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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 2162 and sitting in the top 5% of players worldwide. He plays occasionally (8 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 13 months (2011–2012), 17 months (2015–2016) and 42 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included). 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. His peak of 2291 was reached (Jul 2002, Scottish #15 at the time).

Current rating

2162

Standard

Rpd2126·Blz—

All-time high

2291

−129 pts below
Jul 2002

Activity

9

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

8 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

Top 5%

#10,418 · players worldwide · of 216,808

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

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Ioan ReesFM 2,263
2025-26 4NCL Division 2 Rounds 3-4 · Jan 2026 · +13.2 Elo
Evolution
+6
2156 → 2162
Tournaments
4
16 games
Score
5/ 1631.3%
5W8D3L

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
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
#29
out of 460 players
Europe
#7,429
in continent
World
#10,418
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Scotland
1
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2,456
2
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2,450
3
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2,413
4
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2,399
5
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2,385
6
🇬🇧Vijayakumar, RishiFollow Rishi VijayakumarTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,334
7
🇬🇧Abdulla, MuradFollow Murad AbdullaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,323
8
🇬🇧Arakhamia-Grant, KetevanFollow Ketevan Arakhamia-GrantTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,306
9
🇬🇧Bryson, Douglas MFollow Douglas M BrysonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,294
10
🇬🇧Gourlay, IainFollow Iain GourlayTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,278
...
29🇬🇧Swanson, Stephen2,162
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
3
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
3
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
5
🇵🇱Duda, Jan-KrzysztofFollow Jan-Krzysztof DudaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
6
🇳🇱Van Foreest, JordenFollow Jorden Van ForeestTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,735
7
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2,729
8
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeFollow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
8
🇦🇿Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarFollow Shakhriyar MamedyarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
10
🇹🇷Erdogmus, Yagiz KaanFollow Yagiz Kaan ErdogmusTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,708
...
7429🇬🇧Swanson, Stephen2,162
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
3
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,788
4
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2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
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10418🇬🇧Swanson, Stephen2,162