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Smythe, Bill
🇺🇸INACTIVE · since May 2025FIDE 2039460· Male· United States of America· Born in 1943
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Bill Smythe, a 83-year-old American player, is rated 1673. He plays around 9 rated games per year. His peak of 1915 was reached at age 70 (Feb 2013).
Current rating
1673
Standard
Rpd1867·Blz1714
All-time high
1915
−242 pts below
Feb 2013 · age 70
Feb 2013 · age 70
Activity
4
games / yr avg.
classical only
Occasional
Occasional
Signature stat
#119,353
#119,353 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
14 entries2025
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1673 → still inactive
May 2025
2024
11th American 80+ player
at age 81 · rated 1748
Jul 2024
Best 12-month gain (+166 Elo)
1582 → 1748
Mar 2024
2022
100 career games
at age 79
Nov 2022
2020
13th American 75-80 player
at age 77 · rated 1723
Oct 2020
2015
Re-crossed 1800
at age 72
Dec 2015
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
0
1673 → 1673
Most-Played Opponents
vsSevan A Muradian
🇺🇸USA
+4 −7 =3
14 games·last met May 2015
View head-to-head →
vsDusan Tutush
🇺🇸USA·1894
+0 −10 =1
11 games·last met Jan 2015
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vsSE Henderson
🇺🇸USA·1597
+3 −3 =1
7 games·last met Jan 2018
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vsVytautas Vitkauskas
🇺🇸USA·1828
+0 −5 =2
7 games·last met Nov 2012
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vsDavid Franklin
🇺🇸USA·1987
+0 −6 =0
6 games·last met Dec 2014
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Rankings
/
United States of America
#3,598
out of 5,411 players
Americas
#14,587
in continent
World
#120,080
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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