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Hoffman, Luc
CM🇺🇸FIDE 30964644· Male· United States of America· Born in 2008
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Luc Hoffman, a 18-year-old American Candidate Master, is rated 2126 and sitting in the top 5% of players worldwide under 18, and in the top 6% worldwide. He has slipped back 59 Elo over the past 12 months. 161 rated games in the past year (≈71/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 April Marshall Monthly FIDE - U2400, V Open Chess Menorca 2026, and 2026 March NYCNorms FIDE Swiss - Masters. Also played 1 rapid (including 2025 Marshall Chess Club Rapid Championship) and 6 blitz events (including 2025 North Carolina Open - Blitz Championship) recently. His peak of 2219 was reached at age 17 (Jul 2025).
Awarded CM in 2025 (age 17). At junior level, he reached #25, #45 and #43 nationally in U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2126
Standard
Rpd1999·Blz2218
All-time high
2219
−93 pts below
Jul 2025 · age 17
Jul 2025 · age 17
Activity
134
games / yr avg. · ≈11/mo
161 past 12 mo · ≈13/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#734 · players worldwide under 18 · of 15,644
Career timeline
15 entries2025
Re-crossed 2100
at age 17
Dec 2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 17
Jul 2025
All-time peak 2219
at age 17 · −93 from today
Jul 2025
CM title awardedCM
at age 17
Apr 2025
25th American U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2211
Mar 2025
Best 12-month gain (+237 Elo)
1974 → 2211
Mar 2025
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-59
2185 → 2126
Tournaments
23
161 games
Score
80.5/ 16150.0%
55W51D55L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
15 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/5 | #2 | 2199 | +8.4 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/9 | #223 | 2039 | -65.2 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 2/4 | #8 | 2202 | +1.2 |
Round-Robin | Feb 2026 | 2.5/9 | #8 | 2085 | -40.7 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3.5/5 | #4 | 2234 | +15.1 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4/5 | #3 | 2307 | +36.0 |
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 3/9 | #9 | 2180 | +0.4 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4.5/7 | #10 | 2228 | +23.2 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3.5/5 | #6 | 2179 | +9.8 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 0.5/4 | #22 | 1856 | -34.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsMykola BortnykIM
🇺🇦UKR·2440
+0 −10 =0
10 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsLinxi ZhuFM
🇺🇸USA·2286
+2 −3 =4
9 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsEthan Kozower
🇺🇸USA·2103
+5 −2 =2
9 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsElliott Goodrich
🇺🇸USA·2077
+4 −0 =4
8 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsNico ChasinGM
🇺🇸USA·2485
+0 −7 =1
8 games·last met Mar 2026
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Rankings
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United States of America
#413
out of 5,412 players
Americas
#1,371
in continent
World
#13,118
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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