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ENG · 61 yrs · K=20 · Peak 2162 (By Dec 2025)

Best performance: 2164 at Nottingham FIDE Rapid 15 plus 5 - Open(Best of 2025)

World #=7720 live, down 127#7,593 publishedEngland #91Europe #=4797among active players

Rapid rating

2132

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

On FIDE’s list since Dec 2025

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Rapid

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Rapid rating 2162 to 2132 since December 2025; peak 2162 by December 2025.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20262159, 0, 0 games2132, 0, 0 games2112, 0, 0 games
Oct 20262159, 0, 0 games2132, 0, 0 games2112, 0, 0 games
Sep 20262159, 0, 0 games2132, 0, 0 games2112, 0, 0 games
Aug 20262159, 0, 0 games2132, -1, 4 games2112, +11, 7 games
Jul 20262159, 0, 0 games2133, 0, 0 games2101, 0, 0 games
Jun 20262159, 0, 0 games2133, 0, 0 games2101, 0, 0 games
May 20262159, 0, 0 games2133, 0, 0 games2101, 0, 0 games
Apr 20262159, 0, 0 games2133, 0, 0 games2101, 0, 0 games
Mar 20262159, 0, 0 games2133, -29, 6 games2101, 0, 0 games
Feb 20262159, 0, 0 games2162, 0, 0 games2101, 0, 0 games
Jan 20262159, 0, 0 games2162, 0, 0 games2101, 0, 0 games
Dec 20252159, 0, 0 games2162, 6 games2101, 0, 0 games

Form · Rapid

oldest → latest

Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 4 games, Feb 1 – Jun 28.

From 16 rapid games on record, the latest on Jun 28.

Rapid games since the November list

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

Show gamesLast playedScore
Nottingham Summer Chess Festival on 27-28 June 2026 - Rapid OpenJun 28TPR 20393/4

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

Best wins · Rapid

From 16 rated rapid games against rated opponents, 2025–2026

#OpponentRating
1, John Swain, Feb 2026 · 35th Nottingham Rapidplay - Open, 1848
2, Volodymyr Mylovanov, Jun 2026 · Nottingham Summer Chess Festival on 27-28 June 2026 - Rapid Open, 1813
3, Benjamin Humphreys, Nov 2025 · Nottingham FIDE Rapid 15 plus 5 - Open, 1779

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

Event timeline · Rapid

3 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
2026106½18611971
202565½17632164

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

Rated near Michael H Barnes · Rapid

World

  1. #=7720Vitaliy Yurchenko2132.0
  2. #=7720FM Vojtech Parizek2132.0
  3. #=7720FM Michael H Barnes2132.0
  4. #=7720IM Anatoly Babiy2132.0
  5. #=7720FM Panagiotis Michelakos2132.0

England

  1. #89Aron J Cohen2144.0
  2. #90FM John R Richardson2140.0
  3. #91FM Michael H Barnes2132.0
  4. #=92FM David J Walker2130.0
  5. #=92Robert M Taylor2130.0

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