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Bourg, Nicolas

FM🇱🇺

FIDEFIDE 4006160· Male· Luxembourg· Born in 2008

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Nicolas Bourg, a 18-year-old Luxembourgish FIDE Master, is rated 2266 — just 5 short of his peak of 2271 (Jan 2026, age 18) and ranked 2nd among Luxembourgish players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He is rising rapidly, having gained +184 Elo over the past 12 months. 86 rated games in the past year (≈55/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include European Individual Chess Championship 2026, grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open, and Luxembourg Team Championship 25-26 Round 8-9. Also played 5 rapid (including 29. Echternacher Open) and 4 blitz events (including Mokate Blitz Tournament - XIII Katowice Chess Festival) recently. He reached Luxembourgish #2 in Apr 2026.

Awarded FM in 2025 (age 17) and CM in 2025 (age 17). At junior level, he reached #1, #1, #1 and #1 nationally in U18, U16, U14 and U12.

Current rating

2266

Standard

Rpd2130·Blz2289

All-time high

2271

5 pts below
Jan 2026 · age 18

Activity

74

games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo

85 past 12 mo · ≈7/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

#2

#2 · Luxembourgish players · of 242

Career timeline

17 entries
2026
Peak Luxembourgish rank: #2
at age 18 · rated 2249
Apr 2026
Re-crossed 2200
at age 18
Mar 2026
1st Luxembourgish U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2271
Jan 2026
All-time peak 2271
at age 18 · −5 from today
Jan 2026
2025
FM title awardedFM
at age 17
Dec 2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 17
Nov 2025

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Gleb DudinGM 2,566
Evolution
+152
21142266
Tournaments
19
83 games
Score
49/ 8359.0%
42W14D27L

Last 12 months — tournaments

14 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Open Swiss
Apr 20265.5/11#2362271+12.6
Open Swiss
Apr 20265.5/8#2232254+4.7
Team
Mar 20261.5/2#242322+8.0
Open Swiss
Feb 20263.5/5#262176+7.2
Open Swiss
Feb 20265/9#62277+50.4
Team
Feb 20261/1#1143046+24.8
Team
Jan 20260/1#5241603-12.8
Team
Jan 20260/1#1321209-32.4
Open Swiss
Jan 20263/4#82224-0.4
Open Swiss
Dec 20253.5/9#432108-66.0
Worst Elo result: 22e Open de Vandoeuvre 2025 - Tournoi A (2000 et plus) (-66.0 Elo, finished #43).

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Rankings

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Luxembourg
#2
out of 294 players
Europe
#3,554
in continent
World
#5,242
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Luxembourg
1
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5
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6
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2,204
7
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2,199
8
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2,197
8
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2,197
10
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Europe
1
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2,841
2
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2,767
3
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2,764
4
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5
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2,739
6
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2,729
7
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2,728
8
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2,721
9
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10
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3554🇱🇺Bourg, Nicolas2,266
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
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2,777
4
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2,777
6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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2,761
9
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2,753
9
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5242🇱🇺Bourg, Nicolas2,266