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Smerdon, Leonard
🇦🇺FIDE 3283313· Male· Australia· Born in 2018
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Leonard Smerdon, a 8-year-old Australian player, is rated 1566. He has slipped back 68 Elo over the past 12 months. 11 rated games in the past year. Recent appearances: 2026 NSWCA Australia Day Weekender and 2025 Oceanic Youth Championship U8 Open. Also played 2 rapid (including 4th Nepal Bhasa Mankakhala yala Open FIDE Rating Chess Tournament-2082) and 1 blitz events (including 2026 Mars Chess Club FIDE Blitz Championship) recently. His peak of 1634 was reached at age 8 (Feb 2026).
At junior level, he reached World #50 in U8.
Current rating
1566
Standard
Rpd1590·Blz1544
All-time high
1634
−68 pts below
Feb 2026 · age 8
Feb 2026 · age 8
Activity
26
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
11 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#160,089
#160,089 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
6 entries2026
50th U8 player worldwide
at age 8 · rated 1634
Feb 2026
Crossed 1600
at age 8
Feb 2026
Crossed 1500
at age 8
Feb 2026
Crossed 1400
at age 8
Feb 2026
All-time peak 1634
at age 8 · −68 from today
Feb 2026
First FIDE rating
1634 · at age 8
Feb 2026
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-68
1634 → 1566
Tournaments
3
21 games
Score
8.5/ 2140.5%
8W1D12L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 2/5 | #53 | 1533 | -68.4 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 2.5/6 | #32 | 1579 | 0.0 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4/2 | #19 | 774 | 0.0 |
Rankings
/
Australia
#1,298
out of 2,432 players
Asia-Pacific
#27,937
in continent
World
#160,072
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
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