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Edwards, Emar
🇧🇧FIDE 11103345· Male· Barbados· Born in 1997
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Emar Edwards, a 29-year-old player, is rated 1961 — just 13 short of his peak of 1974 (Aug 2025, age 28). He has held steady between 1950 and 2000 for 8 months. 59 rated games in the past year (≈42/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Sittu Chess Championship - Group B, 2026 CB Gilkes Chess Open, and 35th Annual North American Open - U2100. Also played 1 rapid (including Farley's Rotational Chess Challenge 2026) and 2 blitz events (including CARICOM Blitz 2025) recently. He reached #5 nationally in Feb 2025 and has been in top 5 for 16 months and counting.
At junior level, he reached #6 and #9 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
1961
Standard
Rpd1783·Blz1827
All-time high
1974
−13 pts below
Aug 2025 · age 28
Aug 2025 · age 28
Activity
47
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
50 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#34,449
#34,449 · players worldwide · of 218,279
National top 5 since May 2025
National top 5 since May 2025
Career timeline
10 entries2026
16 months in national top 5 (ongoing)
longest streak 14 months · since Feb 2025
Jun 2026
2025
All-time peak 1974
at age 28 · −13 from today
Aug 2025
Peak national rank: #5
at age 28 · rated 1932
Feb 2025
2024
Crossed 1800
at age 27
Mar 2024
2017
6th U20 player nationally
at age 20 · rated 1538
Oct 2017
100 career games
at age 20
May 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-5
1966 → 1961
Tournaments
5
37 games
Score
24.5/ 3766.2%
22W5D10L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5/7 | #2 | 1995 | +9.2 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 7/6 | #1 | 2546 | +29.8 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 2.5/5 | #115 | 1679 | -32.6 |
Round-Robin | Sep 2025 | 5/9 | #4 | 1884 | -18.6 |
Round-Robin | Jul 2025 | 5/9 | #16 | 2007 | +9.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsJustin ParsonsCM
🇧🇧BAR·1944
+9 −13 =5
27 games·last met Feb 2026
View head-to-head →
vsOthneil Harewood
🇧🇧BAR·1611
+13 −7 =4
24 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsNitin Mahtani
🇧🇧BAR·1854
+4 −6 =7
17 games·last met May 2023
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vsPhilip CorbinFM
🇧🇧BAR·1901
+6 −7 =1
14 games·last met Jan 2026
View head-to-head →
vsRonaldo Rochester
🇧🇧BAR·1773
+6 −6 =1
13 games·last met Sep 2025
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Rankings
/
Barbados
#5
out of 59 players
Americas
#3,679
in continent
World
#34,448
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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