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RSA · 14 yrs · K=40 · Peak 1805 (Sep 2024)

Best performance: 1860 at OLOMOUC CHESS SUMMER 2024 - F(Best of 2024)

World #=139545South Africa #=377among all players, November list

Blitz rating

1726

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

On FIDE’s list since Jun 2023 · Inactive on FIDE’s list

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Blitz

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Blitz rating 1725 to 1726 over the last 12 months; peak 1805 in September 2024.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20261790, 0, 0 games1777, 0, 0 games1726, 0, 0 games
Oct 20261790, 0, 0 games1777, 0, 0 games1726, 0, 0 games
Sep 20261790, 0, 0 games1777, 0, 0 games1726, 0, 0 games
Aug 20261790, -13, 5 games1777, 0, 0 games1726, 0, 0 games
Jul 20261803, 0, 0 games1777, 0, 0 games1726, 0, 0 games
Jun 20261803, -42, 7 games1777, 0, 0 games1726, 0, 0 games
May 20261845, -31, 8 games1777, 0, 0 games1726, 0, 0 games
Apr 20261876, 0, 0 games1777, 0, 0 games1726, 0, 0 games
Mar 20261876, 0, 0 games1777, 0, 0 games1726, +1, 0 games
Feb 20261876, +33, 3 games1777, 0, 0 games1725, 0, 0 games
Jan 20261843, +61, 8 games1777, +1, 0 games1725, 0, 0 games
Dec 20251782, -2, 0 games1776, 0, 0 games1725, 0, 0 games

Form · Blitz

oldest → latest

From 142 blitz games on record, the latest on Jul 16, 2025.

Blitz games since the November list

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

Last playedScore
VPHS_MOSCOW OPEN 2025 July BLITZ BJul 16, 2025TPR 17725½/11

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

Best wins · Blitz

From 125 rated blitz games against rated opponents, 2023–2025

#OpponentRating
1, Patrik 1968 Nilsson, Aug 2023 · SUMMER PRAGUE OPEN 2023 D - blitz tournament, 2001
2, Joscha Schmitt-Schott, Aug 2024 · OLOMOUC CHESS SUMMER 2024 - F, 1941
3, Joachim Kutzner, Jul 2023 · CZECH OPEN 2023 - Q1, 1906

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

Event timeline · Blitz

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
2025381617771720
202419917431722
20236824½17101608

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 Schwartz · Blitz · November list, all players

World

  1. #=139545Aron Schmidt1726
  2. #=139545Joshua Paul Schmidt1726
  3. #=139545Michael Schwartz1726
  4. #=139545Ozgur Seb1726
  5. #=139545Nurym Seitkazy1726

South Africa

  1. #=377Ronald Manyama1726
  2. #=377Armand Cruywagen1726
  3. #=377Michael Schwartz1726
  4. #381Cheslin Visagie1725
  5. #=382Adolf Makwana1724

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