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Michael Fielding1,774+169·
William Mullaney1,722+167·
Yuri Warman1,278+163·
Naveen Daniel George1,722+159·
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Benjamin Zhang1,474+135·
Nathaniel Wu1,625+108·
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Richard Barnes

Bristol & Clifton · 1599 standard · 2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01

RATING JOURNEY

Your year in rating

STARTED 1576
NOW 1599
CHANGE +23
PEAK 1623
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01 · high 1623 · low 1576

RAPID RATING JOURNEY

Your year at rapid

STARTED 1580
NOW 1580
CHANGE 0
PEAK 1580
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01 · high 1580 · low 1580

SEASON SCOREBOARD

How the season went

51.9% 14 / 27
12WON
4DREW
11LOST

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

WHERE YOU STAND

Against the country

57.5%

Your 1599 puts you above 13,613 of the 23,675 rated players in England.

Lowest ratedHighest rated
THE ROAD AHEAD

Your next rung

151 rating points to County standard

  1. 1000 Club player
  2. 1250 Club standard
  3. 1500 Strong club player
  4. 1750 County standard +151
  5. 2000 Candidate Master
  6. 2200 FIDE Master
  7. 2400 International Master
  8. 2500 Grandmaster
GIANT KILLING

Your biggest scalp

Alan Papier

THEIR RATING 1744
YOURS 1607
GAP +137

Division 4

TOUGHEST OPPONENT

The hardest game

Christopher D Johnson

Rated 1762 and they won.

THEIR RATING 1762
YOURS 1576
RESULT LOSS

Division 4

WHITE & BLACK

Does colour suit you?

WHITE 50% 6W · 2D · 6L
14 games
BLACK 53.8% 6W · 2D · 5L
13 games
FIGHTER OR DIPLOMAT

Middle of the road

You draw at about the rate the league does.

YOU
14.8%
LEAGUE
23.7%

4 draws in 27 league games

GM COMPARISON

Drawish company

Your 14.8% is closest to Bobby Fischer on 29%.

  1. Richard Barnes
    14.8%
  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

3 games from the top board

A chain of 3 league games links you to Zack Norris (2412), the strongest player in the league.

  1. Richard Barnes YOU
  2. Alan Papier
  3. Spencer Lawrence
  4. Zack Norris TOP BOARD

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

YOUR PEOPLE

Who you played

25 different opponents · 2 met more than once

  • Gareth Hughes 1W · 1D · 0L ×2
  • Phillip Lawson 0W · 0D · 2L ×2
  • Alan Papier 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Andreas Stalidis 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Anton Beketov 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Bihui Jin 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Brian Crewe 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Christopher D Johnson 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Dmitriy Borodkin 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Edward Lund 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Graham Strickland 1W · 0D · 0L
  • James W Nichols 1W · 0D · 0L

and 13 more