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Charles, Dion
🇳🇿FIDE 4305981· Male· New Zealand· Born in 1999
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Dion Charles, a 27-year-old player, is rated 1818 — just 1 short of his peak of 1819 (Mar 2024, age 25). He plays occasionally (4 games in the last 12 months) and had 4 career breaks: 14 months (2016–2018), 35 months (2018–2021, COVID-19 included), 23 months (2021–2023) and 14 months (2024–2025). Recent appearance: Capital Chess Classic 2025. Also played 1 rapid event (including North Island Rapid Championship 2025) recently. He reached #85 nationally in Dec 2023.
At junior level, he reached #4, #6 and #3 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
1818
Standard
Rpd1776·Blz1810
All-time high
1819
−1 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 25
Mar 2024 · age 25
Activity
5
games / yr avg.
4 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#70,754
#70,754 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
15 entries2024
Crossed 1800
at age 25
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1819
at age 25 · −1 from today
Mar 2024
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 1698 → returned at 1810
Feb 2024
2023
Peak national rank: #85
at age 24 · rated 1732
Dec 2023
2021
Inactive for 23 months
paused at 1783 → returned at 1732
Feb 2021
2018
4th U20 player nationally
at age 19 · rated 1760
Oct 2018
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+8
1810 → 1818
Tournaments
1
6 games
Score
4/ 666.7%
4W0D2L
Top 2 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4/4 | #12 | 2687 | +8.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsJack JamesCM
🇳🇿NZL·2050
+0 −8 =1
9 games·last met Jan 2018
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vsVyanla M PunsalanWFM
🇳🇿NZL·1991
+3 −1 =3
7 games·last met Jul 2017
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vsRobert List
🇳🇿NZL·1660
+5 −0 =0
5 games·last met Jan 2023
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vsLeighton NichollsCM
🇳🇿NZL·1851
+1 −4 =0
5 games·last met Jan 2018
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vsOliver PickenCM
🇳🇿NZL·1860
+2 −2 =1
5 games·last met Oct 2016
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Rankings
/
New Zealand
#111
out of 648 players
Asia-Pacific
#8,582
in continent
World
#70,753
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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