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Shard, Henry
🇬🇧FIDE 459380· Male· England· Born in 2004
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Henry Shard, a 22-year-old English player, is rated 1904 — his current career high. He is on a steady climb with +57 Elo over the past 12 months. 18 rated games in the past year (≈5/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Muswell Hill FIDE Standard - 9 September 2025, Earlsfield FIDE Congress - August 2025 - U2400, and UK Chess Academy August 2025 - FM Pool. Also played 3 rapid events (including 2026 British Universities Championship: Bowl) recently. He took a 43-month break between Jan 2020 and Sep 2023 (COVID-19 included).
At junior level, he reached #31, #46 and #53 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
1904
Standard
Rpd1802·Blz1711
All-time high
1904
at best
Oct 2025 · age 21
Oct 2025 · age 21
Activity
13
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
18 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#47,187
#47,187 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
9 entries2025
All-time peak 1904
at age 21
Oct 2025
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 21
Aug 2025
2024
31st English U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1847
Oct 2024
Best 12-month gain (+322 Elo)
1525 → 1847
Oct 2024
Crossed 1800
at age 20
Oct 2024
2021
46th English U18 player
at age 17 · rated 1499
Dec 2021
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+57
1847 → 1904
Tournaments
7
22 games
Score
17/ 2277.3%
16W2D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Sep 2025 | 2/2 | #1 | 2531 | +12.0 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3/3 | #6 | 2615 | +5.0 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4/4 | #1 | 2567 | +9.4 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 2/1 | #3 | 2371 | +2.8 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 3/4 | #7 | 2167 | +13.2 |
Hot streak: 6 tournaments without losing Elo.
Rankings
/
England
#755
out of 3,845 players
Europe
#34,748
in continent
World
#47,187
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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