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PHI · 38 yrs · K=10 · Peak 2442 (Jul 2014)

Best performance: 2679 at Asian Club Championships League(Best of 2014)

World #=1880 live, down 15#1,865 publishedPhilippines #9

NOV26 Rating

2390

Live Rating

2390.0

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 202623900
Oct 202623900
Sep 202623900
Aug 202623900
Jul 202623900
Jun 202623900
May 202623900
Apr 202623900
Mar 202623900
Feb 202623900
Jan 20262390-8
Dec 20252398+11
Working toward the Grandmaster title2 tracked norms · 16/27 gamesrating 2442 of 2500, live 2390composition metdetails ↓

Form · Classical

oldest → latest

Unbeaten in the last 5 games (3 wins, 2 draws), since Dec 16, 2025.

From 382 classical games on record, the latest on Dec 20, 2025.

Classical games since the November list

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

Last playedScore
2025 Australasian Masters IM Norm eventDec 12, 2025 – Dec 20, 2025TPR 23215½/9

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

Title Progress

GM title progress

Working toward the Grandmaster title

Tracked norms: 2 · 16 of 27 games credit

Rating: peak 2442, needs 2500

No outstanding composition requirement

Berkeley Summer GM Norm TnmtAug 20186½/9Rp 2606
projectedAsian Club Championships LeagueJun 20145½/7Rp 2679

Based on events we cover plus the FIDE norm registers of all federations. Norms filed elsewhere may not show up here yet.

Openings · Classical

From the moves of 117 of 382 classical games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.e4 in 57 of 60 games.

As BlackMeets 1.d4 with 1...Nf6 or 1...g6, and 1.e4 with 1...c5 or 1...g6.

All openings (6 as White, 6 as Black)
Openings in White gamesGamesScore
Sicilian Defense2960%
Italian Game850%
Caro-Kann Defense658%
Petrov's Defense463%
French Defense3100%

7 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Classical

45 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
2025181123162396
202497½21732446
202295½22872367
2018503222382340
201715822412262
2014452723202392
20132011½23192376
20122816½23602425
20103621½22692341
200995½22972377
2008281524382467
2007188½24462425

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

Rated near Kim Steven Yap · Classical

World

  1. #=1880IM Sven Joachim2390.0
  2. #=1880IM Joerg Wegerle2390.0
  3. #=1880IM Kim Steven Yap2390.0
  4. #=1880IM Terry Toh2390.0
  5. #=1880GM Miklos Galyas2390.0

Philippines

  1. #7IM Michael Jr. Concio2396.6
  2. #8GM Mark Paragua2394.0
  3. #9IM Kim Steven Yap2390.0
  4. #10GM Roland Salvador2369.0
  5. #11GM Oliver Barbosa2368.0

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