George Method

BOT · 23 yrs · K=20 · Peak 1764 (May 2025)

Best performance: 1779 at 2025 Metropolitan National Chess Championships 1st Qualifiers- Open section(Best of 2025)

World #=94788 live1000#93,788 publishedBotswana #83

NOV26 Rating

1749

Live Rating

1749.0

Change

0.0

Games Played

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Classical

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Official classical rating by month

List	Rating	Change
Nov 2026	1749	0
Oct 2026	1749	0
Sep 2026	1749	0
Aug 2026	1749	-15
Jul 2026	1764	0
Jun 2026	1764	0
May 2026	1764	0
Apr 2026	1764	0
Mar 2026	1764	0
Feb 2026	1764	0
Jan 2026	1764	0
Dec 2025	1764	0

Form · Classical

oldest → latest

Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 4 games, Jul 18 – Jul 19.

From 96 classical games on record, the latest on Jul 21.

Classical games since the November list

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

	Last played	Score	TPR
	2026 BetXplosion National Chess Championship-Open SectionJul 17 – Jul 21TPR 1671	5/9	1671

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

Event timeline · Classical

14 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

Year	Games	Score	Avg opp	TPR
2026	6	2½	1728	1671
2025	7	3½	1779	1779
2023	8	4½	1534	1577
2021	13	8½	1582	1692
2020	9	2½	1667	1501
2019	17	5	1586	1428
2018	1	½	1689	—

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

2026 BetXplosion National Chess Championship-Open Section1671
Jul 2026Swisschess-results.com
Best of 2026Score 5/9Opp avg 1728Start 1764
2025 Metropolitan National Chess Championships 1st Qualifiers- Open section1779
Mar 2025Swissfederation source
Best of 2025Score 4½/8Opp avg 1779Start 1761
2023 Botash Open Chess Championship - Open Section1631
Nov 2023Swissfederation source
Best of 2023Score 3½/7Opp avg 1536Start 1599
2023 Metropolitan National Chess Championships 1st Qualifiers- Open section1532
Mar 2023Swissfederation source
#2 in 2023Score 4/8Opp avg 1532Start 1606
2022 BOTASH OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP-OPEN SECTION1580
Jan 2022Swissfederation source
Best of 2022Score 4/7Opp avg 1667Start 1499
FIRST CAPITAL BANK FESTIVE SHOWDOWN-Open Section1679
Dec 2021Swissfederation source
#2 in 2021Score 5/7Opp avg 1554Start 1421
2021 Debswana Developmental Botswana International Open Chess Championships- OPEN SECTION1708
Dec 2021Swissfederation source
Best of 2021Score 5½/8Opp avg 1606Start 1421
BOTASH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2020-OPEN1674
Dec 2020Swissfederation source
Best of 2020Score 2½/6Opp avg 1731Start 1357
AIRFFICIENCY YEAR OPENER 2020-OPEN739
Jan 2020Swissfederation source
Score 2/7Opp avg 1539Start 1399
2019 African Youth Chess Championship (Under 16 Open)1187
Dec 2019Swissfederation source
#4 in 2019Score 3½/8Opp avg 1553Start 1432
francistown open 20191755
Nov – Dec 2019Swissfederation source
Best of 2019Score 3½/7Opp avg 1880Start 1432
2019 DEBSWANA DEVELOPMENTAL BOTSWANA INTERNATIONAL OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIPS-OPEN SECTION1488
Sep – Oct 2019Swissfederation source
#2 in 2019Score 5/9Opp avg 1681Start 1422
FIRST CAPITAL BANK INTERNATIONAL EASTER SHOWDOWN-U161368
Apr 2019Swissfederation source
#3 in 2019Score 4/7Opp avg 1368
2018 Botswana International Junior Chess Championships_ u17 , u19 Boys—(1)
Nov – Dec 2018Swissfederation source
Score 4½/6Opp avg 1689

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Live ratings projected from the NOV26 published list · Not affiliated with FIDE