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ENG · 60 yrs · K=40 · Peak 1621 (By Apr 2024)

Best performance: 1728 at III Milton Keynes FIDE Rapid Tournament - U1600(Best of 2025)

World #=153881 live, down 3710#150,171 publishedEngland #=2048Europe #=76115among active players

Rapid rating

1515

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

On FIDE’s list since Apr 2024

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Rapid

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Rapid rating 1551 to 1515 over the last 12 months; peak 1621 by April 2024.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapid
Nov 20261622, 0, 0 games1515, 0, 0 games
Oct 20261622, 0, 0 games1515, 0, 0 games
Sep 20261622, 0, 0 games1515, 0, 0 games
Aug 20261622, 0, 0 games1515, 0, 0 games
Jul 20261622, 0, 0 games1515, 0, 0 games
Jun 20261622, 0, 0 games1515, 0, 0 games
May 20261622, -24, 1 game1515, 0, 0 games
Apr 20261646, -90, 4 games1515, 0, 0 games
Mar 20261736, 0, 0 games1515, -36, 2 games
Feb 20261736, 0, 0 games1551, 0, 0 games
Jan 20261736, 0, 0 games1551, 0, 0 games
Dec 20251736, 0, 0 games1551, 0, 0 games

Form · Rapid

oldest → latest

Unbeaten in the last 2 games (1 win, 1 draw), since Feb 1. That is the longest unbeaten run of 2026.

From 30 rapid games on record, the latest on Feb 1.

Rapid games since the November list

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

Show gamesLast playedScore
35th Nottingham Rapidplay - IntermediateFeb 11½/5

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

Best wins · Rapid

From 21 rated rapid games against rated opponents, 2024–2026

#OpponentRating
1, Mark Tarnavskyi, Mar 2024 · 37th Birmingham Rapidplay Inter, 1629
2, Duncan Clarke, Jul 2025 · III Milton Keynes FIDE Rapid Tournament - U1600, 1623*
3, Vassily M Sagyaman, Jul 2025 · III Milton Keynes FIDE Rapid Tournament - U1600, 1529

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

Event timeline · Rapid

5 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
2026201586—
202563½15731630
2024133½16071432

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

Rated near Philip Sheldon · Rapid

World

  1. #=153881Ivan Mishagin1515.0
  2. #=153881Artemy Devjatov1515.0
  3. #=153881Philip Sheldon1515.0
  4. #=153881Oliver Rozmus1515.0
  5. #=153881Harry Whoriskey-Cromie1515.0

England

  1. #=2038David C Dunne1516.0
  2. #=2038David P Holmes1516.0
  3. #=2048Philip Sheldon1515.0
  4. #=2048Oliver Rozmus1515.0
  5. #=2048Harry Whoriskey-Cromie1515.0

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

Philip Sheldon: Live FIDE Rating 1622