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Gornall, Kirk J

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FIDEFIDE 415235· Male· Canada· Born in 1973

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Kirk J Gornall, a 53-year-old Canadian player, is rated 2087 — just 17 short of his peak of 2104 (Jun 2017, age 44) and sitting in the top 8% of players worldwide. He plays occasionally (5 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 94 months (2009–2017), 59 months (2017–2022, COVID-19 included) and 47 months (2022–2026). Recent appearance: 2026 Keres Memorial Premier. He reached Canadian #69 in Jun 2022.

Competes for Canada since Jul 2022.

Current rating

2087

Standard

Rpd—·Blz—

All-time high

2104

−17 pts below
Jun 2017 · age 44

Activity

2

games / yr avg.

5 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

Top 8%

#16,661 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

15 entries
2026
5th Canadian 50-55 player
at age 53 · rated 2087
Jun 2026
2024
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 51
Jun 2024
2023
3rd Canadian 45-50 player
at age 50 · rated 2092
May 2023
2022
Switched federation: ENG → CAN
at age 49
Jul 2022
Peak Canadian rank: #69
at age 49 · rated 2092
Jun 2022
Inactive for 47 months
paused at 2092 → returned at 2087
Jun 2022

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Emilian Holmgren 1,638
2026 Keres Memorial Premier · May 2026 · +1.4 Elo
Evolution
-5
2092 → 2087
Tournaments
1
5 games
Score
3/ 560.0%
2W2D1L
Top 2 wins
1.[W]vsEmilian Holmgren1,638·2026 Keres Memorial Premier·R5·+1.4
2.[W]vsJames Fu1,578·2026 Keres Memorial Premier·R1·+1.0
Top 1 loss
1.[L]vsVladimir BelousGM2,484·2026 Keres Memorial Premier·R2·-1.8

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2026 Keres Memorial Premier
Open Swiss
May 20263/5#171994-5.2

Rankings

/
Canada
#117
out of 1,900 players
Americas
#1,753
in continent
World
#16,661
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Canada
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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2,454
6
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2,454
8
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9
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10
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117🇨🇦Gornall, Kirk J2,087
Americas
1
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2,792
1
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3
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4
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2,742
5
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6
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2,724
7
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2,696
7
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2,696
9
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2,656
10
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2,653
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1753🇨🇦Gornall, Kirk J2,087
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
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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9
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16661🇨🇦Gornall, Kirk J2,087