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Lawless, David

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FIDEFIDE 2604655· Male· Canada· Born in 1962

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David Lawless, a 64-year-old Canadian player, is rated 1780. He has slipped back 215 Elo over the past 12 months. 26 rated games in the past year (≈2/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 SCC Winter Swiss, 2025 SCC Jack Frost, and 2025 SCC Falling Leaves Swiss. He had 3 career breaks: 170 months (2005–2019), 45 months (2020–2024, COVID-19 included) and 16 months (2024–2025). His peak of 2114 was reached at age 43 (Jan 2005); he also reached Canadian #69 in Apr 2022.

Current rating

1780

Standard

Rpd1939·Blz1882

All-time high

2114

−334 pts below
Jan 2005 · age 43

Activity

9

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

26 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#82,566

#82,566 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

13 entries
2025
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 63
Nov 2025
10th Canadian 60-65 player
at age 63 · rated 1941
Sep 2025
2024
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 1995 → returned at 1941
Mar 2024
2022
Peak Canadian rank: #69
at age 60 · rated 1991
Apr 2022
2020
Inactive for 45 months
paused at 1991 → returned at 1995
May 2020
2019
10th Canadian 55-60 player
at age 57 · rated 2053
Oct 2019

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Merlin Nazareno 1,850
2025 SCC Falling Leaves Swiss · Oct 2025 · +10.4 Elo
Evolution
-215
1995 → 1780
Tournaments
4
22 games
Score
11/ 2250.0%
9W4D9L
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsBrady Chen1,532·2025 SCC Falling Leaves Swiss·R5·-17.0
2.[L]vsArkadiy Ugodnikov1,628·2025 SCC Jack Frost·R4·-14.7
3.[L]vsDavid Southam1,817·2025 SCC Falling Leaves Swiss·R3·-10.5

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2026 SCC Winter Swiss
Swiss
Feb 20263/6#61725-26.0
2025 SCC Jack Frost
Swiss
Dec 20252.5/5#121623-29.4
2025 SCC Falling Leaves Swiss
Swiss
Oct 20253.5/6#71733-25.4
2025 SCC Howard Ridout Swiss
Open Swiss
Sep 20252/5#32—-80.8
Worst Elo result: 2025 SCC Howard Ridout Swiss (-80.8 Elo, finished #32).

Rankings

/
Canada
#671
out of 1,861 players
Americas
#9,616
in continent
World
#82,565
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Canada
1
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2
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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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2,453
7
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2,443
8
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2,434
9
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2,427
10
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2,414
...
671🇨🇦Lawless, David1,780
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
...
9616🇨🇦Lawless, David1,780
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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2,753
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82565🇨🇦Lawless, David1,780