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Donovan, Michael
🇺🇸FIDE 2035413· Male· United States of America· Born in 1959
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Michael Donovan, a 67-year-old American player, is rated 1712. He has slipped back 67 Elo over the past 12 months. 12 rated games in the past year (≈5/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include TCR: Houston Fall Club Championship 2025, 2025 Austin Summer Open - Reserve, and 2025 Texas Chess Open - U1800. He had 3 career breaks: 14 months (2017–2019), 30 months (2019–2021, COVID-19 included) and 13 months (2023–2024). His peak of 1786 was reached at age 65 (Mar 2024).
Current rating
1712
Standard
Rpd—·Blz1752
All-time high
1786
−74 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 65
Mar 2024 · age 65
Activity
5
games / yr avg.
12 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#105,549
#105,549 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+136 Elo)
1643 → 1779
Sep 2024
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 65
Sep 2024
All-time peak 1786
at age 65 · −74 from today
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 1643 → returned at 1779
Jul 2023
76th American 60-65 player
at age 64 · rated 1701
Jan 2023
2021
Re-crossed 1600
at age 62
Nov 2021
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-67
1779 → 1712
Tournaments
2
15 games
Score
3/ 1520.0%
4W3D8L
Top 2 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 2.5/5 | #2 | 1573 | -20.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 0.5/3 | #53 | 1368 | -28.6 |
Rankings
/
United States of America
#3,200
out of 5,510 players
Americas
#12,609
in continent
World
#105,546
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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