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McCormack, Derek
🇬🇧FIDE 2406306· Male· Scotland· Born in 1981
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Derek Mccormack, a 45-year-old Scottish player, is rated 1926. He has slipped back 39 Elo over the past 12 months. 50 rated games in the past year (≈19/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Perth Congress 2026 - Open, Aberdeen Congress Open 2026, and Glasgow Congress Ken Stewart Open 2026. Also played 6 rapid (including Glasgow Polytechnic Ken Stewart Quickplay 2025) and 6 blitz events (including 2025 UK Open Blitz: Edinburgh Qualifier) recently. His peak of 1973 was reached at age 44 (Jul 2025); he also reached Scottish #57 in May 2022.
Current rating
1926
Standard
Rpd1931·Blz1812
All-time high
1973
−47 pts below
Jul 2025 · age 44
Jul 2025 · age 44
Activity
38
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
50 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#41,867
#41,867 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2025
6th Scottish 40-45 player
at age 44 · rated 1973
Jul 2025
All-time peak 1973
at age 44 · −47 from today
Jul 2025
2024
100 career games
at age 43
Apr 2024
2022
Peak Scottish rank: #57
at age 41 · rated 1837
May 2022
2020
Inactive for 24 months
paused at 1851 → returned at 1837
Apr 2020
2018
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 37
Aug 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-47
1973 → 1926
Tournaments
11
52 games
Score
28/ 5253.8%
25W9D18L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 4/7 | #11 | 1902 | -3.6 |
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 3/5 | #8 | 2003 | +12.0 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 2/5 | #39 | 1786 | -21.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/2 | #31 | 1858 | -4.6 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 2/2 | #6 | 2592 | +12.4 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4/4 | #13 | 2576 | +4.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 2/2 | #2 | 2845 | +27.2 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0/1 | #42 | 1100 | -10.2 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 2.5/4 | #33 | 1977 | -13.6 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 2/4 | #18 | 1752 | -16.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsNicolas Skettos
🇨🇾CYP·1969
+5 −8 =5
18 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsJonathan McKay
🇬🇧SCO·2030
+4 −6 =1
11 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsJainill Vadalia
🇬🇧SCO·2031
+3 −3 =2
8 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsIshan Kumar
🇬🇧SCO·1754
+6 −2 =0
8 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsWalter Burnett
🇬🇧SCO·1893
+2 −4 =1
7 games·last met Nov 2025
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Rankings
/
Scotland
#100
out of 459 players
Europe
#30,921
in continent
World
#41,866
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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