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SCO · 63 yrs · K=40 · Peak 1767 (By Sep 2024)

Best performance: 1675 at Livingston Allegro Intermediate - April 2025(Best of 2025)

World #=101916 live, down 1687#100,229 publishedScotland #=162Europe #=53679among active players

Rapid rating

1629

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

On FIDE’s list since Sep 2024

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Rapid

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Rapid rating 1712 to 1629 over the last 12 months; peak 1767 by September 2024.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapid
Nov 20261610, 0, 0 games1629, 0, 0 games
Oct 20261610, 0, 0 games1629, 0, 0 games
Sep 20261610, 0, 0 games1629, -19, 4 games
Aug 20261610, 0, 0 games1648, 0, 0 games
Jul 20261610, 0, 0 games1648, 0, 0 games
Jun 20261610, -42, 4 games1648, 0, 0 games
May 20261652, 0, 0 games1648, 0, 0 games
Apr 20261652, 0, 0 games1648, -47, 4 games
Mar 20261652, 0, 0 games1695, 0, 0 games
Feb 20261652, 0, 0 games1695, 0, 0 games
Jan 20261652, -32, 1 game1695, -17, 3 games
Dec 20251684, -8, 1 game1712, 0, 0 games

Form · Rapid

oldest → latest

Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 2 games, Aug 23.

From 34 rapid games on record, the latest on Aug 23.

Rapid games since the November list

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

Last playedScore
Livingston Allegro Intermediate - Aug 2026Aug 23TPR 15583/5

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

Best wins · Rapid

From 18 rated rapid games against rated opponents, 2024–2026

#OpponentRating
1, David A Fowler, Dec 2025 · Livingston Allegro Minor - December 2025, 1720*
2, Bernard Cassidy, Apr 2025 · Livingston Allegro Intermediate - April 2025, 1670
3, George Wallace, Aug 2026 · Livingston Allegro Intermediate - Aug 2026, 1589

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

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
20268316121525
20257316301580
20243018011001

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

Rated near Steve Thomson · Rapid

World

  1. #=101916Daniel Mracek1629.0
  2. #=101916Ben Gilmour1629.0
  3. #=101916Steve Thomson1629.0
  4. #=101916Elvir Palazoski1629.0
  5. #=101916Kiran K Lakshman1629.0

Scotland

  1. #=160Ian Fanning1631.0
  2. #=162Ben Gilmour1629.0
  3. #=162Steve Thomson1629.0
  4. #164Darima Donitova-Johnstone1628.0
  5. #165Ross Warcup1627.0

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