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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 1787. He has slipped back 111 Elo over the past 12 months. 17 rated games in the past year (≈2/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Perth Congress 2026 - Major, Glasgow Congress Major 2026, and Ayr Major 2025. Also played 1 rapid and 1 blitz events (including Edinburgh Park Blitz 2025 (Sep)) recently. He had 4 career breaks: 20 months (2003–2005), 152 months (2005–2017), 22 months (2018–2020) and 61 months (2020–2025, COVID-19 included). His peak of 2050 was reached at age 38 (Jan 2001); he also reached Scottish #61 in Jul 2004.

Current rating

1787

Standard

Rpd1832·Blz1854

All-time high

2050

−263 pts below
Jan 2001 · age 38

Activity

6

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

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

Signature stat

#80,438

#80,438 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

15 entries
2025
18th Scottish 60-65 player
at age 62 · rated 1898
Jun 2025
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 61 months
paused at 1821 → returned at 1898
Mar 2020
2018
Inactive for 22 months
paused at 1840 → returned at 1821
Apr 2018
2017
25th Scottish 50-55 player
at age 54 · rated 1890
Oct 2017

Standard rating history

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

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Sam Cook 1,724
Edinburgh Congress Major 2026 · Jun 2026 · +8.2 Elo
Evolution
-94
1881 → 1787
Tournaments
4
25 games
Score
7/ 2528.0%
7W12D6L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsSam Cook1,724·Edinburgh Congress Major 2026·R4·+8.2
2.[W]vsPaul Shafi1,698·Edinburgh Congress Major 2026·R1·+7.5
3.[W]vsVladyslav Shopynskyi1,660·Ayr Major 2025·R2·+4.6
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

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Perth Congress 2026 - Major
Open Swiss
May 20263.5/5#161776-24.0
Spens Cup 2026 Final
Team
May 20260/1#111092-8.0
Glasgow Congress Major 2026
Open Swiss
Mar 20260.5/4#491306-50.4
Ayr Major 2025
Swiss
Sep 20253/4#41857-11.8
Worst Elo result: Glasgow Congress Major 2026 (-50.4 Elo, finished #49).

Rankings

/
Scotland
#224
out of 459 players
Europe
#58,041
in continent
World
#80,436
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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7
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8
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10
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Europe
1
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2,841
2
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5
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7
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8
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9
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World
1
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2,841
2
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6
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2,767
7
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8
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9
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80436🇬🇧Galbraith, Joe1,787