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Linton, Alexander
🇬🇧FIDE 343120177· Male· England· Born in 2011
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Alexander Linton, a 15-year-old English player, is rated 1934 — his current career high. He is on a steady climb with +26 Elo over the past 12 months. 17 rated games in the past year (≈3/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 49th Nottingham Congress - Open, 2025 British Championship: PM Under 2050, and 2025 British Championship: Under 14. Also played 4 rapid (including 2026 British Rapidplay Championship) and 4 blitz events (including 2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic Blitz 3) recently.
At junior level, he reached #41 and #28 nationally in U16 and U14.
Current rating
1934
Standard
Rpd2010·Blz1963
All-time high
1934
at best
May 2026 · age 15
May 2026 · age 15
Activity
6
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
17 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#40,105
#40,105 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
5 entries2026
41st English U16 player
at age 15 · rated 1934
May 2026
All-time peak 1934
at age 15
May 2026
2025
28th English U14 player
at age 14 · rated 1908
Sep 2025
Crossed 1800
at age 14
Sep 2025
First FIDE rating
1908 · at age 14
Sep 2025
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
—
Tournaments
3
17 games
Score
11/ 1764.7%
9W4D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 3/5 | #11 | 1913 | +26.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4.5/6 | #1 | 1816 | 0.0 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3.5/6 | #21 | 1878 | 0.0 |
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.
Rankings
/
England
#642
out of 3,855 players
Europe
#29,616
in continent
World
#40,104
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
England
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