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Robson, Ray

Robson, Ray

GM🇺🇸

FIDEFIDE 2023970· Male· United States of America· Born in 1994

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Ray Robson, a 32-year-old American Grandmaster, is rated 2653 and ranked 10th among American players, and 62nd worldwide. He has slipped back 34 Elo over the past 12 months. 42 rated games in the past year (≈52/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include The American Cup 2026 - Open Champions Bracket, FIDE World Cup 2025, and 2025 US Championship. Also played 2 rapid (including FIDE World Rapid Championship 2025) and 2 blitz events (including FIDE World Blitz Championship 2025) recently. His peak of 2704 was reached at age 29 (Apr 2023); he also reached World #31 in Sep 2024 and has been in the world top 100 for 127 months and counting (6 consecutive years on his current run).

Awarded GM in 2010 (age 16), IM in 2008 (age 14), and FM in 2005 (age 11). At junior level, he reached World #4 in U20, World #3 in U18, World #4 in U16, World #2 in U14 and World #11 in U12.

Current rating

2653

Standard

Rpd2637·Blz2620

All-time high

2704

−51 pts below
Apr 2023 · age 29

Activity

39

games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo

35 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

#10

#10 · American players · of 5,026
World top 100 since Sep 2019

Career timeline

27 entries
2026
127 months in world top 100 (ongoing)
longest streak 82 months · since Feb 2015
Jun 2026
2024
Re-crossed 2700
at age 30
Nov 2024
Peak World rank: #31
at age 30 · rated 2700
Sep 2024
Re-crossed 2700
at age 30
Jun 2024
2023
1,000 career games
at age 29
Aug 2023
All-time peak 2704
at age 29 · −51 from today
Apr 2023

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Fabiano CaruanaGM 2,789
2025 US Championship · Oct 2025 · +1.8 Elo
Evolution
-34
2687 → 2653
Tournaments
5
35 games
Score
14.5/ 3541.4%
2W25D8L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsSantosh Gujrathi ViditGM2,720·Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025·R2·+5.7
2.[W]vsDaniel DardhaGM2,624·FIDE Grand Swiss 2025·R5·+4.4
3.[D]vsFabiano CaruanaGM2,789·2025 US Championship·R8·+1.8
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsIvan ZemlyanskiiGM2,585·FIDE World Cup 2025·R3·-5.9
2.[L]vsAlexandr PredkeGM2,609·FIDE Grand Swiss 2025·R2·-5.8
3.[L]vsNihal SarinGM2,692·Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025·R7·-4.7

Last 12 months — tournaments

5 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
The American Cup 2026 - Open Champions Bracket
Knockout
Mar 20261/2QF2753+2.8
FIDE World Cup 2025
Knockout
Nov 20250.5/2R2562394-7.0
2025 US Championship
Round-Robin
Oct 20254.5/11#92622-6.6
FIDE Grand Swiss 2025
Open Swiss
Sep 20255.5/11#512612-9.5
Quantbox Chennai Grand Masters 2025
Round-Robin
Aug 20253/9#102582-13.2

Most-Played Opponents

vsVaruzhan AkobianGM
🇺🇸USA·2553
+16 −12 =11
39 games·last met May 2025
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vsWesley SoGM
🇺🇸USA·2753
+5 −12 =18
35 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsSam ShanklandGM
🇺🇸USA·2647
+5 −6 =16
27 games·last met Oct 2025
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vsLeinier Dominguez PerezGM
🇺🇸USA·2732
+6 −12 =8
26 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsFabiano CaruanaGM
🇺🇸USA·2792
+1 −9 =16
26 games·last met Oct 2025
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Rankings

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United States of America
#10
out of 5,510 players
Americas
#10
in continent
World
#62
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
United States of America
1
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2,792
1
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2,792
3
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2,753
4
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2,742
5
🇺🇸Dominguez Perez, LeinierFollow Leinier Dominguez PerezTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,732
6
🇺🇸Aronian, LevonFollow Levon AronianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,724
7
🇺🇸Liang, AwonderFollow Awonder LiangTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,696
7
🇺🇸Sevian, SamuelFollow Samuel SevianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,696
9
🇺🇸Xiong, JefferyFollow Jeffery XiongTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,656
102,653
Americas
1
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
1
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
3
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
4
🇺🇸Niemann, Hans MokeFollow Hans Moke NiemannTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,742
5
🇺🇸Dominguez Perez, LeinierFollow Leinier Dominguez PerezTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,732
6
🇺🇸Aronian, LevonFollow Levon AronianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,724
7
🇺🇸Liang, AwonderFollow Awonder LiangTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,696
7
🇺🇸Sevian, SamuelFollow Samuel SevianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,696
9
🇺🇸Xiong, JefferyFollow Jeffery XiongTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,656
102,653
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
2
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
4
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
6
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
8
🇮🇳Erigaisi ArjunFollow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,761
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
9
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2,753
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