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Ainscow, Faye
🇬🇧INACTIVE · since January 2025FIDE 428698· Female· England· Born in 1942
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Faye Ainscow, a 84-year-old English player, is rated 1637 — just 18 short of her peak of 1655 (Mar 2024, age 82). She plays around 2 rated games per year and took a 59-month break between Jan 2020 and Jan 2025 (COVID-19 included).
Current rating
1637
Standard
Rpd1573·Blz1569
All-time high
1655
−18 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 82
Mar 2024 · age 82
Activity
2
games / yr avg.
classical only
Occasional
Occasional
Signature stat
#132,518
#132,518 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
10 entries2025
29th English 80+ player
at age 83 · rated 1637
Dec 2025
Best 12-month gain (+212 Elo)
1425 → 1637
Jan 2025
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 1637 → still inactive
Jan 2025
2024
Crossed 1600
at age 82
Mar 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 82
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1655
at age 82 · −18 from today
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
0
1637 → 1637
Most-Played Opponents
vsNick Goulbourne
🇬🇧ENG·1526
+16 −7 =7
30 games·last met Oct 2021
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vsSalvatore Pepe
🇬🇧ENG·1631
+3 −16 =0
19 games·last met Mar 2023
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vsDavid A S Buckland
🇬🇧ENG
+11 −3 =5
19 games·last met Feb 2019
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vsBernard Klingher
🇬🇧ENG·1608
+13 −1 =5
19 games·last met Sep 2017
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vsArun Mahtani
🇬🇧ENG
+5 −10 =2
17 games·last met Jun 2023
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Rankings
/
England
#1,972
out of 3,855 players
Europe
#92,162
in continent
World
#131,001
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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