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NZL · 18 yrs · K=40 · Peak 1906 (Feb 2026)

Best performance: 2029 at New Zealand Lightning 2025(Best of 2025)

World #=23709 live, down 375#23,334 publishedNew Zealand #22Asia #=5209#7 U18 in New Zealandamong active players

Blitz rating

1906

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

On FIDE’s list since Jan 2023

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Blitz

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Blitz rating 1848 to 1906 over the last 12 months; peak 1906 in February 2026.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20261965, 0, 0 games1986, 0, 0 games1906, 0, 0 games
Oct 20261965, 0, 0 games1986, 0, 0 games1906, 0, 0 games
Sep 20261965, 0, 0 games1986, 0, 0 games1906, 0, 0 games
Aug 20261965, 0, 0 games1986, 0, 0 games1906, 0, 0 games
Jul 20261965, 0, 0 games1986, 0, 0 games1906, 0, 0 games
Jun 20261965, 0, 0 games1986, 0, 0 games1906, 0, 0 games
May 20261965, -28, 9 games1986, 0, 0 games1906, 0, 0 games
Apr 20261993, -1, 0 games1986, +68, 6 games1906, 0, 0 games
Mar 20261994, 0, 0 games1918, 0, 0 games1906, 0, 0 games
Feb 20261994, +141, 9 games1918, +2, 7 games1906, +58, 7 games
Jan 20261853, 0, 0 games1916, 0, 0 games1848, 0, 0 games
Dec 20251853, 0, 0 games1916, 0, 0 games1848, 0, 0 games

Form · Blitz

oldest → latest

Unbeaten in the last 2 games (1 win, 1 draw), since Jan 11. Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 3 games, Jan 11.

From 43 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 20225½/9

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

Best wins · Blitz

From 37 rated blitz games against rated opponents, 2022–2026

#OpponentRating
1, IM Russell John Dive, Jan 2026 · 2026 New Zealand Lightning Chess Championships, 2104
2, CM Edward Rains, Jan 2025 · New Zealand Lightning 2025, 1960
3, CM William Rui Liu, 2 wins, Jan 2026 · 2026 New Zealand Lightning Chess Championships, 1959

Event timeline · Blitz

5 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
202674½19202022
20257419792029
202473½17491749
202394½14511451

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

Rated near Hayden Steele · Blitz

World

  1. #=23709Vasilios Hytos1906.0
  2. #=23709Paul Du Buf1906.0
  3. #=23709Hayden Steele1906.0
  4. #=23709WFM Diana Salcedo Paez1906.0
  5. #=23709WCM Aybike Kucuk1906.0

New Zealand

  1. #=20CM Quentin J.F. Johnson1913.0
  2. #=20Rafael Olmedo1913.0
  3. #22Hayden Steele1906.0
  4. #23CM Helen Milligan1895.0
  5. #24Richard J Dare1889.0

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