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Walker, Samuel A
🇬🇧FIDE 412813· Male· England· Born in 1994
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Samuel A Walker, a 32-year-old English player, is rated 2075 — his current career high and sitting in the top 8% of players worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +49 Elo over the past 12 months. 22 rated games in the past year (≈10/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 51 Abierto Internacional Ciudad de Sevilla 2026, 2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic Round Robin 1, and XXII Calvia Chess Festival 2025 - Amateur Open U2350. Also played 1 rapid (including 2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic Super Rapidplay) and 1 blitz events (including 2025 UK Open Blitz: London 1 (Hampton) Qualifier) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 27 months (2016–2019) and 14 months (2023–2024).
At junior level, he reached #19, #20, #13 and #4 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2075
Standard
Rpd2078·Blz2030
All-time high
2075
at best
Feb 2026 · age 32
Feb 2026 · age 32
Activity
11
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
22 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 8%
#17,839 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
15 entries2026
77th English 20-35 player
at age 32 · rated 2075
May 2026
All-time peak 2075
at age 32
Feb 2026
2023
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 2032 → returned at 2046
Jun 2023
2016
Inactive for 27 months
paused at 2039 → returned at 2039
Sep 2016
2015
Best 12-month gain (+62 Elo)
1960 → 2022
Sep 2015
Re-crossed 2000
at age 21
Sep 2015
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+49
2026 → 2075
Tournaments
3
22 games
Score
14/ 2263.6%
12W4D6L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsCristian-Gabriel VoiteanuFM2,069·XXII Calvia Chess Festival 2025 - Amateur Open U2350·R8·+10.6
Top 3 losses
2.[L]vsMiguel Angel Beltran De Heredia Eguiazabal2,197·51 Abierto Internacional Ciudad de Sevilla 2026·R8·-6.6
3.[L]vsEnrique Fernando Asensio RamosCM2,174·XXII Calvia Chess Festival 2025 - Amateur Open U2350·R4·-6.5
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5.5/9 | #56 | 2118 | +14.8 |
Round-Robin | Nov 2025 | 3/5 | #2 | 2138 | +13.0 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 5.5/8 | #23 | 2110 | +21.2 |
Hot streak: 3 tournaments without losing Elo.
Rankings
/
England
#278
out of 3,845 players
Europe
#13,043
in continent
World
#17,839
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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