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Woodward, Andy
GM🇺🇸FIDE 30953499· Male· United States of America· Born in 2010
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Andy Woodward, a 16-year-old American Grandmaster, is rated 2638 and ranked 1st among American players under 16, and 85th worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +68 Elo over the past 12 months. 74 rated games in the past year (≈93/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Saint Louis Masters, Tata Steel Chess 2026 - Challengers, and FIDE World Cup 2025. Also played 1 blitz event (including The American Cup 2026 - Blitz) recently. He reached World #88 in Apr 2026.
Awarded GM in 2024 (age 14), IM in 2022 (age 12), and FM in 2021 (age 11). At junior level, he reached World #1 in U12, World #2 in U16, World #2 in U14, World #13 in U10 and World #27 in U8.
Current rating
2638
Standard
Rpd2521·Blz2496
All-time high
2638
at best
Jun 2026 · age 16
Jun 2026 · age 16
Activity
89
games / yr avg. · ≈7/mo
72 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
#1
#1 · American players under 16 · of 590
Career timeline
20 entries2026
2nd U16 player worldwide
at age 16 · rated 2638
Jun 2026
Peak World rank: #88
at age 16 · rated 2635
Apr 2026
All-time peak 2635
at age 16
Apr 2026
Peak American rank: #13
at age 16 · rated 2631
Mar 2026
2025
Crossed 2600
at age 15
Nov 2025
2024
2nd U14 player worldwide
at age 14 · rated 2545
Sep 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+71
2567 → 2638
Tournaments
7
64 games
Score
40/ 6462.5%
27W26D11L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | May 2026 | 3/7 | #6 | 2667 | +2.7 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5.5/9 | #14 | 2640 | +4.3 |
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 10/13 | #1 | 2748 | +23.3 |
Knockout | Nov 2025 | 2.5/4 | R64 | 2662 | +3.2 |
Round-Robin | Oct 2025 | 5.5/11 | #6 | 2693 | +15.3 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 7/11 | #6 | 2779 | +33.4 |
Round-Robin | Jul 2025 | 6.5/9 | #1 | 2646 | +9.2 |
Hot streak: 7 tournaments without losing Elo.
Most-Played Opponents
vsRyo ChenIM
🇺🇸USA·2394
+3 −2 =3
8 games·last met Feb 2025
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vsSharvesh DeviprasathFM
🇺🇸USA·2426
+3 −1 =3
7 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsZurab JavakhadzeIM
🇬🇪GEO·2423
+2 −4 =0
6 games·last met Oct 2022
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vsDhruv Karthik
🇺🇸USA·1841
+4 −0 =2
6 games·last met Sep 2021
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vsGrayson RorrerIM
🇺🇸USA·2408
+2 −2 =1
5 games·last met Jul 2025
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Rankings
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United States of America
#13
out of 5,510 players
Americas
#14
in continent
World
#85
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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