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USA · 62 yrs · K=10 · Peak 2428 (By Jan 2025)

Best performance: 2213 at 2024 World Rapid Championship(Best of 2024)

World #=1371United States #=73among all players, November list

Rapid rating

2428

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

On FIDE’s list since Jan 2025 · Inactive on FIDE’s list

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Rapid

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Rapid rating unchanged at 2428 over the last 12 months; peak 2428 by January 2025.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20262468, 0, 3 games2428, 0, 0 games2520, 0, 0 games
Oct 20262468, +1, 4 games2428, 0, 0 games2520, 0, 0 games
Sep 20262467, 0, 0 games2428, 0, 0 games2520, 0, 0 games
Aug 20262467, -4, 9 games2428, 0, 0 games2520, 0, 0 games
Jul 20262471, 0, 0 games2428, 0, 0 games2520, 0, 0 games
Jun 20262471, 0, 0 games2428, 0, 0 games2520, 0, 0 games
May 20262471, 0, 0 games2428, 0, 0 games2520, 0, 0 games
Apr 20262471, 0, 0 games2428, 0, 0 games2520, 0, 0 games
Mar 20262471, 0, 0 games2428, 0, 0 games2520, 0, 0 games
Feb 20262471, 0, 0 games2428, 0, 0 games2520, 0, 0 games
Jan 20262471, 0, 0 games2428, 0, 0 games2520, 0, 0 games
Dec 20252471, 0, 0 games2428, 0, 0 games2520, 0, 0 games

Form · Rapid

oldest → latest

From 13 rapid games on record, the latest on Dec 28, 2024.

Rapid games since the November list

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

Last playedScore
2024 World Rapid ChampionshipDec 26, 2024 – Dec 28, 2024TPR 22134/13

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

Best wins · Rapid

From 13 rated rapid games against rated opponents, 2024

#OpponentRating
1, IM Gabriel Gaehwiler, Dec 2024 · 2024 World Rapid Championship, 2353

Openings · Rapid

From the moves of 13 of 13 rapid games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.e4 in 5 of 6 games.

All openings (1 as White)
Openings in White gamesGamesScore
Sicilian Defense333%

3 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Rapid

1 event

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
202413423542213

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

Rated near Joel Benjamin · Rapid · November list, all players

World

  1. #=1371IM Vladyslav Bakhmatskyi2428
  2. #=1371IM Jose Barria2428
  3. #=1371GM Joel Benjamin2428
  4. #=1371FM Carlos Javier Bernabeu Lopez2428
  5. #=1371IM Ilja Biriukov2428

United States

  1. #=71IM Marc Esserman2438
  2. #=71IM Teddy Coleman2438
  3. #=73GM Joel Benjamin2428
  4. #=73GM Robert Hungaski2428
  5. #=73GM Mark Heimann2428

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