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
278

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
201 2017-02-19 St Louis Winter IM 2017 Saint Louis USA 7.4 Doug Eckert Joel Banawa Won: 0-1 55 Open
202 2017-02-19 St Louis Winter IM 2017 Saint Louis USA 6.1 Joel Banawa Vitaly Neimer Won: 1-0 40 Open
203 2017-02-18 St Louis Winter IM 2017 Saint Louis USA 5.1 Angelo Young Joel Banawa Draw: 1/2-1/2 27 Open
204 2017-02-18 St Louis Winter IM 2017 Saint Louis USA 4.1 Joel Banawa Lefong Hua Won: 1-0 46 Open
205 2017-02-17 St Louis Winter IM 2017 Saint Louis USA 3.1 Justus Williams Joel Banawa Won: 0-1 64 Open
206 2017-02-17 St Louis Winter IM 2017 Saint Louis USA 2.1 Joel Banawa Joshua Colas Draw: 1/2-1/2 33 Open
207 2017-02-16 St Louis Winter IM 2017 Saint Louis USA 1.1 Joel Banawa Shankar Gauri Draw: 1/2-1/2 59 Open
208 2016-10-22 SPICE Cup Open 2016 Saint Louis USA 9.8 Jayaram Ashwin Joel Banawa Lost: 1-0 40 Open
209 2016-10-21 SPICE Cup Open 2016 Saint Louis USA 8.12 Hans Moke Niemann Joel Banawa Won: 0-1 33 Open
210 2016-10-21 SPICE Cup Open 2016 Saint Louis USA 7.6 Joel Banawa Vasif Durarbayli Lost: 0-1 46 Open
211 2016-10-20 SPICE Cup Open 2016 Saint Louis USA 6.14 Joel Banawa Anna Sharevich Won: 1-0 30 Open
212 2016-10-19 SPICE Cup Open 2016 Saint Louis USA 5.7 Awonder Liang Joel Banawa Lost: 1-0 49 Open
213 2016-10-19 SPICE Cup Open 2016 Saint Louis USA 4.9 Joel Banawa Daniel Gurevich Draw: 1/2-1/2 50 Open
214 2016-10-18 SPICE Cup Open 2016 Saint Louis USA 3.13 Luisa Fernanda Mercado Joel Banawa Won: 0-1 61 Open
215 2016-10-18 SPICE Cup Open 2016 Saint Louis USA 2.17 Joel Banawa Robby Adamson Won: 1-0 37 Open
216 2016-10-17 SPICE Cup Open 2016 Saint Louis USA 1.1 Quang Liem Le Joel Banawa Lost: 1-0 48 Open
217 2015-12-27 25th North American Open Las Vegas USA 3 Gregory Markzon Joel Banawa Lost: 1-0 33 Open
218 2015-12-26 25th North American Open Las Vegas USA 2 Joel Banawa Victor Mikhalevski Lost: 0-1 45 Open
219 2015-11-04 US Chess League Wildcard 2015 ICC INT 1 Joel Banawa Dionisio Aldama Degurnay Lost: 0-1 46 Open
220 2015-10-27 US Chess League 2015 ICC INT 10 Roland Feng Joel Banawa Lost: 1-0 60 Open
221 2015-10-21 SPICE Cup Open 2015 Saint Louis USA 8.6 Joel Banawa Fidel Corrales Jimenez Lost: 0-1 40 Open
222 2015-10-21 SPICE Cup Open 2015 Saint Louis USA 7.4 Samuel Sevian Joel Banawa Lost: 1-0 60 Open
223 2015-10-20 SPICE Cup Open 2015 Saint Louis USA 6.4 Joel Banawa Daniel Gurevich Draw: 1/2-1/2 39 Open
224 2015-10-19 SPICE Cup Open 2015 Saint Louis USA 5.8 Ruifeng Li Joel Banawa Won: 0-1 26 Open
225 2015-10-19 SPICE Cup Open 2015 Saint Louis USA 4.9 Joel Banawa Denes Boros Draw: 1/2-1/2 32 Open
226 2015-10-18 SPICE Cup Open 2015 Saint Louis USA 3.4 Quang Liem Le Joel Banawa Lost: 1-0 41 Open
227 2015-10-18 SPICE Cup Open 2015 Saint Louis USA 2.6 Joel Banawa Jayaram Ashwin Won: 1-0 36 Open
228 2015-10-17 SPICE Cup Open 2015 Saint Louis USA 1.21 Thalia Cervantes Landeiro Joel Banawa Won: 0-1 59 Open
229 2015-10-07 US Chess League 2015 ICC INT 7 Joel Banawa Artur Safin Won: 1-0 40 Open
230 2015-09-30 US Chess League 2015 ICC INT 6 Joel Banawa David Pruess Won: 1-0 33 Open
231 2015-09-23 US Chess League 2015 ICC INT 5 Guillermo Vazquez Joel Banawa Draw: 1/2-1/2 71 Open
232 2015-09-08 US Chess League 2015 ICC INT 3 Joel Banawa Costin Cozianu Draw: 1/2-1/2 35 Open
233 2015-09-02 US Chess League 2015 ICC INT 2 Joel Banawa Luis Carlos Torres Rosas Draw: 1/2-1/2 26 Open
234 2015-08-26 US Chess League 2015 ICC INT 1 Joel Banawa Albert Hernandez Won: 1-0 60 Open
235 2015-08-09 116th US Open 2015 Phoenix USA 9 Bartlomiej Macieja Joel Banawa Lost: 1-0 40 Open
236 2015-08-08 116th US Open 2015 Phoenix USA 8 Joel Banawa Angel Hernandez-Camen Won: 1-0 56 Open
237 2015-08-07 116th US Open 2015 Phoenix USA 7 Anthony Quan Nguyen Joel Banawa Won: 0-1 55 Open
238 2014-12-28 24th North American Open Las Vegas USA 5.18 Robby Adamson Joel Banawa Lost: 1-0 40 Open
239 2014-12-27 24th North American Open Las Vegas USA 4.24 Joel Banawa Doug Eckert Won: 1-0 40 Open
240 2014-12-27 24th North American Open Las Vegas USA 3.1 Joel Banawa Julio Becerra Rivero Lost: 0-1 66 Open
241 2014-12-26 24th North American Open Las Vegas USA 2.2 Varuzhan Akobian Joel Banawa Draw: 1/2-1/2 62 Open
242 2014-10-23 SPICE Cup Open 2014 Saint Louis USA 4.6 Joel Banawa Fidel Corrales Jimenez Lost: 0-1 61 Open
243 2014-10-22 SPICE Cup Open 2014 Saint Louis USA 2.6 Joel Banawa Kayden Troff Draw: 1/2-1/2 34 Open
244 2014-09-30 US Chess League 2014 ICC INT 6 Joel Banawa Yian Liou Lost: 0-1 44 Open
245 2014-08-27 US Chess League 2014 ICC INT 1 Joel Banawa Emil Anka Won: 1-0 50 Open
246 2014-06-15 National Open 2014 Las Vegas USA 6.4 Aleksandr Lenderman Joel Banawa Draw: 1/2-1/2 92 Open
247 2014-06-15 National Open 2014 Las Vegas USA 5.6 Joel Banawa Ioan-Cristian Chirila Won: 1-0 35 Open
248 2014-06-14 National Open 2014 Las Vegas USA 4 Tibor Weinberger Joel Banawa Won: 0-1 25 Open
249 2014-06-14 National Open 2014 Las Vegas USA 3.9 Joel Banawa Joshua Sheng Draw: 1/2-1/2 42 Open
250 2014-06-13 National Open 2014 Las Vegas USA 2.9 Allan Beilin Joel Banawa Draw: 1/2-1/2 107 Open
  1. vs Doug EckertWon · 0-1Black · 2017-02-19 · Round 7.4St Louis Winter IM 2017
  2. vs Vitaly NeimerWon · 1-0White · 2017-02-19 · Round 6.1St Louis Winter IM 2017
  3. vs Angelo YoungDraw · ½–½Black · 2017-02-18 · Round 5.1St Louis Winter IM 2017
  4. vs Lefong HuaWon · 1-0White · 2017-02-18 · Round 4.1St Louis Winter IM 2017
  5. vs Justus WilliamsWon · 0-1Black · 2017-02-17 · Round 3.1St Louis Winter IM 2017
  6. vs Joshua ColasDraw · ½–½White · 2017-02-17 · Round 2.1St Louis Winter IM 2017
  7. vs Shankar GauriDraw · ½–½White · 2017-02-16 · Round 1.1St Louis Winter IM 2017
  8. vs Jayaram AshwinLost · 1-0Black · 2016-10-22 · Round 9.8SPICE Cup Open 2016
  9. vs Hans Moke NiemannWon · 0-1Black · 2016-10-21 · Round 8.12SPICE Cup Open 2016
  10. vs Vasif DurarbayliLost · 0-1White · 2016-10-21 · Round 7.6SPICE Cup Open 2016
  11. vs Anna SharevichWon · 1-0White · 2016-10-20 · Round 6.14SPICE Cup Open 2016
  12. vs Awonder LiangLost · 1-0Black · 2016-10-19 · Round 5.7SPICE Cup Open 2016
  13. vs Daniel GurevichDraw · ½–½White · 2016-10-19 · Round 4.9SPICE Cup Open 2016
  14. vs Luisa Fernanda MercadoWon · 0-1Black · 2016-10-18 · Round 3.13SPICE Cup Open 2016
  15. vs Robby AdamsonWon · 1-0White · 2016-10-18 · Round 2.17SPICE Cup Open 2016
  16. vs Quang Liem LeLost · 1-0Black · 2016-10-17 · Round 1.1SPICE Cup Open 2016
  17. vs Gregory MarkzonLost · 1-0Black · 2015-12-27 · Round 325th North American Open
  18. vs Victor MikhalevskiLost · 0-1White · 2015-12-26 · Round 225th North American Open
  19. vs Dionisio Aldama DegurnayLost · 0-1White · 2015-11-04 · Round 1US Chess League Wildcard 2015
  20. vs Roland FengLost · 1-0Black · 2015-10-27 · Round 10US Chess League 2015
  21. vs Fidel Corrales JimenezLost · 0-1White · 2015-10-21 · Round 8.6SPICE Cup Open 2015
  22. vs Samuel SevianLost · 1-0Black · 2015-10-21 · Round 7.4SPICE Cup Open 2015
  23. vs Daniel GurevichDraw · ½–½White · 2015-10-20 · Round 6.4SPICE Cup Open 2015
  24. vs Ruifeng LiWon · 0-1Black · 2015-10-19 · Round 5.8SPICE Cup Open 2015
  25. vs Denes BorosDraw · ½–½White · 2015-10-19 · Round 4.9SPICE Cup Open 2015
  26. vs Quang Liem LeLost · 1-0Black · 2015-10-18 · Round 3.4SPICE Cup Open 2015
  27. vs Jayaram AshwinWon · 1-0White · 2015-10-18 · Round 2.6SPICE Cup Open 2015
  28. vs Thalia Cervantes LandeiroWon · 0-1Black · 2015-10-17 · Round 1.21SPICE Cup Open 2015
  29. vs Artur SafinWon · 1-0White · 2015-10-07 · Round 7US Chess League 2015
  30. vs David PruessWon · 1-0White · 2015-09-30 · Round 6US Chess League 2015
  31. vs Guillermo VazquezDraw · ½–½Black · 2015-09-23 · Round 5US Chess League 2015
  32. vs Costin CozianuDraw · ½–½White · 2015-09-08 · Round 3US Chess League 2015
  33. vs Luis Carlos Torres RosasDraw · ½–½White · 2015-09-02 · Round 2US Chess League 2015
  34. vs Albert HernandezWon · 1-0White · 2015-08-26 · Round 1US Chess League 2015
  35. vs Bartlomiej MaciejaLost · 1-0Black · 2015-08-09 · Round 9116th US Open 2015
  36. vs Angel Hernandez-CamenWon · 1-0White · 2015-08-08 · Round 8116th US Open 2015
  37. vs Anthony Quan NguyenWon · 0-1Black · 2015-08-07 · Round 7116th US Open 2015
  38. vs Robby AdamsonLost · 1-0Black · 2014-12-28 · Round 5.1824th North American Open
  39. vs Doug EckertWon · 1-0White · 2014-12-27 · Round 4.2424th North American Open
  40. vs Julio Becerra RiveroLost · 0-1White · 2014-12-27 · Round 3.124th North American Open
  41. vs Varuzhan AkobianDraw · ½–½Black · 2014-12-26 · Round 2.224th North American Open
  42. vs Fidel Corrales JimenezLost · 0-1White · 2014-10-23 · Round 4.6SPICE Cup Open 2014
  43. vs Kayden TroffDraw · ½–½White · 2014-10-22 · Round 2.6SPICE Cup Open 2014
  44. vs Yian LiouLost · 0-1White · 2014-09-30 · Round 6US Chess League 2014
  45. vs Emil AnkaWon · 1-0White · 2014-08-27 · Round 1US Chess League 2014
  46. vs Aleksandr LendermanDraw · ½–½Black · 2014-06-15 · Round 6.4National Open 2014
  47. vs Ioan-Cristian ChirilaWon · 1-0White · 2014-06-15 · Round 5.6National Open 2014
  48. vs Tibor WeinbergerWon · 0-1Black · 2014-06-14 · Round 4National Open 2014
  49. vs Joshua ShengDraw · ½–½White · 2014-06-14 · Round 3.9National Open 2014
  50. vs Allan BeilinDraw · ½–½Black · 2014-06-13 · Round 2.9National Open 2014