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LIVEBRISTOL & DISTRICTS · RATING CHANGES · SEPTEMBER 202620 PLAYERS
Noah Taylor1,858▲ +319·
Harry LeRoy1,198▲ +311·
Ibrahim Damghani1,623▲ +300·
Adam Mussa1,678▲ +267·
Carolus Tang1,764▲ +215·
Aidan McCarron1,475▲ +187·
Michael Fielding1,786▲ +181·
Naveen Daniel George1,739▲ +176·
Alexis Kristoff Malibiran1,902▲ +173·
William Mullaney1,722▲ +167·
Yuri Warman1,282▲ +167·
Nicholas Cunliffe1,712▲ +157·
Hector Hu1,552▲ +137·
Benjamin Zhang1,474▲ +135·
David B McGeeney1,764▲ +122·
Colin J Davis2,142▲ +117·
Nathaniel Wu1,625▲ +108·
Chris Egitto1,459▲ +101·
Beth Gillman1,240▲ +99·
Chris J Edwards1,799▲ +96·
Noah Taylor1,858▲ +319·
Harry LeRoy1,198▲ +311·
Ibrahim Damghani1,623▲ +300·
Adam Mussa1,678▲ +267·
Carolus Tang1,764▲ +215·
Aidan McCarron1,475▲ +187·
Michael Fielding1,786▲ +181·
Naveen Daniel George1,739▲ +176·
Alexis Kristoff Malibiran1,902▲ +173·
William Mullaney1,722▲ +167·
Yuri Warman1,282▲ +167·
Nicholas Cunliffe1,712▲ +157·
Hector Hu1,552▲ +137·
Benjamin Zhang1,474▲ +135·
David B McGeeney1,764▲ +122·
Colin J Davis2,142▲ +117·
Nathaniel Wu1,625▲ +108·
Chris Egitto1,459▲ +101·
Beth Gillman1,240▲ +99·
Chris J Edwards1,799▲ +96·
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Adam Mussa

Bristol & Clifton · 1678 standard · 1430 rapid · 2025-08-01 to 2026-09-01

RATING JOURNEY

Your year in rating

STARTED 1411
NOW 1678
CHANGE +267
PEAK 1678
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep

2025-08-01 to 2026-09-01 · high 1678 · low 1411

RAPID RATING JOURNEY

Your year at rapid

STARTED 1348
NOW 1430
CHANGE +82
PEAK 1439
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep

2025-08-01 to 2026-09-01 · high 1439 · low 1348

SEASON SCOREBOARD

How the season went

62.5% 10 / 16
8WON
4DREW
4LOST

16 league games · Division 2, Division 3, Division 4

WHERE YOU STAND

Against the country

67.5%

Your 1678 puts you above 16,042 of the 23,766 rated players in England.

Lowest ratedHighest rated
THE ROAD AHEAD

Your next rung

72 rating points to County standard

  1. 1000 Club player ✓
  2. 1250 Club standard ✓
  3. 1500 Strong club player ✓
  4. 1750 County standard +72
  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

Gareth Cullen

Rated 1635 and they won.

THEIR RATING 1635
YOURS 1633
RESULT LOSS

Division 3

WHITE & BLACK

Does colour suit you?

WHITE 75% 4W · 1D · 1L
6 games
BLACK 55% 4W · 3D · 3L
10 games
FIGHTER OR DIPLOMAT

Middle of the road

You draw at about the rate the league does.

YOU
25%
LEAGUE
23.7%

4 draws in 16 league games

GM COMPARISON

Drawish company

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

  1. Adam Mussa
    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 James E Cobb (2407), the strongest player in the league.

  1. Adam Mussa YOU
  2. Grant Daly
  3. Barry Raynes
  4. Reinhold H Heinlein
  5. Jerry Humphreys
  6. James E Cobb TOP BOARD

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

YOUR PEOPLE

Who you played

16 different opponents

  • Andreas Stalidis 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Duncan M Macarthur 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Gareth Cullen 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Grant Daly 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Guy Roper 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Jack Buckley 0W · 1D · 0L
  • John L Paines 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Matt Howells 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Oliver Branch 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Patrick Bourne 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Paul J Osborne 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Rafal Cala 1W · 0D · 0L

and 4 more