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ENG · 26 yrs · K=20 · Peak 2107 (Dec 2023)

Best performance: 2345 at 9th CSC London Chess Classic: Rapidplay Open(Best of 2017)

World #=10081 live, down 168#9,913 publishedEngland #122Europe #=6267among active players

Rapid rating

2087

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

On FIDE’s list since Dec 2014

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Rapid

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Rapid rating 2090 to 2087 over the last 12 months; peak 2107 in December 2023.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20262291, -5, 2 games2087, 0, 0 games2070, 0, 0 games
Oct 20262296, 0, 0 games2087, 0, 0 games2070, 0, 0 games
Sep 20262296, 0, 0 games2087, 0, 0 games2070, 0, 0 games
Aug 20262296, 0, 0 games2087, 0, 0 games2070, 0, 0 games
Jul 20262296, 0, 0 games2087, 0, 0 games2070, 0, 0 games
Jun 20262296, -6, 3 games2087, 0, 0 games2070, 0, 0 games
May 20262302, 0, 0 games2087, 0, 0 games2070, 0, 0 games
Apr 20262302, +21, 2 games2087, 0, 0 games2070, 0, 0 games
Mar 20262281, +12, 2 games2087, -3, 9 games2070, +34, 9 games
Feb 20262269, -8, 9 games2090, 0, 0 games2036, 0, 0 games
Jan 20262277, 0, 0 games2090, 0, 0 games2036, +2, 9 games
Dec 20252277, +12, 2 games2090, 0, 0 games2034, 0, 0 games

Form · Rapid

oldest → latest

Unbeaten in the last 7 games (4 wins, 3 draws), since Feb 21. That is the longest unbeaten run of 2026.

From 106 rapid games on record, the latest on Feb 22.

Rapid games since the November list

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

Show gamesLast playedScore
2026 British Universities Championship: ChampionshipFeb 21 – Feb 22TPR 20655½/9

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

Best wins · Rapid

From 97 rated rapid games against rated opponents, 2014–2026

#OpponentRating
1, IM John C Pigott, Dec 2017 · 9th CSC London Chess Classic: Rapidplay Open, 2306
2, GM Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant, Jun 2025 · 2025 FIDE World Rapid Team Championship, 2267
3, FM Max N Turner, Feb 2024 · 2024 British Universities Championship: Championship, 2231

Openings · Rapid

From the moves of 44 of 106 rapid games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.e4 in 13 of 24 games, 1.Nf3 in 11.

As BlackMeets 1.e4 with 1...c5 or 1...e6, and 1.d4 with 1...Nf6.

All openings (3 as White, 3 as Black)
Openings in White gamesGamesScore
King's Indian Attack658%
French Defense463%
Sicilian Defense488%

10 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Rapid

14 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
202695½19852065
20252011½20242081
20248518161911
20235320362108
201764½21522345
2016221120012001
2015207½19711884
20147219171759

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

Rated near Daniel GH Gallagher · Rapid

World

  1. #=10081Milan Fuks2087.0
  2. #=10081FM Alexandru Ioan Constantinoiu2087.0
  3. #=10081FM Daniel GH Gallagher2087.0
  4. #=10081Juan Manuel Ramos Ariza2087.0
  5. #=10081FM Camilo Corredor Castellanos2087.0

England

  1. #=120Henrik Stepanyan2088.0
  2. #=120CM Kushal Jakhria2088.0
  3. #122FM Daniel GH Gallagher2087.0
  4. #123Dan Waller2086.0
  5. #124Thomas Carroll2085.0

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