James Bao

USA · 14 yrs · K=40 · Peak 1695 (Oct 2024)

Best performance: 1814 at 1st George Koltanowski Memorial Tournament - 1600-1999(Best of 2024)

NOV26 Rating

1695

Live Rating

1695.0

Change

0.0

Games Played

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Classical

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Official classical rating by month

List	Rating	Change
Nov 2026	1695	0
Oct 2026	1695	0
Sep 2026	1695	0
Aug 2026	1695	0
Jul 2026	1695	0
Jun 2026	1695	0
May 2026	1695	0
Apr 2026	1695	0
Mar 2026	1695	0
Feb 2026	1695	0
Jan 2026	1695	0
Dec 2025	1695	0

Form · Classical

oldest → latest

From 92 classical games on record, the latest on Sep 2, 2024.

Classical games since the November list

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

	Last played	Score	TPR
	2024 CalChess State Championship - ABAug 30, 2024 – Sep 2, 2024TPR 1762	4½/7	1762

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

Best wins · Classical

From 69 rated classical games against rated opponents, 2022–2024

#	Opponent	Rating
1	ROMAN GUROVICH, 14th annual Golden State Open - U2100 Section, Jan 2023	, 1780
2	Patrick Donnelly, 2023 Class Warfare Championship - BC, Nov 2023	, 1663
3	Aastik Grover, 2024 CalChess State Championship - AB, Sep 2024	, 1623
4	Matthew Ma, 2024 CalChess State Championship - AB, Aug 2024	, 1622
5	Ethan Ma, 23rd Wilkerson Memorial Tournament - 1600-1999, Jul 2024	, 1589
6	Tingxuan Liu, 1st George Koltanowski Memorial Tournament - 1600-1999, Aug 2024	, 1561
7	Ethan Ma, 23rd William Addison Memorial Tournament - 1600-1999, Apr 2024	, 1558
8	Lawrence Martinez, 14th annual Golden State Open - U2100 Section, Jan 2023	, 1536
9	Sanushya Subramaniam, 2024 CalChess State Championship - AB, Aug 2024	, 1494
10	Adithya Chitta, 1000GM 2023 March BonaFIDE Swiss Reserve Under 2000, Mar 2023	, 1460

#	Opponent	Score	Rating
1	Michael Walder, 1st George Koltanowski Memorial Tournament - 1600-1999, Aug 2024	, ½/2	, 1912
2	Albert Ziatdinov, 2024 New Year Championship - AB, Jan 2024	, 0/1	, 1861
3	Ashkan Dehghani Zahedani, 2024 CalChess State Championship - AB, Sep 2024	, 0/1	, 1848
4	ROMAN GUROVICH, 14th annual Golden State Open - U2100 Section, Jan 2023	, 1/1	, 1780
5	Armin Vale Cruz, 2024 CalChess State Championship - AB, Sep 2024	, ½/2	, 1755
6	Kristian Clemens, 2023 Best of the West Championship - AB, May 2023	, 0/1	, 1747
7	George Sanguinetti, 51st Capps Memorial Championship - over 1600, Sep 2023	, 0/1	, 1729
8	Andreas Comtesse, 2023 National Open - Under 2100, Jun 2023	, ½/1	, 1717
9	Anvitha Penagalapati, 2024 CalChess State Championship - AB, Aug 2024	, ½/1	, 1693
10	Tapas Aarav Natraj, 23rd William Addison Memorial Tournament - 1600-1999, Apr 2024	, 0/1	, 1669

Event timeline · Classical

19 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

Year	Games	Score	Avg opp	TPR
2024	27	12	1595	1552
2023	25	11½	1495	1466
2022	17	9½	1400	1443

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

2024 CalChess State Championship - AB1762
Aug – Sep 2024Swissfederation source
#2 in 2024Score 4½/7Opp avg 1660Start 1602
1st George Koltanowski Memorial Tournament - 1600-19991814
Aug 2024Swissfederation source
Best of 2024Score 2½/4Opp avg 1689Start 1602
23rd Wilkerson Memorial Tournament - 1600-1999—(2)
Jul 2024Swissfederation source
Score 1/2Opp avg 1751Start 1587
58th Arthur Stamer Memorial Tournament - 1600-1999—(1)
Jun 2024Swissfederation source
Score 3/4Opp avg 1621Start 1606
23rd William Addison Memorial Tournament - 1600-19991516
Apr 2024Swissfederation source
#3 in 2024Score 1½/4Opp avg 1603Start 1633
2024 15th annual Golden State Open - U21001194
Jan 2024Swissfederation source
#5 in 2024Score ½/5Opp avg 1560Start 1459
2024 New Year Championship - AB1409
Jan 2024Swissfederation source
#4 in 2024Score 4/7Opp avg 1409Start 1459
2023 Class Warfare Championship - BC—(2)
Nov 2023Swissfederation source
Score 5½/7Opp avg 1501Start 1433
51st Capps Memorial Championship - over 16001443
Sep 2023Swissfederation source
#3 in 2023Score 1½/3Opp avg 1443Start 1433
2023 National Open - Under 21001464
Jun 2023Swissfederation source
#2 in 2023Score 1½/6Opp avg 1613Start 1432
2023 Best of the West Championship - AB1424
May 2023Swissfederation source
#4 in 2023Score 3/7Opp avg 1496Start 1432
20th Wilkerson Memorial Championship - 1600-1999—(2)
Mar 2023Swissfederation source
Score 1½/4Opp avg 1461Start 1433
1000GM 2023 March BonaFIDE Swiss Reserve Under 2000—(2)
Mar 2023Swissfederation source
Score 2½/5Opp avg 1397Start 1433
14th annual Golden State Open - U2100 Section1465
Jan 2023Swissfederation source
Best of 2023Score 3/6Opp avg 1465Start 1422
4th Annual Donaldson Championship - 1600-19991491
Dec 2022Swissfederation source
Best of 2022Score 2/4Opp avg 1366Start 1420
1000GM December BonaFIDE Bay Area Swiss: 1700-19991364
Dec 2022Swissfederation source
#5 in 2022Score 2½/5Opp avg 1489Start 1420
July 2022 BayAreaChess 2-Day Championship 1500-19991481
Jul 2022Swissfederation source
#2 in 2022Score 3½/5Opp avg 1386Start 1404
21st Addison Memorial Championship Under 18001457
Jun 2022Swissfederation source
#3 in 2022Score 1½/3Opp avg 1457
BayAreaChess 2-Day Championship - U 20001424
Jun 2022Swissfederation source
#4 in 2022Score 2½/4Opp avg 1329

Live ratings projected from the NOV26 published list · Not affiliated with FIDE