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Crosby, Ben
🇬🇧FIDE 462292· Male· England· Born in 2006
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Ben Crosby, a 20-year-old English player, is rated 1698 — his current career high. He is rising rapidly, having gained +91 Elo over the past 12 months. 15 rated games in the past year (≈4/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Isle of Wight Weekend Open, 2025-26 4NCL Division 4 Rounds 1-2, and 3rd Sussex Univeristy Chess Congress - U1900. Also played 1 rapid (including Golders Green FIDE Rapid October 2025 - U1900) and 1 blitz events (including 2025 UK Open Blitz: London 3 (Golders Green) Qualifier) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 54 months (2020–2024, COVID-19 included) and 13 months (2024–2025).
At junior level, he reached #66, #64, #77 and #71 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
1698
Standard
Rpd1688·Blz1614
All-time high
1698
at best
Jun 2026 · age 20
Jun 2026 · age 20
Activity
5
games / yr avg.
15 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#110,665
#110,665 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
13 entries2026
All-time peak 1698
at age 20
Jun 2026
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 20
Jun 2026
2025
66th English U20 player
at age 19 · rated 1672
Nov 2025
2024
64th English U18 player
at age 18 · rated 1607
Sep 2024
Best 12-month gain (+269 Elo)
1338 → 1607
Aug 2024
Inactive for 13 months
paused at 1607 → returned at 1639
Aug 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+91
1607 → 1698
Tournaments
5
18 games
Score
9.5/ 1852.8%
4W11D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
5 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 2.5/3 | #6 | 2114 | +46.8 |
Team | May 2026 | 1/3 | #87 | 1589 | -13.6 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 1.5/4 | #21 | 1588 | -6.8 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 1.5/2 | #34 | 1991 | +33.2 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3/3 | #13 | 2483 | +32.4 |
Rankings
/
England
#1,757
out of 3,855 players
Europe
#77,630
in continent
World
#110,662
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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