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

Lynda SmithWCM

Thornbury Bristol · 1826 standard · 2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01

RATING JOURNEY

Your year in rating

STARTED 1817
NOW 1826
CHANGE +9
PEAK 1826
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01 · high 1826 · low 1810

SEASON SCOREBOARD

How the season went

75% 6 / 8
4WON
4DREW
0LOST

8 league games · Division 3

WHERE YOU STAND

Against the country

81.7%

Your 1826 puts you above 19,342 of the 23,675 rated players in England.

Lowest ratedHighest rated
THE ROAD AHEAD

Your next rung

174 rating points to Candidate Master

  1. 1000 Club player
  2. 1250 Club standard
  3. 1500 Strong club player
  4. 1750 County standard
  5. 2000 Candidate Master +174
  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 Peters

Rated 1820 and you held them.

THEIR RATING 1820
YOURS 1826
RESULT DRAW

Division 3

WHITE & BLACK

Does colour suit you?

WHITE 75% 2W · 2D · 0L
4 games
BLACK 75% 2W · 2D · 0L
4 games
FIGHTER OR DIPLOMAT

Diplomat

You draw a good deal more than the league does.

YOU
50%
LEAGUE
23.7%

4 draws in 8 league games

GM COMPARISON

Drawish company

Your 50% is closest to Anatoly Karpov on 52%.

  1. Fischer
    29%
  2. Alekhine
    30%
  3. Capablanca
    39%
  4. Carlsen
    44%
  5. Tal
    46%
  6. Kasparov
    47%
  7. Lynda Smith
    50%
  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. Lynda Smith YOU
  2. Milan Milicevic
  3. Chris J Edwards
  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

7 different opponents · 1 met more than once

  • Tim Withers 1W · 1D · 0L ×2
  • David Peters 0W · 1D · 0L
  • James Bartram 0W · 1D · 0L
  • James Facey 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Judd Chidwick 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Lawrence Northam 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Milan Milicevic 1W · 0D · 0L