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McAteer, Ian
🇦🇺FIDE 3230015· Male· Australia· Born in 1961
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Ian Mcateer, a 65-year-old Australian player, is rated 1689. He has slipped back 62 Elo over the past 12 months. 17 rated games in the past year (≈24/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Perth Chess League Round 1, 2025 Southern Suburbs Championship Rounds 4-7, and 2025 Southern Suburbs Championship Rounds 1-3. Also played 2 rapid (including 2026 WA Allegro Championship) and 1 blitz events (including 2025 WA Blitz Championship) recently. His peak of 1780 was reached at age 63 (Dec 2024).
Current rating
1689
Standard
Rpd1738·Blz1713
All-time high
1780
−91 pts below
Dec 2024 · age 63
Dec 2024 · age 63
Activity
20
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
15 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#113,956
#113,956 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+220 Elo)
1560 → 1780
Dec 2024
All-time peak 1780
at age 63 · −91 from today
Dec 2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 63
Mar 2024
2022
Re-crossed 1600
at age 61
Oct 2022
28th Australian 60-65 player
at age 61 · rated 1649
Apr 2022
2021
100 career games
at age 60
Apr 2021
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-49
1738 → 1689
Tournaments
8
19 games
Score
7/ 1936.8%
5W6D8L
Top wins
No noteworthy wins (no Elo gained on any game).
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | May 2026 | 2/2 | #4 | — | +0.4 |
Team | May 2026 | 1/1 | #7 | — | +5.0 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 0/1 | #19 | 1090 | -4.8 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 2/2 | #8 | 2349 | -10.4 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 0/2 | #11 | 954 | -17.6 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 0.5/2 | #8 | — | -15.2 |
Round-Robin | Jul 2025 | 0/1 | #8 | 1068 | -6.4 |
Round-Robin | Jun 2025 | 1.5/4 | #2 | — | -12.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsTim Hare
🇳🇿NZL·2057
+0 −10 =2
12 games·last met May 2025
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vsGavin Soutar
🇦🇺AUS·1743
+2 −3 =5
10 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsDerek Roebuck
🇦🇺AUS·1754
+0 −0 =9
9 games·last met May 2025
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vsIhsan Ferozkohi
🇦🇺AUS·2133
+0 −9 =0
9 games·last met Jul 2024
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vsDennis Holland
🇦🇺AUS·1892
+1 −4 =3
8 games·last met May 2026
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Rankings
/
Australia
#785
out of 2,432 players
Asia-Pacific
#15,747
in continent
World
#113,952
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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