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Finlay, Ian

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FIDEFIDE 2604302· Male· Canada· Born in 1946

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Ian Finlay, a 80-year-old Canadian player, is rated 1786. He has held steady between 1750 and 1800 for 6 months. 10 rated games in the past year (≈11/year long-term). Recent appearance: 2025 Holidays Open - U2000. He had 3 career breaks: 12 months (2016–2017), 33 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 17 months (2023–2025). His peak of 1932 was reached at age 66 (Dec 2012).

Current rating

1786

Standard

Rpd—·Blz—

All-time high

1932

−146 pts below
Dec 2012 · age 66

Activity

9

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

5 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#80,760

#80,760 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

16 entries
2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 78
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 17 months
paused at 1720 → returned at 1809
Dec 2023
2022
3rd Canadian 75-80 player
at age 76 · rated 1757
Sep 2022
2019
Inactive for 33 months
paused at 1787 → returned at 1754
Oct 2019
100 career games
at age 73
Jan 2019
2017
5th Canadian 70-75 player
at age 71 · rated 1861
Jul 2017

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Dharsan Satish Alwar 1,727
2025 Holidays Open - U2000 · Dec 2025 · +8.3 Elo
Evolution
-23
1809 → 1786
Tournaments
1
5 games
Score
2/ 540.0%
2W0D3L
Top 2 wins
1.[W]vsDharsan Satish Alwar1,727·2025 Holidays Open - U2000·R1·+8.3
2.[W]vsMarc Flores1,665·2025 Holidays Open - U2000·R3·+6.7
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsRyan Ting1,683·2025 Holidays Open - U2000·R5·-12.9
2.[L]vsChetan Reddy Sama1,697·2025 Holidays Open - U2000·R4·-12.5
3.[L]vsYuming (Jerry) Li1,792·2025 Holidays Open - U2000·R2·-9.8

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2025 Holidays Open - U2000
Swiss
Dec 20252/5#191643-23.0
Worst Elo result: 2025 Holidays Open - U2000 (-23.0 Elo, finished #19).

Most-Played Opponents

vsIstvan Kiss
🇨🇦CAN·1847
+4 −2 =2
8 games·last met Aug 2019
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vsRalph Deline
🇨🇦CAN·1849
+1 −5 =0
6 games·last met Aug 2018
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vsWilliam G. Doubleday
🇨🇦CAN·1957
+0 −5 =1
6 games·last met Aug 2017
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vsRichard Glew
🇨🇦CAN·1745
+5 −0 =0
5 games·last met Aug 2015
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Rankings

/
Canada
#667
out of 1,900 players
Americas
#9,374
in continent
World
#80,758
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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6
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8
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10
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Americas
1
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1
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4
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5
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6
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7
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7
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9
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2,656
10
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9374🇨🇦Finlay, Ian1,786
World
1
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2,841
2
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2
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8
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9
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9
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