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Elkington, Derek

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FIDEFIDE 3212564· Male· Australia· Born in 1971

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Derek Elkington, a 55-year-old Australian player, is rated 1840. He has held steady between 1800 and 1850 for 6 months. 20 rated games in the past year (≈12/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Perth Club Championship Rounds 3-6, 2026 Perth Club Championship Rounds 1-2, and 2025 Norbert Muller Cup Group A Rounds 3-5 plus postponed. Also played 2 rapid events recently. He had 2 career breaks: 52 months (2011–2015) and 28 months (2021–2024). His peak of 2090 was reached at age 38 (Nov 2009); he also reached Australian #85 in Sep 2010.

Current rating

1840

Standard

Rpd1826·Blz1887

All-time high

2090

−250 pts below
Nov 2009 · age 38

Activity

24

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

20 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#64,208

#64,208 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

13 entries
2024
Best 12-month gain (+73 Elo)
1819 → 1892
Apr 2024
2022
8th Australian 50-55 player
at age 51 · rated 1819
Apr 2022
2021
Inactive for 28 months
paused at 1819 → returned at 1881
Oct 2021
2020
100 career games
at age 49
Oct 2020
5th Australian 45-50 player
at age 49 · rated 1902
Sep 2020
2016
8th Australian 40-45 player
at age 45 · rated 1973
Jan 2016

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Jacob Gibson 1,927
2025 Norbert Muller Cup Group A Rounds 3-5 plus postponed · Nov 2025 · +12.2 Elo
Evolution
-26
1866 → 1840
Tournaments
9
19 games
Score
9/ 1947.4%
7W4D8L

Last 12 months — tournaments

9 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2026 Perth Club Championship Rounds 3-6
Open Swiss
Apr 20262.5/3#15—-0.4
2026 Perth Club Championship Rounds 1-2
Open Swiss
Mar 20261/2#22—-9.0
2025 Norbert Muller Cup Group A Rounds 3-5 plus postponed
Round-Robin
Nov 20251/3#51753-6.0
2025 Norbert Muller Cup Group A Rounds 1-2
Round-Robin
Oct 20250/2#51162-14.4
2025 Wolfgang Leonhardt Cup Round 7
Swiss
Oct 20251/1#8—+11.2

Rankings

/
Australia
#350
out of 2,392 players
Asia-Pacific
#7,674
in continent
World
#64,208
out of 400,000+

National ranking

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