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Smith, Mark
🇬🇧FIDE 485250· Male· England· Born in 1981
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Mark Smith, a 45-year-old English player, is rated 1989 — just 11 short of his peak of 2000 (Apr 2026, age 45). He is on a steady climb with +32 Elo over the past 12 months. 27 rated games in the past year (≈29/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Beckenham FIDE Rated Club Championships 2025-2026 Round 7 - 8 April, Coulsdon Chess FIDE Rated Dicky White - April 2026, and Beckenham FIDE Rated Club Championships 2025-2026 Round 6 - 25 March.
Current rating
1989
Standard
Rpd1875·Blz1912
All-time high
2000
−11 pts below
Apr 2026 · age 45
Apr 2026 · age 45
Activity
29
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
27 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#29,259
#29,259 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
11 entries2026
Crossed 2000
at age 45
Apr 2026
All-time peak 2000
at age 45 · −11 from today
Apr 2026
2025
29th English 40-45 player
at age 44 · rated 1999
Oct 2025
2023
100 career games
at age 42
Feb 2023
2022
7-month rising streak
+126 Elo
Nov 2022
Re-crossed 1800
at age 41
Jun 2022
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+47
1942 → 1989
Tournaments
15
25 games
Score
16/ 2564.0%
12W8D5L
Top 3 wins
2.[W]vsIan L Snape2,074·Beckenham FIDE Rated Club Championships 2025-2026 Round 5 - 11 February·R5·+12.7
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsFreddy Jiang1,833·Beckenham FIDE Rated Club Championships 2025-2026 Round 5 - 11 February·R4·-14.0
2.[L]vsVenkata Ananth Akshay Kilambi1,936·Beckenham FIDE Rated Club Championships 2025-2026 Round 3 - 26 November·R3·-11.6
3.[L]vsRichard P Selway1,981·Beckenham FIDE Rated Club Championships 2025-2026 Round 7 - 8 April·R7·-10.2
Last 12 months — tournaments
top 10 of 15| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Swiss | Apr 2026 | 0/1 | #7 | 1181 | -11.2 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #45 | 1982 | 0.0 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #4 | 1990 | -0.2 |
Open Swiss | Mar 2026 | 2.5/3 | #4 | 2276 | +21.4 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 1/2 | #1 | 1954 | -2.6 |
Rankings
/
England
#460
out of 3,845 players
Europe
#21,627
in continent
World
#29,259
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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