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USA · 70 yrs · K=20 · Peak 2230 (By Jan 2001)

Best performance: 2351 at 131st Annual NY State Championship(Best of 2009)

World #=71541 live, down 1109#70,432 publishedUnited States #=2039Americas #=8142among active players

Classical rating

1821

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

On FIDE’s list since Jan 2001 or earlier

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Classical

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Classical rating 1822 to 1821 over the last 12 months; peak 2230 by January 2001.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassical
Nov 20261821, 0, 0 games
Oct 20261821, -1, 5 games
Sep 20261822, 0, 0 games
Aug 20261822, 0, 0 games
Jul 20261822, 0, 0 games
Jun 20261822, 0, 0 games
May 20261822, 0, 0 games
Apr 20261822, 0, 0 games
Mar 20261822, 0, 0 games
Feb 20261822, 0, 0 games
Jan 20261822, 0, 0 games
Dec 20251822, 0, 0 games

Form · Classical

oldest → latest

Unbeaten in the last 4 games (1 win, 3 draws), since Sep 5. That is the longest unbeaten run of 2026.

From 189 classical games on record, the latest on Sep 7.

Classical games since the November list

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

Last playedScore
148th Annual NY State Championship! — Championship SectionSep 4 – Sep 7TPR 18182½/5

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

Best wins · Classical

From 149 rated classical games against rated opponents, 2007–2026

#OpponentRating
1, FM Nelson Castaneda, Aug 2010 · 40th Annual Continental Open, 2279
2, Lee Bates, Sep 2009 · 131st Annual NY State Championship, 2178
3, Deepak Aaron, Sep 2010 · 132nd Annual NY State Championship, 2177

Event timeline · Classical

36 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
202652½18181818
20255218491777
202482½19421801
2023185½17831642
2022228½16951615
202182½19981857
2019113½20791946
201893½20311951
20178321712084
20155220732001
201462½19541897
20134122132020
20125220231951
201110321822033
2010103½22272117
20085221312059
200752½23182318

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

Rated near Steven Taylor · Classical

World

  1. #=71541Dinis Furtado1821.0
  2. #=71541Gerardo Sentinelli1821.0
  3. #=71541Steven Taylor1821.0
  4. #=71541Jean-philippe Wiedenhoff1821.0
  5. #=71541Gabriel Padrini1821.0

United States

  1. #2038Aditi Patil1821.4
  2. #=2039Seryozha Gasparyan1821.0
  3. #=2039Steven Taylor1821.0
  4. #=2039Oscar Wang1821.0
  5. #=2039Yasser Almoteri1821.0

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