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Swanson, Stephen

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FIDEFIDE 2400251· Male· Scotland

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Stephen Swanson, a Scottish player, is rated 2145 and sitting in the top 5% of players worldwide. He is currently in the 2100–2150 range. 16 rated games in the past year (≈7/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2025-26 4NCL Division 2 Rounds 7-8, 2025-26 4NCL Division 2 Rounds 5-6, and 2025-26 4NCL Division 2 Rounds 3-4. He had 3 career breaks: 13 months (2011–2012), 17 months (2015–2016) and 42 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included). His peak of 2291 was reached (Jul 2002, Scottish #15 at the time).

Current rating

2145

Standard

Rpd2126·Blz—

All-time high

2291

−146 pts below
Jul 2002

Activity

11

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

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

Signature stat

Top 5%

#11,628 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

13 entries
2019
Inactive for 42 months
paused at 2187 → returned at 2191
May 2019
2018
Re-crossed 2200
Mar 2018
2015
Inactive for 17 months
paused at 2198 → returned at 2185
Jun 2015
Re-crossed 2200
Apr 2015
2014
100 career games
Jun 2014
2011
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 2277 → returned at 2253
Jul 2011

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Ioan ReesFM 2,263
2025-26 4NCL Division 2 Rounds 3-4 · Jan 2026 · +13.2 Elo
Evolution
-11
2156 → 2145
Tournaments
5
16 games
Score
9/ 1656.3%
5W8D3L

Last 12 months — tournaments

5 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
FIDE World Senior Team Championships 2026 - Open S65
Team
Apr 20264/8#1222074-17.4
2025-26 4NCL Division 2 Rounds 7-8
Team
Mar 20262/2#82918+18.6
2025-26 4NCL Division 2 Rounds 5-6
Team
Feb 20261/2#582083-4.4
2025-26 4NCL Division 2 Rounds 3-4
Team
Jan 20261.5/2#222331+10.2
2025-26 4NCL Division 2 Rounds 1-2
Team
Nov 20250.5/2#781757-19.4
Worst Elo result: 2025-26 4NCL Division 2 Rounds 1-2 (-19.4 Elo, finished #78).

Rankings

Scotland
#31
out of 459 players
Europe
#8,337
in continent
World
#11,628
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Scotland
1
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2
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3
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2,413
4
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2,399
5
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2,385
6
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2,332
7
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2,323
8
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2,305
9
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2,301
10
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2,276
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31🇬🇧Swanson, Stephen2,145
Europe
1
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2,841
2
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2,767
3
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2,764
4
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2,744
5
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2,739
6
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2,729
7
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2,728
8
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2,721
9
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2,717
10
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2,713
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8337🇬🇧Swanson, Stephen2,145
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
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2,777
4
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2,777
6
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
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2,764
8
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2,761
9
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2,753
9
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2,753
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11628🇬🇧Swanson, Stephen2,145