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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·
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Peter J KirbyCM

Horfield & Redland · 1899 standard · 1838 rapid · 2025-08-01 to 2026-09-01

RATING JOURNEY

Your year in rating

STARTED 2000
NOW 1899
CHANGE -101
PEAK 2018
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep

2025-08-01 to 2026-09-01 · high 2018 · low 1899

RAPID RATING JOURNEY

Your year at rapid

STARTED 1913
NOW 1838
CHANGE -75
PEAK 1913
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep

2025-08-01 to 2026-09-01 · high 1913 · low 1838

SEASON SCOREBOARD

How the season went

50% 7 / 14
4WON
6DREW
4LOST

14 league games · Division 1

WHERE YOU STAND

Against the country

86.7%

Your 1899 puts you above 20,605 of the 23,766 rated players in England.

Lowest ratedHighest rated
THE ROAD AHEAD

Your next rung

101 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 +101
  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

Reinhold H Heinlein

Rated 2063 and you held them.

THEIR RATING 2063
YOURS 1956
RESULT DRAW

Division 1

WHITE & BLACK

Does colour suit you?

WHITE 64.3% 3W · 3D · 1L
7 games
BLACK 35.7% 1W · 3D · 3L
7 games
FIGHTER OR DIPLOMAT

Diplomat

You draw a good deal more than the league does.

YOU
42.9%
LEAGUE
23.7%

6 draws in 14 league games

GM COMPARISON

Drawish company

Your 42.9% is closest to Magnus Carlsen on 44%.

  1. Fischer
    29%
  2. Alekhine
    30%
  3. Capablanca
    39%
  4. Peter J Kirby
    42.9%
  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. Peter J Kirby YOU
  2. Rob Hearne
  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

13 different opponents · 1 met more than once

  • David O Collier 1W · 1D · 0L ×2
  • A Clive Walley 0W · 0D · 1L
  • David C Egginton 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Graham R Iwi 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Iris Underhill 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Mark A Jones 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Nigel K Hosken 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Oleksii Kulman 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Reinhold H Heinlein 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Richard J Johnson 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Rob Hearne 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Selikem PJ Amoako 0W · 0D · 1L

and 1 more