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Patel, Zain
🇬🇧FIDE 469246· Male· England· Born in 2010
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Zain Patel, a 16-year-old English player, is rated 2094 — just 19 short of his peak of 2113 (Jan 2025, age 15) and sitting in the top 3% of players worldwide under 16, and in the top 7% worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +64 Elo over the past 12 months. 83 rated games in the past year (≈57/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Reykjavik Open 2026, 2025-26 4NCL Division 3 Knights Rounds 7-8, and 2026 Isle of Wight Masters. Also played 9 rapid (including 2025 FIDE World Rapid Team Championship) and 24 blitz events (including 2025 FIDE World Blitz Team Championship Pool D) recently.
At junior level, he reached #12, #8, #9 and #20 nationally in U16, U14, U12 and U10.
Current rating
2094
Standard
Rpd2059·Blz2122
All-time high
2113
−19 pts below
Jan 2025 · age 15
Jan 2025 · age 15
Activity
101
games / yr avg. · ≈8/mo
83 past 12 mo · ≈7/mo
classical only
Very active
classical only
Very active
Signature stat
Top 3%
#642 · players worldwide under 16 · of 20,341
Career timeline
12 entries2025
12th English U16 player
at age 15 · rated 2113
Jan 2025
Crossed 2100
at age 15
Jan 2025
All-time peak 2113
at age 15 · −19 from today
Jan 2025
2024
8th English U14 player
at age 14 · rated 2083
Sep 2024
Re-crossed 2000
at age 14
Aug 2024
2023
Crossed 2000
at age 13
Sep 2023
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+49
2045 → 2094
Tournaments
14
80 games
Score
39.5/ 8049.4%
27W27D26L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
9 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 5/7 | #156 | 2250 | +40.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #61 | 1905 | -8.4 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 5/9 | #40 | 2084 | +12.0 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 1.5/2 | #11 | 2103 | +7.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1.5/2 | #21 | 2188 | +14.4 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4/8 | #57 | 2005 | -21.2 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4.5/10 | #122 | 2057 | -9.2 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1.5/2 | #27 | 2274 | +24.8 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 2/7 | #549 | 2000 | -30.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsStanley BadacsonyiFM
🇬🇧ENG·2321
+4 −13 =5
22 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsMohammad Hossein Mozaffari
🇮🇷IRI·1986
+10 −5 =0
15 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsLivio Cancedda-Dupuis
🇬🇧ENG·2250
+2 −8 =4
14 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsRaman Vashisht-Pigem
🇬🇧ENG·2044
+6 −2 =4
12 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsFrankie BadacsonyiFM
🇬🇧ENG·2241
+0 −7 =5
12 games·last met Sep 2025
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Rankings
/
England
#249
out of 3,845 players
Europe
#11,615
in continent
World
#15,958
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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