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April 1 Top 50 Fast Chess.Xlsx Top Fast Chess Rating 4 -1-2020 Fast Chess Puzzles Username First Name Last Name Lv# Level +/- +/- Rating Rating 1 MGIS_Aesc Aethelred Templin 27 King 1 1705 0 2580 5 2 RafaelMo Rafael Morales 60 King 34 1639 41 2530 0 3 MGIS_tmet11 Theodoric Templin 27 King 1 1531 15 979 0 4 Jiyan0104 Jiyan Singh 23 Queen 6 1516 0 1833 0 5 RichRichPolice Hayden Wesley 36 King 10 1466 102 1637 280 6 THORnathan Nathan McDonell 39 King 13 1405 179 1934 105 7 LDVSmartPawn David Whipp 117 King 91 1383 11 2032 123 8 EtienneRobitaille Etienne Robitaille 34 King 8 1357 -28 1556 41 9 NAPPChrisGoy Christopher Goymerac 67 King 41 1351 99 1512 -29 10 MORSleon Leon Scott 35 King 9 1286 -5 1235 0 11 NAPPFineShockingMaidJai Dogra 91 King 65 1265 79 1677 2 12 LDVTidyEclipse Blayke Otradovec 46 King 20 1260 27 1114 -26 13 MCKMarBru Marissa Brunow 59 King 33 1259 -23 1107 60 14 MCKZacBru Zach Brunow 43 King 17 1255 34 930 0 15 FERNtorsthi Torsten Thiel 47 King 21 1252 2 1440 -53 16 MORSjonathan Jonathan Evans 29 King 3 1252 -23 1415 0 17 NAPPNoSchu Noah Schulist 41 King 15 1243 -78 1493 175 18 FERNgustcou Gustavo Couture 27 King 1 1240 69 1534 -128 19 FERNzionlav Zion Lavoe 33 King 7 1227 49 964 0 20 MORSchanon ChaNon Chang 28 King 2 1220 0 1079 0 21 MGIS_pbm06 Preston Meyer 1 Pawn 1 1218 24 800 0 22 FERNcallmey Callum Meyers 29 King 3 1215 0 914 -365 23 AreineckSTB Andrew Reineck 77 King 51 1214 -17 1240 17 24 MCKPriSky Priscilla Skyberg Greer 47 King 21 1211 18 963 41 25 MGIS_sjy07 Sawyer Yogerst 27 King 1 1208 21 1206 -137 26 gmbenchap Ben Chaplin 16 Rook 4 1203 403 888 88 27 SmileyAluminum Jonah Hildeman 58 King 32 1189 2 1511 11 28 MCKJamBoe Jameson Boettcher 26 Queen 9 1188 5 348 31 29 RtkachukSTB Ryan Tkachuk 26 Queen 9 1184 112 1349 -55 30 MORSbryan Bryan Xiong 29 King 3 1171 -4 1011 0 31 NAPPOddJohnny Johnny Vandenbrink 37 King 11 1167 -47 991 0 32 MISCojas Ojas Sahoo 10 Bishop 1 1149 349 800 0 33 MCKBenLud Benjamin Ludwig 55 King 29 1147 16 1454 0 34 ELCCRayhan635 Rayhan Shaik 45 King 19 1146 62 1434 52 35 MGIS_nis11 Nicholas Signatur 12 Bishop 3 1143 25 800 0 36 MCKIshPat Ishaan Pattankar 78 King 52 1141 0 1624 0 37 RyanMathiasonMonroeRyan Mathiason 4 Pawn 4 1139 271 1142 321 38 MCKKelBed Kellen Beddingfield 27 King 1 1137 0 913 9 39 SUSeesha Eesha Kothinti 1 Pawn 1 1132 332 800 0 40 MISCjishnu Jishnu Jayesh 29 King 3 1128 -29 893 93 41 COACHjason1 Jason Porter 25 Queen 8 1128 0 819 0 42 LucasMLCA Lucas McKeefry 57 King 31 1116 -45 1357 0 43 ROBRoger Roger Gosman 9 Knight 3 1116 -5 800 0 44 MCKSawHan Sawyer Hanson 33 King 7 1114 14 1119 -25 45 PunyTaxi Rylan Makowski 24 Queen 7 1112 -21 868 177 46 MGIS_ows09 Owen Santana 17 Rook 5 1109 0 842 -26 47 MGIS_rjg10 Rylan Gildner 35 King 9 1106 -3 1032 29 48 ReeganLCA Reegan Cantrall 27 King 1 1105 0 885 0 49 UCC_JesusG Jesus Garcia 27 King 1 1099 0 933 14 50 FERNetharud Ethan Rudolph 27 King 1 1099 18 906 0 .
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