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Hector Hu1,514+99·
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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

John G Paton

Bristol Grendel · 1463 standard · 2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01

RATING JOURNEY

Your year in rating

STARTED 1511
NOW 1463
CHANGE -48
PEAK 1511
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01 · high 1511 · low 1462

SEASON SCOREBOARD

How the season went

21.4% 1.5 / 7
1WON
1DREW
5LOST

7 league games · Division 4

WHERE YOU STAND

Against the country

39.7%

Your 1463 puts you above 9,399 of the 23,675 rated players in England.

Lowest ratedHighest rated
THE ROAD AHEAD

Your next rung

37 rating points to Strong club player

  1. 1000 Club player
  2. 1250 Club standard
  3. 1500 Strong club player +37
  4. 1750 County standard
  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

Prakul Mahajan

Rated 1703 and they won.

THEIR RATING 1703
YOURS 1462
RESULT LOSS

Division 4

WHITE & BLACK

Does colour suit you?

WHITE 37.5% 1W · 1D · 2L
4 games
BLACK 0% 0W · 0D · 3L
3 games
FIGHTER OR DIPLOMAT

Middle of the road

You draw at about the rate the league does.

YOU
14.3%
LEAGUE
23.7%

1 draw in 7 league games

GM COMPARISON

Drawish company

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

  1. John G Paton
    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

5 games from the top board

A chain of 5 league games links you to Zack Norris (2412), the strongest player in the league.

  1. John G Paton YOU
  2. Cassian Powell
  3. Anay Misra
  4. Chris J Edwards
  5. Spencer Lawrence
  6. Zack Norris TOP BOARD

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

YOUR PEOPLE

Who you played

7 different opponents

  • Andreas Stalidis 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Cassian Powell 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Ivan Penev 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Nicholas Woods 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Prakul Mahajan 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Prakul Mahajan 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Rafal Cala 0W · 0D · 1L