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Lawless, David
🇨🇦FIDE 2604655· Male· Canada· Born in 1962
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David Lawless, a 64-year-old Canadian player, is rated 1788. He has slipped back 207 Elo over the past 12 months. 33 rated games in the past year (≈3/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 SCC Winter Swiss, 2025 SCC Jack Frost, and 2025 SCC Falling Leaves Swiss. He had 2 career breaks: 170 months (2005–2019) and 62 months (2020–2025, COVID-19 included). His peak of 2114 was reached at age 43 (Jan 2005); he also reached Canadian #69 in Apr 2022.
Current rating
1788
Standard
Rpd1939·Blz1882
All-time high
2114
−326 pts below
Jan 2005 · age 43
Jan 2005 · age 43
Activity
11
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
33 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#80,122
#80,122 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2025
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 63
Nov 2025
10th Canadian 60-65 player
at age 63 · rated 1941
Sep 2025
2022
Peak Canadian rank: #69
at age 60 · rated 1991
Apr 2022
2020
Inactive for 62 months
paused at 1991 → returned at 1941
May 2020
2019
10th Canadian 55-60 player
at age 57 · rated 2053
Oct 2019
2006
19th Canadian 40-45 player
at age 44 · rated 2114
Apr 2006
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-207
1995 → 1788
Tournaments
5
30 games
Score
16/ 3053.3%
13W6D11L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 5/7 | #9 | 1873 | +8.4 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3/6 | #6 | 1725 | -26.0 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 2.5/5 | #12 | 1623 | -29.4 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 3.5/6 | #7 | 1733 | -25.4 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 2/5 | #32 | — | -80.8 |
Rankings
/
Canada
#661
out of 1,900 players
Americas
#9,276
in continent
World
#80,120
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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