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Ballantyne, Rochelle
🇹🇹FIDE 2058235· Female· Trinidad and Tobago· Born in 1995
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Rochelle Ballantyne, a 31-year-old player, is rated 1994 — her current career high. She is progressing steadily with +63 Elo over the past 12 months. 23 rated games in the past year (≈6/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 February Marshall Monthly FIDE - U2400, 2026 February Super Sunday FIDE Tournament, and 2025 December - 2026 February Marshall Mondays Round 6. She had 3 career breaks: 21 months (2016–2018), 57 months (2018–2023, COVID-19 included) and 18 months (2024–2026). She reached #10 nationally in Dec 2023.
Competes for Trinidad and Tobago since Nov 2025. At junior level, she reached #3 and #3 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
1994
Standard
Rpd1954·Blz—
All-time high
1994
at best
Mar 2026 · age 31
Mar 2026 · age 31
Activity
14
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
23 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#28,444
#28,444 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2026
Best 12-month gain (+63 Elo)
1931 → 1994
Mar 2026
All-time peak 1994
at age 31
Mar 2026
2025
Switched federation: USA → TTO
at age 30
Nov 2025
2024
Inactive for 18 months
paused at 1931 → returned at 1922
Jul 2024
2023
Peak national rank: #10
at age 28 · rated 1927
Dec 2023
2018
Inactive for 57 months
paused at 1955 → returned at 1958
Apr 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
2026 January-February Marshall Weekly Wednesdays U2200 Round 2-6perf 2154 (+160) · 4/5 · #2
Top opponent
Evolution
+63
1931 → 1994
Tournaments
10
24 games
Score
19.5/ 2481.3%
18W3D3L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsAleksandr Gutnik2,009·2026 January-February Marshall Weekly Wednesdays U2200 Round 2-6·R2·+10.4
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 2.5/3 | #11 | 2150 | +15.6 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 2/2 | #2 | 2428 | +6.0 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #1 | 2524 | +4.8 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 1.5/2 | #18 | 2068 | +7.0 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3/2 | #1 | 2541 | +11.0 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4/5 | #2 | 2154 | +27.8 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #3 | 2456 | +3.4 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 2.5/3 | #3 | 2108 | +13.0 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 1/2 | #4 | 1512 | -16.8 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 1/2 | #15 | 1762 | -8.8 |
Rankings
/
Trinidad and Tobago
#12
out of 187 players
Americas
#2,981
in continent
World
#28,444
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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