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ENG · 42 yrs · K=40 · Peak 1656 (Mar 2024, includes FIDE’s rating adjustment)

Best performance: 1332 at 36th Birmingham Rapidplay Inter(Best of 2024)

World #=223846England #=3446among all players, November list

Rapid rating

1656

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

On FIDE’s list since Feb 2024 · Inactive on FIDE’s list

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Rapid

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Rapid rating unchanged at 1656 over the last 12 months; peak 1656 in March 2024.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapid
Nov 20261729, 0, 0 games1656, 0, 0 games
Oct 20261729, 0, 0 games1656, 0, 0 games
Sep 20261729, 0, 0 games1656, 0, 0 games
Aug 20261729, 0, 0 games1656, 0, 0 games
Jul 20261729, 0, 0 games1656, 0, 0 games
Jun 20261729, 0, 0 games1656, 0, 0 games
May 20261729, 0, 0 games1656, 0, 0 games
Apr 20261729, 0, 0 games1656, 0, 0 games
Mar 20261729, 0, 0 games1656, 0, 0 games
Feb 20261729, 0, 0 games1656, 0, 0 games
Jan 20261729, 0, 0 games1656, 0, 0 games
Dec 20251729, 0, 0 games1656, 0, 0 games

Form · Rapid

oldest → latest

Unbeaten in the last 3 games (2 wins, 1 draw), since Jan 28, 2024.

From 21 rapid games on record, the latest on Jan 28, 2024.

Rapid games since the November list

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

Show gamesLast playedScore
36th Birmingham Rapidplay InterJan 28, 2024TPR 13323½/7

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

Best wins · Rapid

From 11 rated rapid games against rated opponents, 2018–2024

#OpponentRating
1, Mark Tarnavskyi, Jan 2024 · 36th Birmingham Rapidplay Inter, 1409
2, Vassily M Sagyaman, Jan 2024 · 36th Birmingham Rapidplay Inter, 1269
3, Ziad Oussma Fakhoury, Oct 2019 · 27th Birmingham Rapidplay Minor, 1231

Event timeline · Rapid

4 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
202462½13891332
2019221146—
2018301395595

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

Rated near James Holyhead · Rapid · November list, all players

World

  1. #=223846Tim Hocevar1656
  2. #=223846Christian Hoffmann1656
  3. #=223846James Holyhead1656
  4. #=223846Peter Holz1656
  5. #=223846Gustavo Arthur Hornburg1656

England

  1. #=3446Zak Farley1656
  2. #=3446Matthew Coldwell1656
  3. #=3446James Holyhead1656
  4. #=3446Christopher Willoughby1656
  5. #=3446Robert Pritchard1656

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

James Holyhead: Live FIDE Rating 1729