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Plard, Axel
🇱🇺FIDE 4007190· Male· Luxembourg· Born in 2009
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Axel Plard, a 17-year-old Luxembourgish player, is rated 2118 — his current career high and sitting in the top 5% of players worldwide under 18, and in the top 6% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +71 Elo over the past 12 months. 111 rated games in the past year (≈82/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open, Team 2026 - Nationale 3 r7-9, and Luxembourg Team Championship 25-26 Round 8-9. Also played 2 rapid events (including Terres Rouges Rapid-Chess edition novembre 2025) recently. He reached Luxembourgish #19 in Jul 2025.
At junior level, he reached #2, #1 and #2 nationally in U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2118
Standard
Rpd1896·Blz1761
All-time high
2118
at best
May 2026 · age 17
May 2026 · age 17
Activity
93
games / yr avg. · ≈8/mo
111 past 12 mo · ≈9/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#776 · players worldwide under 18 · of 15,644
Career timeline
11 entries2026
2nd Luxembourgish U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2118
May 2026
Crossed 2100
at age 17
May 2026
All-time peak 2118
at age 17
May 2026
2025
Peak Luxembourgish rank: #19
at age 16 · rated 2090
Jul 2025
1st Luxembourgish U16 player
at age 16 · rated 2090
Jul 2025
8-month rising streak
+259 Elo
Jul 2025
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+53
2065 → 2118
Tournaments
25
109 games
Score
55/ 10950.5%
42W26D41L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
18 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5/9 | #364 | 2233 | +105.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #1316 | 1948 | -3.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/2 | #118 | 2027 | +0.8 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3.5/5 | #3 | 2026 | +2.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0/1 | #92 | 1359 | -12.8 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0/1 | #112 | 1606 | -5.6 |
Knockout | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | R32 | 2582 | +5.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0/1 | #1087 | 1443 | -11.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/1 | #82 | 2315 | +11.6 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 1.5/8 | #56 | 1917 | -56.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsJeremy Carrillo
🇫🇷FRA·2009
+1 −8 =1
10 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsNicephore Pierron Bejan
🇫🇷FRA·1921
+6 −1 =1
8 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsMaxime Taupiac
🇫🇷FRA·1945
+3 −1 =2
6 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsThierry Plard
🇱🇺LUX·1603
+5 −0 =1
6 games·last met Jul 2023
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vsMatthieu Zeihen
🇱🇺LUX·2067
+0 −3 =2
5 games·last met Feb 2026
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Rankings
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Luxembourg
#19
out of 302 players
Europe
#9,977
in continent
World
#13,776
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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