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Murdochy, Shivan
🇬🇧FIDE 2402998· Male· Scotland· Born in 1995
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Shivan Murdochy, a 31-year-old Scottish player, is rated 1988 — his current career high. He plays occasionally (5 games in the last 12 months) and had 4 career breaks: 13 months (2012–2013), 75 months (2013–2020), 36 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included) and 14 months (2025–2026). Recent appearance: Glasgow Congress Ken Stewart Open 2026. He reached Scottish #74 in Jan 2025.
At junior level, he reached #5, #4, #3 and #4 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
1988
Standard
Rpd1920·Blz1932
All-time high
1988
at best
Apr 2026 · age 31
Apr 2026 · age 31
Activity
5
games / yr avg.
5 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#29,444
#29,444 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
14 entries2026
All-time peak 1988
at age 31
Apr 2026
2025
Peak Scottish rank: #74
at age 30 · rated 1981
Jan 2025
Best 12-month gain (+95 Elo)
1886 → 1981
Jan 2025
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 1981 → returned at 1988
Jan 2025
2020
Inactive for 36 months
paused at 1887 → returned at 1886
Mar 2020
2014
5th Scottish U20 player
at age 19 · rated 1873
Sep 2014
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Evolution
+7
1981 → 1988
Tournaments
1
5 games
Score
3/ 560.0%
3W0D2L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3/5 | #22 | 2048 | +6.6 |
Rankings
/
Scotland
#75
out of 460 players
Europe
#21,759
in continent
World
#29,444
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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