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Kennedy, Shernaz

WIM🇺🇸

FIDEFIDE 2004755· Female· United States of America· Born in 1954

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Shernaz Kennedy, a 72-year-old American Woman International Master, is rated 1685. She has slipped back 74 Elo over the past 12 months. 18 rated games in the past year (≈3/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include The Atlantic City Open - U2000, 50th annual Eastern Open - U2200, and 2025 US Senior Women's Championship. She had 2 career breaks: 95 months (2014–2022) and 15 months (2022–2023). Her peak of 2030 was reached at age 47 (Jan 2001).

Awarded WIM in 2001 (age 47).

Current rating

1685

Standard

Rpd—·Blz—

All-time high

2030

−345 pts below
Jan 2001 · age 47

Activity

13

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

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

Signature stat

#115,405

#115,405 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

15 entries
2025
53rd American 70-75 player
at age 71 · rated 1770
Nov 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+90 Elo)
1759 → 1849
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 70
Mar 2024
2022
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 1759 → returned at 1748
Aug 2022
50th American 65-70 player
at age 68 · rated 1827
May 2022
2015
70th American 60-65 player
at age 61 · rated 1880
Apr 2015

Standard rating history

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

Activity & highlights

Best result
50th annual Eastern Open - U2200
perf 1976 (+253) · 3.5/5 · #84
Top opponent
vs Alexander Zheng Zhou 1,821
50th annual Eastern Open - U2200 · Dec 2025 · +2.7 Elo
Evolution
-74
1759 → 1685
Tournaments
4
26 games
Score
10.5/ 2640.4%
9W3D14L
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsAnthony Arias1,439·The Atlantic City Open - U2000·R2·-16.1
2.[L]vsSubhang Nettem1,563·The Atlantic City Open - U2000·R6·-13.4
3.[L]vsCalvin G Hori1,604·The Atlantic City Open - U2000·R1·-12.3

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
The Atlantic City Open - U2000
Open Swiss
Apr 20263.5/5#191639-38.2
50th annual Eastern Open - U2200
Open Swiss
Dec 20253.5/5#841976-6.4
2025 US Senior Women's Championship
Swiss
Nov 20250/5#101041-41.4
147th Annual New York State Championship America's Oldest Annual Tournament - U2100
Open Swiss
Aug 20253.5/3#412577+11.4
Worst Elo result: 2025 US Senior Women's Championship (-41.4 Elo, finished #10).

Rankings

/
United States of America
#3,521
out of 5,510 players
Americas
#13,913
in continent
World
#115,400
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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7
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1
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2,792
1
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2,753
4
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2,742
5
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6
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7
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7
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2,696
9
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2,656
10
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2,653
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2
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2
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