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Hodgson, Norman

FIDEFIDE 7500033· Male· Curaçao· Born in 1963

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Norman Hodgson, a 63-year-old player, is rated 1728. He has held steady between 1700 and 1750 for 20 months. 23 rated games in the past year (≈7/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Romeo Daou Tournament 2026, National OPEN Championship 2025, and Nacho Moron Fall Classic 2025. Also played 1 rapid (including Nacho Moron Rapid Tournament November 2025) and 1 blitz events (including Nacho Moron Blitz Club Championship 2025) recently. He had 4 career breaks: 19 months (2010–2012), 47 months (2012–2016), 17 months (2017–2019) and 35 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included). His peak of 1848 was reached at age 47 (Sep 2010); he also reached #8 nationally in Nov 2016 and spent 15 months in top 10.

Competes for Curaçao since Jun 2026.

Current rating

1728

Standard

Rpd1731·Blz1676

All-time high

1848

−120 pts below
Sep 2010 · age 47

Activity

23

games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo

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

Signature stat

#100,111

#100,111 · players worldwide · of 218,279
15 months in National top 10 (2010–2016)

Career timeline

20 entries
2026
Switched federation: AHO → CUR
at age 63
Jun 2026
2025
100 career games
at age 62
Aug 2025
2024
2nd 60-65 player nationally
at age 61 · rated 1763
Oct 2024
Best 12-month gain (+147 Elo)
1626 → 1773
Mar 2024
2020
1st 55-60 player nationally
at age 57 · rated 1638
Oct 2020
Inactive for 35 months
paused at 1638 → returned at 1626
Jan 2020

Standard rating history

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

Activity & highlights

Best result
National OPEN Championship 2025
perf 2555 (+830) · 5/5 · #8
Top opponent
vs Vaibhav BediCM 1,939
Romeo Daou Tournament 2026 · Jan 2026 · +5.4 Elo
Evolution
0
1728 → 1728
Tournaments
3
18 games
Score
10/ 1855.6%
8W4D6L
Top 3 losses
1.[L]vsMichell Fayad1,721·Nacho Moron Fall Classic 2025·R7·-9.7
2.[L]vsLiana PieterWCM1,800·Romeo Daou Tournament 2026·R6·-8.0
3.[L]vsLuis Gallardo Rodriguez1,949·Romeo Daou Tournament 2026·R4·-4.4

Last 12 months — tournaments

3 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Romeo Daou Tournament 2026
Swiss
Jan 20263/6#141874+2.6
National OPEN Championship 2025
Swiss
Oct 20255/5#82555+13.6
Nacho Moron Fall Classic 2025
Swiss
Sep 20252/3#131818-12.0

Most-Played Opponents

vsVaibhav BediCM
CUR·1920
+1 −4 =6
11 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsAlex Roose
CUR·1741
+0 −6 =1
7 games·last met Nov 2024
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vsTjerk Albregtse
CUR·1826
+1 −4 =1
6 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsRomer Jansen
CUR·1587
+3 −1 =2
6 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsJohan Van Delden
CUR·1973
+0 −4 =1
5 games·last met Mar 2026
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Rankings

/
Curaçao
#32
out of 65 players
Americas
#11,902
in continent
World
#100,109
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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World
Curaçao
1
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2
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2,081
3
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2,002
4
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1,999
5
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1,989
6
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1,978
7
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1,977
8
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1,973
9
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1,971
10
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1,969
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Americas
1
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2,792
1
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2,792
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
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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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2,777
4
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2,777
6
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2,767
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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