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Sugimoto, Koichi

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FIDEFIDE 7000359· Male· Japan· Born in 1956

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Koichi Sugimoto, a 70-year-old player, is rated 1796. He has slipped back 30 Elo over the past 12 months. 21 rated games in the past year (≈7/year long-term). Recent appearance: Japan Open 2025(Challenger Category). He had 4 career breaks: 14 months (2006–2007), 13 months (2011–2012), 14 months (2018–2019) and 29 months (2019–2022, COVID-19 included). His peak of 2083 was reached at age 48 (Jul 2004); he also reached #16 nationally in Apr 2009.

Current rating

1796

Standard

Rpd—·Blz—

All-time high

2083

−287 pts below
Jul 2004 · age 48

Activity

10

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

13 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#77,644

#77,644 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

18 entries
2024
Best 12-month gain (+46 Elo)
1863 → 1909
Mar 2024
2022
1st 65-70 player nationally
at age 66 · rated 1863
Jun 2022
2019
Inactive for 29 months
paused at 1885 → returned at 1863
Dec 2019
2018
Inactive for 14 months
paused at 1861 → returned at 1876
Jun 2018
2017
1st 60-65 player nationally
at age 61 · rated 1959
May 2017
2016
100 career games
at age 60
Jun 2016

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Ryota Kimura 1,824
Golden Week Open 2026(Open) · May 2026 · +10.8 Elo
Evolution
-30
1826 → 1796
Tournaments
2
14 games
Score
8/ 1457.1%
6W4D4L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsRyota Kimura1,824·Golden Week Open 2026(Open)·R4·+10.8
2.[W]vsHiroyuki Mukai1,729·Golden Week Open 2026(Open)·R2·+8.1
3.[W]vsGaram YouWCM1,608·Japan Open 2025(Challenger Category)·R3·+5.2

Last 12 months — tournaments

2 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Golden Week Open 2026(Open)
Open Swiss
May 20263.5/4#232103+7.4
Japan Open 2025(Challenger Category)
Open Swiss
Sep 20254.5/9#391666-37.4
Worst Elo result: Japan Open 2025(Challenger Category) (-37.4 Elo, finished #39).

Rankings

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Japan
#92
out of 254 players
Asia-Pacific
#9,511
in continent
World
#77,643
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
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Japan
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
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2,225
8
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2,206
9
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2,198
10
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2,189
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Asia-Pacific
1
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2,777
1
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3
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2,761
4
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2,753
5
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2,739
6
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2,738
7
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2,735
8
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2,733
9
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2,732
10
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2,731
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World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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4
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2,777
4
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2,777
6
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2,767
7
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8
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2,761
9
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2,753
9
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77643🇯🇵Sugimoto, Koichi1,796