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
251 2018-01-01 Hastings Masters 2017-18 Hastings ENG 5.1 Richard A Bates Adam C Taylor 0-1 29 Open
252 2017-12-31 Hastings Masters 2017-18 Hastings ENG 4.13 Aditya Verma Richard A Bates 0-1 45 Open
253 2017-12-30 Hastings Masters 2017-18 Hastings ENG 3.4 Richard A Bates Daniel W Gormally 0-1 30 Open
254 2017-12-29 Hastings Masters 2017-18 Hastings ENG 2.2 G.A. Stany Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 41 Open
255 2017-12-28 Hastings Masters 2017-18 Hastings ENG 1.14 Richard A Bates Xinyue Sun 1-0 30 Open
256 2017-12-10 London CC Superblitz KO London ENG 1.2 Richard A Bates Daniel W Gormally 0-1 43 Open
257 2017-12-10 London CC Superblitz KO London ENG 1.1 Daniel W Gormally Richard A Bates 1-0 27 Open
258 2017-12-09 London Classic Open 2017 London ENG 9.38 Richard A Bates Mikhail Sedykh 1-0 37 Open
259 2017-12-08 London Classic Open 2017 London ENG 8.4 Hamish Olson Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 30 Open
260 2017-12-07 London Classic Open 2017 London ENG 7.35 Richard A Bates Tim Kett 1/2-1/2 22 Open
261 2017-12-06 London Classic Open 2017 London ENG 6.43 Jack Van Zyl-Rudd Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 19 Open
262 2017-12-05 London Classic Open 2017 London ENG 5.15 Richard A Bates Florian, Dr. Handke 0-1 46 Open
263 2017-12-04 London Classic Open 2017 London ENG 4.4 Nihal Sarin Richard A Bates 1-0 35 Open
264 2017-12-03 London Classic Open 2017 London ENG 3.16 Richard A Bates Anthony Bellaiche 1-0 42 Open
265 2017-12-03 London Classic Open 2017 London ENG 2.51 Ashley Stewart Richard A Bates 0-1 30 Open
266 2017-12-02 London Classic Open 2017 London ENG 1.56 Richard A Bates Youssef Iraqui 1-0 36 Open
267 2017-11-12 4NCL 2017-18 Telford ENG 2.72 Sam E. Collins Richard A Bates 1-0 36 Open
268 2017-11-11 4NCL 2017-18 Telford ENG 1.82 Richard A Bates Charlie B Nettleton 1-0 35 Open
269 2017-11-05 16th 4NCL Congress 2017 Coventry ENG 5.11 Richard A Bates Thivyaa Rahulan 1-0 35 Open
270 2017-11-05 16th 4NCL Congress 2017 Coventry ENG 4.18 Richard A Bates Shyam Jagdish Modi 1-0 34 Open
271 2017-11-04 16th 4NCL Congress 2017 Coventry ENG 3.24 Imogen A L Camp Richard A Bates 0-1 33 Open
272 2017-11-04 16th 4NCL Congress 2017 Coventry ENG 2.22 Richard A Bates Shabir Okhai 0-1 32 Open
273 2017-11-03 16th 4NCL Congress 2017 Coventry ENG 1.1 Ioanis Lentzos Richard A Bates 1-0 33 Open
274 2017-07-08 5th Kings Place Open 2017 London ENG 6.2 Thomas E Rendle Richard A Bates 0-1 73 Open
275 2017-07-08 5th Kings Place Open 2017 London ENG 5.4 Richard A Bates David W L Howell 1-0 50 Open
276 2017-05-01 4NCL 2016-17 Telford ENG 11.54 George E O`Toole Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 26 Open
277 2017-04-30 4NCL 2016-17 Telford ENG 10.53 Pavel Asenov Richard A Bates 0-1 49 Open
278 2017-04-29 4NCL 2016-17 Telford ENG 9.53 Richard A Bates Roger H Coathup 1-0 27 Open
279 2017-04-17 61st Southend Easter 2017 Southend ENG 7.3 Richard G Pert Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 40 Open
280 2017-04-16 61st Southend Easter 2017 Southend ENG 6.1 Richard A Bates Timur Gareyev 0-1 37 Open
281 2017-04-16 61st Southend Easter 2017 Southend ENG 5.3 Richard A Bates Ezra Kirk 1-0 17 Open
282 2017-04-15 61st Southend Easter 2017 Southend ENG 4.1 Mark L Hebden Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 28 Open
283 2017-04-14 61st Southend Easter 2017 Southend ENG 1.5 Richard A Bates Krzysztof Jamroz 1-0 44 Open
284 2017-03-05 4NCL 2016-17 Telford ENG 8.53 Andrew P Lewis Richard A Bates 0-1 25 Open
285 2017-03-04 4NCL 2016-17 Telford ENG 7.43 Stephen J Gordon Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 46 Open
286 2017-02-19 Bunratty Masters 2017 Bunratty IRL 6.3 Jon S Speelman Richard A Bates 0-1 32 Open
287 2017-02-19 Bunratty Masters 2017 Bunratty IRL 5.2 Richard A Bates Alex Astaneh Lopez 0-1 32 Open
288 2017-02-18 Bunratty Masters 2017 Bunratty IRL 4.3 Mark L Hebden Richard A Bates 0-1 37 Open
289 2017-02-18 Bunratty Masters 2017 Bunratty IRL 3.3 Richard A Bates Alexander Baburin 1-0 47 Open
290 2017-02-12 4NCL 2016-17 Reading ENG 6.23 Richard A Bates Glenn C Flear 1/2-1/2 47 Open
291 2017-02-11 4NCL 2016-17 Reading ENG 5.43 Ryszard Maciol Richard A Bates 1-0 41 Open
292 2017-01-15 4NCL 2016-17 Northampton ENG 4.22 Alan B Merry Richard A Bates 1-0 42 Open
293 2017-01-14 4NCL 2016-17 Northampton ENG 3.33 David W Guthrie Richard A Bates 0-1 24 Open
294 2017-01-05 Hastings Masters 2016-17 Hastings ENG 9.16 Stuart A White Richard A Bates 0-1 33 Open
295 2017-01-04 Hastings Masters 2016-17 Hastings ENG 8.17 Richard A Bates William J Foo 1/2-1/2 63 Open
296 2017-01-03 Hastings Masters 2016-17 Hastings ENG 7.11 Glenn C Flear Richard A Bates 1-0 57 Open
297 2017-01-02 Hastings Masters 2016-17 Hastings ENG 6.7 Richard A Bates Daniel W Gormally 1/2-1/2 19 Open
298 2017-01-01 Hastings Masters 2016-17 Hastings ENG 5.5 Gudmundur Kjartansson Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 20 Open
299 2016-12-31 Hastings Masters 2016-17 Hastings ENG 4.17 Richard A Bates Craig Norton 1-0 24 Open
300 2016-12-30 Hastings Masters 2016-17 Hastings ENG 3.9 Richard A Bates Bogdan Lalic 1/2-1/2 42 Open

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