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Pace, Colin
CM🇲🇹FIDE 5600189· Male· Malta· Born in 1979
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Colin Pace, a 47-year-old Candidate Master, is rated 2127 and sitting in the top 6% of players worldwide. He has held steady between 2100 and 2150 for 9 months. 61 rated games in the past year (≈33/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include CIS 2026 - Serie B Gironi 23 e 24, Swieqi Chess Club League 2025 - Division 1 Final Rounds, and European Amateur Championship U2300. Also played 2 blitz events (including ESNA Cyprus Blitz 2025) recently. His peak of 2196 was reached at age 45 (Feb 2024); he also reached #1 nationally in May 2016 and spent 98 months in top 3, with a longest streak of 2 consecutive years.
Awarded CM in 2006 (age 27).
Current rating
2127
Standard
Rpd2120·Blz2032
All-time high
2196
−69 pts below
Feb 2024 · age 45
Feb 2024 · age 45
Activity
54
games / yr avg. · ≈5/mo
52 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
Top 6%
#13,044 · players worldwide · of 218,279
98 months in National top 3 (2004–2025)
98 months in National top 3 (2004–2025)
Career timeline
14 entries2025
98 months in national top 3
longest streak 28 months · since Jan 2004
Sep 2025
1st 45-50 player nationally
at age 46 · rated 2163
Aug 2025
2024
2nd 40-45 player nationally
at age 45 · rated 2196
Mar 2024
All-time peak 2196
at age 45 · −69 from today
Feb 2024
2017
500 career games
at age 38
Sep 2017
2016
Peak national rank: #1
at age 37 · rated 2182
May 2016
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
-31
2158 → 2127
Tournaments
10
52 games
Score
31/ 5259.6%
22W18D12L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | May 2026 | 2/2 | #1 | 2737 | +10.2 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/5 | #28 | 2106 | -5.2 |
Round-Robin | Dec 2025 | 3/4 | #1 | 2027 | -6.2 |
Swiss | Nov 2025 | 6/9 | #4 | 2180 | +20.4 |
Round-Robin | Nov 2025 | 3.5/8 | #23 | 2097 | -3.4 |
Round-Robin | Nov 2025 | 2/2 | #4 | 2811 | +15.2 |
Round-Robin | Sep 2025 | 2.5/4 | #8 | 2072 | -6.4 |
Round-Robin | Sep 2025 | 4/10 | #4 | 1998 | -41.6 |
Round-Robin | Aug 2025 | 1/1 | #2 | 2739 | +4.2 |
Swiss | Jul 2025 | 5/7 | #3 | 2048 | -13.2 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsDuncan VellaCM
🇲🇹MLT·1903
+27 −7 =14
48 games·last met Nov 2027
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vsRobert ZerafaCM
🇲🇹MLT·2076
+18 −11 =12
41 games·last met Nov 2023
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vsPatrick ZerafaFM
🇲🇹MLT·2013
+20 −5 =10
35 games·last met Jul 2025
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vsJake DarmaninCM
🇲🇹MLT·2037
+13 −11 =8
32 games·last met Nov 2027
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vsJoseph GauciCM
🇲🇹MLT·2139
+5 −7 =16
28 games·last met Nov 2027
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Rankings
/
Malta
#6
out of 129 players
Europe
#9,425
in continent
World
#13,044
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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