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SCO · 47 yrs · K=20 · Peak 2069 (By Jan 2025)

Best performance: 2049 at Malta Rapid Challenge June 25(Best of 2025)

World #=17716 live, down 2323#15,393 publishedScotland #=23Europe #=10870among active players

NOV26 Rating

2012

Live Rating

1990.0

Change

-22.0

Games Played

5

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Rapid

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Rapid rating 2043 to 2012 over the last 12 months; peak 2069 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 20262091, 0, 0 games2012, 0, 0 games1948, -5, 9 games
Oct 20262091, 0, 0 games2012, -31, 5 games1953, 0, 0 games
Sep 20262091, 0, 0 games2043, 0, 0 games1953, +30, 9 games
Aug 20262091, 0, 0 games2043, 0, 0 games1923, -33, 8 games
Jul 20262091, 0, 0 games2043, 0, 0 games1956, 0, 0 games
Jun 20262091, 0, 0 games2043, 0, 0 games1956, 0, 0 games
May 20262091, 0, 0 games2043, 0, 0 games1956, -11, 9 games
Apr 20262091, 0, 0 games2043, 0, 0 games1967, 0, 0 games
Mar 20262091, 0, 0 games2043, 0, 0 games1967, -27, 8 games
Feb 20262091, 0, 0 games2043, 0, 0 games1994, 0, 0 games
Jan 20262091, 0, 0 games2043, 0, 0 games1994, 0, 0 games
Dec 20252091, 0, 0 games2043, 0, 0 games1994, 0, 0 games

Form · Rapid

oldest → latest

Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 4 games, Sep 12 – Nov 7.

From 38 rapid games on record, the latest on Nov 7.

Rapid games since the November list

Show gamesTournamentScoreChange
Swieqi Team Tournament Nov 2026Nov 7TPR 17903/5-22.0

Best wins · Rapid

From 38 rated rapid games against rated opponents, 2024–2026

#OpponentRating
1, CM Duncan Vella, Feb 2025 · Swieqi Chess Club Rapid Team Tournament Feb2025, 2019
2, Kenny Fong, 2 wins, Jun 2025 · Malta Rapid Challenge June 25, 1960
3, Paolo Rovatti, Nov 2024 · Swieqi Chess Club Open Rapid November 2024, 1879

Openings · Rapid

From the moves of 6 of 38 rapid games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.e4 in 3 of 3 games.

All openings

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

Event timeline · Rapid

7 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
202610616451717
20252314½18881983
202452½19141914

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

Recent opponents · Rapid

Kai SchockGabriel GauciFrancesco CataniaTristan NagleZachary Briffa

Rated near Paul Hopper · Rapid

World

  1. #=17716Cristian Molina Peris1990.0
  2. #=17716Victor Orosa Martinez1990.0
  3. #=17716Paul Hopper1990.0
  4. #=17716Isaac Browning1990.0
  5. #=17716CM Alexey Kharitonov1990.0

Scotland

  1. #21CM Kritan Boggarapu2043.4
  2. #22Stuart A White2004.0
  3. #=23Paul Hopper1990.0
  4. #=23Isaac Browning1990.0
  5. #25Anthony Coffey1985.0

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