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McCormack, Derek

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FIDEFIDE 2406306· Male· Scotland· Born in 1981

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Derek Mccormack, a 45-year-old Scottish player, is rated 1930. He has slipped back 35 Elo over the past 12 months. 43 rated games in the past year (≈19/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Aberdeen Congress Open 2026, Glasgow Congress Ken Stewart Open 2026, and 2025-26 SNCL Division 1 Rounds 7 and 8. Also played 6 rapid (including Glasgow Polytechnic Ken Stewart Quickplay 2025) and 5 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

1930

Standard

Rpd1931·Blz1848

All-time high

1973

−43 pts below
Jul 2025 · age 44

Activity

37

games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo

43 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

#41,004

#41,004 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

10 entries
2025
6th Scottish 40-45 player
at age 44 · rated 1973
Jul 2025
All-time peak 1973
at age 44 · −43 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

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Best result
Aberdeen Congress Open 2026
perf 2003 (+73) · 3/5 · #8
Top opponent
vs Edwin A Spencer 2,110
2025-26 SNCL Division 1 Rounds 3 and 4 · Nov 2025 · +14.8 Elo
Best comeback
2025-26 SNCL Division 1 Rounds 3 and 4
finished #2 (seeded #36 of 50)
Evolution
-35
1965 → 1930
Tournaments
11
48 games
Score
28.5/ 4859.4%
25W7D16L

Last 12 months — tournaments

9 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Aberdeen Congress Open 2026
Swiss
Apr 20263/5#82003+12.0
Glasgow Congress Ken Stewart Open 2026
Open Swiss
Mar 20262/5#391786-21.6
2025-26 SNCL Division 1 Rounds 7 and 8
Team
Mar 20261/2#311858-4.6
2025-26 SNCL Division 1 Rounds 5 and 6
Team
Feb 20262/2#62592+12.4
Hamilton Open 2026
Open Swiss
Jan 20264/4#132576+4.8
Worst Elo result: Glasgow Congress Ken Stewart Open 2026 (-21.6 Elo, finished #39).

Rankings

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Scotland
#102
out of 460 players
Europe
#30,259
in continent
World
#41,004
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
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5
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7
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8
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8
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10
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30259🇬🇧McCormack, Derek1,930
World
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2
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7
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41004🇬🇧McCormack, Derek1,930