WHAT'S ONRANKINGSCOMMUNITY YOUR CHESS YEAR
LIVEBRISTOL & DISTRICTS · RATING CHANGES · SEPTEMBER 202620 PLAYERS
Noah Taylor1,858▲ +319·
Harry LeRoy1,198▲ +311·
Ibrahim Damghani1,623▲ +300·
Adam Mussa1,678▲ +267·
Carolus Tang1,764▲ +215·
Aidan McCarron1,475▲ +187·
Michael Fielding1,786▲ +181·
Naveen Daniel George1,739▲ +176·
Alexis Kristoff Malibiran1,902▲ +173·
William Mullaney1,722▲ +167·
Yuri Warman1,282▲ +167·
Nicholas Cunliffe1,712▲ +157·
Hector Hu1,552▲ +137·
Benjamin Zhang1,474▲ +135·
David B McGeeney1,764▲ +122·
Colin J Davis2,142▲ +117·
Nathaniel Wu1,625▲ +108·
Chris Egitto1,459▲ +101·
Beth Gillman1,240▲ +99·
Chris J Edwards1,799▲ +96·
Noah Taylor1,858▲ +319·
Harry LeRoy1,198▲ +311·
Ibrahim Damghani1,623▲ +300·
Adam Mussa1,678▲ +267·
Carolus Tang1,764▲ +215·
Aidan McCarron1,475▲ +187·
Michael Fielding1,786▲ +181·
Naveen Daniel George1,739▲ +176·
Alexis Kristoff Malibiran1,902▲ +173·
William Mullaney1,722▲ +167·
Yuri Warman1,282▲ +167·
Nicholas Cunliffe1,712▲ +157·
Hector Hu1,552▲ +137·
Benjamin Zhang1,474▲ +135·
David B McGeeney1,764▲ +122·
Colin J Davis2,142▲ +117·
Nathaniel Wu1,625▲ +108·
Chris Egitto1,459▲ +101·
Beth Gillman1,240▲ +99·
Chris J Edwards1,799▲ +96·
← All players YOUR CHESS YEAR

James W Nichols

Thornbury Bristol · 1599 standard · 2025-08-01 to 2026-09-01

RATING JOURNEY

Your year in rating

STARTED 1631
NOW 1599
CHANGE -32
PEAK 1638
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep

2025-08-01 to 2026-09-01 · high 1638 · low 1592

SEASON SCOREBOARD

How the season went

45.5% 5 / 11
4WON
2DREW
5LOST

11 league games · Division 3, Division 7

WHERE YOU STAND

Against the country

57.7%

Your 1599 puts you above 13,713 of the 23,766 rated players in England.

Lowest ratedHighest rated
THE ROAD AHEAD

Your next rung

151 rating points to County standard

  1. 1000 Club player ✓
  2. 1250 Club standard ✓
  3. 1500 Strong club player ✓
  4. 1750 County standard +151
  5. 2000 Candidate Master
  6. 2200 FIDE Master
  7. 2400 International Master
  8. 2500 Grandmaster
GIANT KILLING

Your biggest scalp

Carolus Tang

THEIR RATING 1655
YOURS 1637
GAP +18

Division 3

TOUGHEST OPPONENT

The hardest game

Carolus Tang

Rated 1655 and you beat them.

THEIR RATING 1655
YOURS 1637
RESULT WIN

Division 3

WHITE & BLACK

Does colour suit you?

WHITE 41.7% 2W · 1D · 3L
6 games
BLACK 50% 2W · 1D · 2L
5 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. James W Nichols
    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

5 games from the top board

A chain of 5 league games links you to James E Cobb (2407), the strongest player in the league.

  1. James W Nichols YOU
  2. Carolus Tang
  3. John M Guilfoyle
  4. Mark Morris
  5. Chris R Beaumont
  6. James E Cobb TOP BOARD

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

YOUR PEOPLE

Who you played

11 different opponents

  • Anton Beketov 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Brian Crewe 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Carolus Tang 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Chris Hall 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Cody Bailes 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Daniel Parcell 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Jack Wicken 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Milan Milicevic 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Rajani Prasath Udaya Shanker 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Richard Barnes 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Santosh Murali 1W · 0D · 0L