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Richards, Heather S

WIM🇦🇺

FIDEFIDE 408697· Female· Australia· Born in 1983

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Heather S Richards, a 43-year-old Australian Woman International Master, is rated 2107 and sitting in the top 4% of Australian players, and in the top 7% worldwide. She has held steady between 2100 and 2150 for 4 years. 30 rated games in the past year (≈22/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 MCC ANZAC Day Weekender, 2026 O2C Doeberl Cup Premier, and 2026 Felix Wyss Memorial Weekender. She had 3 career breaks: 78 months (2007–2014), 32 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 19 months (2022–2024). Her peak of 2275 was reached at age 19 (Jul 2002, Australian #33 at the time).

Competes for Australia since Mar 2014. Awarded WIM in 2002 (age 19) and WFM in 2001 (age 18). At junior level, she reached #2 and #2 nationally in U20 and U18.

Current rating

2107

Standard

Rpd—·Blz2142

All-time high

2275

−168 pts below
Jul 2002 · age 19

Activity

15

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

30 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

Top 4%

#68 · Australian players · of 1,854

Career timeline

22 entries
2026
6th Australian 40-45 player
at age 43 · rated 2140
Apr 2026
2022
Inactive for 19 months
paused at 2116 → returned at 2115
Sep 2022
500 career games
at age 39
May 2022
2019
Inactive for 32 months
paused at 2190 → returned at 2146
Aug 2019
2017
Re-crossed 2200
at age 34
Nov 2017
Re-crossed 2200
at age 34
Jan 2017

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Reyaansh ChakrabartyFM 2,271
2026 Australian Championship · Jan 2026 · +3.6 Elo
Evolution
-18
2125 → 2107
Tournaments
4
39 games
Score
18.5/ 3947.4%
19W7D13L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsTerrence TangCM2,108·2026 Australian Championship·R5·+9.1
2.[W]vsTed Power2,049·2026 O2C Doeberl Cup Premier·R2·+8.3
3.[W]vsRudra VermaCM2,016·2026 O2C Doeberl Cup Premier·R5·+7.4
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsRishaan Pramod1,746·2026 MCC ANZAC Day Weekender·R2·-17.8
2.[L]vsChao Xin ChengWFM1,931·2026 O2C Doeberl Cup Premier·R1·-14.7
3.[L]vsAdam KellyCM1,966·2026 O2C Doeberl Cup Premier·R4·-13.8

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2026 MCC ANZAC Day Weekender
Open Swiss
Apr 20264/5#41930-10.8
2026 O2C Doeberl Cup Premier
Open Swiss
Apr 20264.5/9#292052-22.0
2026 Felix Wyss Memorial Weekender
Open Swiss
Jan 20265/7#62089+0.8
2026 Australian Championship
Swiss
Jan 20265/9#192181+14.2
Worst Elo result: 2026 O2C Doeberl Cup Premier (-22.0 Elo, finished #29).

Rankings

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Australia
#68
out of 2,392 players
Asia-Pacific
#2,062
in continent
World
#14,758
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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7
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10
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68🇦🇺Richards, Heather S2,107
Asia-Pacific
1
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2,780
2
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5
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2,739
6
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2,738
7
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8
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9
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10
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World
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2,840
2
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2,780
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2,776
6
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7
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2,759
7
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10
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