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NZL · 28 yrs · K=20 · Peak 1758 (Mar 2024, includes FIDE’s rating adjustment)

Best performance: 1708 at 2026 New Zealand Lightning Chess Championships(Best of 2026)

World #=51177 live, down 854#50,323 publishedNew Zealand #=67Asia #=12360among active players

Blitz rating

1725

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 1736 to 1725 over the last 12 months; peak 1758 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 20261817, -26, 6 games1763, 0, 0 games1725, 0, 0 games
Oct 20261843, 0, 0 games1763, +6, 7 games1725, 0, 0 games
Sep 20261843, 0, 0 games1757, 0, 0 games1725, 0, 0 games
Aug 20261843, 0, 0 games1757, 0, 0 games1725, 0, 0 games
Jul 20261843, 0, 0 games1757, 0, 0 games1725, 0, 0 games
Jun 20261843, 0, 0 games1757, 0, 0 games1725, 0, 0 games
May 20261843, 0, 0 games1757, 0, 0 games1725, 0, 0 games
Apr 20261843, -1, 0 games1757, 0, 0 games1725, 0, 0 games
Mar 20261844, +1, 0 games1757, +3, 6 games1725, 0, 0 games
Feb 20261843, -1, 0 games1754, -37, 8 games1725, -12, 8 games
Jan 20261844, 0, 0 games1791, 0, 0 games1737, +1, 0 games
Dec 20251844, +1, 0 games1791, 0, 0 games1736, 0, 0 games

Form · Blitz

oldest → latest

Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 2 games, Jan 11.

From 27 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 17084/9

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, CM Quentin J.F. Johnson, Jan 2026 · 2026 New Zealand Lightning Chess Championships, 1959*
2, Zane Sarmad, Jan 2026 · 2026 New Zealand Lightning Chess Championships, 1637*
3, Anne Xuduo Guo, Jan 2025 · New Zealand Lightning 2025, 1578

* 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
20268317951708
20257317261676
202471½14921262

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

Rated near Matthew Ashton · Blitz

World

  1. #=51177Dawid Poradzisz1725.0
  2. #=51177Karla Marina Panici1725.0
  3. #=51177Matthew Ashton1725.0
  4. #=51177Yuanyi (Rebecca) Zhao1725.0
  5. #=51177Marcos Franco1725.0

New Zealand

  1. #65Ryan Hwang1740.0
  2. #66Tyne Grant1731.0
  3. #=67Matthew Ashton1725.0
  4. #=67Yuanyi (Rebecca) Zhao1725.0
  5. #69WCM Sophia Feng1714.0

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

Matthew Ashton: Live FIDE Rating 1817