the 2012 Biel Blitz Tournament Winner of the 2012 European Blitz Championship. Winner of the 2013 Paris International Blitz Tournament Winner of the 2013 Port-Marly Rapid Pyramids Grand Prix Winner of the 2014 Paris International Blitz Tournament Winner of the 2014 Paris International Rapid Tournament Winner of the 2014 Venaco Casanova Rapid Open Winner of the 2015 Norway Chess blitz tournament with 6.5 out of 9. Winner of the 2015 Quenza Blitz Open Tournament 2015: Second Place at the World Blitz Championship in Berlin with 15 points out of 21, only 0.5 point behind Alexander Grischuk. Winner of the 2016 Ciamannacce Blitz Open Tournament Winner of the 2016 Biel Masters Challenge Rapid match against Svidler Winner of the 2016 Corsica Masters (rapid), beat Anand in the final. 2016: Sixth Place at the World Blitz Championship in Doha with 14 points out of 21. 2019: Third place in Chess.com's Bullet Chess Championship, behind runner-up Oleksandr Bortnyk and Hikaru Nakamura, the winner. Winner of the 2019 Norway Chess blitz tournament with 7.5 out of 9. 2019: Fifth Place at the World Blitz Championship in Moscow with 14 points out of 21. Winner of the 2021 World Blitz Championship in Warsaw with 15 points out of 21. Teams Vachier-Lagrave played in the French team championship with the NAO Chess Club teams since 1997. Team results include: U16 French championship 2004–2005: first board for NAO Chess Club, 7 points from 7 games. NAO-CC earned the title U16 French championship 2005–2006: first board for NAO Chess Club, 7 points from 7 games. NAO-CC again earned the title Top 16 2006: NAO team, 6½ points from 8 games. NAO-CC won the championship for the fourth time in a row (2003 to 2006) He played for the Évry Grand Roque chess club in 2008, 2009 and 2010. Since 2011, he plays for the Clichy club chess team in the Top12. In the European Chess Club Cup, he played with SV Mülheim Nord (in 2008), SOCAR Baku (in 2010), Clichy Échecs 92 (in 2013) and Obiettivo Risarcimento Padova (2014–2016). Rapid and blitz rankings In addition to his strength in classical time controls, Vachier-Lagrave is very skilled at rapid and blitz chess. Maxime ranked fourth on the FIDE rapid list and also fourth on the blitz list. Personal life Vachier-Lagrave also teaches chess on his personal YouTube channel, MVL Chess, in addition to maintaining a blog. References External links