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Rathbone-Jones, Ifan
CM🇬🇧FIDE 1803859· Male· Wales· Born in 2004
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Ifan Rathbone-Jones, a 22-year-old Candidate Master, is rated 2156 and ranked 9th among WLS players, and in the top 5% worldwide. He has slipped back 30 Elo over the past 12 months. 27 rated games in the past year (≈39/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Welsh Championship, Staffordshire Congress 2026 - Open, and 2025-26 4NCL Division 2 Rounds 7-8. Also played 1 rapid (including 2026 British Universities Championship: Plate) and 1 blitz events (including 2026 British Universities Championship: Blitz A) recently. His peak of 2208 was reached at age 21 (Jun 2025, #5 nationally at the time); he has been in top 10 for 18 months and counting.
Awarded CM in 2025 (age 21). At junior level, he reached #1, #1, #1, #2 and #1 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2156
Standard
Rpd1916·Blz1867
All-time high
2208
−52 pts below
Jun 2025 · age 21
Jun 2025 · age 21
Activity
53
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
27 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#9
#9 · WLS players · of 244
National top 10 since Jan 2025
National top 10 since Jan 2025
Career timeline
19 entries2026
18 months in national top 10 (ongoing)
longest streak 17 months · since Sep 2024
May 2026
2025
Peak national rank: #5
at age 21 · rated 2208
Jun 2025
CM title awardedCM
at age 21
Jun 2025
Crossed 2200
at age 21
Jun 2025
All-time peak 2208
at age 21 · −52 from today
Jun 2025
9-month rising streak
+88 Elo
Jun 2025
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-52
2208 → 2156
Tournaments
7
24 games
Score
13/ 2454.2%
11W4D9L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/7 | #10 | 2119 | -6.6 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 2/4 | #8 | 2008 | -15.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/2 | #6 | 3059 | +25.4 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 2/3 | #15 | 1989 | -8.8 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 0/1 | #86 | 1429 | -8.6 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/2 | #79 | 1995 | -9.6 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 2.5/5 | #11 | 1983 | -27.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsSam Jukes
🇬🇧WLS·1898
+4 −1 =2
7 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsAlex BullenCM
🇬🇧WLS·2071
+2 −1 =2
5 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsOliver W Howell
🇬🇧ENG·1963
+2 −0 =3
5 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsThomas Brown
🇬🇧WLS·2075
+1 −2 =2
5 games·last met Jan 2024
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Rankings
/
Wales
#9
out of 269 players
Europe
#7,747
in continent
World
#10,841
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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