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Foster, Timothy
🇬🇧FIDE 423769· Male· England· Born in 1997
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Timothy Foster, a 29-year-old English player, is rated 1964 — just 15 short of his peak of 1979 (Sep 2025, age 28). He has held steady between 1950 and 2000 for 23 months. 16 rated games in the past year (≈15/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 4th Sussex University Weekend Congress - U2400, Guildford FIDE Congress 2026 - Open, and 2025 British Championship: Weekend Atkins Open. He had 2 career breaks: 13 months (2014–2015) and 31 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included).
At junior level, he reached #23, #20, #41 and #27 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
1964
Standard
Rpd1859·Blz1841
All-time high
1979
−15 pts below
Sep 2025 · age 28
Sep 2025 · age 28
Activity
21
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
16 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#33,826
#33,826 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
14 entries2025
All-time peak 1979
at age 28 · −15 from today
Sep 2025
2019
Inactive for 31 months
paused at 1872 → returned at 1863
Sep 2019
2017
23rd English U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1895
Nov 2017
100 career games
at age 20
Nov 2017
2016
Best 12-month gain (+241 Elo)
1598 → 1839
Apr 2016
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2016
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+3
1961 → 1964
Tournaments
4
18 games
Score
11/ 1861.1%
8W6D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
3.[L]vsDildarav Lishoy Gengis ParatazhamCM2,190·4th Sussex University Weekend Congress - U2400·R4·-4.3
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 2.5/5 | #13 | 1911 | -5.0 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 3/4 | #25 | 2071 | -10.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3/4 | #26 | 2207 | +4.6 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 2.5/3 | #8 | 2145 | +12.8 |
Rankings
/
England
#550
out of 3,855 players
Europe
#25,012
in continent
World
#33,825
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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