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USA · 18 yrs · K=10 · Peak 2451 (Jul 2026)

Best performance: 2638 at 2025 North Carolina Open - Blitz Championship(Best of 2025)

World #=603 live, up 46#649 publishedUnited States #43Americas #101#45 U18 in the worldamong active players

NOV26 Rating

2451

Live Rating

2458.8

Change

+7.8

Games Played

10

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Blitz

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Blitz rating 2417 to 2451 over the last 12 months; peak 2451 in July 2026.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20262495, +9, 9 games2300, 0, 0 games2451, 0, 0 games
Oct 20262486, -13, 6 games2300, 0, 0 games2451, 0, 0 games
Sep 20262499, -4, 9 games2300, 0, 0 games2451, 0, 0 games
Aug 20262503, -12, 9 games2300, 0, 0 games2451, 0, 0 games
Jul 20262515, +12, 9 games2300, 0, 0 games2451, +9, 12 games
Jun 20262503, +6, 9 games2300, 0, 0 games2442, 0, 0 games
May 20262497, +5, 17 games2300, 0, 0 games2442, 0, 0 games
Apr 20262492, +20, 9 games2300, -31, 3 games2442, -2, 9 games
Mar 20262472, -13, 5 games2331, -2, 4 games2444, -1, 0 games
Feb 20262485, +18, 9 games2333, 0, 0 games2445, 0, 0 games
Jan 20262467, -31, 21 games2333, 0, 0 games2445, +15, 15 games
Dec 20252498, +13, 9 games2333, 0, 0 games2430, +13, 9 games

Form · Blitz

oldest → latest

Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 8 games, Jun 13 – Nov 7.

From 346 blitz games on record, the latest on Nov 7.

Blitz games since the November list

TournamentScoreChange
2026 SPICE Cup Blitz Championship — OpenNov 7TPR 24417/10+7.8

Title Progress

Grandmaster (FIDE, registered 2026)

2025 NYC Chess Norms Memorial Day Marshall Invitational GM AMay 20257/9
SixDays Budapest November 2025 - GM-BNov 20257/9
2026 Saint Louis MastersMar 20265½/9

Based on events we cover plus the FIDE norm registers of all federations. Norms filed elsewhere may not show up here yet.

Best wins · Blitz

From 310 rated blitz games against rated opponents, 2016–2026

#OpponentRating
1, GM Andrew Tang, 4 wins, Sep 2025 · Marshall FIDE Blitz 60, 2596
2, GM Maxim Dlugy, 2 wins, Jun 2024 · Marshall FIDE Blitz 26, 2595
3, GM Christopher Woojin Yoo, Jun 2026 · 2026 Walter Browne Blitz — OPEN, 2578

Openings · Blitz

From the moves of 9 of 346 blitz games on record.

As BlackMeets 1.d4 with 1...Nf6.

All openings

No opening played 3 times yet (4 games with this colour).

Event timeline · Blitz

40 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
2026312023262436
20259373½21192349
20247356½21322343
2023139½20682243
2019542921172146
2018371221201987
20164118451652

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 Jianchao ZhouGM Francesco SonisGM Vladimir BelousFM Stephen WillyWFM Chouchanik Airapetian

Rated near Liam Putnam · Blitz

World

  1. #=597GM Victor Mikhalevski2459.0
  2. #=597IM Sugar Gan-Erdene2459.0
  3. #=603GM Liam Putnam2458.8
  4. #=603GM Srihari L R2458.8
  5. #605GM Vladimir Belous2458.4

United States

  1. #=41GM Mark Heimann2459.0
  2. #=41GM Steven Zierk2459.0
  3. #43GM Liam Putnam2458.8
  4. #44GM David Brodsky2455.0
  5. #45GM Praveen Balakrishnan2451.0

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