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Carpenter, Paul A

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FIDEFIDE 408930· Male· Jersey· Born in 1980

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Paul A Carpenter, a 46-year-old player, is rated 1848. He has slipped back 74 Elo over the past 12 months. 14 rated games in the past year (≈10/year long-term). Recent appearances: Guildford FIDE Congress 2026 - Open and 2025 British Championship. Also played 1 blitz event (including Saso Jersey Open Blitz) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 31 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 13 months (2022–2024). His peak of 1986 was reached at age 42 (Sep 2022); he also reached #2 nationally in Nov 2019 and spent 42 months in top 3.

Competes for Jersey since Jan 2019.

Current rating

1848

Standard

Rpd—·Blz1964

All-time high

1986

−138 pts below
Sep 2022 · age 42

Activity

15

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

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

Signature stat

#61,949

#61,949 · players worldwide · of 216,808
42 months in National top 3 (2019–2025)

Career timeline

13 entries
2026
1st 45-50 player nationally
at age 46 · rated 1875
Jan 2026
2025
42 months in national top 3
longest streak 18 months · since May 2019
Nov 2025
2024
1st 40-45 player nationally
at age 44 · rated 1985
Sep 2024
Best 12-month gain (+63 Elo)
1922 → 1985
Aug 2024
2022
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 1922 → returned at 1948
Nov 2022
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 42
Nov 2022

Standard rating history

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Luke Anthony Honey 2,082
2025 British Championship · Aug 2025 · +5.3 Elo
Evolution
-74
1922 → 1848
Tournaments
2
14 games
Score
3/ 1421.4%
1W4D9L
Top 2 wins
1.[D]vsLuke Anthony Honey2,082·2025 British Championship·R3·+5.3
2.[W]vsMonika AshbrookeWCM1,591·2025 British Championship·R6·+3.3
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsMarek Korsinskij1,727·2025 British Championship·R7·-14.0
2.[L]vsRufus Behr1,768·Guildford FIDE Congress 2026 - Open·R2·-12.3
3.[L]vsGerda NevskaWCM1,799·2025 British Championship·R8·-12.2

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Guildford FIDE Congress 2026 - Open
Open Swiss
Apr 20261.5/5#341684-27.0
2025 British Championship
Open Swiss
Aug 20251.5/9#941695-47.6
Worst Elo result: 2025 British Championship (-47.6 Elo, finished #94).

Rankings

/
Jersey
#7
out of 23 players
Europe
#45,291
in continent
World
#61,949
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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3
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4
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5
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1,895
6
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71,848
8
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9
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1,773
10
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1,763
Europe
1
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2,840
2
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2,767
3
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2,759
3
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5
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6
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2,735
7
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2,729
8
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2,717
8
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10
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45291🇯🇪Carpenter, Paul A1,848
World
1
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2,840
2
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3
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5
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6
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2,767
7
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2,759
7
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2,759
9
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10
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61949🇯🇪Carpenter, Paul A1,848