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Galbraith, Joe

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FIDEFIDE 2401290· Male· Scotland· Born in 1963

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Joe Galbraith, a 63-year-old Scottish player, is rated 1819. He has slipped back 79 Elo over the past 12 months. 11 rated games in the past year (≈2/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Glasgow Congress Major 2026, Ayr Major 2025, and Perth Major 2025. Also played 1 rapid and 1 blitz events (including Edinburgh Park Blitz 2025 (Sep)) recently. He had 5 career breaks: 20 months (2003–2005), 152 months (2005–2017), 22 months (2018–2020), 47 months (2020–2024, COVID-19 included) and 13 months (2024–2025). His peak of 2050 was reached at age 38 (Jan 2001); he also reached Scottish #61 in Jul 2004.

Current rating

1819

Standard

Rpd1832·Blz1854

All-time high

2050

−231 pts below
Jan 2001 · age 38

Activity

4

games / yr avg.

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

Signature stat

#70,405

#70,405 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

17 entries
2025
18th Scottish 60-65 player
at age 62 · rated 1898
Jun 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+72 Elo)
1821 → 1893
Mar 2024
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 1893 → returned at 1898
Mar 2024
2020
20th Scottish 55-60 player
at age 57 · rated 1821
Oct 2020
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 57
Mar 2020
Inactive for 47 months
paused at 1821 → returned at 1893
Mar 2020

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Vladyslav Shopynskyi 1,660
Ayr Major 2025 · Sep 2025 · +4.6 Elo
Evolution
-79
1898 → 1819
Tournaments
3
20 games
Score
7.5/ 2037.5%
6W9D5L
Top 2 wins
1.[W]vsVladyslav Shopynskyi1,660·Ayr Major 2025·R2·+4.6
2.[W]vsRichard K Dowling1,632·Ayr Major 2025·R1·+4.1
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsRowan I Oren-Woods1,459·Glasgow Congress Major 2026·R5·-17.8
2.[L]vsAlan Kovalevskij1,580·Glasgow Congress Major 2026·R4·-16.0
3.[L]vsDavid Galbraith1,723·Ayr Major 2025·R3·-14.0

Last 12 months — tournaments

3 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Glasgow Congress Major 2026
Open Swiss
Mar 20260.5/4#491306-50.4
Ayr Major 2025
Swiss
Sep 20253/4#41857-11.8
Perth Major 2025
Open Swiss
May 20254/3#23—-17.2
Worst Elo result: Glasgow Congress Major 2026 (-50.4 Elo, finished #49).

Rankings

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Scotland
#186
out of 460 players
Europe
#51,153
in continent
World
#70,405
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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Europe
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70405🇬🇧Galbraith, Joe1,819