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

Matthew Plimmer

Bristol & Clifton · 1840 standard · 1765 rapid · 2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01

RATING JOURNEY

Your year in rating

STARTED 1964
NOW 1840
CHANGE -124
PEAK 1964
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01 · high 1964 · low 1666

RAPID RATING JOURNEY

Your year at rapid

STARTED 1869
NOW 1765
CHANGE -104
PEAK 1869
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01 · high 1869 · low 1765

SEASON SCOREBOARD

How the season went

64.3% 9 / 14
8WON
2DREW
4LOST

14 league games · Division 2, Division 3, Division 4

WHERE YOU STAND

Against the country

82.8%

Your 1840 puts you above 19,603 of the 23,675 rated players in England.

Lowest ratedHighest rated
THE ROAD AHEAD

Your next rung

160 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 +160
  6. 2200 FIDE Master
  7. 2400 International Master
  8. 2500 Grandmaster
GIANT KILLING

Your biggest scalp

Alejandro Vilchez Diaz

THEIR RATING 1801
YOURS 1734
GAP +67

Division 4

TOUGHEST OPPONENT

The hardest game

Aldrin Malibiran

Rated 1997 and they won.

THEIR RATING 1997
YOURS 1903
RESULT LOSS

Division 2

WHITE & BLACK

Does colour suit you?

WHITE 85.7% 6W · 0D · 1L
7 games
BLACK 42.9% 2W · 2D · 3L
7 games
FIGHTER OR DIPLOMAT

Middle of the road

You draw at about the rate the league does.

YOU
14.3%
LEAGUE
23.7%

2 draws in 14 league games

GM COMPARISON

Drawish company

Your 14.3% is closest to Bobby Fischer on 29%.

  1. Matthew Plimmer
    14.3%
  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

4 games from the top board

A chain of 4 league games links you to Zack Norris (2412), the strongest player in the league.

  1. Matthew Plimmer YOU
  2. Aldrin Malibiran
  3. Alan Papier
  4. Spencer Lawrence
  5. Zack Norris TOP BOARD

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

YOUR PEOPLE

Who you played

12 different opponents · 2 met more than once

  • Bob R Gore 1W · 0D · 1L ×2
  • Peter Marks 2W · 0D · 0L ×2
  • Aldrin Malibiran 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Alejandro Vilchez Diaz 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Anay Misra 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Chris M Strong 0W · 1D · 0L
  • David Peters 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Hayden Griffiths 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Jonathon Gould 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Joseph Wing 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Justin Yau 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Piotr Zielinski 1W · 0D · 0L