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Steadman, Mathew
🇳🇿FIDE 4304845· Male· New Zealand· Born in 2004
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Mathew Steadman, a 22-year-old player, is rated 1679 — just 8 short of his peak of 1687 (Mar 2024, age 20). He plays occasionally (3 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 43 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included) and 16 months (2024–2025). Recent appearances: ACC Winter Cup 2025 Rounds 3-7 and ACC Winter Cup 2025 Rounds 1-2. Also played 1 rapid event (including ACC Autumn Rapid 2025 Rounds 4-6) recently.
At junior level, he reached #15, #14, #11, #5 and #4 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1679
Standard
Rpd1711·Blz1710
All-time high
1687
−8 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 20
Mar 2024 · age 20
Activity
3
games / yr avg.
3 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#117,510
#117,510 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
21 entries2025
38th 20-35 player nationally
at age 21 · rated 1687
Jan 2025
2024
Best 12-month gain (+196 Elo)
1491 → 1687
Oct 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 20
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1500
at age 20
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1687
at age 20 · −8 from today
Mar 2024
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 1479 → returned at 1683
Feb 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-4
1683 → 1679
Tournaments
1
1 games
Score
0.5/ 150.0%
0W1D0L
Top wins
No noteworthy wins (no Elo gained on any game).
Top losses
Undefeated in the last 12 months.
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 0.5/1 | #61 | 1530 | -4.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsAaron Ziwen Wang
🇳🇿NZL·1846
+3 −4 =0
7 games·last met Jan 2017
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vsIsabelle Yixuan NingCM
🇳🇿NZL·2114
+1 −5 =0
6 games·last met Oct 2018
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vsIsabella Malton
🇳🇿NZL·1469
+6 −0 =0
6 games·last met Oct 2018
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vsOliver PickenCM
🇳🇿NZL·1860
+0 −6 =0
6 games·last met Jan 2018
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vsHannah Ruihan Xu
🇨🇦CAN·1504
+5 −0 =0
5 games·last met Aug 2019
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Rankings
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New Zealand
#222
out of 648 players
Asia-Pacific
#16,468
in continent
World
#117,505
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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