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

A Clive Walley

Bath · 1916 standard · 2025-08-01 to 2026-09-01

RATING JOURNEY

Your year in rating

STARTED 1933
NOW 1916
CHANGE -17
PEAK 1933
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep

2025-08-01 to 2026-09-01 · high 1933 · low 1866

SEASON SCOREBOARD

How the season went

30.8% 4 / 13
2WON
4DREW
7LOST

13 league games · Division 1

WHERE YOU STAND

Against the country

87.8%

Your 1916 puts you above 20,867 of the 23,766 rated players in England.

Lowest ratedHighest rated
THE ROAD AHEAD

Your next rung

84 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 +84
  6. 2200 FIDE Master
  7. 2400 International Master
  8. 2500 Grandmaster
GIANT KILLING

Your biggest scalp

Peter J Kirby

THEIR RATING 1951
YOURS 1871
GAP +80

Division 1

TOUGHEST OPPONENT

The hardest game

Haroon Majeed

Rated 2214 and they won.

THEIR RATING 2214
YOURS 1913
RESULT LOSS

Division 1

WHITE & BLACK

Does colour suit you?

WHITE 50% 2W · 3D · 2L
7 games
BLACK 8.3% 0W · 1D · 5L
6 games
FIGHTER OR DIPLOMAT

Middle of the road

You draw at about the rate the league does.

YOU
30.8%
LEAGUE
23.7%

4 draws in 13 league games

GM COMPARISON

Drawish company

Your 30.8% is closest to Alexander Alekhine on 30%.

  1. Fischer
    29%
  2. Alekhine
    30%
  3. A Clive Walley
    30.8%
  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 James E Cobb (2407), the strongest player in the league.

  1. A Clive Walley YOU
  2. Chris R Beaumont
  3. James E Cobb TOP BOARD

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

YOUR PEOPLE

Who you played

12 different opponents · 1 met more than once

  • Alistair A Gilbert 0W · 1D · 1L ×2
  • Chris R Beaumont 0W · 1D · 0L
  • David Peters 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Haroon Majeed 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Kas Coman 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Matthew DJ Wilson 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Michael J Ashworth 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Oscar Garcia 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Paul D Helbig 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Peter J Kirby 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Tom Shepherd 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Zack Reed 1W · 0D · 0L