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Harding, Ben

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FIDEFIDE 3289753· Male· Australia· Born in 2008

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Ben Harding, a 18-year-old Australian player, is rated 1745 — his current career high. He is currently in the 1700–1750 range. 13 rated games in the past year. Recent appearances: 2026 NSWCA Australia Day Weekender and 2026 Australian Reserves. Also played 2 rapid (including 2026 City of Sydney Rapid) and 4 blitz events (including 2025 NSW Blitz Championship) recently.

At junior level, he reached #46 nationally in U18.

Current rating

1745

Standard

Rpd1837·Blz1830

All-time high

1745

at best
Feb 2026 · age 18

Activity

17

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

13 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#94,123

#94,123 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

6 entries
2026
46th Australian U18 player
at age 18 · rated 1745
Feb 2026
Crossed 1600
at age 18
Feb 2026
Crossed 1500
at age 18
Feb 2026
Crossed 1400
at age 18
Feb 2026
All-time peak 1745
at age 18
Feb 2026
First FIDE rating
1745 · at age 18
Feb 2026

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Patrick Christie 1,853
2026 Australian Reserves · Jan 2026 · +26.0 Elo
Evolution
—
Tournaments
2
14 games
Score
6/ 1442.9%
5W2D7L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsPatrick Christie1,853·2026 Australian Reserves·R1·+26.0
2.[W]vsChelsea HueyWCM1,797·2026 Australian Reserves·R7·+23.0
3.[W]vsJosh Liu1,776·2026 Australian Reserves·R8·+21.8
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsTyler Milson1,771·2026 NSWCA Australia Day Weekender·R5·-18.5
2.[L]vsAlexander Thuaux1,820·2026 Australian Reserves·R9·-15.7
3.[L]vsJesse Solan1,830·2026 Australian Reserves·R6·-15.2

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2026 NSWCA Australia Day Weekender
Open Swiss
Jan 20262.5/4#4816940.0
2026 Australian Reserves
Open Swiss
Jan 20263.5/9#7117580.0

Rankings

/
Australia
#585
out of 2,392 players
Asia-Pacific
#12,092
in continent
World
#94,122
out of 400,000+

National ranking

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