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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·
← All players YOUR CHESS YEAR

John M Guilfoyle

Bristol & Clifton · 1903 standard · 1737 rapid · 2025-08-01 to 2026-09-01

RATING JOURNEY

Your year in rating

STARTED 1897
NOW 1903
CHANGE +6
PEAK 1917
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep

2025-08-01 to 2026-09-01 · high 1917 · low 1886

RAPID RATING JOURNEY

Your year at rapid

STARTED 1783
NOW 1737
CHANGE -46
PEAK 1810
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep

2025-08-01 to 2026-09-01 · high 1810 · low 1737

SEASON SCOREBOARD

How the season went

68.2% 7.5 / 11
6WON
3DREW
2LOST

11 league games · Division 1

WHERE YOU STAND

Against the country

87%

Your 1903 puts you above 20,676 of the 23,766 rated players in England.

Lowest ratedHighest rated
THE ROAD AHEAD

Your next rung

97 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 +97
  6. 2200 FIDE Master
  7. 2400 International Master
  8. 2500 Grandmaster
GIANT KILLING

Your biggest scalp

Mark Morris

THEIR RATING 2009
YOURS 1889
GAP +120

Division 1

TOUGHEST OPPONENT

The hardest game

Doominic Goodwin

Rated 2063 and you held them.

THEIR RATING 2063
YOURS 1904
RESULT DRAW

Division 1

WHITE & BLACK

Does colour suit you?

WHITE 62.5% 4W · 2D · 2L
8 games
BLACK 83.3% 2W · 1D · 0L
3 games
FIGHTER OR DIPLOMAT

Middle of the road

You draw at about the rate the league does.

YOU
27.3%
LEAGUE
23.7%

3 draws in 11 league games

GM COMPARISON

Drawish company

Your 27.3% is closest to Bobby Fischer on 29%.

  1. John M Guilfoyle
    27.3%
  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

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. John M Guilfoyle YOU
  2. Mark Morris
  3. Chris R Beaumont
  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

  • Andrew M Gregory 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Carolus Tang 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Doominic Goodwin 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Elliott Spinney 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Gary Thomas 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Jack Tye 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Krzysztof Stosik 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Mark Morris 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Michael T Harris 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Paul D Helbig 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Philip HC Nendick 1W · 0D · 0L