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Snow, Richard A
🇦🇺INACTIVEFIDE 3221601· Male· Australia· Born in 1954
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Richard A Snow, a 72-year-old Australian player. He plays occasionally (6 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 15 months (2021–2022) and 17 months (2023–2025). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Melbourne Chess Club Championship Rounds 5-7, 2026 Melbourne Chess Club Championship Rounds 1-4, and 2026 Felix Wyss Memorial Weekender. His peak of 1465 was reached at age 71 (May 2025).
Current rating
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unranked
Rpd—·Blz1482
All-time high
1465
−1465 pts below
May 2025 · age 71
May 2025 · age 71
Activity
6
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
6 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#1,728
Australia
Career timeline
15 entries2025
51st Australian 70-75 player
at age 71 · rated 1465
Jun 2025
All-time peak 1465
at age 71 · −53 from today
May 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+403 Elo)
1003 → 1406
Jul 2024
Crossed 1400
at age 70
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1200
at age 70
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 17 months
paused at 1010 → returned at 1465
Nov 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
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Tournaments
9
34 games
Score
5/ 3414.7%
6W2D26L
Top 2 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 0/3 | #54 | 788 | 0.0 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 1/2 | #63 | 987 | 0.0 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 0.5/6 | #83 | 1191 | 0.0 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 1.5/1 | #15 | 1656 | 0.0 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 0/3 | #18 | 767 | -39.2 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 1/5 | #122 | 1342 | -62.4 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 0/1 | #37 | 686 | -15.6 |
Open Swiss | Sep 2025 | 1/2 | #39 | 1620 | -23.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 0/1 | #23 | 900 | -8.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsTanya Kolak
🇦🇺AUS·1567
+1 −18 =1
20 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsSimon Dale
🇦🇺AUS·1642
+0 −8 =1
9 games·last met Jun 2018
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vsEmma Chang
🇦🇺AUS·1461
+2 −5 =0
7 games·last met Dec 2018
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vsDaniel Poberezovsky
🇦🇺AUS·1951
+0 −6 =0
6 games·last met Dec 2019
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vsAlex Kaplan
🇦🇺AUS
+0 −5 =0
5 games·last met Jul 2018
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Rankings
/
Australia
#1,728
out of 2,432 players
Asia-Pacific
#2,237
in continent
World
#206,037
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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