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Harborne, Matthew J

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FIDEFIDE 411531· Male· England· Born in 1987

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Matthew J Harborne, a 39-year-old English player, is rated 2046 and sitting in the top 10% of players worldwide. He plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 70 months (2009–2015), 23 months (2015–2017) and 74 months (2017–2023). Recent appearance: 2025 British Championship. Also played 1 rapid and 1 blitz events (including 2025 British Championship: Second Blitz Open) recently. His peak of 2142 was reached at age 22 (Apr 2009).

At junior level, he reached #16, #18 and #12 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.

Current rating

2046

Standard

Rpd2068·Blz1984

All-time high

2142

−96 pts below
Apr 2009 · age 22

Activity

11

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

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

Signature stat

Top 10%

#21,245 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

15 entries
2024
100 career games
at age 37
Dec 2024
19th English 35-40 player
at age 37 · rated 2103
Aug 2024
2017
Inactive for 74 months
paused at 2121 → returned at 2100
Sep 2017
2015
Inactive for 23 months
paused at 2121 → returned at 2121
Sep 2015
65th English 20-35 player
at age 28 · rated 2140
May 2015
2009
All-time peak 2142
at age 22 · −96 from today
Apr 2009

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Stanley BadacsonyiFM 2,309
2025 British Championship · Aug 2025 · +6.4 Elo
Evolution
-2
2048 → 2046
Tournaments
1
9 games
Score
3/ 933.3%
2W2D5L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsLuke Anthony Honey2,082·2025 British Championship·R4·+11.0
2.[W]vsArita StradeWFM1,971·2025 British Championship·R8·+7.9
3.[D]vsStanley BadacsonyiFM2,309·2025 British Championship·R1·+6.4
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsRoman Kovalskyi2,180·2025 British Championship·R3·-6.3
2.[L]vsDeclan Shafi2,183·2025 British Championship·R9·-6.2
3.[L]vsSteven A Jones2,185·2025 British Championship·R6·-6.2

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2025 British Championship
Open Swiss
Aug 20253/9#772049-1.8

Most-Played Opponents

vsNeil Clarke
🇬🇧ENG·1814
+6 −0 =0
6 games·last met Jun 2023
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vsBruce L Baer
🇬🇧ENG·2015
+3 −1 =1
5 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsGolam S Ali
🇬🇧ENG·1878
+4 −0 =1
5 games·last met Mar 2023
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Rankings

/
England
#338
out of 3,855 players
Europe
#15,603
in continent
World
#21,245
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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England
1
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3
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4
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5
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6
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2,594
7
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2,539
8
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9
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10
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338🇬🇧Harborne, Matthew J2,046
Europe
1
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2,841
2
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2,767
3
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2,764
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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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15603🇬🇧Harborne, Matthew J2,046
World
1
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2,841
2
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2
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4
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2,777
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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21245🇬🇧Harborne, Matthew J2,046