James Thomas

2025-08-01 to 2026-09-01 · high 2149 · low 2090

2025-08-01 to 2026-09-01 · high 2063 · low 1999

7 league games · Division 1

59 rating points to FIDE Master

1. 1000 Club player ✓
2. 1250 Club standard ✓
3. 1500 Strong club player ✓
4. 1750 County standard ✓
5. 2000 Candidate Master ✓
6. 2200 FIDE Master +59
7. 2400 International Master
8. 2500 Grandmaster

Oscar Garcia

Rated 2194 and you held them.

Division 1

You draw a good deal more than the league does.

3 draws in 7 league games

Your 42.9% is closest to Magnus Carlsen on 44%.

1. Fischer
   29%
2. Alekhine
   30%
3. Capablanca
   39%
4. James Thomas
   42.9%
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 3 league games links you to James E Cobb (2407), the strongest player in the league.

1. James Thomas YOU
2. Derek C Pugh
3. David E Buckley
4. James E Cobb TOP BOARD

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

7 different opponents

• Derek C Pugh 0W · 0D · 1L
• Gareth L Morris 1W · 0D · 0L
• John E Curtis 0W · 0D · 1L
• Oscar Garcia 0W · 1D · 0L
• Patrick Flores 0W · 1D · 0L
• Paul D Helbig 1W · 0D · 0L
• Tom Shepherd 0W · 1D · 0L