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Gilbert, Michael A
🇺🇸FIDE 2068036· Male· United States of America· Born in 1957
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Michael A Gilbert, a 69-year-old American player, is rated 1942 — just 25 short of his peak of 1967 (Dec 2024, age 67). He is currently in the 1900–1950 range. 18 rated games in the past year (≈11/year long-term). Recent appearances: Reykjavik Open 2026 and World Senior Chess Championships 2025 - Over 65. Also played 1 blitz event recently. He had 3 career breaks: 19 months (2016–2017), 12 months (2017–2019) and 30 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included).
Current rating
1942
Standard
Rpd—·Blz1872
All-time high
1967
−25 pts below
Dec 2024 · age 67
Dec 2024 · age 67
Activity
17
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
18 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#38,328
#38,328 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2025
100 career games
at age 68
Dec 2025
2024
All-time peak 1967
at age 67 · −25 from today
Dec 2024
2023
29th American 65-70 player
at age 66 · rated 1942
Dec 2023
Best 12-month gain (+60 Elo)
1845 → 1905
Jul 2023
2019
Inactive for 30 months
paused at 1883 → returned at 1845
Dec 2019
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 62
Jan 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-25
1967 → 1942
Tournaments
2
18 games
Score
9/ 1850.0%
8W2D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3.5/7 | #240 | 1867 | -17.6 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5.5/11 | #100 | 1948 | -7.2 |
Rankings
/
United States of America
#1,070
out of 5,510 players
Americas
#4,148
in continent
World
#38,327
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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