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Lux,Hugo de Melo
FM🇧🇷FIDE 2138298· Male· Brazil· Born in 2002
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Hugo de Melo Lux, a 24-year-old Brazilian FIDE Master, is rated 2334 and ranked 22nd among Brazilian players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +20 Elo over the past 12 months. 43 rated games in the past year (≈66/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Luxembourg Team Championship 25-26 Round 10, Team 2026 - Nationale 1 r8-9, and Les betises de Cambrai - GM 2026. Also played 6 rapid (including European Corporate Chess Championship 2025) and 2 blitz events (including Internationaux RnB Paris IDF 2026 Blitz) recently. His peak of 2401 was reached at age 17 (Aug 2019); he also reached Brazilian #16 in Oct 2020.
Awarded FM in 2019 (age 17). Earned a IM norm at 5e Open Intl du CVE Principal 2019. At junior level, he reached World #73 in U18, World #66 in U14, World #36 in U12 and #1, #1 and #1 nationally in U20, U16 and U10.
Current rating
2334
Standard
Rpd2170·Blz2209
All-time high
2401
−67 pts below
Aug 2019 · age 17
Aug 2019 · age 17
Activity
58
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
32 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#22
#22 · Brazilian players · of 3,069
Career timeline
21 entries2024
Re-crossed 2300
at age 22
Aug 2024
2021
1st Brazilian U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2385
Jan 2021
2020
Peak Brazilian rank: #16
at age 18 · rated 2386
Oct 2020
2019
FM title awardedFM
at age 17
Sep 2019
73rd U18 player worldwide
at age 17 · rated 2401
Aug 2019
Crossed 2400
at age 17
Aug 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-11
2345 → 2334
Tournaments
9
32 games
Score
19/ 3259.4%
16W6D10L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 3/4 | #145 | 2301 | -1.1 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 0.5/1 | #90 | 2044 | -3.5 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1.5/2 | #62 | 2430 | +2.3 |
Round-Robin | Feb 2026 | 2.5/9 | #10 | 2239 | -13.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/1 | #262 | 2199 | -2.1 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 2/2 | #23 | 3009 | +6.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/2 | #102 | 2261 | -1.8 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 2/2 | #2 | 2950 | +5.1 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 6/9 | #30 | 2300 | -1.3 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsYovann GatineauIM
🇫🇷FRA·2375
+0 −6 =2
8 games·last met Dec 2023
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vsHieu Tuong Pham
🇫🇷FRA·1738
+8 −0 =0
8 games·last met Mar 2015
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vsGerard Ballatore
🇫🇷FRA·1949
+3 −2 =3
8 games·last met Mar 2015
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vsAnatole VlachosIM
🇬🇷GRE·2483
+2 −3 =2
7 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsLoic TravadonIM
🇫🇷FRA·2508
+1 −2 =4
7 games·last met Nov 2017
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Rankings
/
Brazil
#22
out of 6,523 players
Americas
#352
in continent
World
#3,088
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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