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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 slipped back 46 Elo over the past 12 months. 10 rated games in the past year (≈11/year long-term). Recent appearances: 2025 Holidays Open - U2000 and 2025 Ontario Open Chess Championships U2000. He had 3 career breaks: 12 months (2016–2017), 33 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 14 months (2024–2025). 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

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

Signature stat

#80,665

#80,665 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

16 entries
2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 78
Mar 2024
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 1832 → returned at 1809
Mar 2024
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

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Dharsan Satish Alwar 1,727
2025 Holidays Open - U2000 · Dec 2025 · +8.3 Elo
Evolution
-23
1809 → 1786
Tournaments
2
11 games
Score
4.5/ 1140.9%
4W1D6L

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2025 Holidays Open - U2000
Swiss
Dec 20252/5#191643-23.0
2025 Ontario Open Chess Championships U2000
Open Swiss
May 20252.5/5#371615-23.4
Worst Elo result: 2025 Ontario Open Chess Championships U2000 (-23.4 Elo, finished #37).

Rankings

/
Canada
#654
out of 1,861 players
Americas
#9,375
in continent
World
#80,664
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Canada
1
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3
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4
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5
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2,454
6
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7
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8
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2,434
9
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2,427
10
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2,414
...
654🇨🇦Finlay, Ian1,786
Americas
1
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2,792
2
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2,788
3
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2,754
4
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2,732
5
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2,728
6
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2,724
7
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2,718
8
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2,696
9
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2,656
10
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2,653
...
9375🇨🇦Finlay, Ian1,786
World
1
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2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
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2,780
5
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2,776
6
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2,767
7
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2,759
7
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2,759
9
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2,754
10
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80664🇨🇦Finlay, Ian1,786