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SCO · 68 yrs · K=40 · Peak 1762 (Mar 2024, includes FIDE’s rating adjustment)

Best performance: 1820 at 37th Hampstead Weekend Congress Under 1900(Best of 2016)

World #=238594Scotland #=501among all players, November list

Classical rating

1762

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

On FIDE’s list since Feb 2016 · Inactive on FIDE’s list

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Classical

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Classical rating unchanged at 1762 over the last 12 months; peak 1762 in March 2024.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapid
Nov 20261762, 0, 0 games1596, 0, 0 games
Oct 20261762, 0, 0 games1596, 0, 0 games
Sep 20261762, 0, 0 games1596, +3, 5 games
Aug 20261762, 0, 0 games1593, -20, 6 games
Jul 20261762, 0, 0 games1613, 0, 0 games
Jun 20261762, 0, 0 games1613, 0, 0 games
May 20261762, 0, 0 games1613, 0, 0 games
Apr 20261762, 0, 0 games1613, 0, 0 games
Mar 20261762, 0, 0 games1613, -4, 4 games
Feb 20261762, 0, 0 games1617, 0, 0 games
Jan 20261762, 0, 0 games1617, 0, 0 games
Dec 20251762, 0, 0 games1617, 0, 0 games

Form · Classical

oldest → latest

Unbeaten in the last 3 games (1 win, 2 draws), since Feb 25, 2023.

From 33 classical games on record, the latest on Feb 26, 2023.

Classical games since the November list

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

Last playedScore
Mill HIll Congress February 2023 - Under 1900Feb 25, 2023 – Feb 26, 2023TPR 14352/4

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

Best wins · Classical

From 28 rated classical games against rated opponents, 2014–2023

#OpponentRating
1, John Carter, Jan 2016 · 8th Golders Green Weekend Congress Under 1900, 1727
2, Oliver Finnegan, Mar 2016 · 37th Hampstead Weekend Congress Under 1900, 1709
3, Salvatore Pepe, 2 wins, Jan 2016 · 8th Golders Green Weekend Congress Under 1900, 1673

Event timeline · Classical

7 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
20234214351435
201841½14551368
201531½15581558
20145316091681

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

Rated near David McNish · Classical · November list, all players

World

  1. #=238594Cohen McLean1762
  2. #=238594David E McLean1762
  3. #=238594David McNish1762
  4. #=238594Alam Md. Mansur1762
  5. #=238594Shuvro Md. Mohaimen Haque1762

Scotland

  1. #=501Joe Galbraith1762
  2. #=501Alan Cundill1762
  3. #=501David McNish1762
  4. #504William B Gray1761
  5. #505Matthew J Deighan1760

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