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

Justin Yau

Thornbury Bristol · 1683 standard · 1518 rapid · 2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01

RATING JOURNEY

Your year in rating

STARTED 1631
NOW 1683
CHANGE +52
PEAK 1692
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01 · high 1692 · low 1631

RAPID RATING JOURNEY

Your year at rapid

STARTED 1373
NOW 1518
CHANGE +145
PEAK 1518
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01 · high 1518 · low 1373

SEASON SCOREBOARD

How the season went

68.2% 7.5 / 11
5WON
5DREW
1LOST

11 league games · Division 3

WHERE YOU STAND

Against the country

68%

Your 1683 puts you above 16,099 of the 23,675 rated players in England.

Lowest ratedHighest rated
THE ROAD AHEAD

Your next rung

67 rating points to County standard

  1. 1000 Club player
  2. 1250 Club standard
  3. 1500 Strong club player
  4. 1750 County standard +67
  5. 2000 Candidate Master
  6. 2200 FIDE Master
  7. 2400 International Master
  8. 2500 Grandmaster
GIANT KILLING

Your biggest scalp

Gareth Cullen

THEIR RATING 1662
YOURS 1636
GAP +26

Division 3

TOUGHEST OPPONENT

The hardest game

Matthew Plimmer

Rated 1831 and you held them.

THEIR RATING 1831
YOURS 1688
RESULT DRAW

Division 3

WHITE & BLACK

Does colour suit you?

WHITE 80% 3W · 2D · 0L
5 games
BLACK 58.3% 2W · 3D · 1L
6 games
FIGHTER OR DIPLOMAT

Diplomat

You draw a good deal more than the league does.

YOU
45.5%
LEAGUE
23.7%

5 draws in 11 league games

GM COMPARISON

Drawish company

Your 45.5% is closest to Mikhail Tal on 46%.

  1. Fischer
    29%
  2. Alekhine
    30%
  3. Capablanca
    39%
  4. Carlsen
    44%
  5. Justin Yau
    45.5%
  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. Justin Yau YOU
  2. Oli Bain
  3. Jack Tye
  4. John E Curtis
  5. 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 · 1 met more than once

  • Oliver Hammond 2W · 0D · 0L ×2
  • Andrew Hewitt 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Andrew Penn 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Ben White 0W · 1D · 0L
  • David C Neagle 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Gareth Cullen 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Matthew Plimmer 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Nigel Wilcox 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Oli Bain 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Peter Marks 0W · 1D · 0L