Luxembourg chess federation: top players, ratings and statistics

Top players

1 Wiedenkeller, Michael IMBorn 1963 2372
2 Bourg, Nicolas FMBorn 2008 2293
3 Berend, Elvira WGMBorn 1965 2253

Rank	Name	Rating	Born
4	Berend, Fred IM	Rating 2234	Born 1965
5	Brittner, Serge FM	Rating 2204	Born 1971
6	Wagener, Claude FM	Rating 2197	Born 1976
7	Linster, Philippe FM	Rating 2191	Born 1989
8	Pettinger, Jean-Paul	Rating 2184	Born 1978
9	Maltezeanu, Stefan CM	Rating 2172	Born 1999
10	Zainea, Marius FM	Rating 2166	Born 1978
11	Bakalarz, Mietek IM	Rating 2158	Born 1960
12	Plard, Axel	Rating 2155	Born 2009
13	Aghabekian, Liana WIM	Rating 2148	Born 1986
14	Daubenfeld, Gilles	Rating 2143	Born 1985
15	Carafizi, Vasile FM	Rating 2127	Born 1981
16	Gengler, Pierre	Rating 2123	Born 1981
17	Hartung, Jerry	Rating 2118	Born 1979
18	Jeitz, Christian	Rating 2117	Born 1986
19	Weber, Jean-Marie	Rating 2116	Born 1959
20	Ocantos, Manuel	Rating 2111	Born 1981
21	Wagener, Anna WGM	Rating 2109	Born 1976
22	Mertens, Marc	Rating 2108	Born 1968
23	Steil-Antoni, Fiona WIM	Rating 2088	Born 1989
24	Jacques, Robert	Rating 2063	Born 1965
25	Frappini, Matis	Rating 2058	Born 2005

1 Wiedenkeller, Michael IMBorn 1963 2381
2 Wagener, Anna WGMBorn 1976 2313
3 Maltezeanu, Stefan CMBorn 1999 2306

Rank	Name	Rating	Born
4	Bourg, Nicolas FM	Rating 2292	Born 2008
5	Berend, Elvira WGM	Rating 2251	Born 1965
6	Berend, Fred IM	Rating 2228	Born 1965
7	Linster, Philippe FM	Rating 2203	Born 1989
8	Ocantos, Manuel	Rating 2196	Born 1981
9	Aghabekian, Liana WIM	Rating 2188	Born 1986
10	Wagener, Claude FM	Rating 2175	Born 1976
11	Steil-Antoni, Fiona WIM	Rating 2167	Born 1989
12	Brittner, Serge FM	Rating 2166	Born 1971
13	Bakalarz, Mietek IM	Rating 2157	Born 1960
14	Daubenfeld, Gilles	Rating 2144	Born 1985
15	Carafizi, Vasile FM	Rating 2121	Born 1981
16	Schartz, Alain	Rating 2118	Born 1971
17	Gengler, Pierre	Rating 2106	Born 1981
18	Hartung, Jerry	Rating 2088	Born 1979
19	Mertens, Marc	Rating 2088	Born 1968
20	Witters, Patrick	Rating 2088	Born 1963
21	Kaber, Claude	Rating 2083	Born 1970
22	Weber, Jean-Marie	Rating 2072	Born 1959
23	Mossong, Hubert FM	Rating 2068	Born 1950
24	Baudot, Denis	Rating 2064	Born 1966
25	Cervino Rossel, Cristobal	Rating 2062	Born 1987

1 Wiedenkeller, Michael IMBorn 1963 2410
2 Bourg, Nicolas FMBorn 2008 2386
3 Wagener, Anna WGMBorn 1976 2240

Rank	Name	Rating	Born
4	Bakalarz, Mietek IM	Rating 2231	Born 1960
5	Linster, Philippe FM	Rating 2222	Born 1989
6	Berend, Elvira WGM	Rating 2214	Born 1965
7	Esmer, Kemal Eymen	Rating 2142	Born 2009
8	Carafizi, Vasile FM	Rating 2141	Born 1981
9	Mossong, Hubert FM	Rating 2138	Born 1950
10	Ocantos, Manuel	Rating 2127	Born 1981
11	Wagener, Claude FM	Rating 2125	Born 1976
12	Gengler, Pierre	Rating 2124	Born 1981
13	Jeitz, Christian	Rating 2122	Born 1986
14	Maltezeanu, Stefan CM	Rating 2113	Born 1999
15	Daubenfeld, Gilles	Rating 2101	Born 1985
16	Mertens, Marc	Rating 2099	Born 1968
17	Berend, Fred IM	Rating 2078	Born 1965
18	Putz, Philippe	Rating 2075	Born 1998
19	Salentiny, Eric	Rating 2028	Born 1992
20	Hoegener, Claude	Rating 2016	Born 1982
21	Baudot, Denis	Rating 2004	Born 1966
22	Steil-Antoni, Fiona WIM	Rating 2001	Born 1989
23	Verlaine, Alexandre	Rating 1999	Born 1981
24	Sadler, Michel	Rating 1976	Born 2002
25	Kalmes, Rene	Rating 1965	Born 1972

1 Berend, Elvira WGMBorn 1965 2253
2 Aghabekian, Liana WIMBorn 1986 2148
3 Wagener, Anna WGMBorn 1976 2109

Rank	Name	Rating	Born
4	Steil-Antoni, Fiona WIM	Rating 2088	Born 1989
5	Greeuw, Sietske	Rating 1940	Born 1985
6	Bakalarz, Grazyna WFM	Rating 1915	Born 1964
7	Lyon, Hannah Jane	Rating 1886	Born 2007
8	Sivashankar, Samyukta	Rating 1866	Born 2010
9	Kremer, Nadine	Rating 1857	Born 1994
10	Reding, Sevda	Rating 1827	Born 2007
11	Pleim, Eva	Rating 1713	Born 2012
12	Pleim, Myriam	Rating 1695	Born 1980
13	Sivashankar, Shrishti	Rating 1592	Born 2016
14	Smeets, Jenny	Rating 1494	Born 1996

1 Wagener, Anna WGMBorn 1976 2313
2 Berend, Elvira WGMBorn 1965 2251
3 Aghabekian, Liana WIMBorn 1986 2188

Rank	Name	Rating	Born
4	Steil-Antoni, Fiona WIM	Rating 2167	Born 1989
5	Sivashankar, Samyukta	Rating 1963	Born 2010
6	Greeuw, Sietske	Rating 1955	Born 1985
7	Kremer, Nadine	Rating 1901	Born 1994
8	Bakalarz, Grazyna WFM	Rating 1892	Born 1964
9	Reding, Sevda	Rating 1853	Born 2007
10	Lyon, Hannah Jane	Rating 1760	Born 2007
11	Pleim, Eva	Rating 1685	Born 2012
12	Mc Ginnis, Veronica	Rating 1683	Born 1989
13	Sivashankar, Shrishti	Rating 1555	Born 2016
14	Massafra, Elisa	Rating 1538	Born 2010
15	Gundala, Hanmisha	Rating 1530	Born 2011
16	Cucukovic, Sara	Rating 1499	Born 2008
17	Bali, Ayanna	Rating 1492	Born 2010
18	Boyle, Suzanna	Rating 1486	Born 2010
19	Singha, Franziska	Rating 1476	Born 2007
20	Tafratova, Yuliia	Rating 1461	Born 2017
21	Feyereisen, Josee	Rating 1452	Born 1967
22	Frisch, Eleonora	Rating 1444	Born 2016
23	Vykhvatniuk, Anna	Rating 1435	Born 2018
24	Alizada, Irada	Rating 1428	Born 2015

1 Wagener, Anna WGMBorn 1976 2240
2 Berend, Elvira WGMBorn 1965 2214
3 Steil-Antoni, Fiona WIMBorn 1989 2001

Rank	Name	Rating	Born
4	Kremer, Nadine	Rating 1918	Born 1994
5	Bakalarz, Grazyna WFM	Rating 1898	Born 1964
6	Lyon, Hannah Jane	Rating 1711	Born 2007
7	Sivashankar, Samyukta	Rating 1572	Born 2010
8	Reding, Sevda	Rating 1550	Born 2007

1 Bourg, Nicolas FMBorn 2008 2293
2 Plard, Axel Born 2009 2155
3 Zeihen, Matthieu Born 2009 2030

Rank	Name	Rating	Born
4	Basinas, Konstantinos	Rating 2026	Born 2006
5	Tequi, Lucas	Rating 1994	Born 2010
6	Esmer, Kemal Eymen	Rating 1955	Born 2009
7	De Sousa Martinho, Vasco	Rating 1927	Born 2009
8	Zaccaria, Noa	Rating 1923	Born 2007
9	Solovev, Nikolai	Rating 1907	Born 2016
10	Lyon, Hannah Jane	Rating 1886	Born 2007
11	Sivashankar, Samyukta	Rating 1866	Born 2010
12	Kostyukovich, Ivan	Rating 1861	Born 2014
13	Ortiz Bogdanov, Santiago	Rating 1860	Born 2010
14	Pezzotta, Anakien	Rating 1853	Born 2011
15	Kostyukovich, Dmitry	Rating 1835	Born 2010
16	Reding, Sevda	Rating 1827	Born 2007
17	Burdot, Louis	Rating 1819	Born 2006
18	Luppi, Nicola	Rating 1805	Born 2012
19	Goelff, Michel	Rating 1794	Born 2009
20	Amroune, Adam	Rating 1788	Born 2015
21	Bohn, Sean	Rating 1776	Born 2007
22	Ortiz Bogdanov, Pablo	Rating 1774	Born 2008
23	Esmer, Hamza	Rating 1760	Born 2015
24	Warde-Jones, Ben	Rating 1751	Born 2009
25	Salomeia, Mihai	Rating 1732	Born 2009

1 Bourg, Nicolas FMBorn 2008 2292
2 Zeihen, Matthieu Born 2009 2050
3 Esmer, Kemal Eymen Born 2009 2042

Rank	Name	Rating	Born
4	Plard, Axel	Rating 2007	Born 2009
5	Basinas, Konstantinos	Rating 1993	Born 2006
6	Tequi, Lucas	Rating 1991	Born 2010
7	Sivashankar, Samyukta	Rating 1963	Born 2010
8	Zaccaria, Noa	Rating 1963	Born 2007
9	Salomeia, Mihai	Rating 1915	Born 2009
10	Reding, Sevda	Rating 1853	Born 2007
11	Amroune, Adam	Rating 1850	Born 2015
12	Ortiz Bogdanov, Santiago	Rating 1849	Born 2010
13	Esmer, Hamza	Rating 1840	Born 2015
14	Kostyukovich, Dmitry	Rating 1835	Born 2010
15	Ahmed, Fares	Rating 1809	Born 2010
16	Burdot, Louis	Rating 1803	Born 2006
17	Basinas, Athanasios	Rating 1801	Born 2012
18	Bohn, Sean	Rating 1793	Born 2007
19	Ravet, Theophile	Rating 1780	Born 2010
20	Guo, Johnny	Rating 1772	Born 2013
21	Kostyukovich, Ivan	Rating 1763	Born 2014
22	Lyon, Hannah Jane	Rating 1760	Born 2007
23	Granger, Aldar	Rating 1755	Born 2012
24	Piocel, Alann	Rating 1755	Born 2008
25	Clees Degueurse, Amaury	Rating 1745	Born 2009

1 Bourg, Nicolas FMBorn 2008 2386
2 Esmer, Kemal Eymen Born 2009 2142
3 Esmer, Hamza Born 2015 1891

Rank	Name	Rating	Born
4	Zeihen, Matthieu	Rating 1873	Born 2009
5	Basinas, Konstantinos	Rating 1865	Born 2006
6	Tequi, Lucas	Rating 1851	Born 2010
7	Pezzotta, Anakien	Rating 1829	Born 2011
8	Osmolovskii, Nikita	Rating 1812	Born 2015
9	Burdot, Louis	Rating 1773	Born 2006
10	Bohn, Sean	Rating 1765	Born 2007
11	Plard, Axel	Rating 1761	Born 2009
12	Kostyukovich, Ivan	Rating 1744	Born 2014
13	Lyon, Hannah Jane	Rating 1711	Born 2007
14	Ortiz Bogdanov, Santiago	Rating 1696	Born 2010
15	Amroune, Adam	Rating 1686	Born 2015
16	Maltezeanu, Sebastian	Rating 1671	Born 2010
17	Ortiz Bogdanov, Pablo	Rating 1671	Born 2008
18	Solovev, Nikolai	Rating 1668	Born 2016
19	Burkel, Augustin	Rating 1661	Born 2009
20	Salomeia, Mihai	Rating 1658	Born 2009
21	Basinas, Athanasios	Rating 1652	Born 2012
22	Guo, Johnny	Rating 1646	Born 2013
23	Kostyukovich, Dmitry	Rating 1636	Born 2010
24	Fridhi, Karim	Rating 1620	Born 2007
25	Magalhaes Teixeira, Jorge	Rating 1601	Born 2008

1 Lyon, Hannah Jane Born 2007 1886
2 Sivashankar, Samyukta Born 2010 1866
3 Reding, Sevda Born 2007 1827

Rank	Name	Rating	Born
4	Pleim, Eva	Rating 1713	Born 2012
5	Sivashankar, Shrishti	Rating 1592	Born 2016

1 Sivashankar, Samyukta Born 2010 1963
2 Reding, Sevda Born 2007 1853
3 Lyon, Hannah Jane Born 2007 1760

Rank	Name	Rating	Born
4	Pleim, Eva	Rating 1685	Born 2012
5	Sivashankar, Shrishti	Rating 1555	Born 2016
6	Massafra, Elisa	Rating 1538	Born 2010
7	Gundala, Hanmisha	Rating 1530	Born 2011
8	Cucukovic, Sara	Rating 1499	Born 2008
9	Bali, Ayanna	Rating 1492	Born 2010
10	Boyle, Suzanna	Rating 1486	Born 2010
11	Singha, Franziska	Rating 1476	Born 2007
12	Tafratova, Yuliia	Rating 1461	Born 2017
13	Frisch, Eleonora	Rating 1444	Born 2016
14	Vykhvatniuk, Anna	Rating 1435	Born 2018
15	Alizada, Irada	Rating 1428	Born 2015

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Statistics

Registered players: 1,142
Active players: 934
Rated in Classical: 455
Rated in Rapid: 321
Rated in Blitz: 123
Women: 105
Juniors (under 20): 390

Rating spread, Classical

9

21

41

45

52

37

20

17

4

1

0

Active players in each band of 100 rating points.

Show as a table

1400 to 1499: 9
1500 to 1599: 21
1600 to 1699: 41
1700 to 1799: 45
1800 to 1899: 52
1900 to 1999: 37
2000 to 2099: 20
2100 to 2199: 17
2200 to 2299: 4
2300 to 2399: 1
2400 to 2499: 0
2500 to 2599: 0
2600 to 2699: 0
2700 and above: 0

Titles

0GM
4IM
11FM
1CM
2WGM
2WIM
1WFM
1WCM

Arbiters with a FIDE title: 3
Trainers with a FIDE title: 4

FIDE rating list, October 2026. Titles are counted as FIDE lists them on that date.

Officials

Jeitz, OlivierPresident/Delegate/Rating Officer
Brittner, SergeVice President
Linster, BernardGeneral Secretary
Hentges, JohnTreasurer
Putz, PhilippeTechnical Director
Goerens, Jean-PaulDirector of National Teams
Frappini, LouisDirector of Youth Commission

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