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ENG · 20 yrs · K=20 · Peak 1849 (Apr 2026)

Best performance: 2019 at Cambridge FIDE Rapidplay - Open(Best of 2024)

World #=38792 live, down 630#38,162 publishedEngland #=487Europe #=22649among active players

Rapid rating

1849

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

On FIDE’s list since Mar 2023

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Rapid

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Rapid rating 1783 to 1849 over the last 12 months; peak 1849 in April 2026.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20262042, 0, 0 games1849, 0, 0 games1915, 0, 0 games
Oct 20262042, 0, 0 games1849, 0, 0 games1915, 0, 0 games
Sep 20262042, 0, 0 games1849, 0, 0 games1915, 0, 0 games
Aug 20262042, 0, 0 games1849, 0, 0 games1915, 0, 0 games
Jul 20262042, 0, 0 games1849, 0, 0 games1915, 0, 0 games
Jun 20262042, 0, 0 games1849, 0, 0 games1915, 0, 0 games
May 20262042, 0, 0 games1849, 0, 0 games1915, 0, 0 games
Apr 20262042, 0, 0 games1849, +18, 5 games1915, +90, 15 games
Mar 20262042, 0, 0 games1831, 0, 0 games1825, +1, 0 games
Feb 20262042, 0, 0 games1831, 0, 0 games1824, 0, 0 games
Jan 20262042, 0, 0 games1831, 0, 0 games1824, 0, 0 games
Dec 20252042, 0, 0 games1831, +48, 6 games1824, 0, 0 games

Form · Rapid

oldest → latest

Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 2 games, Mar 24.

From 57 rapid games on record, the latest on Mar 24.

Rapid games since the November list

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

Last playedScore
RAPIDO IRT DE LA MEMORIA - Torre BlancaMar 23 – Mar 24TPR 18943/5

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

Best wins · Rapid

From 41 rated rapid games against rated opponents, 2014–2026

#OpponentRating
1, Norman A Hutchinson, Jan 2024 · Cambridge FIDE Rapidplay - Open, 2090
2, Manuel Santiago Duque Pinzon, Nov 2025 · Torneo IRT Abierto Reyes del Bulevar, 1978
3, Paul R Kemp, Jan 2024 · Cambridge FIDE Rapidplay - Open, 1952

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

Openings · Rapid

From the moves of 17 of 57 rapid games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.d4 in 8 of 8 games.

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

All openings (1 as Black)

Against 1.e4: 1...c5 in 5.

Openings in Black gamesGamesScore
Sicilian Defense560%

4 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Rapid

9 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
20265318221894
202562½20401983
202415818221843
2023136½15551555
2016111296—
2014101335—

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

Rated near Nicholas Lees · Rapid

World

  1. #=38792Toleafoa Edward Tanoi1849.0
  2. #=38792Aleksandr Rodin1849.0
  3. #=38792Nicholas Lees1849.0
  4. #=38792Misael Camilo Carvajal Barreto1849.0
  5. #=38792Dauren Surabaldinov1849.0

England

  1. #=487Oliver Morris1849.0
  2. #=487Robert Kane1849.0
  3. #=487Nicholas Lees1849.0
  4. #=491Oli Weiss1848.0
  5. #=491Shahab Quraishi1848.0

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