IMJoel Banawa

USA Born 1989 (Age ≈37) Male
FIDE ID
2024055
USCF ID
12922625

Player overview

Joel Banawa’s highest recorded classical FIDE rating is 2414 (September 2021).

Ratings

Classical

2372.9 -19.1

Live estimate

Rapid

2367

Published FIDE

Blitz

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Published FIDE

USCF Regular

2515

Published US Chess

Official classical ranks

Inactive on the latest FIDE classical list

Rating milestones

Highest recorded rating
2414 Sep 2021
Recorded years
2005–2026
Archived games
157

Based on available monthly lists and saved games.

Live rankings

Rating history

USCF rating history

Published rating lists through Nov 2026.

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FIDE rating history

Published rating lists through Nov 2026.

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Games

Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-11 (UTC).

Online games are identified from known tournament names, playing sites and PGN mode. Other games are listed as OTB (over-the-board).

# Date Event Site Round White Black Result Moves View
51 2018-11-23 CCCSA Fall GM 2018 Charlotte USA 4.1 Joel Banawa Tianqi Wang Draw: 1/2-1/2 43 Open
52 2018-11-22 CCCSA Fall GM 2018 Charlotte USA 3.1 Kassa Korley Joel Banawa Lost: 1-0 43 Open
53 2018-11-22 CCCSA Fall GM 2018 Charlotte USA 2.1 Joel Banawa Angel Arribas Lopez Won: 1-0 42 Open
54 2018-11-21 CCCSA Fall GM 2018 Charlotte USA 1.1 Brandon Jacobson Joel Banawa Won: 0-1 49 Open
55 2018-09-03 CCCSA Labor Day GM 2018 Charlotte USA 9.5 Joel Banawa Alexander Katz Draw: 1/2-1/2 3 Open
56 2018-09-03 CCCSA Labor Day GM 2018 Charlotte USA 8.1 Vladimir Belous Joel Banawa Lost: 1-0 32 Open
57 2018-09-02 CCCSA Labor Day GM 2018 Charlotte USA 7.5 Jayaram Ashwin Joel Banawa Lost: 1-0 28 Open
58 2018-09-02 CCCSA Labor Day GM 2018 Charlotte USA 6.2 Joel Banawa Kevin Wang Lost: 0-1 71 Open
59 2018-09-01 CCCSA Labor Day GM 2018 Charlotte USA 5.4 Tianqi Wang Joel Banawa Draw: 1/2-1/2 26 Open
60 2018-09-01 CCCSA Labor Day GM 2018 Charlotte USA 4.3 Joel Banawa Andrey Gorovets Draw: 1/2-1/2 9 Open
61 2018-08-31 CCCSA Labor Day GM 2018 Charlotte USA 3.3 Brandon Jacobson Joel Banawa Won: 0-1 40 Open
62 2018-08-31 CCCSA Labor Day GM 2018 Charlotte USA 2.4 Joel Banawa Farai Mandizha Lost: 0-1 51 Open
63 2018-08-30 CCCSA Labor Day GM 2018 Charlotte USA 1.2 Kassa Korley Joel Banawa Draw: 1/2-1/2 42 Open
64 2018-02-13 Saint Louis Norm IM 2018 Saint Louis USA 9.3 Joel Banawa Qiyu Zhou Won: 1-0 37 Open
65 2018-02-12 Saint Louis Norm IM 2018 Saint Louis USA 8.3 Justin Wang Joel Banawa Lost: 1-0 39 Open
66 2018-02-11 Saint Louis Norm IM 2018 Saint Louis USA 7.4 Joel Banawa Josiah Stearman Lost: 0-1 29 Open
67 2018-02-11 Saint Louis Norm IM 2018 Saint Louis USA 6.2 Luis Carlos Torres Rosas Joel Banawa Won: 0-1 27 Open
68 2018-02-10 Saint Louis Norm IM 2018 Saint Louis USA 5.3 Joel Banawa Sergei Matsenko Lost: 0-1 59 Open
69 2018-02-10 Saint Louis Norm IM 2018 Saint Louis USA 4.1 Aaron Grabinsky Joel Banawa Won: 0-1 60 Open
70 2018-02-09 Saint Louis Norm IM 2018 Saint Louis USA 3.4 Brandon Jacobson Joel Banawa Won: 0-1 78 Open
71 2018-02-09 Saint Louis Norm IM 2018 Saint Louis USA 2.5 Joel Banawa Tansel Turgut Won: 1-0 41 Open
72 2018-02-08 Saint Louis Norm IM 2018 Saint Louis USA 1.4 Joshua Colas Joel Banawa Lost: 1-0 52 Open
73 2017-12-28 27th North American Open Las Vegas USA 6 Joel Banawa Arthur Guo Draw: 1/2-1/2 52 Open
74 2017-12-28 27th North American Open Las Vegas USA 5 Ehsan Ghaem Maghami Joel Banawa Lost: 1-0 42 Open
75 2017-12-27 27th North American Open Las Vegas USA 4 Joel Banawa Nicolas Checa Draw: 1/2-1/2 49 Open
76 2017-12-27 27th North American Open Las Vegas USA 3 Joel Banawa Mark Paragua Draw: 1/2-1/2 15 Open
77 2017-12-26 27th North American Open Las Vegas USA 2 Arshak Ramazian Joel Banawa Won: 0-1 45 Open
78 2017-02-21 St Louis Winter IM 2017 Saint Louis USA 9.1 Aaron Grabinsky Joel Banawa Lost: 1-0 37 Open
79 2017-02-20 St Louis Winter IM 2017 Saint Louis USA 8.1 Joel Banawa Michael Brooks Won: 1-0 39 Open
80 2017-02-19 St Louis Winter IM 2017 Saint Louis USA 7.4 Doug Eckert Joel Banawa Won: 0-1 55 Open
81 2017-02-19 St Louis Winter IM 2017 Saint Louis USA 6.1 Joel Banawa Vitaly Neimer Won: 1-0 40 Open
82 2017-02-18 St Louis Winter IM 2017 Saint Louis USA 5.1 Angelo Young Joel Banawa Draw: 1/2-1/2 27 Open
83 2017-02-18 St Louis Winter IM 2017 Saint Louis USA 4.1 Joel Banawa Lefong Hua Won: 1-0 46 Open
84 2017-02-17 St Louis Winter IM 2017 Saint Louis USA 3.1 Justus Williams Joel Banawa Won: 0-1 64 Open
85 2017-02-17 St Louis Winter IM 2017 Saint Louis USA 2.1 Joel Banawa Joshua Colas Draw: 1/2-1/2 33 Open
86 2017-02-16 St Louis Winter IM 2017 Saint Louis USA 1.1 Joel Banawa Shankar Gauri Draw: 1/2-1/2 59 Open
87 2016-10-22 SPICE Cup Open 2016 Saint Louis USA 9.8 Jayaram Ashwin Joel Banawa Lost: 1-0 40 Open
88 2016-10-21 SPICE Cup Open 2016 Saint Louis USA 8.12 Hans Moke Niemann Joel Banawa Won: 0-1 33 Open
89 2016-10-21 SPICE Cup Open 2016 Saint Louis USA 7.6 Joel Banawa Vasif Durarbayli Lost: 0-1 46 Open
90 2016-10-20 SPICE Cup Open 2016 Saint Louis USA 6.14 Joel Banawa Anna Sharevich Won: 1-0 30 Open
91 2016-10-19 SPICE Cup Open 2016 Saint Louis USA 5.7 Awonder Liang Joel Banawa Lost: 1-0 49 Open
92 2016-10-19 SPICE Cup Open 2016 Saint Louis USA 4.9 Joel Banawa Daniel Gurevich Draw: 1/2-1/2 50 Open
93 2016-10-18 SPICE Cup Open 2016 Saint Louis USA 3.13 Luisa Fernanda Mercado Joel Banawa Won: 0-1 61 Open
94 2016-10-18 SPICE Cup Open 2016 Saint Louis USA 2.17 Joel Banawa Robby Adamson Won: 1-0 37 Open
95 2016-10-17 SPICE Cup Open 2016 Saint Louis USA 1.1 Quang Liem Le Joel Banawa Lost: 1-0 48 Open
96 2015-12-27 25th North American Open Las Vegas USA 3 Gregory Markzon Joel Banawa Lost: 1-0 33 Open
97 2015-12-26 25th North American Open Las Vegas USA 2 Joel Banawa Victor Mikhalevski Lost: 0-1 45 Open
98 2015-11-04 US Chess League Wildcard 2015 ICC INT 1 Joel Banawa Dionisio Aldama Degurnay Lost: 0-1 46 Open
99 2015-10-27 US Chess League 2015 ICC INT 10 Roland Feng Joel Banawa Lost: 1-0 60 Open
100 2015-10-21 SPICE Cup Open 2015 Saint Louis USA 8.6 Joel Banawa Fidel Corrales Jimenez Lost: 0-1 40 Open
  1. vs Tianqi WangDraw · ½–½White · 2018-11-23 · Round 4.1CCCSA Fall GM 2018
  2. vs Kassa KorleyLost · 1-0Black · 2018-11-22 · Round 3.1CCCSA Fall GM 2018
  3. vs Angel Arribas LopezWon · 1-0White · 2018-11-22 · Round 2.1CCCSA Fall GM 2018
  4. vs Brandon JacobsonWon · 0-1Black · 2018-11-21 · Round 1.1CCCSA Fall GM 2018
  5. vs Alexander KatzDraw · ½–½White · 2018-09-03 · Round 9.5CCCSA Labor Day GM 2018
  6. vs Vladimir BelousLost · 1-0Black · 2018-09-03 · Round 8.1CCCSA Labor Day GM 2018
  7. vs Jayaram AshwinLost · 1-0Black · 2018-09-02 · Round 7.5CCCSA Labor Day GM 2018
  8. vs Kevin WangLost · 0-1White · 2018-09-02 · Round 6.2CCCSA Labor Day GM 2018
  9. vs Tianqi WangDraw · ½–½Black · 2018-09-01 · Round 5.4CCCSA Labor Day GM 2018
  10. vs Andrey GorovetsDraw · ½–½White · 2018-09-01 · Round 4.3CCCSA Labor Day GM 2018
  11. vs Brandon JacobsonWon · 0-1Black · 2018-08-31 · Round 3.3CCCSA Labor Day GM 2018
  12. vs Farai MandizhaLost · 0-1White · 2018-08-31 · Round 2.4CCCSA Labor Day GM 2018
  13. vs Kassa KorleyDraw · ½–½Black · 2018-08-30 · Round 1.2CCCSA Labor Day GM 2018
  14. vs Qiyu ZhouWon · 1-0White · 2018-02-13 · Round 9.3Saint Louis Norm IM 2018
  15. vs Justin WangLost · 1-0Black · 2018-02-12 · Round 8.3Saint Louis Norm IM 2018
  16. vs Josiah StearmanLost · 0-1White · 2018-02-11 · Round 7.4Saint Louis Norm IM 2018
  17. vs Luis Carlos Torres RosasWon · 0-1Black · 2018-02-11 · Round 6.2Saint Louis Norm IM 2018
  18. vs Sergei MatsenkoLost · 0-1White · 2018-02-10 · Round 5.3Saint Louis Norm IM 2018
  19. vs Aaron GrabinskyWon · 0-1Black · 2018-02-10 · Round 4.1Saint Louis Norm IM 2018
  20. vs Brandon JacobsonWon · 0-1Black · 2018-02-09 · Round 3.4Saint Louis Norm IM 2018
  21. vs Tansel TurgutWon · 1-0White · 2018-02-09 · Round 2.5Saint Louis Norm IM 2018
  22. vs Joshua ColasLost · 1-0Black · 2018-02-08 · Round 1.4Saint Louis Norm IM 2018
  23. vs Arthur GuoDraw · ½–½White · 2017-12-28 · Round 627th North American Open
  24. vs Ehsan Ghaem MaghamiLost · 1-0Black · 2017-12-28 · Round 527th North American Open
  25. vs Nicolas ChecaDraw · ½–½White · 2017-12-27 · Round 427th North American Open
  26. vs Mark ParaguaDraw · ½–½White · 2017-12-27 · Round 327th North American Open
  27. vs Arshak RamazianWon · 0-1Black · 2017-12-26 · Round 227th North American Open
  28. vs Aaron GrabinskyLost · 1-0Black · 2017-02-21 · Round 9.1St Louis Winter IM 2017
  29. vs Michael BrooksWon · 1-0White · 2017-02-20 · Round 8.1St Louis Winter IM 2017
  30. vs Doug EckertWon · 0-1Black · 2017-02-19 · Round 7.4St Louis Winter IM 2017
  31. vs Vitaly NeimerWon · 1-0White · 2017-02-19 · Round 6.1St Louis Winter IM 2017
  32. vs Angelo YoungDraw · ½–½Black · 2017-02-18 · Round 5.1St Louis Winter IM 2017
  33. vs Lefong HuaWon · 1-0White · 2017-02-18 · Round 4.1St Louis Winter IM 2017
  34. vs Justus WilliamsWon · 0-1Black · 2017-02-17 · Round 3.1St Louis Winter IM 2017
  35. vs Joshua ColasDraw · ½–½White · 2017-02-17 · Round 2.1St Louis Winter IM 2017
  36. vs Shankar GauriDraw · ½–½White · 2017-02-16 · Round 1.1St Louis Winter IM 2017
  37. vs Jayaram AshwinLost · 1-0Black · 2016-10-22 · Round 9.8SPICE Cup Open 2016
  38. vs Hans Moke NiemannWon · 0-1Black · 2016-10-21 · Round 8.12SPICE Cup Open 2016
  39. vs Vasif DurarbayliLost · 0-1White · 2016-10-21 · Round 7.6SPICE Cup Open 2016
  40. vs Anna SharevichWon · 1-0White · 2016-10-20 · Round 6.14SPICE Cup Open 2016
  41. vs Awonder LiangLost · 1-0Black · 2016-10-19 · Round 5.7SPICE Cup Open 2016
  42. vs Daniel GurevichDraw · ½–½White · 2016-10-19 · Round 4.9SPICE Cup Open 2016
  43. vs Luisa Fernanda MercadoWon · 0-1Black · 2016-10-18 · Round 3.13SPICE Cup Open 2016
  44. vs Robby AdamsonWon · 1-0White · 2016-10-18 · Round 2.17SPICE Cup Open 2016
  45. vs Quang Liem LeLost · 1-0Black · 2016-10-17 · Round 1.1SPICE Cup Open 2016
  46. vs Gregory MarkzonLost · 1-0Black · 2015-12-27 · Round 325th North American Open
  47. vs Victor MikhalevskiLost · 0-1White · 2015-12-26 · Round 225th North American Open
  48. vs Dionisio Aldama DegurnayLost · 0-1White · 2015-11-04 · Round 1US Chess League Wildcard 2015
  49. vs Roland FengLost · 1-0Black · 2015-10-27 · Round 10US Chess League 2015
  50. vs Fidel Corrales JimenezLost · 0-1White · 2015-10-21 · Round 8.6SPICE Cup Open 2015