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ENG · 30 yrs · K=20 · Peak 2024 (Sep 2024)

Best performance: 2275 at 19th Golders Green FIDE Rapid Chess Open(Best of 2019)

World #=16861 live, down 282#16,579 publishedEngland #=208Europe #=10343among active players

Rapid rating

1999

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

On FIDE’s list since May 2014

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Rapid

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Rapid rating 1955 to 1999 over the last 12 months; peak 2024 in September 2024.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20261922, 0, 0 games1999, +26, 6 games1958, 0, 0 games
Oct 20261922, 0, 0 games1973, 0, 0 games1958, 0, 0 games
Sep 20261922, 0, 0 games1973, 0, 0 games1958, 0, 0 games
Aug 20261922, 0, 0 games1973, 0, 0 games1958, 0, 0 games
Jul 20261922, 0, 0 games1973, 0, 0 games1958, 0, 0 games
Jun 20261922, 0, 0 games1973, 0, 0 games1958, 0, 0 games
May 20261922, 0, 0 games1973, +18, 6 games1958, 0, 0 games
Apr 20261922, 0, 0 games1955, 0, 0 games1958, 0, 0 games
Mar 20261922, 0, 0 games1955, 0, 0 games1958, 0, 0 games
Feb 20261922, 0, 0 games1955, 0, 0 games1958, 0, 0 games
Jan 20261922, 0, 0 games1955, 0, 0 games1958, 0, 0 games
Dec 20251922, 0, 0 games1955, 0, 0 games1958, 0, 0 games

Form · Rapid

oldest → latest

Unbeaten in the last 8 games (5 wins, 3 draws), since Apr 5. That is the longest unbeaten run of 2026.

From 364 rapid games on record, the latest on Oct 3.

Rapid games since the November list

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

Show gamesLast playedScore
Milton Keynes FIDE Rapidplay 3rd Oct 2026-OPEN @33 Dulverton Drive, MK4 1NAOct 3TPR 21414½/6

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

Best wins · Rapid

From 321 rated rapid games against rated opponents, 2014–2026

#OpponentRating
1, Maung Maung Latt, 2 wins, Sep 2023 · 2023 Warwickshire Rapid Championship Open, 2235
2, FM Peter J Sowray, Jul 2019 · 19th Golders Green FIDE Rapid Chess Open, 2227
3, Jeremy R Fallowfield, Oct 2018 · 25th Birmingham Rapidplay Open, 2105

Openings · Rapid

From the moves of 16 of 364 rapid games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.d4 in 5 of 8 games, 1.e4 in 3.

As BlackMeets 1.e4 with 1...d5.

All openings (1 as Black)

Against 1.e4: 1...d5 in 3.

Openings in Black gamesGamesScore
Scandinavian Defense383%

5 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Rapid

50 of 52 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
202612919142107
20254824½19231930
20244125½19332020
20234428½18531963
2022211117741788
2020191019181939
2019392119782007
2018381819051884
20172412½19381952
2016201018911891

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

Rated near Athar Ansari · Rapid

World

  1. #=16861Christos Dominikos Asvestopoulos1999.0
  2. #=16861George-Ciprian Cernencu1999.0
  3. #=16861Athar Ansari1999.0
  4. #=16861Marius Levannier-Gouel1999.0
  5. #=16861Harald Kiesel1999.0

England

  1. #=208Malcolm R Peacock1999.0
  2. #=208Antony J Wright1999.0
  3. #=208Athar Ansari1999.0
  4. #=213Malcolm J Armstrong1998.0
  5. #=213John Fowler1998.0

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