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Borissow, Magnus
🇬🇧FIDE 498084· Male· England· Born in 2006
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Magnus Borissow, a 20-year-old English player, is rated 2019 — his current career high. He is on a breakout run, having gained +119 Elo over the past 12 months. 23 rated games in the past year (≈16/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 6th 4NCL Easter Congress Open, University of Warwick 1st Congress BCC Qualifier - Open, and 59th Berks and Bucks Chess Congress - Championship. Also played 5 rapid (including 2026 British Universities Championship: Championship) and 2 blitz events (including 2025 UK Open Blitz: Birmingham Qualifier) recently.
At junior level, he reached #19, #23 and #40 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
2019
Standard
Rpd1955·Blz1974
All-time high
2019
at best
May 2026 · age 20
May 2026 · age 20
Activity
13
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
23 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#24,693
#24,693 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
9 entries2026
19th English U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2019
May 2026
All-time peak 2019
at age 20
May 2026
Crossed 2000
at age 20
Apr 2026
2025
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2025
2024
23rd English U18 player
at age 18 · rated 1906
May 2024
Best 12-month gain (+297 Elo)
1582 → 1879
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+119
1900 → 2019
Tournaments
4
23 games
Score
14.5/ 2363.0%
10W9D4L
Top 3 wins
Top 2 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 3.5/7 | #20 | — | +17.0 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 3/5 | #12 | 2134 | +19.8 |
Swiss | Aug 2025 | 4.5/6 | #1 | 2188 | +37.2 |
Swiss | Jun 2025 | 3.5/5 | #2 | 2246 | +45.2 |
Hot streak: 4 tournaments without losing Elo.
Rankings
/
England
#401
out of 3,855 players
Europe
#18,205
in continent
World
#24,693
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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