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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

Ben Radford

Bristol Grendel · 1685 standard · 1483 rapid · 2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01

RATING JOURNEY

Your year in rating

STARTED 1734
NOW 1685
CHANGE -49
PEAK 1734
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01 · high 1734 · low 1681

RAPID RATING JOURNEY

Your year at rapid

STARTED 1483
NOW 1483
CHANGE 0
PEAK 1483
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01 · high 1483 · low 1483

SEASON SCOREBOARD

How the season went

39.3% 5.5 / 14
3WON
5DREW
6LOST

14 league games · Division 1, Division 4

WHERE YOU STAND

Against the country

68.2%

Your 1685 puts you above 16,146 of the 23,675 rated players in England.

Lowest ratedHighest rated
THE ROAD AHEAD

Your next rung

65 rating points to County standard

  1. 1000 Club player
  2. 1250 Club standard
  3. 1500 Strong club player
  4. 1750 County standard +65
  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

Stephen J Meek

Rated 2083 and they won.

THEIR RATING 2083
YOURS 1734
RESULT LOSS

Division 4

WHITE & BLACK

Does colour suit you?

WHITE 50% 3W · 2D · 3L
8 games
BLACK 25% 0W · 3D · 3L
6 games
FIGHTER OR DIPLOMAT

Diplomat

You draw a good deal more than the league does.

YOU
35.7%
LEAGUE
23.7%

5 draws in 14 league games

GM COMPARISON

Drawish company

Your 35.7% is closest to José Capablanca on 39%.

  1. Fischer
    29%
  2. Alekhine
    30%
  3. Ben Radford
    35.7%
  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. Ben Radford YOU
  2. David O Collier
  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

13 different opponents · 1 met more than once

  • Duncan M Macarthur 1W · 1D · 0L ×2
  • Alan Papier 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Charles Higenbottam 0W · 1D · 0L
  • David O Collier 0W · 0D · 1L
  • John D Robinson 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Jonathon Gould 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Kas Coman 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Lydia Sun 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Mauro Farina 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Nathaniel Wu 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Oli Bain 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Patrick Bourne 0W · 0D · 1L

and 1 more