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Barnes, Joshua
🇳🇿FIDE 4321502· Male· New Zealand· Born in 2011
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Joshua Barnes, a 15-year-old player, is rated 1691. He is on a steady climb with +62 Elo over the past 12 months. 56 rated games in the past year (≈37/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Commonwealth Chess Championship 2026 - Under 16, Oceania Youth Chess Championships 2026 Under 12 - Under 20 Open, and Arthur Pomeroy Memorial Masters 2026. Also played 2 rapid (including Bay of Plenty Rapid A 2026) and 2 blitz events (including COMMONWEALTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 - Blitz Youth Event) recently. His peak of 1741 was reached at age 14 (Dec 2025).
At junior level, he reached #22 and #12 nationally in U16 and U14.
Current rating
1691
Standard
Rpd1708·Blz1660
All-time high
1741
−50 pts below
Dec 2025 · age 14
Dec 2025 · age 14
Activity
36
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
56 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#113,234
#113,234 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
8 entries2026
22nd U16 player nationally
at age 15 · rated 1701
May 2026
2025
All-time peak 1741
at age 14 · −50 from today
Dec 2025
12th U14 player nationally
at age 14 · rated 1736
Nov 2025
Best 12-month gain (+355 Elo)
1275 → 1630
Feb 2025
Crossed 1600
at age 14
Feb 2025
2024
Crossed 1500
at age 13
Mar 2024
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Best result
Oceania Youth Chess Championships 2026 Under 12 - Under 20 Openperf 1864 (+163) · 5/8 · #61
Evolution
+16
1675 → 1691
Tournaments
7
57 games
Score
30.5/ 5753.5%
24W13D20L
Top 3 wins
3.[W]vsJyuin Pang Alexx Xander Leong1,914·COMMONWEALTH CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2025 - U16 Open Event·R3·+29.2
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | May 2026 | 3/9 | #25 | 1700 | -10.0 |
Open Swiss | Apr 2026 | 5/8 | #61 | 1864 | +72.0 |
Round-Robin | Jan 2026 | 5.5/8 | #6 | 1743 | +11.6 |
Swiss | Dec 2025 | 4/8 | #30 | 1525 | -121.6 |
Open Swiss | Nov 2025 | 4/8 | #10 | 1865 | +4.0 |
Open Swiss | Oct 2025 | 4.5/3 | #17 | 2783 | +61.2 |
Open Swiss | Jun 2025 | 4.5/6 | #1 | 1727 | +29.6 |
Rankings
/
New Zealand
#210
out of 648 players
Asia-Pacific
#15,608
in continent
World
#113,230
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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