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JCI · 40 yrs · K=20 · Peak 1830 (May 2025)

Best performance: 1942 at Saso Strategic Partners - Jersey Open Blitz(Best of 2025)

World #=35392 live, down 721#34,671 publishedJersey #5Europe #=19799among active players

Blitz rating

1820

FIDE’s November 2026 list. No rated games since, so the live rating is the same.

On FIDE’s list since Apr 2015

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Blitz

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Blitz rating 1830 to 1820 over the last 12 months; peak 1830 in May 2025.

Official rating by month

Each month: the rating, its change from the list before, and the rated games FIDE counted.

ListClassicalBlitz
Nov 20261806, 0, 0 games1820, 0, 0 games
Oct 20261806, 0, 0 games1820, 0, 0 games
Sep 20261806, 0, 0 games1820, 0, 0 games
Aug 20261806, 0, 0 games1820, 0, 0 games
Jul 20261806, 0, 0 games1820, 0, 0 games
Jun 20261806, -7, 4 games1820, 0, 0 games
May 20261813, 0, 0 games1820, 0, 0 games
Apr 20261813, +22, 6 games1820, 0, 0 games
Mar 20261791, 0, 0 games1820, -10, 6 games
Feb 20261791, 0, 0 games1830, 0, 0 games
Jan 20261791, 0, 0 games1830, 0, 0 games
Dec 20251791, +2, 3 games1830, 0, 0 games

Form · Blitz

oldest → latest

Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 2 games, Feb 25.

From 34 blitz games on record, the latest on Feb 25.

Blitz games since the November list

No rated blitz games this rating periodsince the NOV26 list (Nov 1, 2026)

Show gamesLast playedScore
Saso Jersey Open BlitzFeb 25TPR 17844½/9

The live rating moves only when new rated games are played. Until then it matches the published rating.

Best wins · Blitz

From 26 rated blitz games against rated opponents, 2015–2026

#OpponentRating
1, WFM Arita Strade, Apr 2025 · Saso Strategic Partners - Jersey Open Blitz, 1967
2, Paul A Carpenter, Apr 2025 · Saso Strategic Partners - Jersey Open Blitz, 1965
3, Colin Goman, Oct 2023 · 47th Guernsey International Chess Festival - Blitz Tournament, 1851

* No blitz rating yet, so FIDE rates the game at the player's classical rating.

Event timeline · Blitz

4 events

Events before the current rating period show the performance, not a rating change.

Live events show the rating change; earlier events show the performance rating.

Performance rating by year

YearGamesScoreAvg oppTPR
202661½19771784
20257319921942
202372½17631661
20156020011201

Games count in the month they were played. Each month and year is one performance rating over all of its rated games.

Rated near Matthew Kirk · Blitz

World

  1. #=35390Pawel Grunas1820.2
  2. #=35390Matvey Yukhman1820.2
  3. #=35392Matthew Kirk1820.0
  4. #=35392Vincent Geerlings1820.0
  5. #=35392Przemyslaw Ponikowski1820.0

Jersey

  1. #3CM Garry Forbes1843.2
  2. #4Mateusz Kolin1826.0
  3. #5Matthew Kirk1820.0
  4. #6Martyn Johnson1773.0
  5. #7Andrew Ruff1734.6

Live rating: FIDE’s November list plus every rated game played since. Not affiliated with FIDE.