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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

Nigel Pollett

Horfield & Redland · 1744 standard · 1650 rapid · 2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01

RATING JOURNEY

Your year in rating

STARTED 1748
NOW 1744
CHANGE -4
PEAK 1762
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01 · high 1762 · low 1741

RAPID RATING JOURNEY

Your year at rapid

STARTED 1650
NOW 1650
CHANGE 0
PEAK 1650
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01 · high 1650 · low 1650

SEASON SCOREBOARD

How the season went

43.8% 7 / 16
4WON
6DREW
6LOST

16 league games · Division 2, Division 3

WHERE YOU STAND

Against the country

74.6%

Your 1744 puts you above 17,662 of the 23,675 rated players in England.

Lowest ratedHighest rated
THE ROAD AHEAD

Your next rung

6 rating points to County standard

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

Your biggest scalp

Krishiv Gupta

THEIR RATING 1980
YOURS 1753
GAP +227

Division 2

TOUGHEST OPPONENT

The hardest game

Krishiv Gupta

Rated 1980 and you beat them.

THEIR RATING 1980
YOURS 1753
RESULT WIN

Division 2

WHITE & BLACK

Does colour suit you?

WHITE 38.9% 2W · 3D · 4L
9 games
BLACK 50% 2W · 3D · 2L
7 games
FIGHTER OR DIPLOMAT

Diplomat

You draw a good deal more than the league does.

YOU
37.5%
LEAGUE
23.7%

6 draws in 16 league games

GM COMPARISON

Drawish company

Your 37.5% is closest to José Capablanca on 39%.

  1. Fischer
    29%
  2. Alekhine
    30%
  3. Nigel Pollett
    37.5%
  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

3 games from the top board

A chain of 3 league games links you to Zack Norris (2412), the strongest player in the league.

  1. Nigel Pollett YOU
  2. Shane Roberts
  3. Spencer Lawrence
  4. Zack Norris TOP BOARD

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

YOUR PEOPLE

Who you played

16 different opponents

  • Aleksei Zverev 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Alex Mckeigue 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Andrew Corbally 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Arun Broadley 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Barry Raynes 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Chris J Edwards 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Chris M Strong 0W · 1D · 0L
  • David C Neagle 0W · 1D · 0L
  • David I Tipper 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Elmira Walker 1W · 0D · 0L
  • J Andrew Borkowski 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Krishiv Gupta 1W · 0D · 0L

and 4 more