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BJ
Bird, Joel
🇬🇧INACTIVE · since January 2025FIDE 429252· Male· England· Born in 1976
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Joel Bird, a 50-year-old English player, is rated 1987. He plays around 6 rated games per year and had 3 career breaks: 23 months (2015–2017), 31 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included) and 24 months (2022–2024). Also played 3 rapid (including 2025 FIDE World Rapid Team Championship) and 1 blitz events (including 2025 FIDE World Blitz Team Championship Pool C) recently. His peak of 2171 was reached at age 39 (Jan 2015).
Current rating
1987
Standard
Rpd1867·Blz1945
All-time high
2171
−184 pts below
Jan 2015 · age 39
Jan 2015 · age 39
Activity
6
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
Occasional
Signature stat
#29,636
#29,636 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
16 entries2025
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 1987 → still inactive
Jan 2025
2024
30th English 45-50 player
at age 48 · rated 2001
Nov 2024
Re-crossed 2000
at age 48
Nov 2024
2022
Inactive for 24 months
paused at 1958 → returned at 1999
Jul 2022
2020
35th English 40-45 player
at age 44 · rated 2009
Aug 2020
2019
Best 12-month gain (+78 Elo)
1931 → 2009
Sep 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
0
1987 → 1987
Last 12 months — tournaments
0 eventsRankings
/
England
#461
out of 3,855 players
Europe
#22,575
in continent
World
#29,419
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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