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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 2000 — his current career high. He is on a steady climb with +58 Elo over the past 12 months. 29 rated games in the past year. 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
2000
Standard
Rpd1875·Blz1912
All-time high
2000
at best
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
#27,499
#27,499 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2026
Re-crossed 2000
at age 45
Jun 2026
Crossed 2000
at age 45
Apr 2026
All-time peak 2000
at age 45
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
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+53
1947 → 2000
Tournaments
15
25 games
Score
16/ 2564.0%
12W8D5L
Top 3 wins
3.[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
15 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 1.5/2 | #6 | 2204 | +11.2 |
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 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 0/1 | #58 | 1175 | -10.4 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 0.5/1 | #45 | 1856 | -3.8 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 0.5/1 | #4 | 1761 | -2.8 |
Open Swiss | Dec 2025 | 1/1 | #18 | 2661 | +6.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsIan L Snape
🇬🇧ENG·2067
+5 −4 =3
12 games·last met May 2026
View head-to-head →
vsNasir Rizvi
🇬🇧WLS·1980
+5 −1 =5
11 games·last met Sep 2025
View head-to-head →
vsD Ian Calvert
🇬🇧ENG·1934
+2 −0 =6
8 games·last met Jun 2025
View head-to-head →
vsShivam Agrawal
🇬🇧ENG·2096
+4 −0 =4
8 games·last met Mar 2025
View head-to-head →
vsMartin J Faulkner
🇬🇧ENG·1905
+3 −2 =2
7 games·last met Jun 2026
View head-to-head →
Rankings
/
England
#440
out of 3,855 players
Europe
#20,319
in continent
World
#27,499
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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