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ENG · 71 yrs · K=40 · Peak 1800 (Mar 2024)

Best performance: 1782 at 2026 4NCL Bradford Congress Under 1700(Best of 2026)

World #=78652 live, down 830#77,822 publishedEngland #=1272

NOV26 Rating

1798

Live Rating

1798.0

Change

0.0

Games Played

0

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Classical

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Official classical rating by month
ListRatingChange
Nov 202617980
Oct 202617980
Sep 202617980
Aug 202617980
Jul 202617980
Jun 202617980
May 202617980
Apr 202617980
Mar 202617980
Feb 20261798-2
Jan 202618000
Dec 202518000

Form · Classical

oldest → latest

Unbeaten in the last 7 games (2 wins, 5 draws), since Jan 19, 2020. Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 4 games, Jan 24 – Jan 25.

From 21 classical games on record, the latest on Jan 25.

Classical games since the November list

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

Last playedScore
2026 4NCL Bradford Congress Under 1700Jan 23 – Jan 25TPR 17822½/4

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

Best wins · Classical

From 17 rated classical games against rated opponents, 2018–2026

#OpponentRating
1, Paul Doherty, Feb 2022 · 2021/22 4NCL Division 3 North Rounds 3-4, 1739
2, John Brooke, Jan 2018 · 17th 4NCL Congress Major, 1622
3, Norman G Andrews, May 2019 · 2018/19 4NCL Div 3 North Rounds 9 - 11, 1609

Openings · Classical

From the moves of 11 of 21 classical games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.e4 in 4 of 4 games.

As BlackMeets 1.e4 with 1...c6.

All openings (1 as Black)

Against 1.e4: 1...c6 in 3.

Openings in Black gamesGamesScore
Caro-Kann Defense333%

4 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Classical

1 of 9 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: 1782 over 3 rated games

MonthGamesScoreAvg oppTPR
Jan3216571782

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

Rated near Bill Tait · Classical

World

  1. #=78652Birte Zehner1798.0
  2. #=78652Michael Bielfeldt1798.0
  3. #=78652Bill Tait1798.0
  4. #=78652Ajay Kumar Rai1798.0
  5. #=78652Bruno Boehm1798.0

England

  1. #=1272Paul Roper1798.0
  2. #=1272Kiran Aa Shiatis1798.0
  3. #=1272Bill Tait1798.0
  4. #1280Francis J Bowers1797.6
  5. #=1281Alexander J Billings1797.0

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