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Idle, Oscar
🇬🇧FIDE 439347· Male· England· Born in 2001
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Oscar Idle, a 25-year-old English player, is rated 1938 — his current career high. He plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months) and had 3 career breaks: 62 months (2016–2021, COVID-19 included), 25 months (2021–2024) and 19 months (2024–2025). Recent appearances: 4th Sussex University Weekend Congress - U2400 and 3rd Sussex Univeristy Chess Congress - Open. Also played 1 blitz event (including Sussex University Blitz Tournament) recently.
At junior level, he reached #28, #48 and #30 nationally in U20, U16 and U14.
Current rating
1938
Standard
Rpd1881·Blz1892
All-time high
1938
at best
Mar 2024 · age 23
Mar 2024 · age 23
Activity
4
games / yr avg.
9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#39,212
#39,212 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2024
All-time peak 1938
at age 23
Mar 2024
Inactive for 19 months
paused at 1897 → returned at 1920
Feb 2024
2022
97th English 20-35 player
at age 21 · rated 1902
Apr 2022
2021
28th English U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1902
Dec 2021
Best 12-month gain (+180 Elo)
1722 → 1902
Dec 2021
Inactive for 25 months
paused at 1902 → returned at 1897
Dec 2021
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
0
1938 → 1938
Tournaments
2
9 games
Score
4.5/ 950.0%
3W3D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 3/5 | #7 | 2054 | +17.8 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 1.5/4 | #30 | 1760 | -18.2 |
Rankings
/
England
#627
out of 3,855 players
Europe
#28,956
in continent
World
#39,211
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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