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Stephenson, John

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FIDEFIDE 7404409· Male· Jamaica· Born in 2006

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John Stephenson, a 20-year-old player, is rated 1909 — his current career high. He is progressing steadily with +27 Elo over the past 12 months. 32 rated games in the past year (≈35/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include National Championship 2026, National Self Serve Wholesale Clarendon Chess Open 2025, and Harold Chan Open 2025. Also played 1 blitz event (including Enos Grant Blitz 2025) recently. He took a 28-month break between Mar 2020 and Aug 2022 (COVID-19 included). He reached #18 nationally in Sep 2024.

At junior level, he reached #3, #4, #2, #2 and #5 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.

Current rating

1909

Standard

Rpd1789·Blz1791

All-time high

1909

at best
Mar 2026 · age 20

Activity

40

games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo

32 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active

Signature stat

#45,946

#45,946 · players worldwide · of 216,808

Career timeline

14 entries
2026
All-time peak 1909
at age 20
Mar 2026
2025
3rd U20 player nationally
at age 19 · rated 1894
Dec 2025
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2025
2024
Peak national rank: #18
at age 18 · rated 1872
Sep 2024
4th U18 player nationally
at age 18 · rated 1872
Sep 2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 18
Jun 2024

Standard rating history

Last 12 months — activity & highlights

Best result
National Self Serve Wholesale Clarendon Chess Open 2025
perf 2118 (+224) · 4/6 · #6
Top opponent
vs Shreyas SmithFM 2,224
National Championship 2025 · Sep 2025 · +17.9 Elo
Evolution
+26
1883 → 1909
Tournaments
4
33 games
Score
13.5/ 3340.9%
10W7D16L
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsJ-Loy Chin1,750·National Championship 2025·R3·-12.8
2.[L]vsNathan Belinfante1,912·National Championship 2026·R5·-9.9
3.[L]vsNathan Belinfante1,899·National Championship 2025·R7·-8.6

Last 12 months — tournaments

4 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
National Championship 2026
Round-Robin
Jan 20264.5/10#71959+14.2
National Self Serve Wholesale Clarendon Chess Open 2025
Swiss
Nov 20254/6#62118+40.2
Harold Chan Open 2025
Swiss
Oct 20253/5#161865+4.8
National Championship 2025
Round-Robin
Sep 20252/11#121758-33.4
Worst Elo result: National Championship 2025 (-33.4 Elo, finished #12).

Rankings

/
Jamaica
#20
out of 168 players
Americas
#5,071
in continent
World
#45,946
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Jamaica
1
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2,272
2
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2,216
3
🇯🇲Thompson, TraciannaFollow Tracianna ThompsonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,200
4
🇯🇲Glaves, RaheemFollow Raheem GlavesTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,146
5
🇯🇲Shaw, JadenFollow Jaden ShawTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,098
6
🇯🇲Brown, AkeemFollow Akeem BrownTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,060
7
🇯🇲McKennis, DarrenFollow Darren McKennisTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,040
8
🇯🇲McDonald, Jhustice-DimonteFollow Jhustice-Dimonte McDonaldTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,024
9
🇯🇲Nelson, AbiodunFollow Abiodun NelsonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,019
10
🇯🇲Brown, EquitableFollow Equitable BrownTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,008
...
20🇯🇲Stephenson, John1,909
Americas
1
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
2
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,788
3
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
4
🇺🇸Dominguez Perez, LeinierFollow Leinier Dominguez PerezTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,732
5
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2,728
6
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2,724
7
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2,718
8
🇺🇸Sevian, SamuelFollow Samuel SevianTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,696
9
🇺🇸Xiong, JefferyFollow Jeffery XiongTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,656
10
🇺🇸Robson, RayFollow Ray RobsonTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,653
...
5071🇯🇲Stephenson, John1,909
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,840
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
3
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,788
4
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2,780
5
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,776
6
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
7
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,759
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,754
10
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
45946🇯🇲Stephenson, John1,909