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Williams, Simon K

GM🇬🇧

FIDEFIDE 404454· Male· England· Born in 1979

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Simon K Williams, a 47-year-old English Grandmaster, is rated 2455 and ranked 21st among English players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He is currently in the 2450–2500 range. 56 rated games in the past year (≈55/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Reykjavik Open 2026, Icelandic Team Chess Championship 2025-26 - Premier League Round 6-10, and Power Solutions Arctic Chess NGP 2026 A. Also played 1 rapid (including 2025 FIDE World Rapid Team Championship) and 5 blitz events (including 2025 FIDE World Blitz Team Championship Pool C) recently. His peak of 2550 was reached at age 30 (Nov 2009, World #363 at the time).

Awarded GM in 2008 (age 29) and IM in 2001 (age 22).

Current rating

2455

Standard

Rpd2467·Blz2389

All-time high

2550

95 pts below
Nov 2009 · age 30

Activity

30

games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo

56 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

#21

#21 · English players · of 2,546

Career timeline

22 entries
2025
60th 45-50 player worldwide
at age 46 · rated 2451
Apr 2025
2023
79th 40-45 player worldwide
at age 44 · rated 2467
Nov 2023
2020
Inactive for 24 months
paused at 2464 → returned at 2467
Apr 2020
2014
1,000 career games
at age 35
Jul 2014
2013
Re-crossed 2500
at age 34
Mar 2013
2012
Re-crossed 2500
at age 33
Nov 2012

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Best result
Power Solutions Arctic Chess NGP 2026 A
perf 2567 (+124) · 5/6 · #2
Top opponent
Evolution
+11
24442455
Tournaments
9
56 games
Score
35.5/ 5663.4%
28W19D9L

Last 12 months — tournaments

9 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Open Swiss
Mar 20266.5/9#202461+4.0
Team
Mar 20263/4#122588+8.1
Swiss
Feb 20265/6#22567+10.7
Team
Jan 20261/2#372382-1.5
Open Swiss
Dec 20256/9#72404-0.4
Team
Nov 20253.5/5#102455+2.1
Team
Nov 20251.5/2#92379+0.4
Team
Oct 20254/7#2222471+4.8
Open Swiss
Aug 20255/9#362279-18.2
Worst Elo result: 2025 British Championship (-18.2 Elo, finished #36).

Most-Played Opponents

Rankings

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England
#21
out of 3,845 players
Europe
#582
in continent
World
#963
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
England
1
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2,666
2
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2,665
3
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2,639
4
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2,629
5
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2,597
6
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2,594
7
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2,537
8
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2,529
9
🇬🇧Nunn, John D MFollow John D M NunnTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,514
10
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2,506
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21🇬🇧Williams, Simon K2,455
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
3
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
3
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2,759
5
🇵🇱Duda, Jan-KrzysztofFollow Jan-Krzysztof DudaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
6
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2,735
7
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2,729
8
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeFollow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
8
🇦🇿Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarFollow Shakhriyar MamedyarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
10
🇹🇷Erdogmus, Yagiz KaanFollow Yagiz Kaan ErdogmusTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,708
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582🇬🇧Williams, Simon K2,455
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
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2,792
3
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2,788
4
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2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
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963🇬🇧Williams, Simon K2,455