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ENG · 61 yrs · K=20 · Peak 1978 (Sep 2026)

Best performance: 2139 at Birmingham FIDE Blitz 5 plus 3 - 30 August(Best of 2025)

World #=23061 live, down 4750#18,311 publishedEngland #334Europe #=13298among active players

NOV26 Rating

1953

Live Rating

1912.8

Change

-40.2

Games Played

21

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Blitz

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Blitz rating 1951 to 1953 over the last 12 months; peak 1978 in September 2026.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20262008, -2, 1 game1978, +4, 18 games1953, 0, 0 games
Oct 20262010, 0, 0 games1974, +8, 3 games1953, -25, 20 games
Sep 20262010, -5, 7 games1966, -20, 5 games1978, +20, 17 games
Aug 20262015, 0, 0 games1986, 0, 0 games1958, 0, 0 games
Jul 20262015, 0, 0 games1986, -2, 6 games1958, 0, 0 games
Jun 20262015, +3, 12 games1988, 0, 0 games1958, 0, 0 games
May 20262012, +1, 11 games1988, +49, 7 games1958, +23, 9 games
Apr 20262011, +21, 11 games1939, +3, 10 games1935, 0, 0 games
Mar 20261990, +3, 7 games1936, -3, 4 games1935, -16, 5 games
Feb 20261987, +6, 1 game1939, +8, 6 games1951, 0, 0 games
Jan 20261981, 0, 0 games1931, -25, 6 games1951, 0, 0 games
Dec 20251981, +17, 9 games1956, -20, 7 games1951, 0, 0 games

Form · Blitz

oldest → latest

Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 4 games, Aug 8 – Aug 29.

From 326 blitz games on record, the latest on Nov 7.

Blitz games since the November list

Show gamesTournamentScoreChange
2026 English Blitz ChampionshipNov 1TPR 18917½/15-24.6
2nd Warwick Rapid & Blitz Open: BlitzNov 7TPR 18715/9-15.6

Best wins · Blitz

From 279 rated blitz games against rated opponents, 2019–2026

#OpponentRating
1, IM Peter T Roberson, Apr 2026 · 6th 4NCL Easter Congress Blitz Open, 2307
2, FM Stanley Badacsonyi, Jul 2024 · 2024 British Championship: First Blitz Open, 2306
3, CM Javier Valdepenas Octavio, Sep 2024 · UK Open Blitz 2024 - Midlands Qualifier, 2234

Openings · Blitz

From the moves of 32 of 326 blitz games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.Nf3 in 13 of 17 games.

As BlackMeets 1.e4 with 1...g6, and 1.d4 with 1...d6 or 1...g6.

All openings (2 as White, 2 as Black)
Openings in White gamesGamesScore
King's Indian Attack950%
Zukertort Opening425%

4 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Blitz

8 of 32 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

MonthGamesScoreAvg oppTPR
Nov 2026219½19201884
Sep 202613619011872
Aug 2026241618621987
Apr 20269520482091
Feb 202652½17991799

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

Recent opponents · Blitz

GM Ameet K GhasiCM Harry BryantCM Manmay ChopraAlexander LintonRichard ZhuZain PatelLuke Anthony HoneyCharles PickardAli R JaunoobyFahim NasiriIsaac FosseyNikesh AcharyaTorrey HorwoodRoy HughesMichael R SmartAndrii BoiechkoGautam SriramTayeb KazemiBen GraffAlistair R PetteyGeorgi HristovSunday ChowChun Leung YuVictor Charles

Rated near Bruce L Baer · Blitz

World

  1. #=23061FM Lucas Mason Pin Qian Yao1912.8
  2. #=23061FM Yuri Kurdakov1912.8
  3. #=23061Bruce L Baer1912.8
  4. #=23061Yago Otero Porcel1912.8
  5. #=23061Edgar Zeledon Perez1912.8

England

  1. #332WFM Sarah N Longson1914.0
  2. #333Tim Hilton1913.0
  3. #334Bruce L Baer1912.8
  4. #=335George Scola1912.0
  5. #=335Julian Morrison1912.0

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