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Goodfellow, Russell Robert
🇬🇧FIDE 420344· Male· England· Born in 1960
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Russell Robert Goodfellow, a 66-year-old English player, is rated 1795. He has held steady between 1750 and 1800 for 9 months. 23 rated games in the past year (≈15/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 4th Sussex University Weekend Congress - U1900, Guildford FIDE Congress 2026 - Major, and 99th Hastings International Chess Congress - Weekend Major. Also played 3 rapid events (including Greater London Chess Club Summer Rapidplay - U1825) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 13 months (2010–2011) and 60 months (2020–2025, COVID-19 included). His peak of 1925 was reached at age 56 (Oct 2016).
Current rating
1795
Standard
Rpd1758·Blz1716
All-time high
1925
−130 pts below
Oct 2016 · age 56
Oct 2016 · age 56
Activity
10
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
23 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#77,970
#77,970 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 64
Mar 2024
2020
Inactive for 60 months
paused at 1723 → returned at 1804
Jan 2020
2016
Best 12-month gain (+140 Elo)
1783 → 1923
Nov 2016
77th English 55-60 player
at age 56 · rated 1925
Oct 2016
All-time peak 1925
at age 56 · −130 from today
Oct 2016
Re-crossed 1800
at age 56
Jan 2016
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-9
1804 → 1795
Tournaments
6
29 games
Score
19/ 2965.5%
18W2D9L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4.5/3 | #5 | 2590 | +21.2 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 3/3 | #22 | 2436 | -1.2 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 2/5 | #12 | 1652 | -19.4 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 1/3 | #19 | 1478 | -26.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5/4 | #15 | 2487 | +6.2 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 3.5/5 | #2 | 1836 | +10.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsPhil T Foley
🇬🇧ENG·1816
+4 −3 =0
7 games·last met Dec 2016
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vsVladimirs Bovtramovics
🇱🇻LAT·1807
+3 −3 =0
6 games·last met Sep 2019
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vsOliver Finnegan
🇬🇧ENG·1814
+2 −4 =0
6 games·last met Dec 2017
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vsPaul G Jackson
🇬🇧ENG·1720
+3 −3 =0
6 games·last met Jan 2017
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Rankings
/
England
#1,244
out of 3,855 players
Europe
#56,387
in continent
World
#77,969
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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