Team Vitality signs 2024 French chess champion Jules Moussard

French esports organisation Staff Vitality has introduced that it has signed former AEGIS participant and 2024 French chess champion Jules Moussard.

He’ll be part of Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, who has renewed his contract, to symbolize Staff Vitality in upcoming Chess tournaments in 2026.

Grandmaster Jules Moussard is finest identified for his win within the 2024 French Chess Championship after defeating Laurent Fressinet, who’s at the moment ranked one hundred and fifth on this planet, within the Grand Finals.

Based on his Chess.com player page, he at the moment has a rating of 2602 in gradual Classical video games, 2600 within the medium-paced Speedy video games, and 2643 in quick Blitz video games.

He has additionally competed in plenty of S-Tier occasions throughout 2025, taking part in towards a few of the best Chess grandmasters on this planet. He positioned between ninth and twelfth within the 2025 Esports World Cup Final Probability Qualifier, lacking out on the principle occasion. He additionally competed within the FIDE World Chess Championships, the place he positioned forty ninth within the Speedy division and thirtieth within the Blitz event.

Maxime Vachier-Lagrave will even proceed to symbolize Staff Vitality after first signing with the organisation again in February, 2025. He’s finest identified for turning into the FIDE World Blitz Champion in 2021 after reaching the very best outcomes out of fifty worldwide rivals.

Based on his Chess.com player page, he’s ranked twentieth on this planet, with a rating of 2720 in Classical, 2735 in Speedy, and 2761 in Blitz.

In 2025, he represented Staff Vitality in a number of S-Tier occasions. He performed within the 2025 Esports World Cup in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the place he positioned between ninth and twelfth and secured $65,000 (~£48,800) in winnings. He additionally positioned runner-up within the Grand Chess Tour Finals after shedding 13-15 to Staff Liquid’s Fabiano Caruana, however secured $100,000 (~£75,080) in prize pool funds.

He just lately positioned third within the Titled Tuesday Grand Prize 2025/2026 Winter Cut up, which was gained by Staff Liquid’s Magnus Carlsen, and is predicted to compete within the Chess.com Open 2026.