Merlin Saunders

2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01 · high 1553 · low 1517

2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01 · high 1528 · low 1528

7 league games · Division 6

197 rating points to County standard

1. 1000 Club player ✓
2. 1250 Club standard ✓
3. 1500 Strong club player ✓
4. 1750 County standard +197
5. 2000 Candidate Master
6. 2200 FIDE Master
7. 2400 International Master
8. 2500 Grandmaster

Brian Crewe

Division 6

Dillon Rock Cooper

Rated 1732 and they won.

Division 6

You draw at about the rate the league does.

2 draws in 7 league games

Your 28.6% is closest to Bobby Fischer on 29%.

1. Merlin Saunders
   28.6%
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.

A chain of 5 league games links you to Zack Norris (2412), the strongest player in the league.

1. Merlin Saunders YOU
2. Brian Crewe
3. Richard Barnes
4. Alan Papier
5. Spencer Lawrence
6. Zack Norris TOP BOARD

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

7 different opponents

• Alfred Holton-Stoppani 1W · 0D · 0L
• Brian Crewe 1W · 0D · 0L
• Dillon Rock Cooper 0W · 0D · 1L
• Ibrahim Damghani 1W · 0D · 0L
• James Mendelsohn 1W · 0D · 0L
• James Picton 0W · 1D · 0L
• Patrick Bourne 0W · 1D · 0L