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Adams, Henry
🇬🇧FIDE 464562· Male· England· Born in 2005
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Henry Adams, a 21-year-old English player, is rated 2174 — just 15 short of his peak of 2189 (Apr 2026, age 21) and sitting in the top 4% of players worldwide. He is progressing steadily with +30 Elo over the past 12 months. 43 rated games in the past year (≈27/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 4th Sussex University Weekend Congress - U2400, 2025-26 4NCL Division 2 Rounds 7-8, and 99th Hastings International Chess Congress - Masters. Also played 1 blitz event (including 2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic Team Blitz) recently. He took a 31-month break between Jan 2020 and Sep 2022 (COVID-19 included).
At junior level, he reached #9, #10, #67 and #61 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2174
Standard
Rpd1944·Blz1900
All-time high
2189
−15 pts below
Apr 2026 · age 21
Apr 2026 · age 21
Activity
44
games / yr avg. · ≈4/mo
43 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 4%
#9,653 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
14 entries2026
38th English 20-35 player
at age 21 · rated 2189
Apr 2026
All-time peak 2189
at age 21 · −15 from today
Apr 2026
2025
9th English U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2159
Sep 2025
Crossed 2100
at age 20
May 2025
100 career games
at age 20
Mar 2025
Re-crossed 2000
at age 20
Jan 2025
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+30
2144 → 2174
Tournaments
6
36 games
Score
20/ 3655.6%
14W12D10L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
6 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 2.5/4 | #15 | 2025 | -14.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1.5/2 | #17 | 2341 | +8.4 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 5/8 | #40 | 2313 | +21.8 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3/5 | #12 | 2106 | -0.2 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 3/7 | #86 | 2099 | -3.8 |
Open Swiss | Aug 2025 | 5/9 | #33 | 2324 | +48.4 |
Rankings
/
England
#151
out of 3,845 players
Europe
#6,843
in continent
World
#9,653
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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