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Joseph, Marcus
FM🇹🇹FIDE 7700393· Male· Trinidad and Tobago· Born in 1987
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Marcus Joseph, a 39-year-old FIDE Master, is rated 2125 and sitting in the top 6% of players worldwide. He is on a steady climb with +56 Elo over the past 12 months. 18 rated games in the past year (≈31/year long-term). Recent appearance: National Chess Championships 2025 - Open. Also played 1 rapid (including Promenade Chess Club Grand Tour 2025 - South Park) and 1 blitz events (including SCC October Time Scramble - Blitz) recently. He took a 27-month break between May 2014 and Sep 2016. His peak of 2198 was reached at age 25 (Mar 2012); he also reached #2 nationally in Mar 2010 and spent 47 months in top 3, with a longest streak of 3 consecutive years.
Competes for Trinidad and Tobago since Aug 2013. Awarded FM in 2014 (age 27). At junior level, he reached #1 nationally in U20.
Current rating
2125
Standard
Rpd2200·Blz2064
All-time high
2198
−73 pts below
Mar 2012 · age 25
Mar 2012 · age 25
Activity
25
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
18 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 6%
#13,204 · players worldwide · of 216,808
47 months in National top 3 (2009–2022)
47 months in National top 3 (2009–2022)
Career timeline
18 entries2025
Re-crossed 2100
at age 38
Jun 2025
2022
500 career games
at age 35
Jul 2022
47 months in national top 3
longest streak 36 months · since Jan 2009
May 2022
2019
Re-crossed 2100
at age 32
Nov 2019
2018
Re-crossed 2100
at age 31
Jun 2018
2014
FM title awardedFM
at age 27
Jul 2014
Standard rating history
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
+4
2121 → 2125
Tournaments
1
11 games
Score
7/ 1163.6%
6W2D3L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Sep 2025 | 7/11 | #2 | 2117 | +3.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsRyan HarperFM
🇹🇹TTO·2085
+16 −25 =5
46 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsHayden Lee
🇹🇹TTO·1816
+25 −3 =1
29 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsJoshua JohnsonFM
🇹🇹TTO·2220
+10 −11 =4
25 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsAdrian Winter AtwellFM
🇹🇹TTO·2111
+12 −5 =8
25 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsFrank SearsCM
🇹🇹TTO·1765
+17 −2 =4
23 games·last met Apr 2024
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Rankings
/
Trinidad and Tobago
#8
out of 182 players
Americas
#1,381
in continent
World
#13,204
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
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