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RSA · 69 yrs · K=40 · Peak 1686 (May 2026)

Best performance: 1828 at Hermanus Chess Club Open 2026 (Advanced)(Best of 2026)

World #=81410 live, down 1274#80,136 publishedSouth Africa #=179Africa #=3944among active players

Rapid rating

1686

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

On FIDE’s list since Apr 2025

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Rapid

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Rapid rating 1640 to 1686 over the last 12 months; peak 1686 in May 2026.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapid
Nov 20261632, 0, 0 games1686, 0, 0 games
Oct 20261632, 0, 0 games1686, 0, 0 games
Sep 20261632, 0, 0 games1686, 0, 0 games
Aug 20261632, 0, 0 games1686, 0, 0 games
Jul 20261632, 0, 0 games1686, 0, 0 games
Jun 20261632, 0, 0 games1686, 0, 0 games
May 20261632, 0, 0 games1686, +46, 5 games
Apr 20261632, 0, 0 games1640, 0, 0 games
Mar 20261632, 0, 0 games1640, 0, 0 games
Feb 20261632, 0, 0 games1640, 0, 0 games
Jan 20261632, 0, 0 games1640, 0, 0 games
Dec 20251632, 0, 0 games1640, 0, 0 games

Form · Rapid

oldest → latest

Unbeaten in the last 5 games (5 wins), since Apr 18. That is the longest unbeaten run of 2026.

From 14 rapid games on record, the latest on Apr 18.

Rapid games since the November list

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

Last playedScore
Hermanus Chess Club Open 2026 (Advanced)Apr 18TPR 18285½/7

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

Best wins · Rapid

From 11 rated rapid games against rated opponents, 2025–2026

#OpponentRating
1, Granton Raubenheimer, Apr 2026 · Hermanus Chess Club Open 2026 (Advanced), 1630
2, Nkanyiso Mthethwa, Apr 2025 · Hermanus Chess Club open 2025 (Advanced), 1620
3, Eugene Steenkamp, Apr 2025 · Hermanus Chess Club open 2025 (Advanced), 1609

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

Event timeline · Rapid

2 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
20265415881828
202563½15921649

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

Rated near Michael Arnold · Rapid

World

  1. #=81410Olga Popadyuk1686.0
  2. #=81410Taras Voytovych1686.0
  3. #=81410Michael Arnold1686.0
  4. #=81410Nedjo Stanisic1686.0
  5. #=81410Michael Steven Bode Polanco1686.0

South Africa

  1. #=176Bongani Chichava1687.0
  2. #=176Ethan Pearson1687.0
  3. #=179Michael Arnold1686.0
  4. #=179Chezhaan Ethan Adams1686.0
  5. #181Nkhumbuleni Lukhwareni1684.6

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

Michael Arnold: Live FIDE Rating 1632