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Scully, Mark
🇦🇺FIDE 3227251· Male· Australia· Born in 1952
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Mark Scully, a 74-year-old Australian player, is rated 1641 — just 28 short of his peak of 1669 (Oct 2025, age 73). He has held steady between 1600 and 1650 for 6 months. 12 rated games in the past year (≈4/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2025 Canberra Club Championship Round 11, 2025 Canberra Club Championship Rounds 6-10, and 2025 Canberra Club Championship Rounds 2-5. Also played 6 rapid (including Canberra Street Chess 6th December 2025) and 2 blitz events (including 2025 Canberra Club Winter Lightning) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 36 months (2016–2019) and 48 months (2019–2023, COVID-19 included).
Current rating
1641
Standard
Rpd1518·Blz1553
All-time high
1669
−28 pts below
Oct 2025 · age 73
Oct 2025 · age 73
Activity
8
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
12 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#131,581
#131,581 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
15 entries2025
All-time peak 1669
at age 73 · −28 from today
Oct 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+264 Elo)
1403 → 1667
Dec 2024
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 72
Dec 2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 72
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1500
at age 72
Mar 2024
2023
21st Australian 70-75 player
at age 71 · rated 1467
Oct 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-27
1668 → 1641
Tournaments
4
9 games
Score
4.5/ 950.0%
4W1D4L
Top wins
No noteworthy wins (no Elo gained on any game).
Top losses
No noteworthy losses.
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 0/1 | #33 | — | -10.6 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 2.5/4 | #23 | — | -15.0 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 1/1 | #40 | — | -2.2 |
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 1/1 | #1 | — | +6.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsOscar Hellmann
🇦🇺AUS
+8 −5 =1
14 games·last met Mar 2023
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vsMatt Radisich
🇦🇺AUS·1730
+3 −10 =0
13 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsLarry Cheng
🇦🇺AUS·1829
+3 −9 =1
13 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsLee Forace
🇦🇺AUS·1640
+1 −9 =2
12 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsMiles Patterson
🇦🇺AUS·1883
+1 −11 =0
12 games·last met Jul 2025
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Rankings
/
Australia
#986
out of 2,432 players
Asia-Pacific
#19,729
in continent
World
#131,575
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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