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Smolkin, Ben Gabriel

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FIDEFIDE 2640058· Male· Canada· Born in 2006

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Ben Gabriel Smolkin, a 20-year-old Canadian player, is rated 1976 — his current career high. He is on a breakout run, having gained +133 Elo over the past 12 months. 16 rated games in the past year (≈6/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Canadian University Chess Championship Crown, 2025 Holidays Open - U2200, and 2025 ACC Hot Heads (Crown). Also played 1 rapid event (including 2025 Toronto Universities Team Competition - Board 4) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 18 months (2022–2024) and 17 months (2024–2025).

At junior level, he reached #23, #33 and #29 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.

Current rating

1976

Standard

Rpd1766·Blz—

All-time high

1976

at best
Feb 2026 · age 20

Activity

5

games / yr avg.

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

Signature stat

#31,493

#31,493 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

9 entries
2026
23rd Canadian U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1976
May 2026
Best 12-month gain (+133 Elo)
1843 → 1976
Feb 2026
All-time peak 1976
at age 20
Feb 2026
2024
Crossed 1800
at age 18
Mar 2024
Inactive for 17 months
paused at 1843 → returned at 1857
Mar 2024
2023
33rd Canadian U18 player
at age 17 · rated 1739
Jan 2023

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Best result
2025 ACC Hot Heads (Crown)
perf 2359 (+442) · 4.5/5 · #1
Top opponent
vs Amirmahdi Hosseinzadeh 2,134
2025 ACC Hot Heads (Crown) · Aug 2025 · +31.1 Elo
Evolution
+133
1843 → 1976
Tournaments
4
16 games
Score
12/ 1675.0%
11W2D3L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsAmirmahdi Hosseinzadeh2,134·2025 ACC Hot Heads (Crown)·R2·+31.1
2.[W]vsSlava Lukinykh2,072·2025 ACC Hot Heads (Crown)·R5·+28.4
3.[W]vsMax Cholakis1,927·2025 ACC Cool Moves Crown·R5·+24.0
Top 1 loss
1.[L]vsLaksshana DeepakWFM1,941·2025 Holidays Open - U2200·R2·-21.5

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2026 Canadian University Chess Championship Crown
Open Swiss
Jan 20262.5/5#23—+8.8
2025 Holidays Open - U2200
Swiss
Dec 20254/5#22121+50.4
2025 ACC Hot Heads (Crown)
Swiss
Aug 20254.5/5#12359+60.0
2025 ACC Cool Moves Crown
Swiss
Jul 20251/1#172727+13.6
Hot streak: 4 tournaments without losing Elo.

Rankings

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Canada
#215
out of 1,861 players
Americas
#3,347
in continent
World
#31,493
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Canada
1
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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Americas
1
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2,792
2
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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World
1
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2,840
2
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3
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6
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7
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9
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10
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31493🇨🇦Smolkin, Ben Gabriel1,976