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MacDonald, Duncan
🇬🇧FIDE 1804758· Male· Wales· Born in 2004
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Duncan Macdonald, a 22-year-old player, is rated 1915 — just 14 short of his peak of 1929 (May 2026, age 22). He plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months) and took a 28-month break between Mar 2020 and Aug 2022 (COVID-19 included). Recent appearances: 2025-26 SNCL Division 1 Round 9 and 2025-26 SNCL Division 1 Round 1-2. He reached #45 nationally in May 2026.
At junior level, he reached #2, #5, #5 and #7 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
1915
Standard
Rpd1662·Blz1865
All-time high
1929
−14 pts below
May 2026 · age 22
May 2026 · age 22
Activity
19
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
6 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#44,461
#44,461 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2026
Peak national rank: #45
at age 22 · rated 1929
May 2026
All-time peak 1929
at age 22 · −14 from today
May 2026
2024
2nd U20 player nationally
at age 20 · rated 1891
May 2024
Best 12-month gain (+310 Elo)
1546 → 1856
Mar 2024
Crossed 1800
at age 20
Mar 2024
2023
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-8
1923 → 1915
Tournaments
3
6 games
Score
2/ 633.3%
1W2D3L
Top 2 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | May 2026 | 0.5/3 | #86 | 1718 | -14.0 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 1/1 | #12 | 2724 | +10.2 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/2 | #32 | 1843 | -4.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsSam Jukes
🇬🇧WLS·1931
+2 −7 =1
10 games·last met Oct 2023
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vsJoe Fathallah
🇬🇧WLS·1982
+1 −6 =0
7 games·last met Oct 2023
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vsGrzegorz ToczekFM
🇬🇧WLS·2179
+1 −6 =0
7 games·last met Apr 2023
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vsRudy Van Kemenade
🇬🇧WLS·1921
+0 −6 =0
6 games·last met Apr 2023
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vsJose Camacho ColladosIM
🇬🇧WLS·2347
+0 −5 =1
6 games·last met Mar 2023
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Rankings
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Wales
#52
out of 275 players
Europe
#32,789
in continent
World
#44,460
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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