WHAT'S ONRANKINGSCOMMUNITY YOUR CHESS YEAR
LIVEBRISTOL & DISTRICTS · RATING CHANGES · JULY 202620 PLAYERS
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·
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

Gareth Hughes

North Bristol · 1629 standard · 2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01

RATING JOURNEY

Your year in rating

STARTED 1768
NOW 1629
CHANGE -139
PEAK 1768
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul

2025-08-01 to 2026-07-01 · high 1768 · low 1626

SEASON SCOREBOARD

How the season went

58.3% 7 / 12
5WON
4DREW
3LOST

12 league games · Division 4

WHERE YOU STAND

Against the country

61.6%

Your 1629 puts you above 14,584 of the 23,675 rated players in England.

Lowest ratedHighest rated
THE ROAD AHEAD

Your next rung

121 rating points to County standard

  1. 1000 Club player
  2. 1250 Club standard
  3. 1500 Strong club player
  4. 1750 County standard +121
  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

Jonathon Gould

Rated 1657 and you held them.

THEIR RATING 1657
YOURS 1647
RESULT DRAW

Division 4

WHITE & BLACK

Does colour suit you?

WHITE 50% 2W · 3D · 2L
7 games
BLACK 70% 3W · 1D · 1L
5 games
FIGHTER OR DIPLOMAT

Middle of the road

You draw at about the rate the league does.

YOU
33.3%
LEAGUE
23.7%

4 draws in 12 league games

GM COMPARISON

Drawish company

Your 33.3% is closest to Alexander Alekhine on 30%.

  1. Fischer
    29%
  2. Alekhine
    30%
  3. Gareth Hughes
    33.3%
  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. Gareth Hughes YOU
  2. Cash Thom
  3. Peter E Chaplin
  4. Spencer Lawrence
  5. Zack Norris TOP BOARD

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

YOUR PEOPLE

Who you played

11 different opponents · 1 met more than once

  • Richard Barnes 0W · 1D · 1L ×2
  • Adrian Catchpole 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Andreas Stalidis 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Bihui Jin 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Cash Thom 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Chris Egitto 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Ivan Penev 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Jonathon Gould 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Michael Jennings 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Rod Taylor 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Scott White 1W · 0D · 0L