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Chantrell, Paul
🇬🇧FIDE 451967· Male· England· Born in 1965
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Paul Chantrell, a 61-year-old English player, is rated 1778 — his current career high. He is progressing steadily with +29 Elo over the past 12 months. 30 rated games in the past year (≈15/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include grenke Chess Open 2026 B-Open, 2025 British Championship: Major Open, and 2025 South Wales International Open. Also played 1 rapid (including 2025 British Championship: Rapidplay Under 2000) and 7 blitz events (including 2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic Blitz 2) recently.
Current rating
1778
Standard
Rpd1688·Blz1718
All-time high
1778
at best
May 2026 · age 61
May 2026 · age 61
Activity
18
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
30 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#83,194
#83,194 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
12 entries2026
All-time peak 1778
at age 61
May 2026
2024
Best 12-month gain (+190 Elo)
1559 → 1749
Sep 2024
Re-crossed 1600
at age 59
Mar 2024
2023
100 career games
at age 58
Jun 2023
2022
86th English 55-60 player
at age 57 · rated 1581
Apr 2022
2020
94th English 50-55 player
at age 55 · rated 1546
Oct 2020
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Evolution
+29
1749 → 1778
Tournaments
4
31 games
Score
13.5/ 3143.5%
8W11D12L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 4/6 | #971 | 1982 | +16.4 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3/8 | #94 | 1744 | -5.8 |
Open Swiss | Jul 2025 | 3.5/8 | #47 | 1807 | +7.2 |
Open Swiss | May 2025 | 3/8 | #93 | 1816 | +12.4 |
Rankings
/
England
#1,344
out of 3,845 players
Europe
#59,887
in continent
World
#83,193
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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