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

Richard Watkins

Thornbury Bristol · 1583 standard · 2025-08-01 to 2026-09-01

RATING JOURNEY

Your year in rating

STARTED 1530
NOW 1583
CHANGE +53
PEAK 1598
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep

2025-08-01 to 2026-09-01 · high 1598 · low 1530

SEASON SCOREBOARD

How the season went

54.5% 6 / 11
5WON
2DREW
4LOST

11 league games · Division 3, Division 7

WHERE YOU STAND

Against the country

55.6%

Your 1583 puts you above 13,214 of the 23,766 rated players in England.

Lowest ratedHighest rated
THE ROAD AHEAD

Your next rung

167 rating points to County standard

  1. 1000 Club player ✓
  2. 1250 Club standard ✓
  3. 1500 Strong club player ✓
  4. 1750 County standard +167
  5. 2000 Candidate Master
  6. 2200 FIDE Master
  7. 2400 International Master
  8. 2500 Grandmaster
GIANT KILLING

Your biggest scalp

Jon White

THEIR RATING 1663
YOURS 1542
GAP +121

Division 3

TOUGHEST OPPONENT

The hardest game

David Yuan

Rated 1721 and they won.

THEIR RATING 1721
YOURS 1590
RESULT LOSS

Division 7

WHITE & BLACK

Does colour suit you?

WHITE 71.4% 4W · 2D · 1L
7 games
BLACK 25% 1W · 0D · 3L
4 games
FIGHTER OR DIPLOMAT

Middle of the road

You draw at about the rate the league does.

YOU
18.2%
LEAGUE
23.7%

2 draws in 11 league games

GM COMPARISON

Drawish company

Your 18.2% is closest to Bobby Fischer on 29%.

  1. Richard Watkins
    18.2%
  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. Richard Watkins YOU
  2. Nigel Wilcox
  3. Chris M Strong
  4. Patrick Flores
  5. Jerry Humphreys
  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

10 different opponents · 1 met more than once

  • Jon White 2W · 0D · 0L ×2
  • Darcey Hall 1W · 0D · 0L
  • David Yuan 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Dillon Rock Cooper 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Dillon Waterman 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Jack Morgan 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Luke Coles 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Nigel Wilcox 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Oli Bain 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Tom Schofield 0W · 1D · 0L