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Murray, William

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FIDEFIDE 2067242· Male· United States of America· Born in 1952

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William Murray, a 74-year-old American player, is rated 1814. He has slipped back 60 Elo over the past 12 months. 24 rated games in the past year (≈18/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2025 Chicago Fall Open - U2100, 2025 South Dakota Governor's Cup, and 2025 U.S. Senior Open Championship. He took a 15-month break between Dec 2014 and Apr 2016. His peak of 1915 was reached at age 69 (Jul 2021).

Current rating

1814

Standard

Rpd—·Blz—

All-time high

1915

−101 pts below
Jul 2021 · age 69

Activity

19

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

17 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#72,011

#72,011 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

12 entries
2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 72
Mar 2024
2023
19th American 70-75 player
at age 71 · rated 1850
Jan 2023
2021
100 career games
at age 69
Sep 2021
All-time peak 1915
at age 69 · −101 from today
Jul 2021
2019
39th American 65-70 player
at age 67 · rated 1904
Aug 2019
2017
55th American 60-65 player
at age 65 · rated 1869
Dec 2017

Standard rating history

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

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs John FedorowiczGM 2,335
2025 U.S. Senior Open Championship · Jul 2025 · +8.7 Elo
Evolution
-60
1874 → 1814
Tournaments
4
21 games
Score
9/ 2142.9%
6W6D9L

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
35th Annual Chicago Open - U2100
Open Swiss
May 20263/7#561728-21.2
2025 Chicago Fall Open - U2100
Swiss
Oct 20252/4#161599-24.0
2025 South Dakota Governor's Cup
Open Swiss
Sep 20252/2#262931-15.0
2025 U.S. Senior Open Championship
Open Swiss
Jul 20252/4#432010-0.2
Worst Elo result: 2025 Chicago Fall Open - U2100 (-24.0 Elo, finished #16).

Most-Played Opponents

vsDane Zagar
🇺🇸USA·1940
+4 −1 =3
8 games·last met Mar 2023
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vsEddie Wasserman
🇺🇸USA·1827
+2 −5 =0
7 games·last met Oct 2023
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vsOkechukwu Iwu
🇺🇸USA·1991
+0 −4 =3
7 games·last met Jun 2022
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vsDaniel Voje
🇺🇸USA·1869
+2 −2 =3
7 games·last met Dec 2021
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vsAshton Jin
🇺🇸USA·2176
+1 −3 =1
5 games·last met Jan 2019
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Rankings

/
United States of America
#2,077
out of 5,510 players
Americas
#8,240
in continent
World
#72,010
out of 400,000+

National ranking

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