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SUI · 86 yrs · K=20 · Peak 1925 (Mar 2020)

Best performance: 1976 at Active Chess Bagnes(Best of 2025)

World #=49568 live, down 1044#48,524 publishedSwitzerland #=360Europe #=28385among active players

Rapid rating

1800

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

On FIDE’s list since Feb 2020

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Rapid

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Rapid rating 1834 to 1800 over the last 12 months; peak 1925 in March 2020.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapid
Nov 20261851, 0, 0 games1800, +2, 7 games
Oct 20261851, 0, 0 games1798, 0, 0 games
Sep 20261851, +7, 1 game1798, 0, 0 games
Aug 20261844, 0, 0 games1798, 0, 0 games
Jul 20261844, -7, 1 game1798, 0, 0 games
Jun 20261851, -16, 4 games1798, 0, 0 games
May 20261867, 0, 0 games1798, 0, 0 games
Apr 20261867, +7, 1 game1798, 0, 0 games
Mar 20261860, 0, 0 games1798, -31, 9 games
Feb 20261860, 0, 0 games1829, -5, 6 games
Jan 20261860, 0, 0 games1834, 0, 0 games
Dec 20251860, -9, 1 game1834, 0, 0 games

Form · Rapid

oldest → latest

Unbeaten in the last 6 games (4 wins, 2 draws), since Oct 11. That is the longest unbeaten run of 2026.

From 96 rapid games on record, the latest on Oct 11.

Rapid games since the November list

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

Show gamesLast playedScore
Active Chess de Sion 2026Oct 11TPR 17966/9

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

Best wins · Rapid

From 72 rated rapid games against rated opponents, 2020–2026

#OpponentRating
1, CM Gabriel Fernandes Barbosa Dos Santos, Jan 2025 · Active Chess Bagnes, 2119
1, Sylvain Julmy, Feb 2020 · 13. Activ Chess du Bouveret, 2119
3, Lucas Candelier, Aug 2024 · 32. Tournoi de Martigny, 1769

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

Event timeline · Rapid

13 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
20262212½17131763
2025251417531796
202451½18341685
202085½17491890

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

Rated near Stephan Major · Rapid

World

  1. #=49568Povilas Paskunas1800.0
  2. #=49568Kestutis Dragunas1800.0
  3. #=49568Stephan Major1800.0
  4. #=49568Tahina Ranarison1800.0
  5. #=49568Andres Callealta1800.0

Switzerland

  1. #=356Adrien Kurz1802.0
  2. #359Alessio Porreca1801.0
  3. #=360Stephan Major1800.0
  4. #=360Andres Callealta1800.0
  5. #362Moritz Hirzel1798.0

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