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CAN · 64 yrs · K=20 · Peak 2264 (May 2023)

Best performance: 2214 at 2023 GTCL Cup Championship(Best of 2023)

World #=9380 live, down 171#9,209 publishedCanada #40Americas #=1090among active players

Rapid rating

2099

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

On FIDE’s list since Jul 2016

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Rapid

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Rapid rating 2101 to 2099 over the last 12 months; peak 2264 in May 2023.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20261995, -37, 4 games2099, 0, 0 games2049, 0, 0 games
Oct 20262032, -4, 6 games2099, 0, 0 games2049, 0, 0 games
Sep 20262036, 0, 0 games2099, 0, 0 games2049, 0, 0 games
Aug 20262036, 0, 0 games2099, 0, 0 games2049, -25, 11 games
Jul 20262036, +1, 4 games2099, 0, 0 games2074, 0, 0 games
Jun 20262035, +7, 15 games2099, 0, 0 games2074, 0, 0 games
May 20262028, 0, 0 games2099, 0, 0 games2074, -38, 10 games
Apr 20262028, 0, 0 games2099, 0, 0 games2112, 0, 0 games
Mar 20262028, 0, 0 games2099, 0, 0 games2112, 0, 0 games
Feb 20262028, 0, 0 games2099, 0, 0 games2112, 0, 0 games
Jan 20262028, -3, 9 games2099, -2, 5 games2112, 0, 0 games
Dec 20252031, 0, 0 games2101, 0, 0 games2112, 0, 0 games

Form · Rapid

oldest → latest

Unbeaten in the last 4 games (3 wins, 1 draw), since Dec 1, 2025.

From 69 rapid games on record, the latest on Dec 1, 2025.

Rapid games since the November list

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

Show gamesLast playedScore
2025 GTCL Cup (Team Rapid)Dec 1, 2025TPR 20553½/5

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

Best wins · Rapid

From 52 rated rapid games against rated opponents, 2019–2025

#OpponentRating
1, Vadim Razin, Oct 2024 · 2024 Toronto Chess Centre 1st Rapid & Social, 2338
2, FM Koosha Jaferian, Nov 2023 · 2023 GTCL Cup Championship, 2139
3, FM Allan Munro, Sep 2019 · 2019 Michael McArthur Memorial Rapid, 2080

Event timeline · Rapid

12 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
202512618871887
2024171019812046
20196419322057

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

Rated near Michael Barron · Rapid

World

  1. #=9380Declan Shafi2099.0
  2. #=9380Jonathan O'Connor2099.0
  3. #=9380IM Michael Barron2099.0
  4. #=9380FM David Garcia Sobrino2099.0
  5. #=9380Alejandro Romero Fernandez2099.0

Canada

  1. #38WIM Svitlana Demchenko2114.0
  2. #39Michael Kimelman2107.0
  3. #40IM Michael Barron2099.0
  4. #41Larry Yang2083.2
  5. #42CM Daniel Abrahams2082.4

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