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Taylor, Adam A
🇬🇧FIDE 415790· Male· England· Born in 1997
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Adam A Taylor, a 29-year-old English player, is rated 2269 — just 17 short of his peak of 2286 (May 2026, age 29) and sitting in the top 3% of English players, and in the top 2% worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +28 Elo over the past 12 months. 30 rated games in the past year (≈21/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Guildford FIDE Congress 2026 - Open, 2025-26 4NCL Division 1 Rounds 7-8, and 2025-26 4NCL Division 2 Rounds 5-6. Also played 1 blitz event (including 2025 British Championship: Second Blitz Open) recently. He reached English #72 in May 2026.
Earned a IM norm at Chessable British CC 2022. At junior level, he reached #6, #5, #10 and #10 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2269
Standard
Rpd2165·Blz2238
All-time high
2286
−17 pts below
May 2026 · age 29
May 2026 · age 29
Activity
19
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
30 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 3%
#78 · English players · of 2,574
Career timeline
16 entries2026
Peak English rank: #72
at age 29 · rated 2286
May 2026
All-time peak 2286
at age 29
May 2026
2022
Crossed 2200
at age 25
Jul 2022
2020
Inactive for 19 months
paused at 2178 → returned at 2188
Apr 2020
2016
6th English U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2168
Jan 2016
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2016
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-10
2279 → 2269
Tournaments
7
30 games
Score
19.5/ 3065.0%
15W9D6L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | May 2026 | 1/2 | #70 | 2162 | -5.8 |
Team | May 2026 | 0/1 | #98 | 1438 | -11.4 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4.5/5 | #1 | 2466 | +19.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1.5/2 | #28 | 2397 | +7.2 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1.5/2 | #28 | 2297 | +1.0 |
Round-Robin | Aug 2025 | 5/9 | #4 | 2335 | +13.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6/9 | #14 | 2078 | -34.8 |
Rankings
/
England
#78
out of 3,855 players
Europe
#3,475
in continent
World
#5,138
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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