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ENG · 21 yrs · K=20 · Peak 2057 (Mar 2026)

Best performance: 2243 at 2025 British Universities Championship: Plate(Best of 2025)

World #=12057 live, down 205#11,852 publishedEngland #153Europe #=7491among active players

Rapid rating

2057

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

On FIDE’s list since Sep 2019

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Rapid

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Rapid rating 2025 to 2057 over the last 12 months; peak 2057 in March 2026.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20262222, 0, 0 games2057, 0, 0 games2059, 0, 0 games
Oct 20262222, 0, 0 games2057, 0, 0 games2059, 0, 0 games
Sep 20262222, -3, 14 games2057, 0, 0 games2059, 0, 0 games
Aug 20262225, 0, 0 games2057, 0, 0 games2059, 0, 0 games
Jul 20262225, 0, 0 games2057, 0, 0 games2059, 0, 0 games
Jun 20262225, -18, 2 games2057, 0, 0 games2059, 0, 0 games
May 20262243, -12, 9 games2057, 0, 0 games2059, -15, 8 games
Apr 20262255, -8, 7 games2057, 0, 0 games2074, 0, 0 games
Mar 20262263, +45, 7 games2057, +32, 9 games2074, +21, 9 games
Feb 20262218, +17, 11 games2025, 0, 0 games2053, 0, 0 games
Jan 20262201, 0, 0 games2025, 0, 0 games2053, +14, 9 games
Dec 20252201, +9, 2 games2025, 0, 0 games2039, 0, 0 games

Form · Rapid

oldest → latest

Unbeaten in the last 4 games (4 wins), since Feb 22. That is the longest unbeaten run of 2026.

From 107 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 21576½/9

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

Best wins · Rapid

From 85 rated rapid games against rated opponents, 2018–2026

#OpponentRating
1, IM Rajat Makkar, Oct 2022 · 2022 UK Chess Challenge Terafinal Under 18, 2299
2, CM Ranesh Ratnesan, Feb 2025 · 2025 British Universities Championship: Plate, 2143
3, Arya Cont, Feb 2026 · 2026 British Universities Championship: Championship, 2071

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

Openings · Rapid

From the moves of 45 of 107 rapid games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.e4 in 21 of 21 games.

As BlackMeets 1.d4 with 1...d5, and 1.e4 with 1...c6.

All openings (3 as White, 3 as Black)
Openings in White gamesGamesScore
Sicilian Defense869%
French Defense683%
Caro-Kann Defense450%

3 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Rapid

13 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
202696½19912157
202587½17992243
20247319101860
2023191517451975
2022189½19481969
2019167½15481527
20183½16401367

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

Rated near Aron Saunders · Rapid

World

  1. #=12057FM Shah Jeet2057.0
  2. #=12057Volker Louis2057.0
  3. #=12057Aron Saunders2057.0
  4. #=12057CM Namir Mohammed Ismael Ismael2057.0
  5. #=12057FM Sabah Nori Rabeea2057.0

England

  1. #151Advait Keerthi Kumar2059.0
  2. #152Stephen J Meek2058.0
  3. #153Aron Saunders2057.0
  4. #=154Roman Mitra2056.0
  5. #=154Peter Hunt2056.0

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