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Jones, Stephen

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FIDEFIDE 2000970· Male· Japan· Born in 1942

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Stephen Jones, a 84-year-old FIDE Master, is rated 1992. He has slipped back 115 Elo over the past 12 months. 24 rated games in the past year (≈2/year long-term). Recent appearance: Japan Open 2025(Master Category). He had 2 career breaks: 14 months (2002–2004) and 232 months (2004–2023). His peak of 2313 was reached at age 59 (Jan 2001, #2 nationally at the time); he spent 33 months in top 5.

Competes for Japan since Aug 2025. Awarded FM in 2001 (age 59).

Current rating

1992

Standard

Rpd2163·Blz—

All-time high

2313

−321 pts below
Jan 2001 · age 59

Activity

12

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

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

Signature stat

#28,785

#28,785 · players worldwide · of 218,279
33 months in National top 5 (2001–2024)

Career timeline

15 entries
2025
Switched federation: USA → JPN
at age 83
Aug 2025
2024
33 months in national top 5
longest streak 33 months · since Jan 2001
May 2024
2023
10th 80+ player worldwide
at age 81 · rated 2247
Dec 2023
2007
1st 60-65 player nationally
at age 65 · rated 2285
Jul 2007
2004
Inactive for 232 months
paused at 2285 → returned at 2247
Jul 2004
2002
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 2284 → returned at 2284
Oct 2002

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Soichiro Yamamoto 2,003
Japan Open 2025(Master Category) · Sep 2025 · +8.5 Elo
Evolution
-115
2107 → 1992
Tournaments
2
16 games
Score
5/ 1631.3%
3W4D9L

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Japan Chess Championship 2026 -The 27th Argentina Cup-
Open Swiss
May 20263.5/7#521802-62.2
Japan Open 2025(Master Category)
Open Swiss
Sep 20251.5/8#341845-53.0
Worst Elo result: Japan Chess Championship 2026 -The 27th Argentina Cup- (-62.2 Elo, finished #52).

Rankings

/
Japan
#28
out of 254 players
Asia-Pacific
#3,566
in continent
World
#28,784
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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Japan
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3
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4
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5
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2,294
6
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2,290
7
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2,225
8
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2,206
9
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2,198
10
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2,189
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28🇯🇵Jones, Stephen1,992
Asia-Pacific
1
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2,777
1
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3
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2,761
4
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2,753
5
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2,739
6
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2,738
7
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2,735
8
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2,733
9
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2,732
10
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2,731
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World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
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2,777
4
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2,777
6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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2,761
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
9
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