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Cowan, Xavier
🇬🇧FIDE 458465· Male· England· Born in 2004
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Xavier Cowan, a 22-year-old English player, is rated 1864 — his current career high. He is on a steady climb with +26 Elo over the past 12 months. 25 rated games in the past year (≈13/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Kingston Invitational Swiss 2025, 2025 British Championship: Major Open, and London Chess League FIDE Weekender May 2025 - Major. Also played 1 blitz event (including 2025 British Championship: Second Blitz Open) recently. He took a 49-month break between Jan 2020 and Mar 2024 (COVID-19 included).
At junior level, he reached #33, #33, #27 and #26 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
1864
Standard
Rpd1731·Blz1753
All-time high
1864
at best
Sep 2025 · age 21
Sep 2025 · age 21
Activity
14
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
25 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#57,499
#57,499 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
13 entries2025
All-time peak 1864
at age 21
Sep 2025
100 career games
at age 21
Sep 2025
2024
33rd English U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1838
Dec 2024
Crossed 1800
at age 20
Mar 2024
2023
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2023
2021
33rd English U18 player
at age 17 · rated 1675
Dec 2021
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Evolution
+22
1842 → 1864
Tournaments
3
23 games
Score
11.5/ 2350.0%
10W3D10L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
3 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3.5/9 | #35 | 1843 | -4.8 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4.5/9 | #47 | 1920 | +14.8 |
Swiss | May 2025 | 3.5/5 | #6 | 1924 | +12.0 |
Rankings
/
England
#915
out of 3,845 players
Europe
#42,107
in continent
World
#57,499
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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