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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

Rod Taylor

South Bristol · 1427 standard · 1252 rapid · 2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01

RATING JOURNEY

Your year in rating

STARTED 1447
NOW 1427
CHANGE -20
PEAK 1447
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01 · high 1447 · low 1424

RAPID RATING JOURNEY

Your year at rapid

STARTED 1252
NOW 1252
CHANGE 0
PEAK 1252
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01 · high 1252 · low 1252

SEASON SCOREBOARD

How the season went

35.3% 6 / 17
5WON
2DREW
10LOST

17 league games · Division 3, Division 4, Division 7

WHERE YOU STAND

Against the country

35.1%

Your 1427 puts you above 8,310 of the 23,675 rated players in England.

Lowest ratedHighest rated
THE ROAD AHEAD

Your next rung

73 rating points to Strong club player

  1. 1000 Club player
  2. 1250 Club standard
  3. 1500 Strong club player +73
  4. 1750 County standard
  5. 2000 Candidate Master
  6. 2200 FIDE Master
  7. 2400 International Master
  8. 2500 Grandmaster
GIANT KILLING

Your biggest scalp

Matt Howells

THEIR RATING 1535
YOURS 1426
GAP +109

Division 4

TOUGHEST OPPONENT

The hardest game

Gareth Hughes

Rated 1768 and they won.

THEIR RATING 1768
YOURS 1440
RESULT LOSS

Division 4

WHITE & BLACK

Does colour suit you?

WHITE 45.5% 4W · 2D · 5L
11 games
BLACK 16.7% 1W · 0D · 5L
6 games
FIGHTER OR DIPLOMAT

Middle of the road

You draw at about the rate the league does.

YOU
11.8%
LEAGUE
23.7%

2 draws in 17 league games

GM COMPARISON

Drawish company

Your 11.8% is closest to Bobby Fischer on 29%.

  1. Rod Taylor
    11.8%
  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. Rod Taylor YOU
  2. Richard Barnes
  3. Alan Papier
  4. Spencer Lawrence
  5. Zack Norris TOP BOARD

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

YOUR PEOPLE

Who you played

16 different opponents · 1 met more than once

  • Archie Fleck 2W · 0D · 0L ×2
  • Andreas Stalidis 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Gareth Hughes 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Jack Buckley 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Jake Andrews 0W · 1D · 0L
  • James Cruickshank 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Jason Pegg 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Jeremy Gardner 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Jim Rowlands 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Martin Stickley 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Matt Howells 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Miklos Farkas 0W · 0D · 1L

and 4 more