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Waddell, Craig

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FIDEFIDE 3230392· Male· Australia· Born in 2001

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Craig Waddell, a 25-year-old Australian player, is rated 1578 — just 16 short of his peak of 1594 (Mar 2024, age 23). He plays occasionally (4 games in the last 12 months) and took a 30-month break between Nov 2023 and Jun 2026. Also played 3 rapid (including 2025 Strategic Minds November Rapid) and 2 blitz events (including 2025 CAQ Queensland Blitz Championship) recently.

Current rating

1578

Standard

Rpd1611·Blz1593

All-time high

1594

−16 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 23

Activity

4

games / yr avg.

4 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#155,456

#155,456 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

6 entries
2024
Crossed 1500
at age 23
Mar 2024
Crossed 1400
at age 23
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1594
at age 23 · −16 from today
Mar 2024
2023
Crossed 1200
at age 22
Nov 2023
Inactive for 30 months
paused at 1324 → returned at 1578
Nov 2023
First FIDE rating
1324 · at age 22
Nov 2023

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Alan Tankel 1,767
2026 Churchie International 7 · May 2026 · +9.9 Elo
Evolution
-16
1594 → 1578
Tournaments
1
7 games
Score
3.5/ 750.0%
3W1D3L
Top 1 win
1.[D]vsAlan Tankel1,767·2026 Churchie International 7·R3·+9.9
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsNeo Jigando1,745·2026 Churchie International 7·R5·-11.1
2.[L]vsZeqi Xing1,749·2026 Churchie International 7·R7·-10.9
3.[L]vsOwen Shen1,871·2026 Churchie International 7·R1·-6.2

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2026 Churchie International 7
Open Swiss
May 20263.5/4#1312121-16.4
Worst Elo result: 2026 Churchie International 7 (-16.4 Elo, finished #131).

Rankings

/
Australia
#1,250
out of 2,432 players
Asia-Pacific
#26,485
in continent
World
#155,440
out of 400,000+

National ranking

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7
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9
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10
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1250🇦🇺Waddell, Craig1,578
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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World
1
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2
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2
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4
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6
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7
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9
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9
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