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IRL · 19 yrs · K=20 · Peak 1669 (Feb 2025)

Best performance: 1783 at City of Bangor New Year Blitz 2025 event 5 of 8 in Gold Coast Blitz Grand Prix 24-25(Best of 2025)

World #=185933Ireland #682among all players, November list

Blitz rating

1640

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

On FIDE’s list since Oct 2023 · Inactive on FIDE’s list

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Blitz

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Blitz rating 1641 to 1640 over the last 12 months; peak 1669 in February 2025.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20261630, 0, 0 games1552, 0, 0 games1640, 0, 0 games
Oct 20261630, 0, 0 games1552, 0, 0 games1640, -1, 0 games
Sep 20261630, 0, 0 games1552, 0, 0 games1641, 0, 0 games
Aug 20261630, 0, 0 games1552, 0, 0 games1641, 0, 0 games
Jul 20261630, 0, 0 games1552, 0, 0 games1641, 0, 0 games
Jun 20261630, 0, 0 games1552, 0, 0 games1641, 0, 0 games
May 20261630, 0, 0 games1552, 0, 0 games1641, 0, 0 games
Apr 20261630, 0, 0 games1552, 0, 0 games1641, 0, 0 games
Mar 20261630, 0, 0 games1552, 0, 0 games1641, 0, 0 games
Feb 20261630, 0, 0 games1552, 0, 0 games1641, 0, 0 games
Jan 20261630, 0, 0 games1552, 0, 0 games1641, 0, 0 games
Dec 20251630, 0, 0 games1552, 0, 0 games1641, 0, 0 games

Form · Blitz

oldest → latest

Unbeaten in the last 3 games (3 wins), since Apr 3, 2025.

From 179 blitz games on record, the latest on Apr 3, 2025.

Blitz games since the November list

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

Show gamesLast playedScore
City of Bangor April Blitz 2025 event 8 of 8 in Gold Coast Blitz Grand Prix 24-25Apr 3, 2025TPR 16074/6

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

Best wins · Blitz

From 135 rated blitz games against rated opponents, 2023–2025

#OpponentRating
1, Aashay R Kher, Sep 2024 · City of Bangor Autumn Blitz 2024 event 1 of 8 in Gold Coast Blitz Grand Prix 24-25, 1747
2, Oliver Mead, 2 wins, Jul 2024 · Bangor Sunshine Blitz 2024, 1714
3, Max McCroskery, 2 wins, Apr 2025 · City of Bangor April Blitz 2025 event 8 of 8 in Gold Coast Blitz Grand Prix 24-25, 1697

Event timeline · Blitz

23 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
2025167½16951674
2024934215621526
2023261213991370

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

Rated near Ben Foster · Blitz · November list, all players

World

  1. #=185933Ilia Fomin1640
  2. #=185933Andrew Aaron Foote1640
  3. #=185933Ben Foster1640
  4. #=185933Pedro Cesar Soares Fragoso1640
  5. #=185933Amir Gabdulbarov1640

Ireland

  1. #=676Ben Walton1641
  2. #=676Aken Pinitha Palihawadana1641
  3. #682Ben Foster1640
  4. #=683Dave Hunter1639
  5. #=683Richard Proctor1639

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

Ben Foster: Live FIDE Rating 1630