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·
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Rafal Cala

Bristol & Clifton · 1473 standard · 1389 rapid · 2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01

RATING JOURNEY

Your year in rating

STARTED 1405
NOW 1473
CHANGE +68
PEAK 1473
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01 · high 1473 · low 1374

RAPID RATING JOURNEY

Your year at rapid

STARTED 1389
NOW 1389
CHANGE 0
PEAK 1389
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01 · high 1389 · low 1389

SEASON SCOREBOARD

How the season went

58.3% 10.5 / 18
10WON
1DREW
7LOST

18 league games · Division 3, Division 4, Division 5

WHERE YOU STAND

Against the country

41%

Your 1473 puts you above 9,707 of the 23,675 rated players in England.

Lowest ratedHighest rated
THE ROAD AHEAD

Your next rung

27 rating points to Strong club player

  1. 1000 Club player
  2. 1250 Club standard
  3. 1500 Strong club player +27
  4. 1750 County standard
  5. 2000 Candidate Master
  6. 2200 FIDE Master
  7. 2400 International Master
  8. 2500 Grandmaster
GIANT KILLING

Your biggest scalp

James Bartram

THEIR RATING 1759
YOURS 1409
GAP +350

Division 5

TOUGHEST OPPONENT

The hardest game

James Bartram

Rated 1759 and you beat them.

THEIR RATING 1759
YOURS 1409
RESULT WIN

Division 5

WHITE & BLACK

Does colour suit you?

WHITE 57.7% 7W · 1D · 5L
13 games
BLACK 60% 3W · 0D · 2L
5 games
FIGHTER OR DIPLOMAT

Fighter

You draw a good deal less than the league does.

YOU
5.6%
LEAGUE
23.7%

1 draw in 18 league games

GM COMPARISON

Drawish company

Your 5.6% is closest to Bobby Fischer on 29%.

  1. Rafal Cala
    5.6%
  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. Rafal Cala YOU
  2. Chris Egitto
  3. Barry Raynes
  4. Reinhold H Heinlein
  5. Zack Norris TOP BOARD

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

YOUR PEOPLE

Who you played

18 different opponents

  • Adam Mussa 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Aidan McCarron 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Archie Fleck 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Beniamin Prundus 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Cash Thom 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Chris Egitto 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Ed Swann 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Frank De Vocht 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Gary Thomas 0W · 0D · 1L
  • James Bartram 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Jason White 1W · 0D · 0L
  • John G Paton 1W · 0D · 0L

and 6 more