)
vs. Wayne Lowrance (2049) : 29% (12 games, 1 wins, 6 losses)
vs. Zbigniew Szczepanski (2487) : 59% (11 games, 2 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Stephane Legrand (2433) : 40% (10 games, 0 wins, 2 losses)
vs. Steven DuCharme (1462) : 100% (10 games, 10 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Jeroen Van Assche (2508) : 33% (9 games, 0 wins, 3 losses)
Advanced chess statistics :
vs. Scott Nichols (2295) : 47% (38 games, 8 wins, 10 losses)
vs. Alvin Alcala (2489) : 46% (15 games, 3 wins, 4 losses)
vs. Kamesh Nookala (2418) : 32% (14 games, 1 wins, 6 losses)
vs. Wayne Lowrance (2368) : 50% (12 games, 3 wins, 3 losses)
vs. Peter Marriott (2311) : 50% (6 games, 2 wins, 2 losses)
vs. Sebastian Boehme (2195) : 40% (5 games, 1 wins, 2 losses)
vs. Stephane Legrand (2207) : 80% (5 games, 3 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Mauro Petrolo (2428) : 25% (4 games, 0 wins, 2 losses)
vs. Garvin Gray (2343) : 75% (4 games, 2 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Jimmy Huggins (2273) : 50% (3 games, 0 wins, 0 losses)
Big chess statistics :
vs. Heinz-Georg Lehnhoff (2158) : 52% (23 games, 8 wins, 7 losses)
vs. Stephane Legrand (2270) : 28% (16 games, 3 wins, 10 losses)
vs. Luis Flores (2109) : 75% (12 games, 9 wins, 3 losses)
vs. Yeturu Aahlad (2021) : 100% (12 games, 12 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Paul Brand Lyard (1553) : 100% (8 games, 8 wins, 0 losses)
vs. Xavier Pichelin (2242) : 12% (4 games, 0 wins, 3 losses)
vs. Marek Skwarczylo (2112) : 62% (4 games, 2 wins, 1 losses)
vs. Tom Kuge (2019) : 62% (4 games, 2 wins, 1 losses)
vs. Herbert Kruse (2295) : 50% (4 games, 2 wins, 2 losses)
vs. Timofey Denisov (1946) : 75% (4 games, 3 wins, 1 losses)
Go (weiqi, baduk) statistics :
vs. Daniel Xu (1524) : 8% (24 games, 2 wins, 22 losses)
vs. Yeturu Aahlad (1776) : 0% (20 games, 0 wins, 20 losses)
vs. Heinz-Georg Lehnhoff (2124) : 25% (20 games, 5 wins, 15 losses)
vs. Laszlo Kis-Kos (1454) : 35% (20 games, 7 wins, 13 losses)
vs. Laurine Segur (1019) : 94% (17 games, 16 wins, 1 losses)
vs. Sylvain Praz (1381) : 12% (16 games, 2 wins, 14 losses)
vs. Jing Huang (1029) : 7% (14 games, 1 wins, 13 losses)
vs. Mickael Simon (1195) : 50% (14 games, 7 wins, 7 losses)
vs. Don Groves (2289) : 57% (14 games, 8 wins, 6 losses)
vs. Nick Ioffe (1472) : 69% (13 games, 9 wins, 4 losses)
Poker holdem :
vs. Heinz-Georg Lehnhoff (2107) : 49% (61 games, 30 wins, 31 losses)
vs. Nelson Bernal Varela (2386) : 37% (58 games, 22 wins, 36 losses)
vs. Yeturu Aahlad (2338) : 33% (30 games, 10 wins, 20 losses)
vs. Herbert Kruse (2152) : 44% (29 games, 13 wins, 16 losses)
vs. Aleksey Payzansky (2006) : 62% (29 games, 18 wins, 11 losses)
vs. Stephane Legrand (2257) : 42% (21 games, 9 wins, 12 losses)
vs. Jason Repa (1866) : 65% (20 games, 13 wins, 7 losses)
vs. Lubos Fric (1952) : 85% (20 games, 17 wins, 3 losses)
vs. Scott Nichols (2037) : 42% (19 games, 8 wins, 11 losses)
vs. Laurine Segur (1969) : 94% (18 games, 17 wins, 1 losses)
Thibault's favorite game is : Chess
Style of play : Depends on the day...
Is Thibault addicted : Yes, definitely
Uses engines : Yes
Other games played : Go, poker holdem, Blokus
Favorite chess opening : French defence
Favorite chess player : Gary Kasparov
Languages spoken : English, French
City : Clermont-Ferrand
Club : FICGS
Mission : Connecting player
Interests : Movies, games, music...
Occupation : Webmaster
Favorite website : FICGS :)
Personal website : http://www.ficgs.com/blog/thibault
Favorite quote : Victory belongs to who wants it more!
Favorite movie : 2001, a space odyssey
Favorite music style : Electronic, classical, rock...
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Last messages by Thibault de Vassal in the forum :
Call referee about game ... (2026-05-25 14:21:01)
Rule 11.5 says: "Finally, if players do not agree the result, please let the clock run out of time, a referee will confirm or correct the result (...)
Call referee about game ... (2026-05-18 16:07:40)
I see every call... There is no need to act in most cases, that's why I take some time (added to the 1 month rule when the game is decided) to answer. (...)
Berlin Defense (2026-05-11 23:38:32)
Yes, #12 #104 & #105 (...)
Call referee about game ... (2026-05-11 23:36:59)
Hello Herbert, I don't remember if you sent me an email about that game... please just do it if necessary. Thanks! (...)
PGN (2026-04-16 13:51:22)
In example this one:
https://ficgs.com/user_page.php?page=viewer&game=149787
Do you see the (downloa (...)
Cheating / Forfeiting (2026-04-16 13:24:19)
Indeed. I observe it for years, but obviously rating is not the motivation so... (...)
PGN (2026-04-16 13:22:54)
For what game number in example? (...)
Too many groups for tourneys (2026-04-16 03:05:15)
Done... Let's try new ranges, somewhat more coherent with current ratings. (...)
Post-tickets FICGS (2026-03-13 23:17:02)
The long answer:
FICGS story is a quite simple & classic one, the reasons why it's declining are quite obvious, and unfortu (...)
Post-tickets FICGS (2026-02-27 15:19:43)
Now 3 players in the rapid M, 2 in the rapid A... but the main point remains, it takes too long to fill waiting lists.
The shor (...)