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Bulfin, Lugh

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FIDEFIDE 2536102· Male· Ireland· Born in 2008

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Lugh Bulfin, a 18-year-old Irish player, is rated 1618. He has slipped back 88 Elo over the past 12 months. 12 rated games in the past year (≈9/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Eanna February Quad RR Groups, City of Dublin 2025 Major, and Irish Championship First Weekender Major 2025. Also played 1 rapid event (including Bray Rapid 2025) recently. His peak of 1706 was reached at age 17 (Sep 2025).

At junior level, he reached #24 nationally in U18.

Current rating

1618

Standard

Rpd1492·Blz—

All-time high

1706

−88 pts below
Sep 2025 · age 17

Activity

8

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

12 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#139,509

#139,509 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

6 entries
2025
24th Irish U18 player
at age 17 · rated 1706
Sep 2025
Crossed 1600
at age 17
Sep 2025
Crossed 1500
at age 17
Sep 2025
Crossed 1400
at age 17
Sep 2025
All-time peak 1706
at age 17 · −88 from today
Sep 2025
First FIDE rating
1706 · at age 17
Sep 2025

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Saiansh Biswal 1,642
City of Dublin 2025 Major · Sep 2025 · +18.3 Elo
Evolution
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Tournaments
3
24 games
Score
5.5/ 2422.9%
11W4D9L
Top 1 win
1.[W]vsSaiansh Biswal1,642·City of Dublin 2025 Major·R3·+18.3
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsAlexey Marchenko1,525·Eanna February Quad RR Groups·R3·-25.2
2.[L]vsJames A Cahill1,543·Eanna February Quad RR Groups·R1·-24.3
3.[L]vsAndrew Zakharov1,609·City of Dublin 2025 Major·R4·-23.6

Last 12 months — tournaments

3 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Eanna February Quad RR Groups
Round-Robin
Feb 20261/2#501534-54.4
City of Dublin 2025 Major
Open Swiss
Sep 20251/4#561516-34.4
Irish Championship First Weekender Major 2025
Swiss
Aug 20253.5/4#416350.0
Worst Elo result: Eanna February Quad RR Groups (-54.4 Elo, finished #50).

Rankings

/
Ireland
#766
out of 1,228 players
Europe
#94,296
in continent
World
#139,500
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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766🇮🇪Bulfin, Lugh1,618
Europe
1
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2,840
2
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3
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3
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2,759
5
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6
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7
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2,729
8
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2,717
8
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10
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2,708
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World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,776
6
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2,767
7
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2,759
7
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2,759
9
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10
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139500🇮🇪Bulfin, Lugh1,618