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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

James Cruickshank

North Bristol · 1695 standard · 1619 rapid · 2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01

RATING JOURNEY

Your year in rating

STARTED 1730
NOW 1695
CHANGE -35
PEAK 1730
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01 · high 1730 · low 1575

RAPID RATING JOURNEY

Your year at rapid

STARTED 1589
NOW 1619
CHANGE +30
PEAK 1619
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01 · high 1619 · low 1589

SEASON SCOREBOARD

How the season went

76.7% 11.5 / 15
10WON
3DREW
2LOST

15 league games · Division 4, Division 6

WHERE YOU STAND

Against the country

69.4%

Your 1695 puts you above 16,430 of the 23,675 rated players in England.

Lowest ratedHighest rated
THE ROAD AHEAD

Your next rung

55 rating points to County standard

  1. 1000 Club player
  2. 1250 Club standard
  3. 1500 Strong club player
  4. 1750 County standard +55
  5. 2000 Candidate Master
  6. 2200 FIDE Master
  7. 2400 International Master
  8. 2500 Grandmaster
GIANT KILLING

Your biggest scalp

No win over a higher-rated opponent this season.

TOUGHEST OPPONENT

The hardest game

Cash Thom

Rated 1617 and you held them.

THEIR RATING 1617
YOURS 1706
RESULT DRAW

Division 4

WHITE & BLACK

Does colour suit you?

WHITE 91.7% 5W · 1D · 0L
6 games
BLACK 66.7% 5W · 2D · 2L
9 games
FIGHTER OR DIPLOMAT

Middle of the road

You draw at about the rate the league does.

YOU
20%
LEAGUE
23.7%

3 draws in 15 league games

GM COMPARISON

Drawish company

Your 20% is closest to Bobby Fischer on 29%.

  1. James Cruickshank
    20%
  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. James Cruickshank 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

15 different opponents

  • Aimee Lowry 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Alex Jones 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Archie Fleck 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Cash Thom 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Graham Strickland 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Guy Roper 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Jack Lintern 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Mathew Walne 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Oli Bain 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Phevos Stalidis 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Phillip Lawson 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Rod Taylor 1W · 0D · 0L

and 3 more