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

Gareth Cullen

South Bristol · 1618 standard · 1513 rapid · 2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01

RATING JOURNEY

Your year in rating

STARTED 1664
NOW 1618
CHANGE -46
PEAK 1664
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01 · high 1664 · low 1618

RAPID RATING JOURNEY

Your year at rapid

STARTED 1513
NOW 1513
CHANGE 0
PEAK 1513
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01 · high 1513 · low 1513

SEASON SCOREBOARD

How the season went

47.8% 11 / 23
9WON
4DREW
10LOST

23 league games · Division 2, Division 3, Division 4

WHERE YOU STAND

Against the country

60.2%

Your 1618 puts you above 14,252 of the 23,675 rated players in England.

Lowest ratedHighest rated
THE ROAD AHEAD

Your next rung

132 rating points to County standard

  1. 1000 Club player
  2. 1250 Club standard
  3. 1500 Strong club player
  4. 1750 County standard +132
  5. 2000 Candidate Master
  6. 2200 FIDE Master
  7. 2400 International Master
  8. 2500 Grandmaster
GIANT KILLING

Your biggest scalp

Rayyan Mussa

THEIR RATING 1774
YOURS 1610
GAP +164

Division 4

TOUGHEST OPPONENT

The hardest game

Anay Misra

Rated 1827 and they won.

THEIR RATING 1827
YOURS 1661
RESULT LOSS

Division 4

WHITE & BLACK

Does colour suit you?

WHITE 42.9% 4W · 4D · 6L
14 games
BLACK 55.6% 5W · 0D · 4L
9 games
FIGHTER OR DIPLOMAT

Middle of the road

You draw at about the rate the league does.

YOU
17.4%
LEAGUE
23.7%

4 draws in 23 league games

GM COMPARISON

Drawish company

Your 17.4% is closest to Bobby Fischer on 29%.

  1. Gareth Cullen
    17.4%
  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. Gareth Cullen YOU
  2. Grant Daly
  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

22 different opponents · 1 met more than once

  • Oli Bain 1W · 1D · 0L ×2
  • Adam Mussa 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Alejandro Vilchez Diaz 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Anay Misra 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Andrew Penn 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Aryan Sonnadamath 0W · 0D · 1L
  • David Woodcock 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Frank De Vocht 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Grant Daly 1W · 0D · 0L
  • James Guest 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Jason Blaxill 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Jeremy Gardner 0W · 0D · 1L

and 10 more