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Gusain, Daniel
🇦🇺FIDE 3230791· Male· Australia· Born in 2004
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Daniel Gusain, a 22-year-old Australian player, is rated 1959. He has held steady between 1950 and 2000 for 2 years. 10 rated games in the past year (≈35/year long-term). Recent appearances: 2026 Hobsons Bay Purdy Cup and 2026 Hobsons Bay Honourable Bob. Also played 1 rapid (including 2026 Victorian University Rapid Championship) and 4 blitz events (including 2025 Victorian Blitz Championship) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 40 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included) and 31 months (2023–2026). His peak of 2125 was reached at age 14 (Oct 2018, Australian #61 at the time).
At junior level, he reached #13, #5, #4, #1 and #19 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1959
Standard
Rpd1952·Blz1968
All-time high
2125
−166 pts below
Oct 2018 · age 14
Oct 2018 · age 14
Activity
6
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
10 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#34,834
#34,834 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
16 entries2023
13th Australian U20 player
at age 19 · rated 1916
Jul 2023
Inactive for 31 months
paused at 1916 → returned at 1970
Jul 2023
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2023
2022
5th Australian U18 player
at age 18 · rated 1929
Jan 2022
2020
Inactive for 40 months
paused at 1929 → returned at 1916
Feb 2020
2019
4th Australian U16 player
at age 15 · rated 2053
Jan 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+9
1950 → 1959
Tournaments
2
10 games
Score
8/ 1080.0%
7W2D1L
Top 3 wins
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 3.5/5 | #7 | 1827 | -12.0 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4.5/5 | #1 | 2180 | +20.6 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsTony J DavisCM
🇦🇺AUS·1797
+6 −1 =4
11 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsSteven Hogan
🇦🇺AUS·1632
+10 −0 =1
11 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsRuben Nowak
🇦🇺AUS·1665
+8 −1 =0
9 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsThai Ly
🇦🇺AUS·1885
+2 −6 =0
8 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsOliver Li
🇦🇺AUS·1804
+4 −3 =0
7 games·last met Jan 2020
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Rankings
/
Australia
#172
out of 2,432 players
Asia-Pacific
#4,207
in continent
World
#34,833
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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