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

Ben Searle

Clevedon · 1454 standard · 1261 rapid · 2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01

RATING JOURNEY

Your year in rating

STARTED 1440
NOW 1454
CHANGE +14
PEAK 1454
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01 · high 1454 · low 1434

RAPID RATING JOURNEY

Your year at rapid

STARTED 1261
NOW 1261
CHANGE 0
PEAK 1261
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

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

SEASON SCOREBOARD

How the season went

50% 3 / 6
2WON
2DREW
2LOST

6 league games · Division 6

WHERE YOU STAND

Against the country

38.4%

Your 1454 puts you above 9,091 of the 23,675 rated players in England.

Lowest ratedHighest rated
THE ROAD AHEAD

Your next rung

46 rating points to Strong club player

  1. 1000 Club player
  2. 1250 Club standard
  3. 1500 Strong club player +46
  4. 1750 County standard
  5. 2000 Candidate Master
  6. 2200 FIDE Master
  7. 2400 International Master
  8. 2500 Grandmaster
GIANT KILLING

Your biggest scalp

Robert Jr Hawkins

THEIR RATING 1482
YOURS 1444
GAP +38

Division 6

TOUGHEST OPPONENT

The hardest game

James Picton

Rated 1650 and you held them.

THEIR RATING 1650
YOURS 1449
RESULT DRAW

Division 6

WHITE & BLACK

Does colour suit you?

WHITE 50% 2W · 2D · 2L
6 games
BLACK No games recorded with this colour
FIGHTER OR DIPLOMAT

Middle of the road

You draw at about the rate the league does.

YOU
33.3%
LEAGUE
23.7%

2 draws in 6 league games

GM COMPARISON

Drawish company

Your 33.3% is closest to Alexander Alekhine on 30%.

  1. Fischer
    29%
  2. Alekhine
    30%
  3. Ben Searle
    33.3%
  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. Ben Searle YOU
  2. Alex Davey
  3. Jake Bartram
  4. Chris J Edwards
  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

6 different opponents

  • Alex Davey 0W · 0D · 1L
  • James Picton 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Parthib Mojumder 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Peter Ackland 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Robert Jr Hawkins 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Tim Malnich 0W · 0D · 1L