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ENG · 23 yrs · K=20 · Peak 1961 (Feb 2026)

Best performance: 2221 at Golders Green FIDE Rapid November 2025 - Open(Best of 2025)

World #=22293 live, down 188#22,105 publishedEngland #276

NOV26 Rating

1950

Live Rating

1950.0

Change

0.0

Games Played

0

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Rapid

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Official rapid rating by month
ListRatingChange
Nov 202619500
Oct 202619500
Sep 202619500
Aug 202619500
Jul 202619500
Jun 20261950-10
May 202619600
Apr 202619600
Mar 20261960-1
Feb 20261961+1
Jan 202619600
Dec 20251960+42

Form · Rapid

oldest → latest

Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 3 games, May 16.

From 87 rapid games on record, the latest on May 16.

Rapid games since the November list

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

Last playedScore
ChessPick Warwick Rapid & Blitz Open: RapidMay 16TPR 18433½/6

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

Best wins · Rapid

From 76 rated rapid games against rated opponents, 2015–2026

#OpponentRating
1, IM Peter G Large, Nov 2025 · Golders Green FIDE Rapid November 2025 - Open, 2308
2, Tomasz Sygnowski, Oct 2023 · 35th Birmingham Rapidplay Open, 2128
3, Charles Chakanyuka, Aug 2019 · 20th Golders Green FIDE Rapid Chess Open, 2045

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

Openings · Rapid

From the moves of 9 of 87 rapid games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.d4 in 4 of 4 games.

As BlackMeets 1.e4 with 1...e5.

All openings (1 as White)
Openings in White gamesGamesScore
Slav Defense317%

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

Event timeline · Rapid

1 of 14 events · All years

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 month

2026: 1843 over 5 rated games

MonthGamesScoreAvg oppTPR
May52½18431843

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

Rated near Tom Shepherd · Rapid

World

  1. #=22293Vladimir Yuryev1950.0
  2. #=22293Christian Camilo Benavides1950.0
  3. #=22293Tom Shepherd1950.0
  4. #=22293Yuri Nascimento Chagas1950.0
  5. #=22293Paulo Victor Xavier De Oliveira1950.0

England

  1. #=274Richard A Lobo1951.0
  2. #=274CM Aaron Rich1951.0
  3. #276Tom Shepherd1950.0
  4. #=277Craig A Young1949.0
  5. #=277Tharshan Kuhendiran1949.0

Live ratings projected from the NOV26 published list · Not affiliated with FIDE