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Michael D Sole

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NZL · 26 yrs · K=20 · Peak 1938 (Mar 2024, includes FIDE’s rating adjustment)

Best performance: 2099 at NZL Rapid Championship 2022(Best of 2022)

World #=36357 live, down 595#35,762 publishedNew Zealand #74Asia #=8372among active players

Rapid rating

1862

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

On FIDE’s list since Jan 2020

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Rapid

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Rapid rating 1896 to 1862 over the last 12 months; peak 1938 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 20261933, 0, 0 games1862, 0, 0 games1856, 0, 0 games
Oct 20261933, 0, 0 games1862, 0, 0 games1856, 0, 0 games
Sep 20261933, 0, 0 games1862, 0, 0 games1856, 0, 0 games
Aug 20261933, +15, 6 games1862, 0, 0 games1856, 0, 0 games
Jul 20261918, -14, 6 games1862, 0, 0 games1856, 0, 0 games
Jun 20261932, 0, 0 games1862, 0, 0 games1856, 0, 0 games
May 20261932, 0, 0 games1862, 0, 0 games1856, 0, 0 games
Apr 20261932, 0, 0 games1862, 0, 0 games1856, 0, 0 games
Mar 20261932, 0, 0 games1862, +1, 0 games1856, +1, 0 games
Feb 20261932, 0, 0 games1861, 0, 0 games1855, -1, 0 games
Jan 20261932, 0, 0 games1861, -35, 11 games1856, 0, 0 games
Dec 20251932, 0, 0 games1896, 0, 0 games1856, 0, 0 games

Form · Rapid

oldest → latest

Unbeaten in the last 4 games (4 wins), since Dec 7, 2025.

From 80 rapid games on record, the latest on Dec 7, 2025.

Rapid games since the November list

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

Last playedScore
2025 Summit Rapid Open DecemberDec 7, 2025TPR 19694/5

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

Best wins · Rapid

From 75 rated rapid games against rated opponents, 2020–2025

#OpponentRating
1, IM Anthony F Ker, Jan 2022 · NZL Rapid Championship 2022, 2306
2, FM Ben Hague, Jan 2023 · 2023 New Zealand Rapid, 2286
3, IM Russell John Dive, Jan 2022 · NZL Rapid Championship 2022, 2271

Openings · Rapid

From the moves of 6 of 80 rapid games on record.

As BlackMeets 1.e4 with 1...c5.

All openings (1 as Black)

Against 1.e4: 1...c5 in 3.

Openings in Black gamesGamesScore
Sicilian Defense367%

1 more game in an opening played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Rapid

11 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
2025322017871882
2024135½16901633
2023128½18291987
20229718792099
20209517261769

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 D Sole · Rapid

World

  1. #=36357Michael T Botteley1862.0
  2. #=36357Kavin Mathiyazhagan1862.0
  3. #=36357Michael D Sole1862.0
  4. #=36357Raul Quintero1862.0
  5. #=36357Yedixon Villarraga1862.0

New Zealand

  1. #72Richard Jingjie Liu1867.0
  2. #73Jun Lee1864.0
  3. #74Michael D Sole1862.0
  4. #75Tim Riley1858.0
  5. #76L. Ross Jackson1856.0

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