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Gordon, David

CM🇨🇦

FIDEFIDE 2602431· Male· Canada· Born in 1973

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David Gordon, a 53-year-old Canadian Candidate Master, is rated 1970. He plays occasionally (7 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 13 months (2010–2011), 16 months (2013–2015) and 28 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included). Recent appearances: 2025 National Capital Open and 2025 Eastern Ontario Open. His peak of 2269 was reached at age 36 (Nov 2009, Canadian #40 at the time).

Awarded CM in 2007 (age 34).

Current rating

1970

Standard

Rpd—·Blz—

All-time high

2269

−299 pts below
Nov 2009 · age 36

Activity

15

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

3 past 12 mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#32,674

#32,674 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

17 entries
2024
7th Canadian 50-55 player
at age 51 · rated 2056
Jun 2024
2020
Inactive for 28 months
paused at 2116 → returned at 2123
Feb 2020
2019
6th Canadian 45-50 player
at age 46 · rated 2189
Jan 2019
2017
3rd Canadian 40-45 player
at age 44 · rated 2223
Nov 2017
Re-crossed 2200
at age 44
Nov 2017
Re-crossed 2200
at age 44
Feb 2017

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Evolution
-22
1992 → 1970
Tournaments
1
4 games
Score
1/ 425.0%
0W2D2L
Top wins
No noteworthy wins (no Elo gained on any game).
Top 2 losses
1.[L]vsAlessio Di Matteo1,909·2025 National Capital Open·R3·-11.7
2.[L]vsBator SambuevGM2,541·2025 National Capital Open·R2·-0.7

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2025 National Capital Open
Swiss
Oct 20251/3#261783-21.8
Worst Elo result: 2025 National Capital Open (-21.8 Elo, finished #26).

Most-Played Opponents

vsBator SambuevGM
🇨🇦CAN·2419
+3 −16 =1
20 games·last met Nov 2025
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vsSvitlana DemchenkoWIM
🇨🇦CAN·2159
+3 −2 =4
9 games·last met Dec 2024
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vsSaeid Sadeghi
🇨🇦CAN·1953
+5 −1 =2
8 games·last met Nov 2019
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vsWilliam G. Doubleday
🇨🇦CAN·1957
+3 −1 =3
7 games·last met Jan 2018
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vsOlivier-Kenta Chiku-RatteIM
🇨🇦CAN·2350
+0 −5 =1
6 games·last met Nov 2024
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Rankings

/
Canada
#237
out of 1,900 players
Americas
#3,473
in continent
World
#32,673
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Canada
1
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2,533
2
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2,513
3
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2,485
4
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2,470
5
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2,459
6
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2,454
6
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2,454
8
🇨🇦Krnan, TomasFollow Tomas KrnanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,427
9
🇨🇦Sambuev, BatorFollow Bator SambuevTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,419
10
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2,414
...
237🇨🇦Gordon, David1,970
Americas
1
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2,792
1
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2,792
3
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
4
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2,742
5
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2,732
6
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2,724
7
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2,696
7
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2,696
9
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2,656
10
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2,653
...
3473🇨🇦Gordon, David1,970
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
4
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2,777
4
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2,777
6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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2,761
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
9
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2,753
...
32673🇨🇦Gordon, David1,970