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White, Nigel
🇬🇧FIDE 443093· Male· England· Born in 1958
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Nigel White, a 68-year-old English player, is rated 1584. He plays occasionally (9 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 40 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included) and 23 months (2023–2025). Recent standard appearances include 2025 British Championship: PM Under 1750, 2025 British Championship: AM Under 1600, and 13th Pimlico Summer Tournament 2025 - Major (u1800). His peak of 1616 was reached at age 66 (Mar 2024).
Current rating
1584
Standard
Rpd1524·Blz—
All-time high
1616
−32 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 66
Mar 2024 · age 66
Activity
3
games / yr avg.
9 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#153,108
#153,108 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
10 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+253 Elo)
1363 → 1616
Mar 2024
Crossed 1600
at age 66
Mar 2024
Crossed 1500
at age 66
Mar 2024
Re-crossed 1400
at age 66
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1616
at age 66 · −32 from today
Mar 2024
2023
Inactive for 23 months
paused at 1360 → returned at 1608
Aug 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-32
1616 → 1584
Tournaments
2
12 games
Score
5.5/ 1245.8%
4W3D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 2/5 | #60 | 1582 | -24.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3.5/3 | #25 | 2401 | -0.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsDavid C Dunne
🇬🇧ENG·1659
+1 −5 =1
7 games·last met Feb 2020
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vsFaye Ainscow
🇬🇧ENG·1637
+1 −3 =2
6 games·last met Jan 2019
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vsGeoffrey R Simms
🇬🇧ENG
+1 −2 =2
5 games·last met Aug 2024
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vsJohn Macdonald
🇬🇧ENG·1642
+3 −2 =0
5 games·last met Nov 2019
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vsNick Goulbourne
🇬🇧ENG·1526
+0 −5 =0
5 games·last met Oct 2019
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Rankings
/
England
#2,251
out of 3,855 players
Europe
#101,507
in continent
World
#153,093
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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