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Braithwaite, Paul
🇬🇧FIDE 420280· Male· England· Born in 1974
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Paul Braithwaite, a 52-year-old English player, is rated 1485 — just 12 short of his peak of 1497 (Aug 2025, age 51). He has held steady between 1450 and 1500 for 14 months. 31 rated games in the past year (≈33/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Coulsdon Chess FIDE Rated Dicky White - February 2026, Coulsdon Chess Standardplay Winter Congress 2025 - Minor, and London Chess League FIDE Weekender 26-28 September - U1650. Also played 7 rapid (including Ealing FIDE Rapidplay - Open - 8 February 2026) and 8 blitz events (including Hendon FIDE Blitz - June 2025) recently.
Current rating
1485
Standard
Rpd—·Blz1470
All-time high
1497
−12 pts below
Aug 2025 · age 51
Aug 2025 · age 51
Activity
32
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
31 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#190,251
#190,251 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
14 entries2025
All-time peak 1497
at age 51 · −12 from today
Aug 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+390 Elo)
1089 → 1479
May 2024
Crossed 1400
at age 50
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1200
at age 50
Mar 2024
2022
57th English 45-50 player
at age 48 · rated 1091
Apr 2022
2017
6-month rising streak
+58 Elo
Jul 2017
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+2
1483 → 1485
Tournaments
13
43 games
Score
19/ 4344.2%
15W8D20L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 0/1 | #50 | 783 | -7.4 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 2/4 | #7 | 1506 | +1.4 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3.5/1 | #10 | 2327 | +1.6 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 2/2 | #3 | 2333 | +23.8 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 1/2 | #40 | 1473 | -1.2 |
Rankings
/
England
#2,469
out of 3,845 players
Europe
#118,806
in continent
World
#190,171
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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