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Duneas, John
FM🇳🇿INACTIVEFIDE 4302052· Male· New Zealand· Born in 1970
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John Duneas, a 56-year-old FIDE Master, is rated 1985. He plays around 26 rated games per year and had 2 career breaks: 18 months (2022–2024) and 17 months (2024–2026). His peak of 2160 was reached at age 39 (Jul 2009); he also reached #15 nationally in Nov 2019.
Awarded FM in 2019 (age 49) and CM in 2017 (age 47).
Current rating
1985
Standard
Rpd1944·Blz1984
All-time high
2160
−175 pts below
Jul 2009 · age 39
Jul 2009 · age 39
Activity
8
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
Occasional
Signature stat
#29,929
#29,929 · players worldwide · of 216,807
Career timeline
19 entries2024
Inactive for 17 months
paused at 1985 → returned at 1986
Aug 2024
2022
Inactive for 18 months
paused at 1983 → returned at 1978
Nov 2022
2021
5th 50-55 player nationally
at age 51 · rated 2147
Feb 2021
2020
3rd 45-50 player nationally
at age 50 · rated 2147
Oct 2020
2019
Peak national rank: #15
at age 49 · rated 2155
Nov 2019
FM title awardedFM
at age 49
Aug 2019
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
0
1985 → 1985
Most-Played Opponents
vsAlphaeus Wei Ern AngFM
🇳🇿NZL·2367
+5 −9 =6
20 games·last met Jul 2024
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vsMichael V R SteadmanFM
🇳🇿NZL·1982
+2 −14 =4
20 games·last met Mar 2023
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vsRobert W SmithFM
🇳🇿NZL·2118
+2 −5 =7
14 games·last met Nov 2019
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vsDaniel Hanwen GongFM
🇳🇿NZL·2248
+3 −6 =5
14 games·last met Nov 2019
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vsBen HagueFM
🇳🇿NZL·2336
+0 −10 =4
14 games·last met Aug 2018
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Rankings
/
New Zealand
#41
out of 648 players
Asia-Pacific
#175
in continent
World
#28,838
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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