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NZL · 66 yrs · K=20 · Peak 1843 (Mar 2024, includes FIDE’s rating adjustment)

Best performance: 1714 at 2026 New Zealand Lightning Chess Championships(Best of 2026)

World #=42687 live, down 629#42,058 publishedNew Zealand #55Asia #=9951among active players

Blitz rating

1773

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

On FIDE’s list since Feb 2024

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Blitz

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Blitz rating 1797 to 1773 over the last 12 months; peak 1843 in March 2024.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20261751, -17, 2 games1868, 0, 0 games1773, 0, 0 games
Oct 20261768, 0, 0 games1868, 0, 0 games1773, 0, 0 games
Sep 20261768, 0, 0 games1868, 0, 0 games1773, 0, 0 games
Aug 20261768, -6, 6 games1868, 0, 0 games1773, 0, 0 games
Jul 20261774, 0, 0 games1868, 0, 0 games1773, 0, 0 games
Jun 20261774, 0, 0 games1868, +4, 5 games1773, 0, 0 games
May 20261774, -12, 16 games1864, 0, 0 games1773, 0, 0 games
Apr 20261786, 0, 0 games1864, 0, 0 games1773, 0, 0 games
Mar 20261786, -1, 0 games1864, 0, 0 games1773, 0, 0 games
Feb 20261787, -25, 8 games1864, -12, 6 games1773, -24, 8 games
Jan 20261812, -15, 6 games1876, 0, 0 games1797, 0, 0 games
Dec 20251827, 0, 6 games1876, 0, 0 games1797, 0, 0 games

Form · Blitz

oldest → latest

From 26 blitz games on record, the latest on Jan 11.

Blitz games since the November list

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

Last playedScore
2026 New Zealand Lightning Chess ChampionshipsJan 11TPR 17143/8

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

Best wins · Blitz

From 22 rated blitz games against rated opponents, 2024–2026

#OpponentRating
1, Jesse Harrison, Jan 2026 · 2026 New Zealand Lightning Chess Championships, 1803
2, WCM Sophia Feng, Jan 2025 · New Zealand Lightning 2025, 1661
3, Taylor Sussex, Jan 2026 · 2026 New Zealand Lightning Chess Championships, 1592

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

Event timeline · Blitz

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
20268318011714
20257217571599
20247216191461

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

Rated near William Forster · Blitz

World

  1. #=42687Mohammad Mehdi Sameti1773.0
  2. #=42687Hristoforos Savva1773.0
  3. #=42687CM William Forster1773.0
  4. #=42687Santiago Gallego Herrera1773.0
  5. #=42687Cesar Augusto Ruiz Cruz1773.0

New Zealand

  1. #53Hamish R Gold1784.0
  2. #54Stanley Fitton1777.0
  3. #55CM William Forster1773.0
  4. #56CM Leighton Nicholls1761.0
  5. #57CM J. Nigel Metge1755.0

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