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Hirst, Joe A J
🇬🇧FIDE 458791· Male· England· Born in 2006
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Joe A J Hirst, a 20-year-old English player, is rated 1832. He has slipped back 34 Elo over the past 12 months. 13 rated games in the past year (≈14/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2025 Newport Major, 2025 British Championship: PM Under 2050, and 2025 British Championship: AM Under 1900. Also played 1 blitz event (including 2025 UK Open Blitz: Birmingham Qualifier) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 34 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included) and 23 months (2023–2025). His peak of 1866 was reached at age 18 (Mar 2024).
At junior level, he reached #36, #30, #14, #8 and #19 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
1832
Standard
Rpd1816·Blz1792
All-time high
1866
−34 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 18
Mar 2024 · age 18
Activity
6
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
13 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#66,617
#66,617 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
18 entries2025
36th English U20 player
at age 19 · rated 1855
Aug 2025
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2025
2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 18
Mar 2024
All-time peak 1866
at age 18 · −34 from today
Mar 2024
30th English U18 player
at age 18 · rated 1777
Jan 2024
2023
Inactive for 23 months
paused at 1777 → returned at 1855
Aug 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-34
1866 → 1832
Tournaments
4
19 games
Score
11.5/ 1960.5%
7W9D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3/1 | #59 | 2457 | -3.6 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 1.5/4 | #46 | 1654 | -32.0 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4/5 | #4 | 1964 | +12.4 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 3/3 | #18 | 2656 | -11.2 |
Rankings
/
England
#1,065
out of 3,855 players
Europe
#48,565
in continent
World
#66,616
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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