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

David E Buckley

Bath · 2244 standard · 2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01

RATING JOURNEY

Your year in rating

STARTED 2215
NOW 2244
CHANGE +29
PEAK 2244
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01 · high 2244 · low 2208

SEASON SCOREBOARD

How the season went

73.1% 9.5 / 13
8WON
3DREW
2LOST

13 league games · Division 1

WHERE YOU STAND

Against the country

97.6%

Your 2244 puts you above 23,107 of the 23,675 rated players in England.

Lowest ratedHighest rated
THE ROAD AHEAD

Your next rung

156 rating points to International Master

  1. 1000 Club player
  2. 1250 Club standard
  3. 1500 Strong club player
  4. 1750 County standard
  5. 2000 Candidate Master
  6. 2200 FIDE Master
  7. 2400 International Master +156
  8. 2500 Grandmaster
GIANT KILLING

Your biggest scalp

Zack Norris

THEIR RATING 2368
YOURS 2221
GAP +147

Division 1

TOUGHEST OPPONENT

The hardest game

James E Cobb

Rated 2393 and they won.

THEIR RATING 2393
YOURS 2227
RESULT LOSS

Division 1

WHITE & BLACK

Does colour suit you?

WHITE 83.3% 5W · 0D · 1L
6 games
BLACK 64.3% 3W · 3D · 1L
7 games
FIGHTER OR DIPLOMAT

Middle of the road

You draw at about the rate the league does.

YOU
23.1%
LEAGUE
23.7%

3 draws in 13 league games

GM COMPARISON

Drawish company

Your 23.1% is closest to Bobby Fischer on 29%.

  1. David E Buckley
    23.1%
  2. Fischer
    29%
  3. Alekhine
    30%
  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

1 game from the top board

You played Zack Norris, the strongest player in the league.

  1. David E Buckley YOU
  2. 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 · 3 met more than once

  • Jerry Humphreys 2W · 0D · 0L ×2
  • Oliver Stubbs 0W · 1D · 1L ×2
  • Rob Hearne 2W · 0D · 0L ×2
  • Derek C Pugh 1W · 0D · 0L
  • James E Cobb 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Matias P Candelario 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Michael J Ashworth 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Oleksii Kulman 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Robert Thompson 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Zack Norris 1W · 0D · 0L