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USA · 30 yrs · K=10 · Peak 2453 (Jul 2019)

Best performance: 2530 at Marshall FIDE Blitz 57(Best of 2025)

World #=1135 live, down 18#1,117 publishedUnited States #=64Americas #=180among active players

Blitz rating

2393

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

On FIDE’s list since Jun 2019

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Blitz

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Blitz rating 2395 to 2393 over the last 12 months; peak 2453 in July 2019.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20262403, 0, 0 games2352, 0, 0 games2393, 0, 0 games
Oct 20262403, +6, 6 games2352, 0, 0 games2393, -9, 7 games
Sep 20262397, 0, 0 games2352, 0, 0 games2402, +3, 9 games
Aug 20262397, 0, 0 games2352, 0, 0 games2399, 0, 0 games
Jul 20262397, 0, 0 games2352, +4, 4 games2399, -4, 9 games
Jun 20262397, 0, 0 games2348, 0, 4 games2403, -6, 9 games
May 20262397, +26, 17 games2348, 0, 0 games2409, +11, 9 games
Apr 20262371, 0, 0 games2348, 0, 0 games2398, 0, 0 games
Mar 20262371, 0, 0 games2348, 0, 0 games2398, 0, 0 games
Feb 20262371, +13, 12 games2348, 0, 0 games2398, 0, 0 games
Jan 20262358, 0, 0 games2348, 0, 0 games2398, +3, 9 games
Dec 20252358, 0, 0 games2348, 0, 0 games2395, 0, 0 games
Working toward the Grandmaster title1 tracked norm · 9/27 gamesrating 2470 of 2500, live 2403composition opendetails ↓

Form · Blitz

oldest → latest

Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 7 games, Jun 26 – Jul 31.

From 263 blitz games on record, the latest on Sep 7.

Blitz games since the November list

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

Show gamesLast playedScore
SCC Masters — Bonus BlitzSep 7TPR 21504½/7

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 2470, needs 2500

Composition: next norm must come from a qualifying open (Swiss with 40+ players, national championship final, or similar)

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

Winter 1000GM Bay Area GM Norm InvitationalDec 20226½/9Rp 2605

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

Best wins · Blitz

From 259 rated blitz games against rated opponents, 2019–2026

#OpponentRating
1, GM Aleksandr Lenderman, 2 wins, Jul 2026 · Marshall FIDE Blitz — Marshall FIDE Blitz, 2610
2, GM Hovhannes Gabuzyan, Jun 2019 · 2019 Walter Browne Memorial Blitz, 2603
3, GM Maxim Dlugy, Aug 2024 · Marshall FIDE Blitz 31, 2573

Openings · Blitz

From the moves of 23 of 263 blitz games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.e4 in 10 of 12 games.

As BlackMeets 1.d4 with 1...Nf6, and 1.e4 with 1...d6.

All openings (1 as White, 1 as Black)
Openings in White gamesGamesScore
Sicilian Defense560%

7 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Blitz

27 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
2026433221042288
2025574221872371
20247853½21562297
20238521672262
2022332421632338
20193019½21932303

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

Rated near Alexander Katz · Blitz

World

  1. #=1135GM Toms Kantans2393.0
  2. #=1135GM Alexander Shabalov2393.0
  3. #=1135IM Alexander Katz2393.0
  4. #=1135IM Pedro Mascaro March2393.0
  5. #=1135GM Aditya Mittal2393.0

United States

  1. #63IM Aleksandr Ostrovskiy2396.0
  2. #=64GM Alexander Shabalov2393.0
  3. #=64IM Alexander Katz2393.0
  4. #66FM Eduard Hakobyan2390.6
  5. #67IM Josiah Stearman2388.0

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