WHAT'S ONRANKINGSCOMMUNITY YOUR CHESS YEAR
LIVEBRISTOL & DISTRICTS · RATING CHANGES · JULY 202620 PLAYERS
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

John E Richards

Horfield & Redland · 1821 standard · 2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01

RATING JOURNEY

Your year in rating

STARTED 1858
NOW 1821
CHANGE -37
PEAK 1858
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01 · high 1858 · low 1821

SEASON SCOREBOARD

How the season went

35% 3.5 / 10
1WON
5DREW
4LOST

10 league games · Division 2, Division 3

WHERE YOU STAND

Against the country

81.3%

Your 1821 puts you above 19,248 of the 23,675 rated players in England.

Lowest ratedHighest rated
THE ROAD AHEAD

Your next rung

179 rating points to Candidate Master

  1. 1000 Club player
  2. 1250 Club standard
  3. 1500 Strong club player
  4. 1750 County standard
  5. 2000 Candidate Master +179
  6. 2200 FIDE Master
  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

Matthew DJ Wilson

Rated 1947 and they won.

THEIR RATING 1947
YOURS 1844
RESULT LOSS

Division 3

WHITE & BLACK

Does colour suit you?

WHITE 25% 0W · 3D · 3L
6 games
BLACK 50% 1W · 2D · 1L
4 games
FIGHTER OR DIPLOMAT

Diplomat

You draw a good deal more than the league does.

YOU
50%
LEAGUE
23.7%

5 draws in 10 league games

GM COMPARISON

Drawish company

Your 50% is closest to Anatoly Karpov on 52%.

  1. Fischer
    29%
  2. Alekhine
    30%
  3. Capablanca
    39%
  4. Carlsen
    44%
  5. Tal
    46%
  6. Kasparov
    47%
  7. John E Richards
    50%
  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

3 games from the top board

A chain of 3 league games links you to Zack Norris (2412), the strongest player in the league.

  1. John E Richards YOU
  2. Brian Lau
  3. Spencer Lawrence
  4. Zack Norris TOP BOARD

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

YOUR PEOPLE

Who you played

10 different opponents

  • Alan Papier 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Baptiste Suescun 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Brian Lau 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Chris J Edwards 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Dave J Williams 0W · 1D · 0L
  • GA Harvey 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Lawrence Northam 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Mark A Adams 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Matthew DJ Wilson 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Zack Reed 0W · 0D · 1L