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Daffy, Joseph
🇦🇺FIDE 3229408· Male· Australia· Born in 1996
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Joseph Daffy, a 30-year-old Australian player, is rated 1917 — just 2 short of his peak of 1919 (May 2026, age 30). He is progressing steadily with +61 Elo over the past 12 months. 44 rated games in the past year (≈17/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 MCC City of Melbourne Open Round 1, 2026 Melbourne International Open - Amateurs, and 2026 Melbourne Chess Club Championship Rounds 8-9. He had 3 career breaks: 23 months (2016–2018), 23 months (2018–2020) and 20 months (2023–2025).
At junior level, he reached #27 nationally in U20.
Current rating
1917
Standard
Rpd—·Blz1760
All-time high
1919
−2 pts below
May 2026 · age 30
May 2026 · age 30
Activity
18
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
44 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#43,964
#43,964 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2026
80th Australian 20-35 player
at age 30 · rated 1919
May 2026
All-time peak 1919
at age 30 · −2 from today
May 2026
2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 28
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 20 months
paused at 1758 → returned at 1856
May 2023
2022
100 career games
at age 26
Oct 2022
2020
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 24
Feb 2020
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+61
1856 → 1917
Tournaments
11
49 games
Score
31.5/ 4964.3%
27W9D13L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
11 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jun 2026 | 2/3 | #16 | 1866 | -0.6 |
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 2.5/4 | #14 | 1882 | -2.2 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 1/1 | #7 | 2414 | +3.4 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5.5/8 | #20 | 1954 | +18.8 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 1/2 | #25 | 1943 | +5.6 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3/2 | #10 | 2724 | +22.8 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 2/4 | #24 | 1708 | -15.4 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4/7 | #17 | 1883 | +3.2 |
Round-Robin | Dec 2025 | 3.5/4 | #1 | 2216 | +35.2 |
Round-Robin | Nov 2025 | 1.5/3 | #2 | 1849 | -0.4 |
Rankings
/
Australia
#220
out of 2,432 players
Asia-Pacific
#5,201
in continent
World
#43,963
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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