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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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Richard J Johnson

Bristol Grendel · 1863 standard · 1792 rapid · 2025-08-01 to 2026-09-01

RATING JOURNEY

Your year in rating

STARTED 1893
NOW 1863
CHANGE -30
PEAK 1904
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep

2025-08-01 to 2026-09-01 · high 1904 · low 1863

RAPID RATING JOURNEY

Your year at rapid

STARTED 1818
NOW 1792
CHANGE -26
PEAK 1818
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep

2025-08-01 to 2026-09-01 · high 1818 · low 1792

SEASON SCOREBOARD

How the season went

37.5% 4.5 / 12
2WON
5DREW
5LOST

12 league games · Division 1

WHERE YOU STAND

Against the country

84.4%

Your 1863 puts you above 20,059 of the 23,766 rated players in England.

Lowest ratedHighest rated
THE ROAD AHEAD

Your next rung

137 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 +137
  6. 2200 FIDE Master
  7. 2400 International Master
  8. 2500 Grandmaster
GIANT KILLING

Your biggest scalp

Nigel K Hosken

THEIR RATING 2001
YOURS 1902
GAP +99

Division 1

TOUGHEST OPPONENT

The hardest game

Roy Phillips

Rated 2173 and you held them.

THEIR RATING 2173
YOURS 1903
RESULT DRAW

Division 1

WHITE & BLACK

Does colour suit you?

WHITE 42.9% 1W · 4D · 2L
7 games
BLACK 30% 1W · 1D · 3L
5 games
FIGHTER OR DIPLOMAT

Diplomat

You draw a good deal more than the league does.

YOU
41.7%
LEAGUE
23.7%

5 draws in 12 league games

GM COMPARISON

Drawish company

Your 41.7% is closest to Magnus Carlsen on 44%.

  1. Fischer
    29%
  2. Alekhine
    30%
  3. Capablanca
    39%
  4. Richard J Johnson
    41.7%
  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

3 games from the top board

A chain of 3 league games links you to James E Cobb (2407), the strongest player in the league.

  1. Richard J Johnson YOU
  2. Colin J Davis
  3. Oliver Stubbs
  4. 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 · 1 met more than once

  • David C Egginton 0W · 1D · 1L ×2
  • Andrew M Gregory 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Colin J Davis 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Derek C Pugh 0W · 0D · 1L
  • James Thomas 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Nigel K Hosken 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Patrick Flores 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Peter J Kirby 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Robert M Ashworth 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Roy Phillips 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Sirio Dafa 0W · 0D · 1L