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USA · 23 yrs · K=10 · Peak 2527 (Oct 2026)

Best performance: 2764 at 1er Blitz Ciudad de Montevideo(Best of 2026)

World #258 live, up 19#277 publishedUnited States #26Americas #49among active players

NOV26 Rating

2527

Live Rating

2534.2

Change

+7.2

Games Played

12

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Blitz

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Blitz rating 2493 to 2527 over the last 12 months; peak 2527 in October 2026.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20262627, 0, 0 games2502, 0, 0 games2527, 0, 7 games
Oct 20262627, -17, 7 games2502, 0, 0 games2527, +10, 11 games
Sep 20262644, +18, 13 games2502, +9, 9 games2517, 0, 0 games
Aug 20262626, +25, 25 games2493, 0, 0 games2517, 0, 0 games
Jul 20262601, -3, 9 games2493, 0, 0 games2517, 0, 0 games
Jun 20262604, +10, 18 games2493, 0, 0 games2517, 0, 0 games
May 20262594, +4, 9 games2493, 0, 0 games2517, 0, 0 games
Apr 20262590, -8, 10 games2493, 0, 0 games2517, 0, 0 games
Mar 20262598, +7, 9 games2493, 0, 0 games2517, 0, 0 games
Feb 20262591, +7, 19 games2493, 0, 0 games2517, +24, 9 games
Jan 20262584, +1, 8 games2493, -14, 4 games2493, 0, 0 games
Dec 20252583, -16, 4 games2507, 0, 0 games2493, 0, 0 games

Form · Blitz

oldest → latest

Unbeaten in the last 6 games (4 wins, 2 draws), since Nov 7. Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 13 games, Aug 30 – Nov 7.

From 253 blitz games on record, the latest on Nov 7.

In Progress

vsIM Luis Carlos Torres Rosas2381
PairedR6XIV Torneo Internacional y Nacional de Ajedrez Copa Revolución 2026 Abiertastandard

Blitz games since the November list

Show gamesTournamentScoreChange
3rd Annual CMA Chess Festival — BlitzNov 7TPR 25379½/12+7.2

Best wins · Blitz

From 222 rated blitz games against rated opponents, 2015–2026

#OpponentRating
1, GM Haik M. Martirosyan, Dec 2024 · 2024 World Blitz Championship Swiss, 2692
2, GM Aleksandr Lenderman, Jan 2018 · Mikhail Layevskiy Memorial Blitz, 2666
3, GM Nodirbek Yakubboev, Aug 2024 · World Blitz Team Championship 2024 Knockout, 2588

Openings · Blitz

From the moves of 37 of 253 blitz games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.e4 in 11 of 18 games, 1.Nf3 in 3, 1.d4 in 3.

As BlackMeets 1.e4 with 1...c5 or 1...e5, and 1.d4 with 1...Nf6.

All openings (2 as White, 2 as Black)
Openings in White gamesGamesScore
Sicilian Defense560%
Four Knights Game3100%

10 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Blitz

29 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
20263931½23182569
202510722492398
20242111½25192555
2023191423482532
202096½20942260
2018453022482373
20172515½22342321

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

Recent opponents · Blitz

GM Awonder LiangGM Andrew TangFM Chenxuan LingFM Richard ZhengIM Raahil MullickNicholas A Ryba

Rated near Brandon Jacobson · Blitz

World

  1. #=255GM Antonios Pavlidis2535.0
  2. #=255GM Luca Jr Moroni2535.0
  3. #258GM Brandon Jacobson2534.2
  4. #259GM Vugar Asadli2534.0
  5. #260GM Sabino Brunello2533.5

United States

  1. #24GM Fidel Corrales Jimenez2538.0
  2. #25GM Kayden Troff2537.0
  3. #26GM Brandon Jacobson2534.2
  4. #27GM Robert Hess2526.0
  5. #28GM Patrick G Wolff2522.0

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