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

Alex Jones

Horfield & Redland · 1231 standard · 1309 rapid · 2025-08-01 to 2026-09-01

RATING JOURNEY

Your year in rating

STARTED 1603
NOW 1231
CHANGE -372
PEAK 1603
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep

2025-08-01 to 2026-09-01 · high 1603 · low 1165

RAPID RATING JOURNEY

Your year at rapid

STARTED 1336
NOW 1309
CHANGE -27
PEAK 1336
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSep

2025-08-01 to 2026-09-01 · high 1336 · low 1309

SEASON SCOREBOARD

How the season went

25% 3.5 / 14
2WON
3DREW
9LOST

14 league games · Division 4, Division 5, Division 7

WHERE YOU STAND

Against the country

16.7%

Your 1231 puts you above 3,969 of the 23,766 rated players in England.

Lowest ratedHighest rated
THE ROAD AHEAD

Your next rung

19 rating points to Club standard

  1. 1000 Club player ✓
  2. 1250 Club standard +19
  3. 1500 Strong club player
  4. 1750 County standard
  5. 2000 Candidate Master
  6. 2200 FIDE Master
  7. 2400 International Master
  8. 2500 Grandmaster
GIANT KILLING

Your biggest scalp

Filippos Babalitis

THEIR RATING 1485
YOURS 1202
GAP +283

Division 5

TOUGHEST OPPONENT

The hardest game

James Cruickshank

Rated 1730 and they won.

THEIR RATING 1730
YOURS 1329
RESULT LOSS

Division 4

WHITE & BLACK

Does colour suit you?

WHITE 11.1% 0W · 2D · 7L
9 games
BLACK 50% 2W · 1D · 2L
5 games
FIGHTER OR DIPLOMAT

Middle of the road

You draw at about the rate the league does.

YOU
21.4%
LEAGUE
23.7%

3 draws in 14 league games

GM COMPARISON

Drawish company

Your 21.4% is closest to Bobby Fischer on 29%.

  1. Alex Jones
    21.4%
  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. Alex Jones YOU
  2. James Cruickshank
  3. Aimee Lowry
  4. Duncan D Grossett
  5. Rob Hearne
  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

12 different opponents · 2 met more than once

  • Arnav Sud 0W · 1D · 1L ×2
  • Fisker Xu 0W · 1D · 1L ×2
  • Chris Connell 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Chris Hall 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Filippos Babalitis 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Gary Thomas 0W · 0D · 1L
  • James Cruickshank 0W · 0D · 1L
  • James Meadows 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Luke Coles 0W · 0D · 1L
  • Philip Burnett 0W · 1D · 0L
  • Thomas Booth 1W · 0D · 0L
  • Vivaan Suresha 0W · 0D · 1L