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

James Mendelsohn

North Bristol · 1261 standard · 2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01

RATING JOURNEY

Your year in rating

STARTED 1295
NOW 1261
CHANGE -34
PEAK 1301
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01 · high 1301 · low 1261

SEASON SCOREBOARD

How the season went

20.8% 2.5 / 12
1WON
3DREW
8LOST

12 league games · Division 6, Division 7

WHERE YOU STAND

Against the country

18.8%

Your 1261 puts you above 4,451 of the 23,675 rated players in England.

Lowest ratedHighest rated
THE ROAD AHEAD

Your next rung

239 rating points to Strong club player

  1. 1000 Club player
  2. 1250 Club standard
  3. 1500 Strong club player +239
  4. 1750 County standard
  5. 2000 Candidate Master
  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

Edward Honey

Rated 1617 and they won.

THEIR RATING 1617
YOURS 1273
RESULT LOSS

Division 6

WHITE & BLACK

Does colour suit you?

WHITE 16.7% 0W · 2D · 4L
6 games
BLACK 25% 1W · 1D · 4L
6 games
FIGHTER OR DIPLOMAT

Middle of the road

You draw at about the rate the league does.

YOU
25%
LEAGUE
23.7%

3 draws in 12 league games

GM COMPARISON

Drawish company

Your 25% is closest to Bobby Fischer on 29%.

  1. James Mendelsohn
    25%
  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

5 games from the top board

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

  1. James Mendelsohn YOU
  2. Piotr Kwiatowski
  3. Zack Reed
  4. Vasyl Lopatko
  5. Spencer Lawrence
  6. Zack Norris TOP BOARD

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

YOUR PEOPLE

Who you played

11 different opponents · 1 met more than once

  • Simba Foluke 1W · 1D · 0L ×2
  • Alun Evans 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Beth Gillman 0W · 0D · 1L
  • C Devon Thomas 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Edward Honey 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Izzy Jacobs 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Merlin Saunders 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Nicholas Bremner 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Oliver Branch 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Pete Pennekett 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Piotr Kwiatowski 0W · 1D · 0L