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Boss, Stephen

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FIDEFIDE 3224678· Male· Australia· Born in 1980

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Stephen Boss, a 46-year-old Australian player, is rated 1914 — just 16 short of his peak of 1930 (Jun 2024, age 44). He has held steady between 1900 and 1950 for 8 months. 13 rated games in the past year (≈4/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2025 Norths Purdy Major Rounds 8-9, 2025 Norths Purdy Major Rounds 4-7, and 2025 Norths Purdy Major Rounds 1-3. Also played 2 rapid events (including 2026 City of Sydney Rapid) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 23 months (2014–2016) and 82 months (2017–2024).

Current rating

1914

Standard

Rpd1931·Blz1849

All-time high

1930

−16 pts below
Jun 2024 · age 44

Activity

10

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

13 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#44,698

#44,698 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

12 entries
2026
7th Australian 45-50 player
at age 46 · rated 1914
Jun 2026
2024
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 44
Nov 2024
10th Australian 40-45 player
at age 44 · rated 1930
Jul 2024
Best 12-month gain (+66 Elo)
1864 → 1930
Jun 2024
All-time peak 1930
at age 44 · −16 from today
Jun 2024
2017
10th Australian 35-40 player
at age 37 · rated 1864
Oct 2017

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Milan LamaCM 2,014
2025 Norths Purdy Major Rounds 4-7 · Sep 2025 · +3.1 Elo
Evolution
+15
1899 → 1914
Tournaments
4
14 games
Score
9/ 1464.3%
8W2D4L
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsEmmet Murphy1,721·2025 NSWCA August Weekender·R5·-14.2
2.[L]vsVicky QianWCM1,775·2025 NSWCA August Weekender·R1·-12.9
3.[L]vsLucas NiCM2,013·2025 Norths Purdy Major Rounds 4-7·R5·-6.9

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2025 Norths Purdy Major Rounds 8-9
Swiss
Nov 20251.5/2#62041+10.8
2025 Norths Purdy Major Rounds 4-7
Swiss
Sep 20252.5/4#101980+11.0
2025 Norths Purdy Major Rounds 1-3
Swiss
Sep 20252/3#212045+13.8
2025 NSWCA August Weekender
Open Swiss
Aug 20253/4#641882-21.0
Worst Elo result: 2025 NSWCA August Weekender (-21.0 Elo, finished #64).

Rankings

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Australia
#231
out of 2,432 players
Asia-Pacific
#5,289
in continent
World
#44,697
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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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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Asia-Pacific
1
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1
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3
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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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2,731
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World
1
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2
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2
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4
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4
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6
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7
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8
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9
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