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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Oli Bain

Bristol & Clifton · 1591 standard · 1583 rapid · 2025-08-01 to 2026-09-01

RATING JOURNEY

Your year in rating

STARTED 1621
NOW 1591
CHANGE -30
PEAK 1630
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep

2025-08-01 to 2026-09-01 · high 1630 · low 1584

RAPID RATING JOURNEY

Your year at rapid

STARTED 1583
NOW 1583
CHANGE 0
PEAK 1583
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep

2025-08-01 to 2026-09-01 · high 1583 · low 1583

SEASON SCOREBOARD

How the season went

47.7% 10.5 / 22
8WON
5DREW
9LOST

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

WHERE YOU STAND

Against the country

56.7%

Your 1591 puts you above 13,475 of the 23,766 rated players in England.

Lowest ratedHighest rated
THE ROAD AHEAD

Your next rung

159 rating points to County standard

  1. 1000 Club player ✓
  2. 1250 Club standard ✓
  3. 1500 Strong club player ✓
  4. 1750 County standard +159
  5. 2000 Candidate Master
  6. 2200 FIDE Master
  7. 2400 International Master
  8. 2500 Grandmaster
GIANT KILLING

Your biggest scalp

James Cruickshank

THEIR RATING 1730
YOURS 1607
GAP +123

Division 4

TOUGHEST OPPONENT

The hardest game

Jack Tye

Rated 1779 and you held them.

THEIR RATING 1779
YOURS 1612
RESULT DRAW

Division 4

WHITE & BLACK

Does colour suit you?

WHITE 50% 6W · 4D · 6L
16 games
BLACK 41.7% 2W · 1D · 3L
6 games
FIGHTER OR DIPLOMAT

Middle of the road

You draw at about the rate the league does.

YOU
22.7%
LEAGUE
23.7%

5 draws in 22 league games

GM COMPARISON

Drawish company

Your 22.7% is closest to Bobby Fischer on 29%.

  1. Oli Bain
    22.7%
  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 James E Cobb (2407), the strongest player in the league.

  1. Oli Bain 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

21 different opponents · 1 met more than once

  • Gareth Cullen 0W · 1D · 1L ×2
  • Alejandro Vilchez Diaz 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Ben Mumford 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Ben Radford 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Chris M Strong 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Duncan M Macarthur 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Edward Ames 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Jack Tye 0W · 1D · 0L
  • James Cruickshank 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Jason Blaxill 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Jeremy Gardner 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Jon White 0W · 0D · 1L

and 9 more