USA · 58 yrs · K=40 · Peak 1860 (Mar 2024, includes FIDE’s rating adjustment)
Best performance: 1963 at 2022 Lone Star Open - Under 2000(Best of 2022)
Classical rating
1860
FIDE’s November 2026 list. No rated games since, so the live rating is the same.
On FIDE’s list since Dec 2015 · Inactive on FIDE’s list
How live ratings are calculated
Rating History · Classical
Classical rating unchanged at 1860 over the last 12 months; peak 1860 in March 2024.
Official rating by month
Each month: the rating, its change from the list before, and the rated games FIDE counted.
| List | Classical | Rapid |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 2026 | 1860, 0, 0 games | 1795, 0, 0 games |
| Oct 2026 | 1860, 0, 0 games | 1795, 0, 0 games |
| Sep 2026 | 1860, 0, 0 games | 1795, 0, 0 games |
| Aug 2026 | 1860, 0, 0 games | 1795, 0, 0 games |
| Jul 2026 | 1860, 0, 0 games | 1795, 0, 0 games |
| Jun 2026 | 1860, 0, 0 games | 1795, 0, 0 games |
| May 2026 | 1860, 0, 0 games | 1795, 0, 0 games |
| Apr 2026 | 1860, 0, 0 games | 1795, 0, 0 games |
| Mar 2026 | 1860, 0, 0 games | 1795, 0, 0 games |
| Feb 2026 | 1860, 0, 0 games | 1795, 0, 0 games |
| Jan 2026 | 1860, 0, 0 games | 1795, 3 games |
| Dec 2025 | 1860, 0, 0 games | unrated |
Form · Classical
Unbeaten in the last 2 games (2 wins), since Jul 24, 2022.
From 25 classical games on record, the latest on Jul 24, 2022.
No rated classical games this rating periodsince the NOV26 list (Nov 1, 2026)
| Show games | Last played | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 Houston Chess Festival - Under 2000Jul 22, 2022 – Jul 24, 2022 | 3½/5 |
The live rating moves only when new rated games are played. Until then it matches the published rating.
Best wins · Classical
From 19 rated classical games against rated opponents, 2014–2022
| # | Opponent | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 1, | Harold Eric May, Nov 2015 · 2015 US Class Championship - Expert | , 1877 |
| 2, | Ryan Rivers, Nov 2015 · 2015 US Class Championship - Expert | , 1801 |
| 3, | Shae McPhee, Mar 2022 · 2022 Lone Star Open - Under 2000 | , 1638 |
| 4, | Samuel Gu, Jul 2022 · 2022 Houston Chess Festival - Under 2000 | , 1529 |
| 5, | Ethan Yizhe Wang, Mar 2022 · 2022 Lone Star Open - Under 2000 | , 1502 |
| # | Opponent | Overall | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1, | Benjamin Coraretti, Highest-rated meeting: Feb 2014 · 2014 Lone Star Open | , ½/1 | , 2163 |
| 2, | Howard Zhong, Highest-rated meeting: Mar 2016 · 2016 Lone Star Open | , 0/1 | , 2146 |
| 3, | CM Eduardo Azael Ayala Pena, Highest-rated meeting: Oct 2016 · 2016 Houston Open | , 0/1 | , 2144 |
| 4, | Andrew H Lu, Highest-rated meeting: Feb 2014 · 2014 Lone Star Open | , 0/1 | , 2099 |
| 5, | Christopher Hobart, Highest-rated meeting: Nov 2015 · 2015 US Class Championship - Expert | , 0/1 | , 2060 |
| 6, | Leo Creger, Highest-rated meeting: Oct 2016 · 2016 Houston Open | , 0/1 | , 2003 |
| 6, | FM Nicholas Matta, Highest-rated meeting: Nov 2015 · 2015 US Class Championship - Expert | , 0/1 | , 2003 |
| 8, | John Farrell, Highest-rated meeting: Mar 2022 · 2022 Lone Star Open - Under 2000 | , ½/1 | , 1929 |
| 9, | Duy Minh Nguyen, Highest-rated meeting: Mar 2016 · 2016 Lone Star Open | , 0/1 | , 1907 |
| 10, | Hiren Premkumar, Highest-rated meeting: Nov 2015 · 2015 US Class Championship - Expert | , 0/1 | , 1886 |
Performance rating by year
| Year | Games | Score | Avg opp | TPR |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | 3½ | 1692 | 1841 |
| 2016 | 7 | 0 | 1920 | 1120 |
| 2015 | 5 | 2 | 1925 | 1853 |
| 2014 | 2 | ½ | 2131 | — |
Games count in the month they were played. Each month and year is one performance rating over all of its rated games.
- Jul 2022Swissfederation sourceScore 3½/5Opp avg 1696Start 1775
- Mar 2022Swissfederation sourceBest of 2022Score 3½/5Opp avg 1690Start 1743
- Nov 2015Swissfederation sourceBest of 2015Score 2/5Opp avg 1925
- 2022 Houston Chess Festival - Under 2000 · Jul 2022 · 3½/5
- 2022 Lone Star Open - Under 2000 · Mar 2022 · 3½/5
- 2016 Houston Open · Oct 2016 · 0/4
- 2016 Lone Star Open · Mar 2016 · 0/3
- 2015 US Class Championship - Expert · Nov 2015 · 2/5
- 2014 Lone Star Open · Feb 2014 · ½/3
World
- #=159335Venla Lymysalo1860
- #=159335Jens Lysgaard1860
- #=159335Alex Mabry1860
- #=159335Lena Mader1860
- #=159335Kulasande Mafanya1860
United States
- #=5439Stephen N Gehly1860
- #=5439Rick Long1860
- #=5439Alex Mabry1860
- #=5439Eliam Chang1860
- #=5439Steve Ho1860
Live rating: FIDE’s November list plus every rated game played since. Not affiliated with FIDE.