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McNish, David
🇬🇧INACTIVE · since March 2023FIDE 427195· Male· Scotland· Born in 1958
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David Mcnish, a 68-year-old Scottish player, is rated 1762 — his current career high. He plays around 2 rated games per year and had 2 career breaks: 25 months (2016–2018) and 56 months (2018–2023, COVID-19 included). Also played 1 rapid event (including Golders Green FIDE Rapidplay - February 2026 - U1900) recently.
Competes for Scotland since Apr 2022.
Current rating
1762
Standard
Rpd1613·Blz—
All-time high
1762
at best
Mar 2024 · age 66
Mar 2024 · age 66
Activity
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classical only
Signature stat
#88,368
#88,368 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
14 entries2024
All-time peak 1762
at age 66
Mar 2024
19th Scottish 65-70 player
at age 66 · rated 1603
Jan 2024
2023
Inactive for 38 months
paused at 1603 → still inactive
Mar 2023
2022
Switched federation: ENG → SCO
at age 64
Apr 2022
2019
21st Scottish 60-65 player
at age 61 · rated 1647
May 2019
2018
Inactive for 56 months
paused at 1647 → returned at 1603
Jun 2018
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
0
1762 → 1762
Last 12 months — tournaments
0 eventsMost-Played Opponents
vsSalvatore Pepe
🇬🇧ENG·1631
+6 −9 =1
16 games·last met Nov 2019
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vsAG (Tony) Bynnersley
🇬🇧ENG·1662
+6 −3 =2
11 games·last met Nov 2019
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vsDave J Bluestone
🇬🇧ENG
+4 −3 =0
7 games·last met Aug 2019
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vsSelvarattinam Genga Somupillai
🇬🇧ENG·1617
+3 −1 =2
6 games·last met Nov 2017
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vsMohsen Abedian
🇬🇧ENG·1734
+4 −1 =0
5 games·last met Feb 2019
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Rankings
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Scotland
#202
out of 459 players
Europe
#62,149
in continent
World
#82,600
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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