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Carolus Tang1,799+250·
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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

David O Vaughan

Thornbury Bristol · 1856 standard · 1975 rapid · 2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01

RATING JOURNEY

Your year in rating

STARTED 1865
NOW 1856
CHANGE -9
PEAK 1874
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01 · high 1874 · low 1844

RAPID RATING JOURNEY

Your year at rapid

STARTED 1970
NOW 1975
CHANGE +5
PEAK 1975
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01 · high 1975 · low 1970

SEASON SCOREBOARD

How the season went

50% 5 / 10
2WON
6DREW
2LOST

10 league games · Division 3

WHERE YOU STAND

Against the country

83.9%

Your 1856 puts you above 19,863 of the 23,675 rated players in England.

Lowest ratedHighest rated
THE ROAD AHEAD

Your next rung

144 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 +144
  6. 2200 FIDE Master
  7. 2400 International Master
  8. 2500 Grandmaster
GIANT KILLING

Your biggest scalp

George I Miller

THEIR RATING 1880
YOURS 1844
GAP +36

Division 3

TOUGHEST OPPONENT

The hardest game

George I Miller

Rated 1880 and you beat them.

THEIR RATING 1880
YOURS 1844
RESULT WIN

Division 3

WHITE & BLACK

Does colour suit you?

WHITE 70% 2W · 3D · 0L
5 games
BLACK 30% 0W · 3D · 2L
5 games
FIGHTER OR DIPLOMAT

Diplomat

You draw a good deal more than the league does.

YOU
60%
LEAGUE
23.7%

6 draws in 10 league games

GM COMPARISON

Drawish company

Your 60% is closest to Vladimir Kramnik on 57%.

  1. Fischer
    29%
  2. Alekhine
    30%
  3. Capablanca
    39%
  4. Carlsen
    44%
  5. Tal
    46%
  6. Kasparov
    47%
  7. Karpov
    52%
  8. Petrosian
    55%
  9. Anand
    55%
  10. Kramnik
    57%
  11. David O Vaughan
    60%

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. David O Vaughan YOU
  2. Alan Papier
  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

8 different opponents · 2 met more than once

  • Alan Papier 1W · 1D · 0L ×2
  • Zack Reed 0W · 0D · 2L ×2
  • Alan Clarke 0W · 1D · 0L
  • David Peters 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Dillon Rock Cooper 0W · 1D · 0L
  • George I Miller 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Lawrence Northam 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Louis Martin 0W · 1D · 0L