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Bourgery, William
🇫🇷FIDE 20640919· Male· France· Born in 1998
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William Bourgery, a 28-year-old French player, is rated 1921 — his current career high. He is progressing steadily with +49 Elo over the past 12 months. 67 rated games in the past year (≈16/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2eme Tournoi Open de Paques 2026 de Hyeres (-2400), 1er Tournoi Open de Paques 2026 de Hyeres (-2400), and Team 2026 - Nationale 3 r7-9. Also played 1 rapid (including Tournoi Rapide Interne de Hyeres du 13 septembre 2025) and 9 blitz events (including Championnat du Var de Blitz 2025 Tournoi A ferme 14 joueurs) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 47 months (2016–2020) and 64 months (2020–2025, COVID-19 included).
At junior level, he reached #78, #71, #41 and #41 nationally in U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1921
Standard
Rpd1896·Blz1939
All-time high
1921
at best
Jun 2026 · age 28
Jun 2026 · age 28
Activity
23
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
67 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#43,000
#43,000 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
15 entries2026
All-time peak 1921
at age 28
Jun 2026
2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 26
Mar 2024
2020
Inactive for 64 months
paused at 1786 → returned at 1895
Mar 2020
2017
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2017
2016
Inactive for 47 months
paused at 1783 → returned at 1786
Mar 2016
2015
78th French U18 player
at age 17 · rated 1876
Mar 2015
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+49
1872 → 1921
Tournaments
15
64 games
Score
38/ 6459.4%
28W20D16L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
13 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 5.5/7 | #15 | 2118 | +16.4 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4.5/6 | #3 | 2005 | +23.6 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/5 | #22 | 2086 | +16.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/3 | #1122 | 1641 | -18.6 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4.5/9 | #88 | 1805 | -19.6 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4.5/6 | #6 | 1907 | +7.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #363 | 2683 | +10.0 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0/1 | #1020 | 1195 | -7.2 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 0.5/1 | #169 | 2008 | +3.8 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 2/2 | #83 | 2716 | +22.8 |
Worst Elo result: 39eme Festival International des Jeux de Cannes - Open B (1600-2200) (-19.6 Elo, finished #88).
Most-Played Opponents
vsArnaud Canivet
🇫🇷FRA·2048
+3 −6 =2
11 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsBrahim Tair
🇫🇷FRA·1983
+1 −7 =3
11 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsEsteban Marchix
🇫🇷FRA·2317
+4 −4 =0
8 games·last met Jun 2026
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vsMichel Bonnafous
🇫🇷FRA·1897
+3 −2 =3
8 games·last met May 2026
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vsJulien Allard
🇫🇷FRA·1958
+3 −2 =3
8 games·last met Mar 2014
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Rankings
/
France
#2,552
out of 24,627 players
Europe
#31,749
in continent
World
#42,999
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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