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ENG · 62 yrs · K=20 · Peak 1943 (By Sep 2023)

Best performance: 1767 at 2025 UK Open Blitz: London 3 (Golders Green) Qualifier(Best of 2025)

World #=47570 live, down 6308#41,262 publishedEngland #748

NOV26 Rating

1778

Live Rating

1743.2

Change

-34.8

Games Played

13

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Blitz

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Official blitz rating by month
ListRatingChange
Nov 202617780
Oct 20261778-32
Sep 202618100
Aug 202618100
Jul 202618100
Jun 202618100
May 202618100
Apr 20261810+1
Mar 20261809-1
Feb 20261810+1
Jan 202618090
Dec 202518090

Form · Blitz

oldest → latest

Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 3 games, Sep 19.

From 74 blitz games on record, the latest on Nov 1.

Blitz games since the November list

TournamentScoreChange
2026 English Blitz ChampionshipNov 1TPR 16905/14-34.8

Best wins · Blitz

From 61 rated blitz games against rated opponents, 2023–2026

#OpponentRating
1, Roman Zadvorny, Sep 2025 · 2025 UK Open Blitz: London 3 (Golders Green) Qualifier, 1899
2, Sanne De Boer, Sep 2026 · 2026 UK Open Blitz Qualifier: London 3 (Golders Green), 1849
3, Robert Dover, Sep 2024 · UK Open Blitz 2024 - London Qualifier, 1785

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

Openings · Blitz

From the moves of 15 of 74 blitz games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.e4 in 7 of 7 games.

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

All openings (1 as White, 1 as Black)
Openings in White gamesGamesScore
Sicilian Defense520%

2 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Blitz

2 of 5 events · All years

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 month

2026: 1707 over 27 rated games

MonthGamesScoreAvg oppTPR
Nov13418311690
Sep14617761726

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

Recent opponents · Blitz

FM Theo KhouryCM Peter FinnAndrew R BrettBruce L BaerDanylo PeresenchukAndrew BrocklehurstFrederick FairhurstRobert KaneGautam SriramAkintayo AkintolaAndy NevilleTaran PatelKiaan JakhriaSunday Chow

Rated near Michael R Smart · Blitz

World

  1. #=47568Noe Diz Eitor1743.6
  2. #=47570Ali Khani1743.2
  3. #=47570Michael R Smart1743.2
  4. #=47570Maria - Ioanna Lemoni1743.2
  5. #=47573Rashid Mohammad Shahinur1743.0

England

  1. #=745Cosmin Daniel Cojocaru1744.0
  2. #=745Soumya Gorrepati1744.0
  3. #748Michael R Smart1743.2
  4. #749Archisman Saha1743.0
  5. #=750Rico-Bradley Ellis1742.0

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