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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

Santosh Murali

Portishead · 1430 standard · 2025-08-01 to 2026-09-01

RATING JOURNEY

Your year in rating

STARTED 1474
NOW 1430
CHANGE -44
PEAK 1474
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep

2025-08-01 to 2026-09-01 · high 1474 · low 1430

SEASON SCOREBOARD

How the season went

22.2% 4 / 18
2WON
4DREW
12LOST

18 league games · Division 3, Division 5, Division 6

WHERE YOU STAND

Against the country

35.7%

Your 1430 puts you above 8,484 of the 23,766 rated players in England.

Lowest ratedHighest rated
THE ROAD AHEAD

Your next rung

70 rating points to Strong club player

  1. 1000 Club player ✓
  2. 1250 Club standard ✓
  3. 1500 Strong club player +70
  4. 1750 County standard
  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

Will Austin

Rated 1845 and they won.

THEIR RATING 1845
YOURS 1468
RESULT LOSS

Division 5

WHITE & BLACK

Does colour suit you?

WHITE 33.3% 2W · 2D · 5L
9 games
BLACK 11.1% 0W · 2D · 7L
9 games
FIGHTER OR DIPLOMAT

Middle of the road

You draw at about the rate the league does.

YOU
22.2%
LEAGUE
23.7%

4 draws in 18 league games

GM COMPARISON

Drawish company

Your 22.2% is closest to Bobby Fischer on 29%.

  1. Santosh Murali
    22.2%
  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

5 games from the top board

A chain of 5 league games links you to James E Cobb (2407), the strongest player in the league.

  1. Santosh Murali YOU
  2. Duncan M Macarthur
  3. Anay Misra
  4. Vasyl Lopatko
  5. Oliver Stubbs
  6. James E Cobb TOP BOARD

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

YOUR PEOPLE

Who you played

18 different opponents

  • Andrew Hewitt 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Brandon Curtis 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Charles Higenbottam 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Duncan M Macarthur 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Edward Honey 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Gregory Sumner 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Hector Hu 0W · 0D · 1L
  • James Bartram 0W · 0D · 1L
  • James W Nichols 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Jon White 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Kevin D Langmaid 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Lukasz Krepa 0W · 0D · 1L

and 6 more