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ENG · 67 yrs · K=20 · Peak 2345 (By Jul 2012)

Best performance: 2588 at Golders Green Rapidplay Congress Open Mar 16(Best of 2016)

World #=9714 live, down 923#8,791 publishedEngland #117Europe #6051among active players

NOV26 Rating

2107

Live Rating

2094.4

Change

-12.6

Games Played

6

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Rapid

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Rapid rating 2102 to 2107 over the last 12 months; peak 2345 by July 2012.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20262144, +17, 2 games2107, 0, 0 games2101, 0, 0 games
Oct 20262127, 0, 0 games2107, 0, 0 games2101, 0, 0 games
Sep 20262127, +34, 9 games2107, 0, 0 games2101, 0, 0 games
Aug 20262093, 0, 0 games2107, 0, 0 games2101, 0, 0 games
Jul 20262093, -30, 9 games2107, 0, 0 games2101, 0, 0 games
Jun 20262123, -14, 3 games2107, 0, 0 games2101, 0, 0 games
May 20262137, +2, 7 games2107, 0, 0 games2101, 0, 0 games
Apr 20262135, +4, 2 games2107, 0, 0 games2101, 0, 0 games
Mar 20262131, -33, 11 games2107, 0, 0 games2101, -1, 0 games
Feb 20262164, -8, 2 games2107, +5, 6 games2102, 0, 0 games
Jan 20262172, 0, 0 games2102, 0, 0 games2102, 0, 0 games
Dec 20252172, +10, 2 games2102, 0, 0 games2102, 0, 0 games
Has the norms, needs the rating3 tracked norms · games requirement metrating 2384 of 2400, live 2144composition metdetails ↓

Form · Rapid

oldest → latest

Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 8 games, Jan 3 – Nov 14.

From 555 rapid games on record, the latest on Nov 14.

Rapid games since the November list

Show gamesTournamentScoreChange
Golders Green FIDE Rapidplay 14 November 2026 - Open @St Luke’s Church in Kidderpore Avenue, London NW3 7SUNov 14TPR 20033/6-12.6

Title Progress

IM title progress

Has the norms, needs the rating

Tracked norms: 3 · games requirement met (28, 27 needed)

Rating: peak 2384, needs 2400

No outstanding composition requirement

projected5th London Chess Classic 2013: OpenDec 20136/9Rp 2484
projected4NCL 2011May 20116½/9Rp 2461
projectedFour Nations Chess League (4NCL)May 20106½/10Rp 2467

Based on events we cover plus the FIDE norm registers of all federations. Norms filed elsewhere may not show up here yet.

Best wins · Rapid

From 499 rated rapid games against rated opponents, 2012–2026

#OpponentRating
1, GM Abhijeet Gupta, Mar 2016 · Golders Green Rapidplay Congress Open Mar 16, 2590
2, GM Ameet K Ghasi, Feb 2018 · Richmond Rapidplay Open Feb 2018, 2553
3, IM Richard A Bates, Jun 2015 · Golders Green Rapidplay Congress Open Jun 15, 2403

Openings · Rapid

From the moves of 6 of 555 rapid games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.e4 in 3 of 3 games.

All openings

No opening played 3 times yet (3 games with this colour).

Event timeline · Rapid

50 of 94 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
202612720022059
20245034½19642105
2023342218101920
2022644418241965
202132½20042277
2020128½20322190
2019271719672062
2018342620132215
20175741½20672242
2016573921072240
2015292021192260
20142720½20532255
20124130½21112295

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

Recent opponents · Rapid

IM Maciej CzoporIM Peter G LargeFM John R RichardsonChris B RiceAmaan SheikhGautam Sriram

Rated near Peter J Sowray · Rapid

World

  1. #=9714Tiago Henrique Amaro Da Silva2094.4
  2. #=9714FM Artem Gulevich2094.4
  3. #=9714FM Peter J Sowray2094.4
  4. #=9717WIM Mariya Kholyavko2094.2
  5. #=9717WCM Lilian Schirmbeck2094.2

England

  1. #=114Charlie B Nettleton2096.0
  2. #116FM Stephen Dishman2095.0
  3. #117FM Peter J Sowray2094.4
  4. #118CM Federico Rocco2093.0
  5. #119Ali R Jaunooby2092.8

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