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Young, Daniel J
🇬🇧FIDE 425184· Male· England· Born in 1994
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Daniel J Young, a 32-year-old English player, is rated 1955. He has held steady between 1950 and 2000 for 7 months. 18 rated games in the past year (≈21/year long-term). Recent appearances: 2025 Coventry International and Kingston Invitational Swiss 2025. Also played 4 rapid (including 2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic Super Rapidplay) and 3 blitz events (including 2025 UK Open Blitz: London 1 (Hampton) Qualifier) recently. His peak of 2021 was reached at age 24 (Dec 2018).
At junior level, he reached #28 and #30 nationally in U20 and U18.
Current rating
1955
Standard
Rpd1800·Blz1853
All-time high
2021
−66 pts below
Dec 2018 · age 24
Dec 2018 · age 24
Activity
17
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
15 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#35,645
#35,645 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2022
89th English 20-35 player
at age 28 · rated 1970
Jun 2022
2020
Inactive for 19 months
paused at 1944 → returned at 1938
Apr 2020
2018
All-time peak 2021
at age 24 · −66 from today
Dec 2018
Re-crossed 2000
at age 24
Sep 2018
2017
Crossed 2000
at age 23
Dec 2017
Best 12-month gain (+151 Elo)
1842 → 1993
Oct 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-3
1958 → 1955
Tournaments
2
16 games
Score
7/ 1643.8%
6W2D8L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 3.5/7 | #54 | 2071 | +22.0 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3.5/8 | #48 | 1941 | -25.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsRobin W Haldane
🇬🇧ENG·1982
+5 −7 =3
15 games·last met Jan 2024
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vsNasir Rizvi
🇬🇧WLS·1980
+3 −5 =2
10 games·last met Mar 2019
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vsPaul G Jackson
🇬🇧ENG·1720
+8 −1 =1
10 games·last met Mar 2019
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vsSam J Porter
🇬🇧ENG·1985
+1 −5 =3
9 games·last met Apr 2019
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vsRobert Akeya-Price
🇬🇧ENG·1937
+4 −1 =2
7 games·last met Aug 2024
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Rankings
/
England
#574
out of 3,855 players
Europe
#26,339
in continent
World
#35,644
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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