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Botoy, James Pajo
🇨🇦FIDE 2634040· Male· Canada· Born in 1956
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James Pajo Botoy, a 70-year-old Canadian player. currently rated 1854 in Standard, career peak of 1875 (Dec 2025). He had 2 career breaks: 34 months (2019–2022), 13 months (2022–2023).
Current rating
1854
Standard
Rpd1825·Blz—
All-time high
1875
−21 pts below
Dec 2025 · age 69
Dec 2025 · age 69
Activity
17
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
18 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#463
in Canada · of 1,685
Career timeline
8 entries2025
All-time peak 1875
at age 69 · −21 from today
Dec 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+185 Elo)
1680 → 1865
Dec 2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 68
Mar 2024
2022
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 1747 → returned at 1680
Oct 2022
2019
Inactive for 34 months
paused at 1778 → returned at 1748
Jul 2019
2018
Crossed 1800
at age 62
Dec 2018
Recent Results (last 12 months)
Evolution
-11
1865 → 1854
Standard rating history
Rankings
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Canada
#463
out of 1,884 players
Americas
#6,746
in continent
World
#60,561
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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