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ENG · 16 yrs · K=40 · Peak 1981 (Sep 2026)

Best performance: 2037 at 2026 British Chess Championships: Blitz 2(Best of 2026)

World #=16044 live, down 242#15,802 publishedEngland #223Europe #=9442among active players

Blitz rating

1981

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

On FIDE’s list since Jul 2023

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Blitz

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Blitz rating 1813 to 1981 over the last 12 months; peak 1981 in September 2026.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20262000, 0, 0 games1977, -4, 9 games1981, 0, 0 games
Oct 20262000, 0, 0 games1981, 0, 0 games1981, 0, 0 games
Sep 20262000, -58, 16 games1981, 0, 0 games1981, +96, 24 games
Aug 20262058, +45, 8 games1981, -45, 7 games1885, +53, 9 games
Jul 20262013, -2, 5 games2026, 0, 0 games1832, 0, 0 games
Jun 20262015, 0, 0 games2026, 0, 0 games1832, 0, 0 games
May 20262015, +27, 6 games2026, 0, 0 games1832, +41, 7 games
Apr 20261988, +44, 6 games2026, 0, 0 games1791, 0, 0 games
Mar 20261944, +5, 15 games2026, 0, 0 games1791, -22, 8 games
Feb 20261939, +84, 14 games2026, 0, 0 games1813, 0, 0 games
Jan 20261855, -12, 4 games2026, +38, 5 games1813, 0, 0 games
Dec 20251867, +3, 1 game1988, 0, 0 games1813, 0, 0 games

Form · Blitz

oldest → latest

Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 6 games, Aug 4 – Aug 6.

From 119 blitz games on record, the latest on Aug 6.

Blitz games since the November list

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

Last playedScore
2026 British Chess Championships: Blitz 3Aug 6TPR 19285/9

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

Best wins · Blitz

From 105 rated blitz games against rated opponents, 2023–2026

#OpponentRating
1, Zain Patel, 2 wins, Aug 2026 · 2026 British Chess Championships: Blitz 2, 2105
2, FM Max Pert, Aug 2026 · 2026 British Chess Championships: Under 16 Blitz, 2051
3, CM Aaron Rich, Aug 2026 · 2026 British Chess Championships: Blitz 3, 2013

* No blitz rating yet, so FIDE rates the game at the player's classical rating.

Openings · Blitz

From the moves of 31 of 119 blitz games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.e4 in 13 of 16 games, 1.g3 in 3.

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

All openings (3 as White, 1 as Black)
Openings in White gamesGamesScore
Sicilian Defense540%
Caro-Kann Defense317%
Vienna Game350%

5 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Blitz

14 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
2026492719071943
20253516½18341813
202472½17901688
2023144½16951562

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

Rated near Luke Freeman · Blitz

World

  1. #=16044Murat Bardakchi1981.0
  2. #=16044FM Erdem Batozhargalov1981.0
  3. #=16044Luke Freeman1981.0
  4. #=16044Maksim Nazarenko1981.0
  5. #=16044Roberto Fontanarosa1981.0

England

  1. #=221Arya Cont1982.0
  2. #=221Matthew J Harborne1982.0
  3. #223Luke Freeman1981.0
  4. #=224Nathan Madzia1980.0
  5. #=224Taran Jina1980.0

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

Luke Freeman: Live FIDE Rating 2000