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Martyn, Rafe

FM🇬🇧

FIDEFIDE 409626· Male· England· Born in 1986

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Rafe Martyn, a 40-year-old English FIDE Master, is rated 2210 and sitting in the top 5% of English players, and in the top 4% worldwide. He has held steady between 2200 and 2250 for 9 months. 11 rated games in the past year (≈12/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include London Chess League FIDE Weekender 26-28 September - Open, 62nd Hull Congress Open, and Earlsfield FIDE Congress - August 2025 - U2400. Also played 1 blitz event (including 2025 UK Open Blitz: London 2 (Harrow) Qualifier) recently. He had 5 career breaks: 17 months (2012–2014), 12 months (2014–2015), 53 months (2017–2021, COVID-19 included), 12 months (2022–2023) and 13 months (2024–2025). His peak of 2340 was reached at age 19 (Jul 2005, English #69 at the time).

Awarded FM in 2004 (age 18). At junior level, he reached #4, #6 and #9 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.

Current rating

2210

Standard

Rpd2166·Blz2183

All-time high

2340

−130 pts below
Jul 2005 · age 19

Activity

10

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

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

Signature stat

Top 5%

#120 · English players · of 2,574

Career timeline

23 entries
2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 39
Oct 2025
2024
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 2201 → returned at 2209
Mar 2024
2023
Re-crossed 2200
at age 37
Nov 2023
2022
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 2199 → returned at 2206
Oct 2022
2017
Inactive for 53 months
paused at 2242 → returned at 2210
Apr 2017
2014
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 2253 → returned at 2263
Mar 2014

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Best result
62nd Hull Congress Open
perf 2510 (+295) · 4.5/5 · #1
Top opponent
vs Alan B MerryIM 2,417
62nd Hull Congress Open · Sep 2025 · +15.2 Elo
Evolution
+1
2209 → 2210
Tournaments
4
11 games
Score
9/ 1181.8%
8W2D1L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsAlan B MerryIM2,417·62nd Hull Congress Open·R5·+15.2
2.[W]vsJohn M Potter2,196·62nd Hull Congress Open·R4·+9.5
3.[W]vsDaniel Sullivan2,063·62nd Hull Congress Open·R1·+5.9

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
London Chess League FIDE Weekender 26-28 September - Open
Swiss
Sep 20251.5/2#152069-4.6
62nd Hull Congress Open
Swiss
Sep 20254.5/5#12510+19.2
Earlsfield FIDE Congress - August 2025 - U2400
Swiss
Aug 20252/2#52523+3.4
Southall FIDE Congress July 2025 - U2400
Swiss
Jul 20251/2#211788-16.6
Worst Elo result: Southall FIDE Congress July 2025 - U2400 (-16.6 Elo, finished #21).

Rankings

/
England
#120
out of 3,855 players
Europe
#5,329
in continent
World
#7,651
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
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England
1
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2
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2,665
3
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2,639
4
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5
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2,597
6
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2,594
7
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2,539
8
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2,516
9
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2,512
10
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2,506
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120🇬🇧Martyn, Rafe2,210
Europe
1
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2,841
2
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2,767
3
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2,764
4
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2,744
5
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2,739
6
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2,729
7
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2,728
8
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2,721
9
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2,717
10
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2,713
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5329🇬🇧Martyn, Rafe2,210
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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4
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4
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6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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2,761
9
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2,753
9
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7651🇬🇧Martyn, Rafe2,210