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USA · 23 yrs · K=20 · Peak 2378 (Feb 2026)

Best performance: 2490 at 2024 Women's World Blitz Championship Swiss(Best of 2024)

World #=2325 live, down 40#2,285 publishedUnited States #=98Americas #=333among active players

Blitz rating

2300

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

On FIDE’s list since Jan 2014

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Blitz

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Blitz rating 2318 to 2300 over the last 12 months; peak 2378 in February 2026.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20262453, -31, 11 games2347, 0, 0 games2300, 0, 0 games
Oct 20262484, +16, 10 games2347, -9, 12 games2300, 0, 0 games
Sep 20262468, +9, 9 games2356, 0, 0 games2300, 0, 0 games
Aug 20262459, +1, 5 games2356, +23, 11 games2300, -69, 17 games
Jul 20262458, 0, 0 games2333, -23, 12 games2369, +18, 20 games
Jun 20262458, -24, 11 games2356, 0, 0 games2351, 0, 0 games
May 20262482, 0, 24 games2356, 0, 0 games2351, 0, 0 games
Apr 20262482, -4, 16 games2356, +5, 4 games2351, -27, 6 games
Mar 20262486, +20, 13 games2351, 0, 0 games2378, 0, 0 games
Feb 20262466, 0, 0 games2351, +4, 9 games2378, +31, 18 games
Jan 20262466, +7, 9 games2347, -22, 11 games2347, +34, 21 games
Dec 20252459, 0, 7 games2369, 0, 0 games2313, -5, 1 game
Working toward the Grandmaster title2 tracked norms · 18/27 gamesrating 2486 of 2500, live 2453composition opendetails ↓

Form · Blitz

oldest → latest

Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 7 games, Mar 11 – Jun 20.

From 132 blitz games on record, the latest on Jul 19.

Blitz games since the November list

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

Last playedScore
59th Biel International Chess Festival 2026 | Triathlon | GenChall BlitzJul 19TPR 20811/10

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: 2 · 18 of 27 games credit

Rating: peak 2486, needs 2500

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

2023 North American Junior U20 - OpenDec 2023—
2025 Cairns CupJun 20256/9Rp 2613

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 122 rated blitz games against rated opponents, 2013–2026

#OpponentRating
1, GM Illya Nyzhnyk, Dec 2025 · St. Louis FIDE Blitz #24, 2599
2, GM Wenjun Ju, 2 wins, Dec 2024 · 2024 Women's World Blitz Championship Swiss, 2480
3, GM Kateryna Lagno, 3 wins, Dec 2025 · FIDE Women's World Blitz Championship 2025, 2448

Openings · Blitz

From the moves of 75 of 132 blitz games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.e4 in 37 of 37 games.

As BlackMeets 1.e4 with 1...e5 or 1...g6, and 1.d4 with 1...g6 or 1...Nf6.

All openings (4 as White, 4 as Black)
Openings in White gamesGamesScore
Sicilian Defense1159%
Italian Game956%
Caro-Kann Defense4100%
Center Game475%

9 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Blitz

9 of 16 events · All years

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 month

MonthGamesScoreAvg oppTPR
Jul 202617423382136
Jun 20261913½22082366
Mar 20266223362211
Jan 20261810½23482405
Dec 2025211223202370
Nov 2025102519—

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

Rated near Carissa Yip · Blitz

World

  1. #=2325FM Mykhailo Dorokhin2300.0
  2. #=2325FM Nazar Laptii2300.0
  3. #=2325IM Carissa Yip2300.0
  4. #=2325FM Louie Jiang2300.0
  5. #=2325FM Nicolas Lopez Azambuja2300.0

United States

  1. #96IM Justin Chen2303.0
  2. #97IM Aaron Jacobson2302.0
  3. #=98IM Carissa Yip2300.0
  4. #=98IM Eric Li2300.0
  5. #=100FM Vishnu Vanapalli2297.0

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