What is Murray, J Stephen's FIDE rating?

Murray, J Stephen's current standard FIDE rating is 1795.

What is Murray, J Stephen's world ranking?

Murray, J Stephen is currently ranked #77,969 in the world (standard rating).

What is Murray, J Stephen's ranking in Scotland?

Murray, J Stephen is currently ranked #218 in Scotland.

What is Murray, J Stephen's continental ranking?

Murray, J Stephen is currently ranked #56,387 in their continent.

What is Murray, J Stephen's ranking in the 65-70 category?

Murray, J Stephen is ranked #19 in Scotland in the 65-70 age group.

What is Murray, J Stephen's all-time highest FIDE rating?

Murray, J Stephen's all-time peak standard rating is 2031.

When did Murray, J Stephen receive their first FIDE rating?

Murray, J Stephen first appeared in the FIDE rating list in 2005.

Which federation does Murray, J Stephen represent?

Murray, J Stephen represents Scotland (SCO).

How old is Murray, J Stephen?

Murray, J Stephen was born in 1956 and is 70 years old.

When did Murray, J Stephen reach their peak rating?

Murray, J Stephen reached their peak standard rating of 2031 in 2005, at age 49.

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Murray, J Stephen

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FIDE 2401495· Male· Scotland· Born in 1956

J Stephen Murray, a 70-year-old Scottish player, is rated 1795. He plays occasionally (7 games in the last 12 months) and had 4 career breaks: 20 months (2007–2009), 17 months (2010–2011), 12 months (2011–2012) and 29 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included). Recent appearance: 49th Guernsey International Chess Festival - Challengers Tournament. His peak of 2031 was reached at age 49 (Jan 2005, Scottish #61 at the time).

Current rating

1795

Standard

Rpd—·Blz—

All-time high

2031

−236 pts below
Jan 2005 · age 49

Activity

7

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

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

Signature stat

#77,970

#77,970 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

18 entries

2024

Best 12-month gain (+124 Elo)

1675 → 1799

Nov 2024

Re-crossed 1800

at age 68

Mar 2024

2022

12th Scottish 65-70 player

at age 66 · rated 1723

Jan 2022

2020

Inactive for 29 months

paused at 1723 → returned at 1671

Feb 2020

2017

100 career games

at age 61

Mar 2017

14th Scottish 60-65 player

at age 61 · rated 1789

Jan 2017

Standard rating history

Peak

FIDE title

Threshold

First rated

Inactive period

COVID-19

FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Top opponent

vs Terry Harnden 1,708

49th Guernsey International Chess Festival - Challengers Tournament · Oct 2025 · +7.5 Elo

Evolution

-4

1799 → 1795

Tournaments

1

7 games

Score

4/ 757.1%

2W4D1L

Top 2 wins

1.[W]vsTerry Harnden1,708·49th Guernsey International Chess Festival - Challengers Tournament·R1·+7.5

2.[W]vsJohn A Williams1,693·49th Guernsey International Chess Festival - Challengers Tournament·R7·+7.1

Top 1 loss

1.[L]vsGerda NevskaWCM1,798·49th Guernsey International Chess Festival - Challengers Tournament·R2·-9.9

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event

Event	Date	Score	Rank	Perf	Δ Elo
49th Guernsey International Chess Festival - Challengers Tournament Swiss	Oct 2025	4/7	#7	1773	-4.0	▸

Rankings

/

Scotland

#218

out of 459 players

Europe

#56,387

in continent

World

#77,969

out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe

World

Scotland

1	🇬🇧Turner, Matthew J	2,460
2	🇬🇧Waldhausen Gordon, Frederick	2,450
3	🇬🇧Greet, Andrew N	2,413
4	🇬🇧Motwani, Paul	2,399
5	🇬🇧Megalios, Konstantinos	2,385
6	🇬🇧Vijayakumar, Rishi	2,332
7	🇬🇧Abdulla, Murad	2,323
8	🇬🇧Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan	2,305
9	🇬🇧Bryson, Douglas M	2,301
10	🇬🇧Gourlay, Iain	2,276
...
218	🇬🇧Murray, J Stephen	1,795

Europe

1	🇳🇴Carlsen, Magnus	2,841
2	🇩🇪Keymer, Vincent	2,767
3	🇳🇱Giri, Anish	2,764
4	🇫🇷Firouzja, Alireza	2,744
5	🇵🇱Duda, Jan-Krzysztof	2,739
6	🇭🇺Rapport, Richard	2,729
7	🇳🇱Van Foreest, Jorden	2,728
8	🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime	2,721
9	🇦🇿Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar	2,717
10	🇹🇷Erdogmus, Yagiz Kaan	2,713
...
56387	🇬🇧Murray, J Stephen	1,795

World

1	🇳🇴Carlsen, Magnus	2,841
2	🇺🇸Nakamura, Hikaru	2,792
2	🇺🇸Caruana, Fabiano	2,792
4	🇺🇿Abdusattorov, Nodirbek	2,777
4	🇺🇿Sindarov, Javokhir	2,777
6	🇩🇪Keymer, Vincent	2,767
7	🇳🇱Giri, Anish	2,764
8	🇮🇳Erigaisi Arjun	2,761
9	🇺🇸So, Wesley	2,753
9	🇨🇳Wei, Yi	2,753
...
77969	🇬🇧Murray, J Stephen	1,795