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USA · 23 yrs · K=40 · Peak 1940 (Jul 2025)

Best performance: 2017 at 2021 National Open - Under 2300(Best of 2021)

World #=45825 live, down 760#45,065 publishedUnited States #=1253Americas #=5006among active players

Classical rating

1914

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

On FIDE’s list since Jul 2021

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Classical

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Classical rating 1940 to 1914 over the last 12 months; peak 1940 in July 2025.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalBlitz
Nov 20261914, +16, 2 games1928, 4 games
Oct 20261898, 0, 0 gamesunrated
Sep 20261898, 0, 0 gamesunrated
Aug 20261898, 0, 0 gamesunrated
Jul 20261898, 0, 0 gamesunrated
Jun 20261898, 0, 0 gamesunrated
May 20261898, -42, 3 gamesunrated
Apr 20261940, 0, 0 gamesunrated
Mar 20261940, 0, 0 gamesunrated
Feb 20261940, 0, 0 gamesunrated
Jan 20261940, 0, 0 gamesunrated
Dec 20251940, 0, 0 gamesunrated

Form · Classical

oldest → latest

Unbeaten in the last 6 games (3 wins, 3 draws), since Apr 12. That is the longest unbeaten run of 2026.

From 29 classical games on record, the latest on Oct 12.

Classical games since the November list

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

Show gamesLast playedScore
2026 (67th) US Armed Forces Open — Armed Forces OpenOct 10 – Oct 124/5

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

Best wins · Classical

From 24 rated classical games against rated opponents, 2019–2026

#OpponentRating
1, Gabriel Ewing, Jun 2021 · 2021 National Open - Under 2300, 2035
2, Robert W Keough, Oct 2026 · 2026 (67th) US Armed Forces Open — Armed Forces Open, 2010
3, Alexander Gustafsson, Jun 2021 · 2021 National Open - Under 2300, 1984

Event timeline · Classical

7 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
202652½18131813
202564½17881981
202341½17111624
20192½1760—

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

Rated near Jacob Benjamin Jones · Classical

World

  1. #=45825Lucas Delvaux1914.0
  2. #=45825Kristiyan Ignatov1914.0
  3. #=45825Jacob Benjamin Jones1914.0
  4. #=45825Samuel Gu1914.0
  5. #=45825Jaroslav Vrtal1914.0

United States

  1. #=1253Renato C Dominguez1914.0
  2. #=1253Karthik Padmanabhan1914.0
  3. #=1253Jacob Benjamin Jones1914.0
  4. #=1253Samuel Gu1914.0
  5. #=1253Noah Thomas ONeill1914.0

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