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

Jim Rowlands

Hanham Folk Centre · 1405 standard · 2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01

RATING JOURNEY

Your year in rating

STARTED 1417
NOW 1405
CHANGE -12
PEAK 1424
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01 · high 1424 · low 1405

SEASON SCOREBOARD

How the season went

37.5% 3 / 8
2WON
2DREW
4LOST

8 league games · Division 4, Division 7

WHERE YOU STAND

Against the country

32.4%

Your 1405 puts you above 7,671 of the 23,675 rated players in England.

Lowest ratedHighest rated
THE ROAD AHEAD

Your next rung

95 rating points to Strong club player

  1. 1000 Club player
  2. 1250 Club standard
  3. 1500 Strong club player +95
  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

David Yuan

Rated 1722 and they won.

THEIR RATING 1722
YOURS 1412
RESULT LOSS

Division 7

WHITE & BLACK

Does colour suit you?

WHITE 50% 2W · 0D · 2L
4 games
BLACK 25% 0W · 2D · 2L
4 games
FIGHTER OR DIPLOMAT

Middle of the road

You draw at about the rate the league does.

YOU
25%
LEAGUE
23.7%

2 draws in 8 league games

GM COMPARISON

Drawish company

Your 25% is closest to Bobby Fischer on 29%.

  1. Jim Rowlands
    25%
  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. Jim Rowlands YOU
  2. Sonny Hancock
  3. Richard Barnes
  4. Alan Papier
  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

8 different opponents

  • Danny Wilkins 1W · 0D · 0L
  • David Yuan 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Lia Hurrell 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Mark Thwaites 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Nicholas Woods 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Rod Taylor 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Ryan Lailvaux 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Sonny Hancock 0W · 1D · 0L