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·
← All players YOUR CHESS YEAR

Lawrence Northam

Yate & Sodbury · 1865 standard · 1736 rapid · 2025-08-01 to 2026-09-01

RATING JOURNEY

Your year in rating

STARTED 1836
NOW 1865
CHANGE +29
PEAK 1865
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep

2025-08-01 to 2026-09-01 · high 1865 · low 1818

RAPID RATING JOURNEY

Your year at rapid

STARTED 1567
NOW 1736
CHANGE +169
PEAK 1736
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep

2025-08-01 to 2026-09-01 · high 1736 · low 1567

SEASON SCOREBOARD

How the season went

50% 6.5 / 13
3WON
7DREW
3LOST

13 league games · Division 3

WHERE YOU STAND

Against the country

84.5%

Your 1865 puts you above 20,082 of the 23,766 rated players in England.

Lowest ratedHighest rated
THE ROAD AHEAD

Your next rung

135 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 +135
  6. 2200 FIDE Master
  7. 2400 International Master
  8. 2500 Grandmaster
GIANT KILLING

Your biggest scalp

Alan Clarke

THEIR RATING 1865
YOURS 1820
GAP +45

Division 3

TOUGHEST OPPONENT

The hardest game

Matthew DJ Wilson

Rated 1963 and they won.

THEIR RATING 1963
YOURS 1828
RESULT LOSS

Division 3

WHITE & BLACK

Does colour suit you?

WHITE 42.9% 1W · 4D · 2L
7 games
BLACK 58.3% 2W · 3D · 1L
6 games
FIGHTER OR DIPLOMAT

Diplomat

You draw a good deal more than the league does.

YOU
53.8%
LEAGUE
23.7%

7 draws in 13 league games

GM COMPARISON

Drawish company

Your 53.8% is closest to Tigran Petrosian on 55%.

  1. Fischer
    29%
  2. Alekhine
    30%
  3. Capablanca
    39%
  4. Carlsen
    44%
  5. Tal
    46%
  6. Kasparov
    47%
  7. Karpov
    52%
  8. Lawrence Northam
    53.8%
  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. Lawrence Northam YOU
  2. Zack Reed
  3. A Clive Walley
  4. Chris R Beaumont
  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

11 different opponents · 2 met more than once

  • Baptiste Suescun 0W · 2D · 0L ×2
  • Matthew DJ Wilson 0W · 0D · 2L ×2
  • Alan Clarke 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Alan Papier 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Carolus Tang 0W · 1D · 0L
  • David O Vaughan 0W · 1D · 0L
  • GA Harvey 0W · 1D · 0L
  • George I Miller 0W · 1D · 0L
  • John E Richards 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Lynda Smith 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Zack Reed 0W · 0D · 1L