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Harry LeRoy1,198+311·
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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 Picton

Bristol Cabot · 1660 standard · 1358 rapid · 2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01

RATING JOURNEY

Your year in rating

STARTED 1656
NOW 1660
CHANGE +4
PEAK 1661
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01 · high 1661 · low 1642

RAPID RATING JOURNEY

Your year at rapid

STARTED 1456
NOW 1358
CHANGE -98
PEAK 1456
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01 · high 1456 · low 1358

SEASON SCOREBOARD

How the season went

67.6% 11.5 / 17
10WON
3DREW
4LOST

17 league games · Division 5, Division 6

WHERE YOU STAND

Against the country

65.4%

Your 1660 puts you above 15,483 of the 23,675 rated players in England.

Lowest ratedHighest rated
THE ROAD AHEAD

Your next rung

90 rating points to County standard

  1. 1000 Club player
  2. 1250 Club standard
  3. 1500 Strong club player
  4. 1750 County standard +90
  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

Hugo Delestre

Rated 1589 and they won.

THEIR RATING 1589
YOURS 1658
RESULT LOSS

Division 6

WHITE & BLACK

Does colour suit you?

WHITE 87.5% 7W · 0D · 1L
8 games
BLACK 50% 3W · 3D · 3L
9 games
FIGHTER OR DIPLOMAT

Middle of the road

You draw at about the rate the league does.

YOU
17.6%
LEAGUE
23.7%

3 draws in 17 league games

GM COMPARISON

Drawish company

Your 17.6% is closest to Bobby Fischer on 29%.

  1. James Picton
    17.6%
  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

4 games from the top board

A chain of 4 league games links you to Zack Norris (2412), the strongest player in the league.

  1. James Picton YOU
  2. Matt Walker
  3. Chris J Edwards
  4. Spencer Lawrence
  5. Zack Norris TOP BOARD

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

YOUR PEOPLE

Who you played

15 different opponents · 2 met more than once

  • Robert Jr Hawkins 0W · 0D · 2L ×2
  • Thomas Booth 2W · 0D · 0L ×2
  • Arnav Sud 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Ben Searle 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Danny Wilkins 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Hugo Delestre 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Hugo Surendranath 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Matas Cikeliovas 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Matt Walker 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Max Robinson 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Merlin Saunders 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Michael Dean 1W · 0D · 0L

and 3 more