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Sandham, Alasdair

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FIDEFIDE 2408201· Male· Scotland· Born in 2006

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Alasdair Sandham, a 20-year-old Scottish player, is rated 1641 — his current career high. He plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 43 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included) and 13 months (2024–2025). Recent standard appearances include Glasgow Congress Major 2026, Scottish Championship Weekday U1800 2025, and Perth Major 2025. Also played 1 blitz event (including Perth Blitz 2025) recently.

At junior level, he reached #5, #5, #4, #3 and #2 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.

Current rating

1641

Standard

Rpd—·Blz1717

All-time high

1641

at best
Apr 2026 · age 20

Activity

4

games / yr avg.

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

Signature stat

#131,026

#131,026 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

14 entries
2026
All-time peak 1641
at age 20
Apr 2026
2025
5th Scottish U20 player
at age 19 · rated 1622
Sep 2025
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Aug 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+259 Elo)
1352 → 1611
Nov 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 18
Mar 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 18
Mar 2024

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Rhys McCall 1,848
Glasgow Congress Major 2026 · Mar 2026 · +15.3 Elo
Evolution
+40
1601 → 1641
Tournaments
3
18 games
Score
9.5/ 1852.8%
7W5D6L

Last 12 months — tournaments

3 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Glasgow Congress Major 2026
Open Swiss
Mar 20263/2#252565+18.6
Scottish Championship Weekday U1800 2025
Swiss
Jul 20253/4#131890+14.4
Perth Major 2025
Open Swiss
May 20253.5/3#25—+7.2
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.

Rankings

/
Scotland
#325
out of 460 players
Europe
#89,539
in continent
World
#131,020
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Scotland
1
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2,456
2
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2,450
3
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2,413
4
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2,399
5
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2,385
6
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2,334
7
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2,323
8
🇬🇧Arakhamia-Grant, KetevanFollow Ketevan Arakhamia-GrantTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,306
9
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2,294
10
🇬🇧Gourlay, IainFollow Iain GourlayTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,278
...
325🇬🇧Sandham, Alasdair1,641
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
3
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2,759
3
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
5
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2,739
6
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2,735
7
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2,729
8
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2,717
8
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2,717
10
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2,708
...
89539🇬🇧Sandham, Alasdair1,641
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
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2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
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2,753
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131020🇬🇧Sandham, Alasdair1,641