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ENG · 22 yrs · K=20 · Peak 1901 (May 2026)

Best performance: 2005 at UK Open Blitz 2024 - South West Qualifier(Best of 2024)

World #=24323 live, down 418#23,905 publishedEngland #355Europe #=14000among active players

Blitz rating

1901

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

On FIDE’s list since Mar 2024

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Blitz

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Blitz rating 1893 to 1901 over the last 12 months; peak 1901 in May 2026.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20261942, 0, 0 games1823, 0, 0 games1901, 0, 0 games
Oct 20261942, 0, 0 games1823, 0, 0 games1901, 0, 0 games
Sep 20261942, 0, 0 games1823, 0, 0 games1901, 0, 0 games
Aug 20261942, 0, 0 games1823, 0, 0 games1901, 0, 0 games
Jul 20261942, 0, 0 games1823, 0, 0 games1901, 0, 0 games
Jun 20261942, 5 games1823, 0, 0 games1901, 0, 0 games
May 2026unrated1823, 0, 0 games1901, +17, 15 games
Apr 2026unrated1823, 0, 0 games1884, 0, 0 games
Mar 2026unrated1823, -29, 8 games1884, -2, 9 games
Feb 2026unrated1852, -15, 6 games1886, -7, 14 games
Jan 2026unrated1867, 0, 0 games1893, 0, 0 games
Dec 2025unrated1867, 0, 0 games1893, 0, 0 games

Form · Blitz

oldest → latest

Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 6 games, Jan 1.

From 111 blitz games on record, the latest on Apr 18.

Blitz games since the November list

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

Show gamesLast playedScore
2nd Stoke Gifford Blitz inc. 7th Bristol League Championship - OpenApr 18TPR 19258/15

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

Best wins · Blitz

From 97 rated blitz games against rated opponents, 2024–2026

#OpponentRating
1, FM Lewis Martin, Sep 2025 · 2025 UK Open Blitz: Bristol Qualifier, 2084
2, Yuriy V Isaev, Jun 2024 · Thamesmead London Blitz Open 30 June 2024, 2047
3, Laurence Ball, Aug 2025 · Summer FIDe Blitz at The Stag Plaza Suite - 31 August, 2022*

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

Openings · Blitz

From the moves of 22 of 111 blitz games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.e4 in 7 of 8 games.

As BlackMeets 1.d4 with 1...Nf6, and 1.e4 with 1...e5.

All openings (1 as Black)

Against 1.d4: 1...Nf6 in 7.

Against 1.e4: 1...e5 in 5.

Openings in Black gamesGamesScore
Ruy Lopez450%

10 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Blitz

9 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
20263820½18581887
20253115½18921892
2024281418651865

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 Guest · Blitz

World

  1. #=24323Oleksii Havryliv1901.0
  2. #=24323Julian Hennen Rodriguez1901.0
  3. #=24323James Guest1901.0
  4. #=24323Valentina Anto Gonzalez Gonzalez1901.0
  5. #=24323Tatiana V Ivanova1901.0

England

  1. #353Alex Carey1903.0
  2. #354Paul Fletcher1902.0
  3. #355James Guest1901.0
  4. #356Kian Shah1899.4
  5. #=357Gary Senior1899.0

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