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Matthew, Ian G

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FIDEFIDE 423165· Male· England· Born in 1957

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Ian G Matthew, a 69-year-old English player, is rated 1761. He has held steady between 1750 and 1800 for 9 months. 15 rated games in the past year (≈7/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Glasgow Congress Ken Stewart Open 2026, Manchester FIDE Summer Congress 2025 - Major, and 2025 British Championship: Weekend Penrose Under 2000. He had 4 career breaks: 13 months (2011–2012), 41 months (2014–2017), 16 months (2017–2019) and 43 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included). His peak of 1948 was reached at age 55 (Sep 2012).

Current rating

1761

Standard

Rpd—·Blz—

All-time high

1948

−187 pts below
Sep 2012 · age 55

Activity

14

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

15 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#88,695

#88,695 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

15 entries
2026
100 career games
at age 69
Apr 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+134 Elo)
1641 → 1775
Sep 2024
2023
72nd English 65-70 player
at age 66 · rated 1745
Jul 2023
2019
Inactive for 43 months
paused at 1816 → returned at 1745
Jan 2019
2018
73rd English 60-65 player
at age 61 · rated 1860
Jun 2018
2017
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 1860 → returned at 1816
Aug 2017

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Advik Mittal 1,893
Glasgow Congress Ken Stewart Open 2026 · Mar 2026 · +13.6 Elo
Evolution
-18
1779 → 1761
Tournaments
4
24 games
Score
7.5/ 2431.3%
7W5D12L

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Glasgow Congress Ken Stewart Open 2026
Open Swiss
Mar 20261.5/4#511788+2.6
Manchester FIDE Summer Congress 2025 - Major
Open Swiss
Aug 20253/2#172646+6.6
2025 British Championship: Weekend Penrose Under 2000
Open Swiss
Aug 20252.5/3#202116+29.4
Scottish Championship International Open 2025
Open Swiss
Jul 20250.5/6#541386-57.2
Worst Elo result: Scottish Championship International Open 2025 (-57.2 Elo, finished #54).

Rankings

/
England
#1,424
out of 3,845 players
Europe
#63,581
in continent
World
#88,694
out of 400,000+

National ranking

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8
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10
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2
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7
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7
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