Richard A Bates

Country

ENG

Birth Year

1979

Gender

M

Title

International Master

FIDE ID

403555

FIDE ratings

2287

Classical

Published FIDE

2374

Rapid

Published FIDE

2268

Blitz

Published FIDE

Official classical ranks

World rank
#4515
National rank · ENG
#73

Active players · Oct 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

FIDE rating history

Highest recorded rating
2397 Oct 2017
Recorded years
2001–2026
Archived games
505

Based on available monthly lists and saved games.

ECF ratings

English rankings

ECF code 101997B · Hackney · Latest available list 2026-10-01

2348Standard
2288Rapid
2140Blitz · Provisional

ECF rating history

Revised published ratings. Pre-July 2020 grades use a separate scale.

Published lists
DateTypeScaleOriginalRevised
2026-10-01blitzrating21402140
2026-10-01rapidrating22882288
2026-10-01standardrating23482348
2026-09-01blitzrating21402140
2026-09-01rapidrating22882288
2026-09-01standardrating23432343
2026-08-01blitzrating21402140
2026-08-01rapidrating22882288
2026-08-01standardrating23532353
2026-07-01blitzrating21402140
2026-07-01rapidrating22882288
2026-07-01standardrating23422342
2026-06-01blitzrating21402140
2026-06-01rapidrating22882288
2026-06-01standardrating23182318
2026-05-01blitzrating21402140
2026-05-01rapidrating22882288
2026-05-01standardrating22852285
2026-04-01blitzrating21402140
2026-04-01rapidrating22882288
2026-04-01standardrating22832283
2026-03-01blitzrating21402140
2026-03-01rapidrating23252325
2026-03-01standardrating22942294
2026-02-01rapidrating23252325
2026-02-01standardrating23242324
2026-01-01rapidrating23252325
2026-01-01standardrating23252325
2025-12-01rapidrating23252325
2025-12-01standardrating23372337
2025-11-01rapidrating23252325
2025-11-01standardrating23202320
2025-10-01rapidrating23252325
2025-10-01standardrating23072307
2025-09-01rapidrating23252325
2025-09-01standardrating23072307
2025-08-01rapidrating23252325
2025-08-01standardrating23072307
2025-07-01rapidrating23252325
2025-07-01standardrating23172317
2025-06-01rapidrating23252325
2025-06-01standardrating23212321
2025-05-01rapidrating23252325
2025-05-01standardrating23082308
2025-04-01rapidrating23252325
2025-04-01standardrating23512351
2025-03-01rapidrating23252325
2025-03-01standardrating23582358
2025-02-01rapidrating23252325
2025-02-01standardrating23652367

FIDE rating history

Published rating lists through Oct 2026.

View rating lists
Available Games

Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-10-13 (UTC).

Online games are identified from known tournament names, playing sites and PGN mode. Other games are listed as OTB (over-the-board).

# Date Event Site Round White Black Result Moves View
151 2019-11-30 London Classic Open 2019 London ENG 3.3 Praggnanandhaa R Richard A Bates 1-0 40 Open
152 2019-11-30 London Classic Open 2019 London ENG 2.2 Richard A Bates Caspar J Bates 1-0 43 Open
153 2019-11-29 London Classic Open 2019 London ENG 1.25 Peter Korning Richard A Bates 0-1 41 Open
154 2019-08-04 106th ch-GBR 2019 Torquay ENG 9.13 Richard A Bates Callum D Brewer 1/2-1/2 19 Open
155 2019-08-03 106th ch-GBR 2019 Torquay ENG 8.13 Viktor Stoyanov Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 49 Open
156 2019-08-02 106th ch-GBR 2019 Torquay ENG 7.12 Richard A Bates Charles H Storey 1/2-1/2 29 Open
157 2019-08-01 106th ch-GBR 2019 Torquay ENG 6.8 Daniel Howard Fernandez Richard A Bates 1-0 50 Open
158 2019-07-31 106th ch-GBR 2019 Torquay ENG 5.13 Richard A Bates Christopher Holland 1-0 41 Open
159 2019-07-30 106th ch-GBR 2019 Torquay ENG 4.17 John Merriman Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 22 Open
160 2019-07-29 106th ch-GBR 2019 Torquay ENG 3.1 Richard A Bates Jovanka Houska 0-1 23 Open
161 2019-07-28 106th ch-GBR 2019 Torquay ENG 2.5 John M Emms Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 20 Open
162 2019-07-27 106th ch-GBR 2019 Torquay ENG 1.21 Richard A Bates Sarah N Longson 1-0 35 Open
163 2019-05-06 4NCL Div 1c 2018-19 Telford ENG 11.32 Sam E. Collins Richard A Bates 1-0 51 Open
164 2019-05-04 4NCL Div 1c 2018-19 Telford ENG 9.12 Laurent Fressinet Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 50 Open
165 2019-03-17 4NCL 2018-19 England ENG 8.23 Adam C Taylor Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 55 Open
166 2019-03-16 4NCL 2018-19 England ENG 7.73 Sophie Milliet Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 22 Open
167 2019-02-24 26th Bunratty Masters Bunratty IRL 6.6 Richard A Bates Bogdan Lalic 0-1 26 Open
168 2019-02-24 26th Bunratty Masters Bunratty IRL 5.4 Simon K Williams Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 17 Open
169 2019-02-23 26th Bunratty Masters Bunratty IRL 3.2 Nigel D Short Richard A Bates 1-0 36 Open
170 2019-02-10 4NCL Div 1b 2018-19 Telford ENG 6.56 Miklos Galyas Richard A Bates 1-0 29 Open
171 2019-02-09 4NCL Div 1b 2018-19 Telford ENG 5.73 Alexander Longson Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 37 Open
172 2019-01-13 4NCL Div 1b 2018-19 Daventry, ENG 4.83 Richard A Bates Tamas Jr. Fodor 0-1 30 Open
173 2019-01-12 4NCL Div 1b 2018-19 Daventry, ENG 3.83 Richard York-Weaving Richard A Bates 0-1 64 Open
174 2019-01-06 Hastings Masters 2018-19 Hastings ENG 10.7 Richard A Bates Alexander Cherniaev 0-1 58 Open
175 2019-01-05 Hastings Masters 2018-19 Hastings ENG 9.7 Richard A Bates Mark Lyell 1/2-1/2 24 Open
176 2019-01-04 Hastings Masters 2018-19 Hastings ENG 8.4 Bogdan Lalic Richard A Bates 1-0 32 Open
177 2019-01-03 Hastings Masters 2018-19 Hastings ENG 7.7 Richard A Bates Borna Derakhshani 1-0 41 Open
178 2019-01-02 Hastings Masters 2018-19 Hastings ENG 6.8 Stefan, Dr. Spiegel Richard A Bates 0-1 28 Open
179 2019-01-01 Hastings Masters 2018-19 Hastings ENG 5.13 Richard A Bates Thomas Brown 1-0 44 Open
180 2018-12-31 Hastings Masters 2018-19 Hastings ENG 4.12 Stuart A White Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 44 Open
181 2018-12-30 Hastings Masters 2018-19 Hastings ENG 3.1 Richard A Bates Kumar Sumit 1/2-1/2 71 Open
182 2018-12-29 Hastings Masters 2018-19 Hastings ENG 2.2 Oleg Korneev Richard A Bates 1-0 40 Open
183 2018-12-28 Hastings Masters 2018-19 Hastings ENG 1.11 Richard A Bates Robert S Eames 1-0 37 Open
184 2018-12-16 London Classic Open 2018 London ENG 9.21 Richard A Bates Phil J Brooks 1/2-1/2 71 Open
185 2018-12-15 London Classic Open 2018 London ENG 8.11 Keith C Arkell Richard A Bates 1-0 56 Open
186 2018-12-15 London Classic Open 2018 London ENG 7.24 Richard A Bates Zhuo Ren Lim 1-0 31 Open
187 2018-12-14 London Classic Open 2018 London ENG 6.24 Lennart Sperling Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 41 Open
188 2018-12-13 London Classic Open 2018 London ENG 5.28 Richard A Bates Maciej Czopor 1-0 63 Open
189 2018-12-12 London Classic Open 2018 London ENG 4.28 Zhi Wei William Woong Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 20 Open
190 2018-12-11 London Classic Open 2018 London ENG 3.31 Richard A Bates Andrew M Stone 1/2-1/2 28 Open
191 2018-12-10 London Classic Open 2018 London ENG 2.53 Sam Jukes Richard A Bates 0-1 48 Open
192 2018-12-09 London Classic Open 2018 London ENG 1.36 Richard A Bates Simon R Edwards 1/2-1/2 34 Open
193 2018-11-25 32nd British Rapid 2018 Ilkley ENG 9.3 Mike J Surtees Richard A Bates 0-1 31 Open
194 2018-11-25 32nd British Rapid 2018 Ilkley ENG 8.3 Richard A Bates Yichen Han 1-0 29 Open
195 2018-11-25 32nd British Rapid 2018 Ilkley ENG 7.3 Aron J Cohen Richard A Bates 0-1 39 Open
196 2018-11-25 32nd British Rapid 2018 Ilkley ENG 11.2 Tim P Wall Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 20 Open
197 2018-11-25 32nd British Rapid 2018 Ilkley ENG 10.3 Richard A Bates Jonah B Willow 1-0 56 Open
198 2018-11-24 32nd British Rapid 2018 Ilkley ENG 5.1 Gediminas Sarakauskas Richard A Bates 1-0 25 Open
199 2018-11-24 32nd British Rapid 2018 Ilkley ENG 4.2 Richard A Bates Daniel W Gormally 1/2-1/2 54 Open
200 2018-11-24 32nd British Rapid 2018 Ilkley ENG 3.4 Peter Shaw Richard A Bates 0-1 28 Open

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