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AUS · 23 yrs · K=20 · Peak 2100 (Dec 2025)

Best performance: 2222 at 2024 Chatswood Checkmate Allegro(Best of 2024)

World #=9431 live, down 161#9,270 publishedAustralia #35Asia #=2058among active players

Rapid rating

2098

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

On FIDE’s list since Sep 2016

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Rapid

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Rapid rating unchanged at 2098 over the last 12 months; peak 2100 in December 2025.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20262144, 0, 0 games2098, 0, 0 games2122, 0, 0 games
Oct 20262144, 0, 0 games2098, 0, 0 games2122, 0, 0 games
Sep 20262144, 0, 0 games2098, 0, 0 games2122, 0, 0 games
Aug 20262144, 0, 0 games2098, 0, 0 games2122, 0, 0 games
Jul 20262144, 0, 0 games2098, 0, 0 games2122, 0, 0 games
Jun 20262144, 0, 0 games2098, 0, 0 games2122, 0, 0 games
May 20262144, 0, 0 games2098, 0, 0 games2122, -5, 19 games
Apr 20262144, 0, 0 games2098, +1, 0 games2127, 0, 0 games
Mar 20262144, 0, 0 games2097, 0, 0 games2127, 0, 0 games
Feb 20262144, 0, 0 games2097, -3, 6 games2127, +36, 9 games
Jan 20262144, -5, 4 games2100, 0, 0 games2091, +16, 7 games
Dec 20252149, 0, 0 games2100, +2, 7 games2075, 0, 0 games
Working toward the Grandmaster title1 tracked norm · 9/27 gamesrating 2253 of 2500, live 2144composition unverifieddetails ↓

Form · Rapid

oldest → latest

Unbeaten in the last 2 games (2 wins), since Jan 11. Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 4 games, Jan 11.

From 89 rapid games on record, the latest on Jan 11.

Rapid games since the November list

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

Show gamesLast playedScore
2026 University of Sydney Chess Club Rapid ChampionshipJan 11TPR 20415½/7

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

Title Progress

GM title progress

Working toward the Grandmaster title

Tracked norms: 1 · 9 of 27 games credit

Rating: peak 2253, needs 2500

Composition: next norm must come from a qualifying open (Swiss with 40+ players, national championship final, or similar)

Composition: unverified whether a tracked norm met the usual foreign-opponent mix.

Composition: next norm must come from an event played at one round a day for at least 3 days

projected2023 Oceania Junior Championship Under 20Apr 20238½/91st

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

Best wins · Rapid

From 77 rated rapid games against rated opponents, 2016–2026

#OpponentRating
1, FM Clive Ng, May 2022 · 2022 Norths Rapid Championship, 2159
2, CM Hui Li, Jan 2026 · 2026 University of Sydney Chess Club Rapid Championship, 2072
3, CM Blair Mandla, Aug 2017 · 2017 Rooty Hill Rapid Championship, 2055

Event timeline · Rapid

11 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
202664½18482041
20257519232081
202465½18212222
20231512½17111984
201796½18201986
201683½17861743

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

Rated near Cameron McGowan · Rapid

World

  1. #=9431Yavor Nikolov2098.0
  2. #=9431FM Jaroslav Sobek2098.0
  3. #=9431IM Cameron McGowan2098.0
  4. #=9431Jrii Bazhin2098.0
  5. #=9431Alexis Andres Aravena Navarro2098.0

Australia

  1. #33CM Ashvin Balavignan2113.0
  2. #34FM Jayden Ooi2106.0
  3. #35IM Cameron McGowan2098.0
  4. #=36FM Frederick Litchfield2096.0
  5. #=36Jonluke Corona2096.0

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