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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·
← All players YOUR CHESS YEAR

Elliott Spinney

Bath · 1791 standard · 1495 rapid · 2025-08-01 to 2026-09-01

RATING JOURNEY

Your year in rating

STARTED 1790
NOW 1791
CHANGE +1
PEAK 1803
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep

2025-08-01 to 2026-09-01 · high 1803 · low 1781

RAPID RATING JOURNEY

Your year at rapid

STARTED 1521
NOW 1495
CHANGE -26
PEAK 1521
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep

2025-08-01 to 2026-09-01 · high 1521 · low 1495

SEASON SCOREBOARD

How the season went

37.5% 4.5 / 12
3WON
3DREW
6LOST

12 league games · Division 1, Division 2

WHERE YOU STAND

Against the country

78.8%

Your 1791 puts you above 18,728 of the 23,766 rated players in England.

Lowest ratedHighest rated
THE ROAD AHEAD

Your next rung

209 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 +209
  6. 2200 FIDE Master
  7. 2400 International Master
  8. 2500 Grandmaster
GIANT KILLING

Your biggest scalp

Nigel K Hosken

THEIR RATING 2015
YOURS 1784
GAP +231

Division 1

TOUGHEST OPPONENT

The hardest game

Gareth L Morris

Rated 2037 and they won.

THEIR RATING 2037
YOURS 1809
RESULT LOSS

Division 1

WHITE & BLACK

Does colour suit you?

WHITE 37.5% 2W · 2D · 4L
8 games
BLACK 37.5% 1W · 1D · 2L
4 games
FIGHTER OR DIPLOMAT

Middle of the road

You draw at about the rate the league does.

YOU
25%
LEAGUE
23.7%

3 draws in 12 league games

GM COMPARISON

Drawish company

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

  1. Elliott Spinney
    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

3 games from the top board

A chain of 3 league games links you to James E Cobb (2407), the strongest player in the league.

  1. Elliott Spinney YOU
  2. Gareth L Morris
  3. Chris R Beaumont
  4. James E Cobb TOP BOARD

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

YOUR PEOPLE

Who you played

12 different opponents

  • Alexis Kristoff Malibiran 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Cameron Storey 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Charles Munro 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Dmytro Plotnikov 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Elmira Walker 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Gareth L Morris 0W · 0D · 1L
  • James Guest 0W · 0D · 1L
  • John M Guilfoyle 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Nigel K Hosken 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Robert Attar 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Spencer Lawrence 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Stuart P Iles 1W · 0D · 0L