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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

Edward Ames

Portishead · 1533 standard · 1459 rapid · 2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01

RATING JOURNEY

Your year in rating

STARTED 1557
NOW 1533
CHANGE -24
PEAK 1576
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01 · high 1576 · low 1533

RAPID RATING JOURNEY

Your year at rapid

STARTED 1395
NOW 1459
CHANGE +64
PEAK 1459
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01 · high 1459 · low 1395

SEASON SCOREBOARD

How the season went

18.8% 1.5 / 8
1WON
1DREW
6LOST

8 league games · Division 3

WHERE YOU STAND

Against the country

48.9%

Your 1533 puts you above 11,577 of the 23,675 rated players in England.

Lowest ratedHighest rated
THE ROAD AHEAD

Your next rung

217 rating points to County standard

  1. 1000 Club player
  2. 1250 Club standard
  3. 1500 Strong club player
  4. 1750 County standard +217
  5. 2000 Candidate Master
  6. 2200 FIDE Master
  7. 2400 International Master
  8. 2500 Grandmaster
GIANT KILLING

Your biggest scalp

Oli Bain

THEIR RATING 1628
YOURS 1558
GAP +70

Division 3

TOUGHEST OPPONENT

The hardest game

James Facey

Rated 1774 and they won.

THEIR RATING 1774
YOURS 1563
RESULT LOSS

Division 3

WHITE & BLACK

Does colour suit you?

WHITE 33.3% 1W · 0D · 2L
3 games
BLACK 10% 0W · 1D · 4L
5 games
FIGHTER OR DIPLOMAT

Middle of the road

You draw at about the rate the league does.

YOU
12.5%
LEAGUE
23.7%

1 draw in 8 league games

GM COMPARISON

Drawish company

Your 12.5% is closest to Bobby Fischer on 29%.

  1. Edward Ames
    12.5%
  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. Edward Ames YOU
  2. Oli Bain
  3. Jack Tye
  4. John E Curtis
  5. Zack Norris TOP BOARD

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

YOUR PEOPLE

Who you played

7 different opponents · 1 met more than once

  • Dillon Rock Cooper 0W · 0D · 2L ×2
  • Carolus Tang 0W · 0D · 1L
  • James Facey 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Jeremy Gardner 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Jon White 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Oli Bain 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Xiaojun Tang 0W · 0D · 1L