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Villiers, Thomas
CM🇬🇧FIDE 427209· Male· England· Born in 1992
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Thomas Villiers, a 34-year-old English Candidate Master, is rated 2210 and sitting in the top 5% of English players, and in the top 4% worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +52 Elo over the past 12 months. 66 rated games in the past year (≈67/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include grenke Chess Open 2026 A-Open, 1. Muenster Oster Open - A, and 2025-26 4NCL Division 1 Rounds 3-4. Also played 1 rapid (including 2025 FIDE World Rapid Team Championship) and 2 blitz events (including 2025 FIDE World Blitz Team Championship Pool B) recently. His peak of 2258 was reached at age 34 (Feb 2026); he also reached English #83 in Apr 2026.
Awarded CM in 2018 (age 26).
Current rating
2210
Standard
Rpd2134·Blz2101
All-time high
2258
−48 pts below
Feb 2026 · age 34
Feb 2026 · age 34
Activity
74
games / yr avg. · ≈6/mo
66 past 12 mo · ≈6/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 5%
#116 · English players · of 2,546
Career timeline
20 entries2026
Peak English rank: #83
at age 34 · rated 2258
Apr 2026
All-time peak 2258
at age 34 · −48 from today
Feb 2026
2025
Re-crossed 2200
at age 33
Oct 2025
2023
Re-crossed 2200
at age 31
Sep 2023
2021
Re-crossed 2200
at age 29
Dec 2021
Re-crossed 2200
at age 29
Sep 2021
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+52
2158 → 2210
Tournaments
10
70 games
Score
39/ 7055.7%
30W23D17L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5/8 | #572 | 2278 | -13.0 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 4.5/8 | #27 | 2075 | -35.4 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/2 | #62 | 2296 | +4.0 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4/8 | #97 | 2385 | +34.6 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 3/8 | #94 | 2241 | +1.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3.5/6 | #116 | 2303 | +23.0 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 6/9 | #6 | 2208 | +13.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4/6 | #6 | 2118 | -3.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4.5/5 | #1 | 2451 | +28.8 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 3.5/6 | #45 | 2133 | -2.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsPeter J SowrayFM
🇬🇧ENG·2137
+2 −9 =3
14 games·last met May 2026
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vsFederico RoccoCM
🇬🇧ENG·2160
+8 −2 =4
14 games·last met Aug 2018
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vsStephen C V Prior
🇬🇧ENG·1994
+5 −2 =5
12 games·last met Apr 2022
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vsTim L Rogers
🇬🇧ENG·1887
+4 −6 =1
11 games·last met Apr 2022
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vsSacha Brozel
🇬🇧ENG·2084
+5 −2 =3
10 games·last met Aug 2019
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Rankings
/
England
#116
out of 3,845 players
Europe
#5,334
in continent
World
#7,630
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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