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
561

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.

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Available Games

Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-10-09 (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
101 2023-03-19 4NCL 2022-23 Daventry ENG 8.6 Richard A Bates Maciej Czopor 1/2-1/2 44 Open
102 2023-03-18 4NCL 2022-23 Daventry ENG 7.6 Pall A. Thorarinsson Richard A Bates 0-1 21 Open
103 2023-02-12 4NCL 2022-23 Daventry ENG 6.2 Pawel Jaracz Richard A Bates 1-0 44 Open
104 2023-02-11 4NCL 2022-23 Daventry ENG 5.1 Richard A Bates Richard G Pert 1/2-1/2 26 Open
105 2023-01-15 4NCL 2022-23 Daventry ENG 4.6 Richard A Bates Marcus R Harvey 0-1 75 Open
106 2023-01-14 4NCL 2022-23 Daventry ENG 3.5 Jonathan Pein Richard A Bates 1-0 29 Open
107 2022-10-23 4NCL 2022-23 Daventry ENG 2.4 Jonathan Rowson Richard A Bates 1-0 51 Open
108 2022-10-22 4NCL 2022-23 Daventry ENG 1.3 Richard A Bates Rajat Makkar 0-1 37 Open
109 2022-06-26 4NCL 2021-22 England ENG 11.64 Richard A Bates John P. Redmond 1/2-1/2 53 Open
110 2022-06-25 4NCL 2021-22 England ENG 10.93 Donald J Mason Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 17 Open
111 2022-05-02 4NCL 2021-22 England ENG 9.63 Richard A Bates Gavin Wall 1/2-1/2 7 Open
112 2022-05-01 4NCL 2021-22 England ENG 8.73 John Merriman Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 55 Open
113 2022-04-30 4NCL 2021-22 England ENG 7.103 Chris W Baker Richard A Bates 0-1 34 Open
114 2022-04-18 64th Southend Easter 2022 Southend ENG 7.6 Richard A Bates Michael Dougherty 1-0 27 Open
115 2022-04-17 64th Southend Easter 2022 Southend ENG 6.2 Antanas Zapolskis Richard A Bates 1-0 50 Open
116 2022-04-17 64th Southend Easter 2022 Southend ENG 5.4 Richard A Bates David J Spence 1-0 59 Open
117 2022-04-16 64th Southend Easter 2022 Southend ENG 4.7 Stephen C Ledger Richard A Bates 0-1 42 Open
118 2022-04-16 64th Southend Easter 2022 Southend ENG 3.13 Richard A Bates Michelle (Ngo Yu) Chan 1-0 29 Open
119 2022-04-15 64th Southend Easter 2022 Southend ENG 2.14 Richard A Bates Anastasios Kafetzopoulos 1/2-1/2 25 Open
120 2022-04-15 64th Southend Easter 2022 Southend ENG 1.2 Edward (eddy) Barker Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 28 Open
121 2022-04-03 ECF Charity Marathon UKR chess.com INT - Isambard Thomas Richard A Bates 1-0 30 Open
122 2022-04-03 ECF Charity Marathon UKR chess.com INT - Andrew R Brett Richard A Bates 1-0 64 Open
123 2022-04-03 ECF Charity Marathon UKR chess.com INT - Tristan A Cox Richard A Bates 0-1 47 Open
124 2022-04-03 ECF Charity Marathon UKR chess.com INT - Richard A Bates Jude Shearsby 1-0 31 Open
125 2022-04-03 ECF Charity Marathon UKR chess.com INT - Richard A Bates Thomas Carroll 1-0 44 Open
126 2022-04-03 ECF Charity Marathon UKR chess.com INT - Richard A Bates Alan K Punnett 1-0 28 Open
127 2022-04-03 ECF Charity Marathon UKR chess.com INT - Richard A Bates Chris W Baker 1/2-1/2 40 Open
128 2022-04-03 ECF Charity Marathon UKR chess.com INT - Richard A Bates Keith C Arkell 1-0 33 Open
129 2022-04-03 ECF Charity Marathon UKR chess.com INT - Chris W Baker Richard A Bates 1-0 40 Open
130 2022-04-03 ECF Charity Marathon UKR chess.com INT - Keith C Arkell Richard A Bates 1-0 52 Open
131 2022-04-02 ECF Charity Marathon UKR chess.com INT - Andrew R Brett Richard A Bates 0-1 35 Open
132 2022-04-02 ECF Charity Marathon UKR chess.com INT - Richard A Bates Tom Wills 1-0 23 Open
133 2022-04-02 ECF Charity Marathon UKR chess.com INT - Richard A Bates Isambard Thomas 1-0 41 Open
134 2022-04-02 ECF Charity Marathon UKR chess.com INT - Richard A Bates William Claridge-Hansen 1-0 21 Open
135 2022-04-02 ECF Charity Marathon UKR chess.com INT - Richard A Bates Andrew R Brett 1/2-1/2 58 Open
136 2022-04-02 ECF Charity Marathon UKR chess.com INT - Richard A Bates David J Walker 1-0 23 Open
137 2022-04-02 ECF Charity Marathon UKR chess.com INT - Richard A Bates Mark L Hebden 0-1 24 Open
138 2022-04-02 ECF Charity Marathon UKR chess.com INT - Richard A Bates Colm Buckley 1-0 36 Open
139 2022-04-02 ECF Charity Marathon UKR chess.com INT - David J Walker Richard A Bates 0-1 50 Open
140 2022-04-02 ECF Charity Marathon UKR chess.com INT - Mark L Hebden Richard A Bates 1-0 62 Open
141 2022-04-02 ECF Charity Marathon UKR chess.com INT - 30912440 Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 69 Open
142 2022-03-27 4NCL 2021-22 England ENG 6.64 Roderick M McKay Richard A Bates 1-0 31 Open
143 2022-03-26 4NCL 2021-22 England ENG 5.43 Richard A Bates Jonah B Willow 1/2-1/2 39 Open
144 2022-02-22 4NCL Online S5 Div1 2022 lichess.org INT 3.71 Richard G Pert Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 43 Open
145 2022-02-13 4NCL 2021-22 England ENG 4.72 Richard A Bates Russell G Granat 1-0 34 Open
146 2022-02-12 4NCL 2021-22 England ENG 3.62 Andrew Philip Smith Richard A Bates 1-0 30 Open
147 2021-11-28 4NCL 2021-22 England ENG 2.12 Richard A Bates Marcus R Harvey 1-0 80 Open
148 2021-11-27 4NCL 2021-22 England ENG 1.102 Jonathan W Arnott Richard A Bates 0-1 54 Open
149 2021-11-02 4NCL Online S4 Div1 2021 lichess.org INT 6.141 Yichen Han Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 47 Open
150 2021-10-19 4NCL Online S4 Div1 2021 lichess.org INT 5.161 Richard A Bates Allan J Pleasants 1-0 36 Open

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