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Bru, Michel
🇫🇷INACTIVE · since May 2024FIDE 45147787· Male· France· Born in 1958
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Michel Bru, a 68-year-old French player, is rated 1509 — just 5 short of his peak of 1514 (Mar 2024, age 66). He plays around 9 rated games per year and took a 16-month break between Dec 2016 and May 2018. Also played 3 rapid (including Tournoi Rapide Interne de Pentecote de Hyeres 2026) and 1 blitz events (including Tournoi Blitz Pizza de Hyeres du 29 aout) recently.
Current rating
1509
Standard
Rpd1499·Blz1451
All-time high
1514
−5 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 66
Mar 2024 · age 66
Activity
3
games / yr avg.
classical only
Occasional
Occasional
Signature stat
#182,282
#182,282 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2024
Inactive for 24 months
paused at 1509 → still inactive
May 2024
Best 12-month gain (+347 Elo)
1167 → 1514
Apr 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 66
Mar 2024
Crossed 1400
at age 66
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1514
at age 66 · −5 from today
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1200
at age 66
Jan 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
0
1509 → 1509
Tournaments
1
4 games
Score
1.5/ 437.5%
1W1D2L
Top 1 win
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jun 2026 | 1.5/3 | #17 | 1547 | -16.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsLeo-Thierry Candela
🇫🇷FRA·1705
+1 −10 =0
11 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsFrederic Pascal
🇫🇷FRA·1621
+0 −7 =1
8 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsThibaud Plumat
🇫🇷FRA·1777
+1 −6 =0
7 games·last met Dec 2019
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vsThierry Marino
🇫🇷FRA·1739
+0 −5 =0
5 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsNikola Penkov
🇫🇷FRA·1746
+0 −3 =2
5 games·last met Aug 2025
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Rankings
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France
#13,108
out of 24,627 players
Europe
#112,820
in continent
World
#165,713
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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