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Williams, Ron

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FIDEFIDE 1802046· Male· Wales· Born in 1938

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Ron Williams, a 88-year-old player, is rated 1597. He has slipped back 119 Elo over the past 12 months. 22 rated games in the past year (≈8/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2025 South Wales Autumn Open, 2025 Welsh Senior Championship (Over 65), and 2025 Newport Major. He had 2 career breaks: 21 months (2015–2017) and 31 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included). His peak of 1945 was reached at age 70 (Oct 2008, #56 nationally at the time).

Current rating

1597

Standard

Rpd—·Blz—

All-time high

1945

−348 pts below
Oct 2008 · age 70

Activity

13

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

22 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#148,179

#148,179 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

12 entries
2024
Best 12-month gain (+163 Elo)
1553 → 1716
Aug 2024
2020
2nd 80+ player nationally
at age 82 · rated 1589
Oct 2020
2019
Inactive for 31 months
paused at 1589 → returned at 1578
Dec 2019
100 career games
at age 81
Aug 2019
2015
Inactive for 21 months
paused at 1704 → returned at 1692
Oct 2015
2014
2nd 75-80 player nationally
at age 76 · rated 1780
Jan 2014

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Jack Hannigan 1,745
2025 South Wales International Open · Jul 2025 · +1.3 Elo
Evolution
-119
1716 → 1597
Tournaments
4
23 games
Score
5.5/ 2323.9%
3W5D15L
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsLucas Zheng1,523·2025 South Wales International Open·R3·-14.7
2.[L]vsElijah Daniel1,525·2025 Newport Major·R1·-13.7
3.[L]vsChris Thompson1,510·2025 South Wales Autumn Open·R5·-12.5

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2025 South Wales Autumn Open
Swiss
Oct 20250.5/5#501285-35.4
2025 Welsh Senior Championship (Over 65)
Swiss
Sep 20250/4#19986-27.2
2025 Newport Major
Open Swiss
Aug 20251/5#501375-41.2
2025 South Wales International Open
Open Swiss
Jul 20254/8#581741-16.0
Worst Elo result: 2025 Newport Major (-41.2 Elo, finished #50).

Most-Played Opponents

vsMark Emblem
🇬🇧WLS·1559
+5 −0 =1
6 games·last met Jul 2024
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vsRobert AJ Hurn
🇬🇧WLS·1640
+2 −0 =3
5 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsJeremy Jones
🇬🇧WLS·1686
+2 −0 =3
5 games·last met Jul 2023
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Rankings

/
Wales
#205
out of 275 players
Europe
#98,939
in continent
World
#148,166
out of 400,000+

National ranking

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