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Bolt, Graham
🇬🇧FIDE 410438· Male· England· Born in 1961
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Graham Bolt, a 65-year-old English player, is rated 1971. He is on a steady climb with +29 Elo over the past 12 months. 51 rated games in the past year (≈18/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 7th Simon Bartlett Memorial Congress 2026 - Open, 49th Blackpool Chess Conference 13-15 February 2026 - Major, and 57th Torbay Chess Congress - Open. Also played 1 rapid event (including 4th Stoke Gifford Rapidplay inc. 3rd Bristol League Rapidplay Championship - Open) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 29 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included) and 14 months (2022–2023). His peak of 2124 was reached at age 40 (Jul 2001).
Current rating
1971
Standard
Rpd1909·Blz1941
All-time high
2124
−153 pts below
Jul 2001 · age 40
Jul 2001 · age 40
Activity
29
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
40 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#32,466
#32,466 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
20 entries2023
51st English 60-65 player
at age 62 · rated 1966
Dec 2023
2022
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 1950 → returned at 1966
Sep 2022
2020
Inactive for 29 months
paused at 1951 → returned at 1950
Mar 2020
2017
33rd English 55-60 player
at age 56 · rated 2094
Nov 2017
Best 12-month gain (+56 Elo)
2038 → 2094
Oct 2017
2015
Re-crossed 2000
at age 54
May 2015
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+29
1942 → 1971
Tournaments
8
41 games
Score
20.5/ 4150.0%
15W11D15L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
8 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | May 2026 | 4/6 | #10 | 2195 | +40.8 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3/4 | #6 | 2231 | +31.6 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 2/4 | #35 | 1840 | -9.8 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 2/4 | #25 | — | -12.4 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4.5/7 | #4 | 2069 | +22.8 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 1.5/5 | #33 | 1769 | -20.2 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 1.5/7 | #77 | 1726 | -38.0 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 2/3 | #28 | 2133 | +13.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsStephen P Dilleigh
🇬🇧ENG·1984
+1 −0 =6
7 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsJohn W Bass
🇬🇧ENG·1952
+2 −0 =3
5 games·last met Nov 2023
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vsJeremy F S Menadue
🇬🇧ENG·1975
+0 −2 =3
5 games·last met Apr 2019
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vsAlan M Brown
🇬🇧ENG·1897
+0 −3 =2
5 games·last met Aug 2018
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Rankings
/
England
#526
out of 3,855 players
Europe
#24,010
in continent
World
#32,465
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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