WHAT'S ONRANKINGSCOMMUNITY YOUR CHESS YEAR
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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Alex Mckeigue

Yate & Sodbury · 1834 standard · 2025-08-01 to 2026-09-01

RATING JOURNEY

Your year in rating

STARTED 1814
NOW 1834
CHANGE +20
PEAK 1834
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep

2025-08-01 to 2026-09-01 · high 1834 · low 1814

SEASON SCOREBOARD

How the season went

72.2% 6.5 / 9
5WON
3DREW
1LOST

9 league games · Division 3

WHERE YOU STAND

Against the country

82.3%

Your 1834 puts you above 19,559 of the 23,766 rated players in England.

Lowest ratedHighest rated
THE ROAD AHEAD

Your next rung

166 rating points to Candidate Master

  1. 1000 Club player ✓
  2. 1250 Club standard ✓
  3. 1500 Strong club player ✓
  4. 1750 County standard ✓
  5. 2000 Candidate Master +166
  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

Iain Bourne

Rated 1872 and they won.

THEIR RATING 1872
YOURS 1814
RESULT LOSS

Division 3

WHITE & BLACK

Does colour suit you?

WHITE 100% 3W · 0D · 0L
3 games
BLACK 58.3% 2W · 3D · 1L
6 games
FIGHTER OR DIPLOMAT

Middle of the road

You draw at about the rate the league does.

YOU
33.3%
LEAGUE
23.7%

3 draws in 9 league games

GM COMPARISON

Drawish company

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

  1. Fischer
    29%
  2. Alekhine
    30%
  3. Alex Mckeigue
    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

4 games from the top board

A chain of 4 league games links you to James E Cobb (2407), the strongest player in the league.

  1. Alex Mckeigue YOU
  2. Chris M Strong
  3. Patrick Flores
  4. Jerry Humphreys
  5. James E Cobb TOP BOARD

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

YOUR PEOPLE

Who you played

9 different opponents

  • Carolus Tang 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Chris M Strong 0W · 1D · 0L
  • David C Neagle 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Iain Bourne 0W · 0D · 1L
  • J Andrew Borkowski 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Milan Milicevic 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Nigel Pollett 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Tim Withers 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Zack Reed 0W · 1D · 0L