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USA · 40 yrs · K=10 · Peak 2446 (By May 2023)

Best performance: 2403 at 2023 CCC Memorial Day Weekend G45 - Championship(Best of 2023)

World #=947 live, down 13#934 publishedUnited States #=42Americas #=130among active players

Rapid rating

2417

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

On FIDE’s list since May 2023

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Rapid

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Rapid rating 2443 to 2417 over the last 12 months; peak 2446 by May 2023.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20262446, 0, 0 games2417, 0, 0 games2445, 0, 0 games
Oct 20262446, 0, 0 games2417, 0, 0 games2445, 0, 0 games
Sep 20262446, 0, 0 games2417, 0, 0 games2445, 0, 0 games
Aug 20262446, 0, 0 games2417, -26, 7 games2445, +29, 9 games
Jul 20262446, 0, 0 games2443, 0, 0 games2416, 0, 0 games
Jun 20262446, 0, 0 games2443, 0, 0 games2416, 0, 0 games
May 20262446, 0, 0 games2443, 0, 0 games2416, 0, 0 games
Apr 20262446, 0, 0 games2443, 0, 0 games2416, 0, 0 games
Mar 20262446, 0, 0 games2443, 0, 0 games2416, 0, 0 games
Feb 20262446, 0, 0 games2443, 0, 0 games2416, 0, 0 games
Jan 20262446, 0, 0 games2443, 0, 0 games2416, 0, 0 games
Dec 20252446, 0, 0 games2443, 0, 0 games2416, 0, 0 games
Working toward the Grandmaster title1 tracked norm · 9/27 gamesrating 2477 of 2500composition opendetails ↓

Form · Rapid

oldest → latest

Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 2 games, Jul 3.

From 17 rapid games on record, the latest on Jul 3.

Rapid games since the November list

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

Last playedScore
2026 Naroditsky Memorial Rapid & Blitz | RapidJul 3TPR 21223/7

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

Title Progress

GM title progress

Working toward the Grandmaster title

Tracked norms: 1 · 9 of 27 games credit

Rating: peak 2477, needs 2500

Composition: next norm must come from an event played at one round a day for at least 3 days

projected2013 Saint Louis Classic - GMNov 20136½/9Rp 2619

Based on events we cover plus the FIDE norm registers of all federations. Norms filed elsewhere may not show up here yet.

Best wins · Rapid

From 12 rated rapid games against rated opponents, 2023–2026

#OpponentRating
1, Isaac Spence, Jul 2026 · 2026 Naroditsky Memorial Rapid & Blitz | Rapid, 2118
2, Mark Biernacki, Jul 2026 · 2026 Naroditsky Memorial Rapid & Blitz | Rapid, 1999
3, Anthony Parker, May 2023 · 2023 CCC Memorial Day Weekend G45 - Championship, 1998

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

Openings · Rapid

From the moves of 7 of 17 rapid games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.Nf3 in 3 of 4 games.

All openings

No opening played 3 times yet (4 games with this colour).

Event timeline · Rapid

3 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
20267321722122
202353½20662215

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

Rated near John Bartholomew · Rapid

World

  1. #=947GM Martin Mrva2417.0
  2. #=947IM Stuart Rachels2417.0
  3. #=947IM John Bartholomew2417.0
  4. #=947FM Karol Kacprzak2417.0
  5. #=947GM Salvador Gabriel Del Rio De Angelis2417.0

United States

  1. #41GM Praveen Balakrishnan2418.0
  2. #=42IM Stuart Rachels2417.0
  3. #=42IM John Bartholomew2417.0
  4. #44IM Kostya Kavutskiy2415.0
  5. #45GM Brewington Hardaway2413.0

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