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USA · 33 yrs · K=10 · Peak 2822 (Feb 2017)

Best performance: 2944 at CEZ Chess Trophy 2015(Best of 2015)

World #6 live#6 publishedUnited States #3Americas #3among active players

NOV26 Rating

2771

Live Rating

2765.0

Change

-6.0

Games Played

2

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Classical

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Classical rating 2764 to 2771 over the last 12 months; peak 2822 in February 2017.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20262771, +1, 11 games2704, +5, 2 games2745, 0, 0 games
Oct 20262770, -4, 9 games2699, 0, 0 games2745, 0, 0 games
Sep 20262774, +9, 13 games2699, -1, 15 games2745, -19, 28 games
Aug 20262765, 0, 0 games2700, -19, 9 games2764, -8, 26 games
Jul 20262765, +12, 10 games2719, 0, 10 games2772, -4, 16 games
Jun 20262753, -1, 8 games2719, +14, 9 games2776, -22, 18 games
May 20262754, 0, 0 games2705, 0, 0 games2798, 0, 0 games
Apr 20262754, +1, 8 games2705, 0, 0 games2798, +9, 15 games
Mar 20262753, 0, 0 games2705, 0, 0 games2789, 0, 0 games
Feb 20262753, 0, 0 games2705, 0, 9 games2789, +8, 18 games
Jan 20262753, 0, 0 games2705, +3, 23 games2781, -9, 19 games
Dec 20252753, -11, 2 games2702, 0, 0 games2790, 0, 0 games

Form · Classical

oldest → latest

Unbeaten in the last 2 games (2 draws), since Nov 11. Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 39 games, Mar 8 – Sep 21.

From 1,477 classical games on record, the latest on Nov 11.

Classical games since the November list

TournamentScoreChange
Total Chess World Championship Tour Pilot 2026 | Group Stage | DNov 11 – Nov 15TPR 25321/2-6.0

Best wins · Classical

From 1,459 rated classical games against rated opponents, 2006–2026

#OpponentRating
1, GM Magnus Carlsen, 2 wins, Jun 2018 · Altibox Norway Chess 2018, 2843
2, GM Fabiano Caruana, 5 wins, Jun 2021 · 2021 Superbet Chess Classic, 2820
3, GM Vladimir Kramnik, 2 wins, Apr 2017 · SHAMKIR CHESS 2017, dedicated to the memory of Vugar Gashimov, 2811

Openings · Classical

From the moves of 510 of 1,477 classical games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.e4 in 103 of 255 games, 1.d4 in 93, 1.c4 in 35.

As BlackMeets 1.e4 with 1...e5, and 1.d4 with 1...Nf6.

All openings (21 as White, 20 as Black)
Openings in White gamesGamesScore
English Opening3765%
Sicilian Defense3776%
Nimzo-Indian Defense2456%
Queen's Gambit Declined1864%
Catalan Opening1563%

17 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Classical

50 of 172 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
2026613627012766
20253922½27062763
20244524½27022731
20237339½27272756
20226738½27012751
2021291727162781
2020137½27392796
20198548½27072757
20187541½27132749
2017724127362786
20167547½27092804
20151066526882768
20146044½25762760
20136550½24962716
20127651½25402673
2011835125512631
2010965925892669
2009765025322649
200812890½24552613
2007936124252542

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

Recent opponents · Classical

GM Bibisara Assaubayeva

Rated near Wesley So · Classical

World

  1. #4GM Javokhir Sindarov2782.0
  2. #5GM Nodirbek Abdusattorov2766.6
  3. #6GM Wesley So2765.0
  4. #7GM Praggnanandhaa R2763.0
  5. #8GM Alireza Firouzja2762.4

United States

  1. #1GM Hikaru Nakamura2792.0
  2. #2GM Fabiano Caruana2786.2
  3. #3GM Wesley So2765.0
  4. #4GM Leinier Dominguez Perez2732.0
  5. #5GM Levon Aronian2718.8

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