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Blencowe, Ian P

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FIDEFIDE 418510· Male· England· Born in 1960

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Ian P Blencowe, a 66-year-old English player, is rated 1643. He has slipped back 56 Elo over the past 12 months. 19 rated games in the past year (≈4/year long-term). Recent appearances: 7th Simon Bartlett Memorial Congress 2026 - Intermediate U1750 and 3rd Torquay Riviera Congress (AM U1700). He had 2 career breaks: 62 months (2017–2022, COVID-19 included) and 23 months (2023–2025). His peak of 1749 was reached at age 64 (Mar 2024).

Current rating

1643

Standard

Rpd·Blz

All-time high

1749

106 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 64

Activity

7

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

14 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#130,811

#130,811 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

11 entries
2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 66
Apr 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+151 Elo)
1598 → 1749
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 64
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1749
at age 64 · −106 from today
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 23 months
paused at 1582 → returned at 1746
Apr 2023
2017
Inactive for 62 months
paused at 1636 → returned at 1620
Sep 2017

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Evolution
-56
16991643
Tournaments
3
16 games
Score
6.5/ 1640.6%
3W7D6L

Last 12 months — tournaments

3 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Swiss
May 20262.5/6#281634+0.6
Swiss
Feb 20261/4#171512-34.0
Swiss
Aug 20253/4#111873-23.2
Worst Elo result: 7th Simon Bartlett Memorial Congress 2026 - Intermediate U1750 (-34.0 Elo, finished #17).

Rankings

/
England
#2,030
out of 3,855 players
Europe
#89,457
in continent
World
#130,805
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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2030🇬🇧Blencowe, Ian P1,643
Europe
1
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2,841
2
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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10
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89457🇬🇧Blencowe, Ian P1,643
World
1
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2,841
2
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2
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6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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9
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130805🇬🇧Blencowe, Ian P1,643