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Coward, Neil
🇬🇧FIDE 437590· Male· England· Born in 1962
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Neil Coward, a 64-year-old English player, is rated 1775. He has held steady between 1750 and 1800 for 2 years. 31 rated games in the past year (≈11/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 49th Nottingham Congress - Major, 2026 4NCL Bradford Congress Under 2000, and 3rd Torquay Riviera Congress (AM U2000). He had 3 career breaks: 17 months (2016–2018), 22 months (2018–2020) and 30 months (2020–2022, COVID-19 included). His peak of 1863 was reached at age 53 (May 2015).
Current rating
1775
Standard
Rpd1897·Blz—
All-time high
1863
−88 pts below
May 2015 · age 53
May 2015 · age 53
Activity
22
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
31 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#84,222
#84,222 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2025
100 career games
at age 63
Sep 2025
Best 12-month gain (+158 Elo)
1610 → 1768
Feb 2025
2020
Inactive for 30 months
paused at 1731 → returned at 1697
Jan 2020
2018
Inactive for 22 months
paused at 1760 → returned at 1731
Feb 2018
2016
Inactive for 17 months
paused at 1767 → returned at 1760
Aug 2016
2015
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 53
Sep 2015
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+7
1768 → 1775
Tournaments
6
32 games
Score
16.5/ 3251.6%
11W11D10L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 2.5/4 | #8 | 1774 | +7.8 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3/4 | #28 | 2005 | +1.4 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 0.5/5 | #19 | 1412 | -36.4 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4/7 | #8 | 1910 | +27.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 2.5/6 | #25 | 1645 | -20.8 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4/5 | #5 | 1989 | +27.4 |
Rankings
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England
#1,348
out of 3,855 players
Europe
#60,601
in continent
World
#84,220
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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