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Harry LeRoy1,198+311·
Ibrahim Damghani1,623+300·
Carolus Tang1,799+250·
Noah Taylor1,743+204·
Aidan McCarron1,475+187·
Adam Mussa1,588+177·
Alexis Kristoff Malibiran1,902+173·
Michael Fielding1,774+169·
William Mullaney1,722+167·
Yuri Warman1,278+163·
Naveen Daniel George1,722+159·
Nicholas Cunliffe1,712+157·
Benjamin Zhang1,474+135·
Nathaniel Wu1,625+108·
David B McGeeney1,749+107·
Grant Daly1,632+102·
Chris Egitto1,459+101·
Hector Hu1,514+99·
Beth Gillman1,240+99·
Chris J Edwards1,800+97·
Harry LeRoy1,198+311·
Ibrahim Damghani1,623+300·
Carolus Tang1,799+250·
Noah Taylor1,743+204·
Aidan McCarron1,475+187·
Adam Mussa1,588+177·
Alexis Kristoff Malibiran1,902+173·
Michael Fielding1,774+169·
William Mullaney1,722+167·
Yuri Warman1,278+163·
Naveen Daniel George1,722+159·
Nicholas Cunliffe1,712+157·
Benjamin Zhang1,474+135·
Nathaniel Wu1,625+108·
David B McGeeney1,749+107·
Grant Daly1,632+102·
Chris Egitto1,459+101·
Hector Hu1,514+99·
Beth Gillman1,240+99·
Chris J Edwards1,800+97·
← All players YOUR CHESS YEAR

Paul D Helbig

Bath · 2022 standard · 1884 rapid · 2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01

RATING JOURNEY

Your year in rating

STARTED 1970
NOW 2022
CHANGE +52
PEAK 2048
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01 · high 2048 · low 1966

RAPID RATING JOURNEY

Your year at rapid

STARTED 1955
NOW 1884
CHANGE -71
PEAK 1955
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01 · high 1955 · low 1851

SEASON SCOREBOARD

How the season went

54.5% 6 / 11
5WON
2DREW
4LOST

11 league games · Division 1

WHERE YOU STAND

Against the country

92.8%

Your 2022 puts you above 21,970 of the 23,675 rated players in England.

Lowest ratedHighest rated
THE ROAD AHEAD

Your next rung

178 rating points to FIDE Master

  1. 1000 Club player
  2. 1250 Club standard
  3. 1500 Strong club player
  4. 1750 County standard
  5. 2000 Candidate Master
  6. 2200 FIDE Master +178
  7. 2400 International Master
  8. 2500 Grandmaster
GIANT KILLING

Your biggest scalp

No win over a higher-rated opponent this season.

TOUGHEST OPPONENT

The hardest game

Michael J Ashworth

Rated 2150 and they won.

THEIR RATING 2150
YOURS 2028
RESULT LOSS

Division 1

WHITE & BLACK

Does colour suit you?

WHITE 70% 3W · 1D · 1L
5 games
BLACK 41.7% 2W · 1D · 3L
6 games
FIGHTER OR DIPLOMAT

Middle of the road

You draw at about the rate the league does.

YOU
18.2%
LEAGUE
23.7%

2 draws in 11 league games

GM COMPARISON

Drawish company

Your 18.2% is closest to Bobby Fischer on 29%.

  1. Paul D Helbig
    18.2%
  2. Fischer
    29%
  3. Alekhine
    30%
  4. Capablanca
    39%
  5. Carlsen
    44%
  6. Tal
    46%
  7. Kasparov
    47%
  8. Karpov
    52%
  9. Petrosian
    55%
  10. Anand
    55%
  11. Kramnik
    57%

For fun, not for comparison. Draws at the top of the game come from two players finding nothing; at club level they usually come from something else entirely.

DEGREES OF SEPARATION

2 games from the top board

A chain of 2 league games links you to Zack Norris (2412), the strongest player in the league.

  1. Paul D Helbig YOU
  2. John E Curtis
  3. Zack Norris TOP BOARD

Each link is a game actually played in the Bristol & District League this season.

YOUR PEOPLE

Who you played

11 different opponents

  • A Clive Walley 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Andrew M Gregory 1W · 0D · 0L
  • David O Collier 1W · 0D · 0L
  • James Thomas 0W · 0D · 1L
  • John E Curtis 0W · 1D · 0L
  • John M Guilfoyle 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Michael J Ashworth 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Michael T Harris 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Nigel K Hosken 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Patrick Flexman 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Stephen P Dilleigh 0W · 1D · 0L