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Cotton, Paul

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FIDEFIDE 26085682· Male· France· Born in 1949

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Paul Cotton, a 77-year-old French player, is rated 1537. He has slipped back 38 Elo over the past 12 months. 13 rated games in the past year (≈15/year long-term). Recent appearance: Open CEA 2025-2026 r8-9. Also played 5 blitz events (including Blitz mensuel d'Aubagne - Avril 2026) recently. He took a 12-month break between May 2024 and Jun 2025. His peak of 1593 was reached at age 75 (Mar 2024).

Current rating

1537

Standard

Rpd1561·Blz1524

All-time high

1593

−56 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 75

Activity

9

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

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

Signature stat

#170,436

#170,436 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

14 entries
2024
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1575 → returned at 1569
May 2024
Best 12-month gain (+289 Elo)
1304 → 1593
Apr 2024
Re-crossed 1500
at age 75
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1400
at age 75
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1593
at age 75 · −56 from today
Mar 2024
2019
100 career games
at age 70
Dec 2019

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Alex Rocchia 1,480
Open CEA 2025-2026 r3-4 · Nov 2025 · +7.6 Elo
Evolution
-32
1569 → 1537
Tournaments
4
9 games
Score
3/ 933.3%
4W0D5L
Top 1 win
1.[W]vsAlex Rocchia1,480·Open CEA 2025-2026 r3-4·R3·+7.6
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsArmand Khojasteh1,504·Open CEA 2025-2026 r5-7·R6·-11.4
2.[L]vsEvan Camus1,505·Open CEA 2025-2026 r8-9·R8·-10.9
3.[L]vsGuy Gomez1,684·Open CEA 2025-2026 r3-4·R4·-6.7

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Open CEA 2025-2026 r8-9
Open Swiss
Mar 20260/2#31817-16.8
Open CEA 2025-2026 r5-7
Open Swiss
Jan 20262/1#272304-11.6
Open CEA 2025-2026 r3-4
Open Swiss
Nov 20251/2#81582+0.6
Open CEA 2025-2026 r2
Open Swiss
Nov 20250/1#16977-4.6
Worst Elo result: Open CEA 2025-2026 r8-9 (-16.8 Elo, finished #31).

Rankings

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France
#13,430
out of 24,420 players
Europe
#110,030
in continent
World
#170,404
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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World
France
1
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2
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2,717
3
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2,626
4
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2,618
5
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2,613
6
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2,610
6
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2,610
8
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2,596
9
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2,557
10
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2,556
...
13430🇫🇷Cotton, Paul1,537
Europe
1
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2,840
2
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2,767
3
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2,759
3
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2,759
5
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2,739
6
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2,735
7
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2,729
8
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2,717
8
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2,717
10
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2,708
...
110030🇫🇷Cotton, Paul1,537
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
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
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2,753
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170404🇫🇷Cotton, Paul1,537