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USA · 53 yrs · K=40 · Peak 1725 (Mar 2024, includes FIDE’s rating adjustment)

Best performance: 1653 at Texas Team Championship 2024(Best of 2024)

World #=114470 live, down 1738#112,732 publishedUnited States #=3485Americas #=13851among active players

Classical rating

1696

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

On FIDE’s list since Feb 2024

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Classical

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Classical rating 1718 to 1696 over the last 12 months; peak 1725 in March 2024.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalBlitz
Nov 20261696, -20, 2 games1689, 0, 0 games
Oct 20261716, 0, 0 games1689, 0, 0 games
Sep 20261716, -2, 2 games1689, -15, 4 games
Aug 20261718, 0, 0 games1704, 0, 0 games
Jul 20261718, 0, 0 games1704, 0, 0 games
Jun 20261718, 0, 0 games1704, 0, 0 games
May 20261718, 0, 0 games1704, 0, 0 games
Apr 20261718, 0, 0 games1704, -1, 0 games
Mar 20261718, 0, 0 games1705, +1, 0 games
Feb 20261718, 0, 0 games1704, 0, 0 games
Jan 20261718, 0, 0 games1704, -2, 0 games
Dec 20251718, 0, 0 games1706, 0, 0 games

Form · Classical

oldest → latest

Unbeaten in every game on record since Jul 18, 2025 (11: 6 wins, 5 draws). Games before 2025 are not all on record yet. Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 7 games, Aug 15 – Oct 18.

From 25 classical games on record, the latest on Oct 18.

Classical games since the November list

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

Last playedScore
Texas Fall FIDE — ReserveOct 16 – Oct 181½/3

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

Best wins · Classical

From 11 rated classical games against rated opponents, 2023–2026

#OpponentRating
1, Abhinav Lakshmanan, Aug 2026 · Houston City Championship 2026 — RESERVE, 1488
2, Aashritha Shankar, Sep 2023 · 89th Southwest Open - Reserve Section, 1251

Event timeline · Classical

6 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
202642½15081603
20251½1592—
20233212691394

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

Rated near Jim Polomsky · Classical

World

  1. #=114470Nirvan Sivakumar1696.0
  2. #=114470Michael Castellani1696.0
  3. #=114470Jim Polomsky1696.0
  4. #=114470Matthew Wang1696.0
  5. #=114470Rafael Jose Hernandez Fuentes1696.0

United States

  1. #=3485Nirvan Sivakumar1696.0
  2. #=3485Michael Castellani1696.0
  3. #=3485Jim Polomsky1696.0
  4. #=3485Matthew Wang1696.0
  5. #=3485Shrehit Rajesh Dhiman1696.0

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