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ENG · 15 yrs · K=40 · Peak 1973 (Oct 2026)

Best performance: 2135 at Flanders England Youth Individual Blitz 2025(Best of 2025)

World #=16766 live, down 265#16,501 publishedEngland #233Europe #=9865among active players

Blitz rating

1973

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

On FIDE’s list since Aug 2024

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Blitz

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Blitz rating 1871 to 1973 over the last 12 months; peak 1973 in October 2026.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20261883, +9, 2 games1758, -56, 5 games1973, 0, 0 games
Oct 20261874, -1, 0 games1814, 0, 0 games1973, +111, 14 games
Sep 20261875, -17, 7 games1814, 0, 0 games1862, +71, 6 games
Aug 20261892, 0, 0 games1814, -21, 5 games1791, 0, 0 games
Jul 20261892, +5, 5 games1835, +74, 10 games1791, 0, 0 games
Jun 20261887, 0, 0 games1761, 0, 0 games1791, -48, 7 games
May 20261887, 0, 0 games1761, 0, 0 games1839, 0, 0 games
Apr 20261887, -45, 9 games1761, 0, 0 games1839, 0, 0 games
Mar 20261932, +59, 9 games1761, 0, 0 games1839, -32, 9 games
Feb 20261873, +12, 9 games1761, 0, 0 games1871, 0, 0 games
Jan 20261861, +16, 6 games1761, 0, 0 games1871, 0, 0 games
Dec 20251845, +72, 9 games1761, +6, 12 games1871, 0, 0 games

Form · Blitz

oldest → latest

Unbeaten in the last 2 games (2 wins), since Sep 12. Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 6 games, Aug 2 – Sep 12.

From 94 blitz games on record, the latest on Sep 12.

Blitz games since the November list

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

Show gamesLast playedScore
2026 UK Open Blitz Qualifier: ManchesterSep 12TPR 20299½/15

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

Best wins · Blitz

From 73 rated blitz games against rated opponents, 2023–2026

#OpponentRating
1, FM Hillel Toledo, May 2025 · Flanders England Youth Individual Blitz 2025, 2157
2, Daniel Gomez, Sep 2026 · 2026 UK Open Blitz Qualifier: Manchester, 2059
3, Amirali Nematollahi, Aug 2026 · 2026 British Chess Championships: Under 16 Blitz, 2009

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

Openings · Blitz

From the moves of 18 of 94 blitz games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.e4 in 9 of 9 games.

As BlackMeets 1.e4 with 1...e5.

All openings (1 as White)
Openings in White gamesGamesScore
Sicilian Defense383%

6 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Blitz

10 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
2026362018731916
20252615½18441916
202483½17071664
2023301246446

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

Rated near James Ratcliffe · Blitz

World

  1. #=16766Oleg Myasnikov1973.0
  2. #=16766Daniyar Farzaleev1973.0
  3. #=16766James Ratcliffe1973.0
  4. #=16766Hanoy Fernandez Patino1973.0
  5. #=16766Parsa Azmoodeh1973.0

England

  1. #231David Amior1974.4
  2. #232Matthew J Payne1974.0
  3. #233James Ratcliffe1973.0
  4. #=234Arnav Kumar1971.0
  5. #=234Branko Bijeljic1971.0

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