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McGowan, Javene

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FIDEFIDE 7403224· Male· Jamaica· Born in 1991

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Javene Mcgowan, a 35-year-old player, is rated 1873 — just 27 short of his peak of 1900 (Aug 2025, age 34). He has held steady between 1850 and 1900 for 8 months. 26 rated games in the past year (≈8/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include National Championship 2026, Frederick Cameron Open 2025 (OPEN), and National Self Serve Wholesale Clarendon Chess Open 2025. He had 2 career breaks: 29 months (2017–2019) and 60 months (2019–2024, COVID-19 included). He reached #20 nationally in Nov 2024.

Current rating

1873

Standard

Rpd—·Blz—

All-time high

1900

−27 pts below
Aug 2025 · age 34

Activity

16

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

26 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#55,025

#55,025 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

10 entries
2025
All-time peak 1900
at age 34 · −27 from today
Aug 2025
2024
Peak national rank: #20
at age 33 · rated 1861
Nov 2024
Best 12-month gain (+115 Elo)
1746 → 1861
Nov 2024
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 33
Nov 2024
Crossed 1800
at age 33
Mar 2024
2019
Inactive for 60 months
paused at 1746 → returned at 1861
Oct 2019

Standard rating history

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

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Angelus-Seren McDonald 1,869
National Self Serve Wholesale Clarendon Chess Open 2025 · Nov 2025 · +9.5 Elo
Evolution
-26
1899 → 1873
Tournaments
4
20 games
Score
9/ 2045.0%
9W0D11L
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsJayden Foreshaw1,815·Harold Chan Open 2025·R2·-11.9
2.[L]vsPaul BrooksCM1,904·Frederick Cameron Open 2025 (OPEN)·R5·-9.7
3.[L]vsPaul BrooksCM1,922·National Championship 2026·R2·-8.6

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
National Championship 2026
Round-Robin
Jan 20260/3#121223-19.8
Frederick Cameron Open 2025 (OPEN)
Swiss
Dec 20253/5#81930+6.2
National Self Serve Wholesale Clarendon Chess Open 2025
Swiss
Nov 20253/6#121924+6.0
Harold Chan Open 2025
Swiss
Oct 20253/6#151759-18.4
Worst Elo result: National Championship 2026 (-19.8 Elo, finished #12).

Rankings

/
Jamaica
#27
out of 163 players
Americas
#6,134
in continent
World
#55,024
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Jamaica
1
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2
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3
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4
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5
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2,117
6
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2,072
7
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2,055
8
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2,024
9
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2,019
10
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2,008
...
27🇯🇲McGowan, Javene1,873
Americas
1
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2,792
1
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3
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2,753
4
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2,742
5
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2,732
6
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2,724
7
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2,696
7
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2,696
9
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2,656
10
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2,653
...
6134🇯🇲McGowan, Javene1,873
World
1
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2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
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4
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6
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7
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2,764
8
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2,761
9
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2,753
9
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55024🇯🇲McGowan, Javene1,873