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Blackman, Justin

Blackman, Justin

FM🇧🇧

FIDEFIDE 11100516· Male· Barbados· Born in 1991

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Justin Blackman, a 35-year-old FIDE Master, is rated 2255 — just 24 short of his peak of 2279 (Apr 2025, age 34) and sitting in the top 3% of players worldwide. He has held steady between 2250 and 2300 for 2 years. 16 rated games in the past year. Recent standard appearances include Lliga Catalana 2026 - Segona Divisio Grup Barcelona Rondas 7-9, Lliga Catalana 2026 - Segona Divisio Grup Barcelona Rondas 3-6, and Lliga Catalana 2026 - Segona Divisio Grup Barcelona Rondas 1-2. Also played 1 blitz event (including Campionat de Catalunya Llampec per Equips 2025) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 73 months (2011–2017) and 26 months (2019–2021, COVID-19 included). He reached #1 nationally in Apr 2026 and has been in top 3 for 58 months and counting (3 consecutive years on his current run).

Awarded FM in 2018 (age 27). At junior level, he reached #1, #1, #1 and #1 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.

Current rating

2255

Standard

Rpd2225·Blz2135

All-time high

2279

−24 pts below
Apr 2025 · age 34

Activity

16

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

16 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

Top 3%

#5,629 · players worldwide · of 216,808
National top 3 since Sep 2022

Career timeline

17 entries
2026
58 months in national top 3 (ongoing)
longest streak 45 months · since Nov 2018
May 2026
Peak national rank: #1
at age 35 · rated 2255
Apr 2026
2025
All-time peak 2279
at age 34 · −24 from today
Apr 2025
2022
Re-crossed 2200
at age 31
Sep 2022
2019
Inactive for 26 months
paused at 2192 → returned at 2184
Sep 2019
2018
FM title awardedFM
at age 27
Nov 2018

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Abel Lazaro PujolFM 2,390
Tancats Club d'Escacs C C Sant Andreu - Grup MI · Nov 2025 · +13.5 Elo
Evolution
-24
2279 → 2255
Tournaments
4
16 games
Score
8/ 1650.0%
5W6D5L

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Lliga Catalana 2026 - Segona Divisio Grup Barcelona Rondas 7-9
Round-Robin
Mar 20261.5/2#30—+0.8
Lliga Catalana 2026 - Segona Divisio Grup Barcelona Rondas 3-6
Round-Robin
Feb 20262/3#44—-2.6
Lliga Catalana 2026 - Segona Divisio Grup Barcelona Rondas 1-2
Round-Robin
Jan 20261/2#59—-7.0
Tancats Club d'Escacs C C Sant Andreu - Grup MI
Round-Robin
Nov 20253.5/9#92219-15.4
Worst Elo result: Tancats Club d'Escacs C C Sant Andreu - Grup MI (-15.4 Elo, finished #9).

Most-Played Opponents

vsMartyn Del CastilhoFM
🇧🇧BAR·2231
+6 −5 =4
15 games·last met May 2019
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vsAkeem Cox
🇧🇧BAR·1878
+12 −0 =0
12 games·last met Dec 2019
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vsOrlando HusbandsIM
🇧🇧BAR·2240
+4 −5 =1
10 games·last met Apr 2022
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vsTerry FarleyIM
🇧🇧BAR·2145
+2 −6 =1
9 games·last met Aug 2019
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vsOthneil Harewood
🇧🇧BAR·1603
+8 −0 =1
9 games·last met Aug 2019
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Rankings

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Barbados
#1
out of 58 players
Americas
#625
in continent
World
#5,629
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Barbados
12,255
2
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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Americas
1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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2,728
6
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2,724
7
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2,718
8
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9
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10
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625🇧🇧Blackman, Justin2,255
World
1
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2,840
2
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3
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2,788
4
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5
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2,776
6
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2,767
7
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2,759
7
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9
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10
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5629🇧🇧Blackman, Justin2,255