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Barker, Shawn
🇧🇸FIDE 30963125· Male· Bahamas· Born in 1976
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Shawn Barker, a 50-year-old player, is rated 1664 — his current career high. He plays occasionally (5 games in the last 12 months) and took a 15-month break between Mar 2024 and Jul 2025. Recent appearance: Orjan Lindroth Memorial 2025 - U2000. He reached #7 nationally in May 2022 and spent 14 months in top 10.
Competes for Bahamas since Mar 2023.
Current rating
1664
Standard
Rpd—·Blz—
All-time high
1664
at best
Mar 2026 · age 50
Mar 2026 · age 50
Activity
6
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
5 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#122,926
#122,926 · players worldwide · of 218,279
14 months in National top 10 (2022–2023)
14 months in National top 10 (2022–2023)
Career timeline
14 entries2026
All-time peak 1664
at age 50
Mar 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+224 Elo)
1438 → 1662
Jul 2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 48
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1500
at age 48
Mar 2024
Inactive for 15 months
paused at 1662 → returned at 1658
Mar 2024
2023
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 47
Jul 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+6
1658 → 1664
Tournaments
1
7 games
Score
4/ 757.1%
4W0D3L
Top 2 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Jun 2025 | 4/6 | #6 | 1828 | +1.6 |
Rankings
/
Bahamas
#16
out of 29 players
Americas
#14,934
in continent
World
#122,920
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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