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.

View rating lists
Available Games

Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-10-12 (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 2021-10-05 4NCL Online S4 Div1 2021 lichess.org INT 4.131 437506 Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 36 Open
152 2021-09-21 4NCL Online S4 Div1 2021 lichess.org INT 3.161 Martin Mitchell Richard A Bates 0-1 49 Open
153 2021-09-07 4NCL Online S4 Div1 2021 lichess.org INT 2.141 Richard A Bates Francois Godart 1/2-1/2 30 Open
154 2021-08-24 4NCL Online S4 Div1 2021 lichess.org INT 1.151 David Zakarian Richard A Bates 0-1 42 Open
155 2021-04-20 4NCL Online S3 Div1 2021 lichess.org INT 7.11 Eldar Alizada Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 37 Open
156 2021-04-06 4NCL Online S3 Div1 2021 lichess.org INT 6.11 Richard A Bates Attila Reznak 1-0 72 Open
157 2021-03-23 4NCL Online S3 Div1 2021 lichess.org INT 5.11 David B Graham Richard A Bates 1-0 69 Open
158 2021-03-09 4NCL Online S3 Div1 2020 lichess.org INT 4.11 Richard A Bates Mark L Hebden 0-1 48 Open
159 2021-02-23 4NCL Online S3 Div1 2020 lichess.org INT 3.11 Tanmay Chopra Richard A Bates 1-0 29 Open
160 2021-02-20 Bunratty 2021 Online chess.com INT 9 Nicholas Pert Richard A Bates 0-1 44 Open
161 2021-02-20 Bunratty 2021 Online chess.com INT 8 Richard A Bates Peter Cafolla 1-0 31 Open
162 2021-02-20 Bunratty 2021 Online chess.com INT 7 Mark Heidenfeld Richard A Bates 1-0 58 Open
163 2021-02-20 Bunratty 2021 Online chess.com INT 6 Richard A Bates Lorin D`Costa 1/2-1/2 66 Open
164 2021-02-20 Bunratty 2021 Online chess.com INT 5 Luis Ortiz Sanchez Richard A Bates 0-1 53 Open
165 2021-02-20 Bunratty 2021 Online chess.com INT 3 David W L Howell Richard A Bates 1-0 22 Open
166 2021-02-09 4NCL Online S3 Div1 2020 lichess.org INT 2.11 Richard A Bates Lennert Lenaerts 1-0 29 Open
167 2021-01-26 4NCL Online S3 Div1 2020 lichess.org INT 1.11 David E Pye Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 63 Open
168 2020-11-17 4NCL Online S2 Div1 2020 lichess.org INT 7.62 Ben D M Savage Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 67 Open
169 2020-11-03 4NCL Online S2 Div1 2020 lichess.org INT 6.72 Richard A Bates Lawrence H Cooper 1-0 24 Open
170 2020-10-20 4NCL Online S2 Div1 2020 lichess.org INT 5.72 Grzegorz Toczek Richard A Bates 1-0 51 Open
171 2020-10-06 4NCL Online S2 Div1 2020 lichess.org INT 4.62 Richard A Bates Charles W Kennaugh 0-1 50 Open
172 2020-09-22 4NCL Online S2 Div1 2020 lichess.org INT 3.82 Jaimie Wilson Richard A Bates 0-1 32 Open
173 2020-09-08 4NCL Online S2 Div1 2020 lichess.org INT 2.52 Richard A Bates Mark Kvetny 1/2-1/2 67 Open
174 2020-08-25 4NCL Online S2 Div1 2020 lichess.org INT 1.82 Richard A Bates James R Adair 1/2-1/2 120 Open
175 2020-06-09 4NCL Online Div1 2020 lichess.org INT 10.42 Alberto Suarez Real Richard A Bates 0-1 40 Open
176 2020-06-02 4NCL Online Div1 2020 lichess.org INT 9.31 Torbjorn Ringdal Hansen Richard A Bates 1-0 42 Open
177 2020-05-26 4NCL Online Div1 2020 lichess.org INT 8.32 Richard A Bates Paul E Littlewood 1-0 33 Open
178 2020-05-19 4NCL Online Div1 2020 lichess.org INT 7.41 Richard A Bates Anthony J Stebbings 1-0 32 Open
179 2020-05-12 4NCL Online Div1 2020 lichess.org INT 6.52 Richard A Bates James R Adair 0-1 52 Open
180 2020-05-05 4NCL Online Div1 2020 lichess.org INT 5.42 426946 Richard A Bates 0-1 59 Open
181 2020-04-28 4NCL Online Div1 2020 lichess.org INT 4.52 John J Cox Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 46 Open
182 2020-04-21 4NCL Online Div1 2020 lichess.org INT 3.82 Richard A Bates Maarten De Vleeschauwer 1-0 24 Open
183 2020-04-14 4NCL Online Div1 2020 lichess.org INT 2.62 Hendrik Hoffmann Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 63 Open
184 2020-04-07 4NCL Online Div1 2020 lichess.org INT 1.152 Richard A Bates Tim Kett 1/2-1/2 66 Open
185 2020-03-01 4NCL Div 1b 2019-20 Daventry ENG 2.82 Max French Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 20 Open
186 2020-02-29 4NCL Div 1b 2019-20 Daventry ENG 1.62 Richard A Bates Mark L Hebden 0-1 58 Open
187 2020-02-22 27th Bunratty Masters Bunratty IRL 3.2 Richard A Bates Elisabeth Paehtz 0-1 50 Open
188 2020-02-09 4NCL Div 1b 2019-20 Daventry ENG 6.72 Killian Delaney Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 45 Open
189 2020-02-08 4NCL Div 1b 2019-20 Daventry ENG 5.62 Richard A Bates Alex Astaneh Lopez 1/2-1/2 44 Open
190 2020-01-12 4NCL Div 1b 2019-20 Daventry ENG 4.62 Peter T Roberson Richard A Bates 1-0 25 Open
191 2020-01-11 4NCL Div 1b 2019-20 Daventry ENG 3.52 Richard A Bates Viktor Erdos 0-1 32 Open
192 2020-01-05 Hastings Masters 2019-20 Hastings ENG 9.8 David W L Howell Richard A Bates 1-0 41 Open
193 2020-01-04 Hastings Masters 2019-20 Hastings ENG 8.1 Richard A Bates Daniel W Gormally 1/2-1/2 40 Open
194 2020-01-03 Hastings Masters 2019-20 Hastings ENG 7.8 Oleg Korneev Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 24 Open
195 2020-01-02 Hastings Masters 2019-20 Hastings ENG 6.5 G.A. Stany Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 31 Open
196 2020-01-01 Hastings Masters 2019-20 Hastings ENG 5.7 Richard A Bates Mishra Swayams 1/2-1/2 14 Open
197 2019-12-31 Hastings Masters 2019-20 Hastings ENG 4.4 Deep Sengupta Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 62 Open
198 2019-12-30 Hastings Masters 2019-20 Hastings ENG 3.8 Richard A Bates Mark L Hebden 1-0 38 Open
199 2019-12-29 Hastings Masters 2019-20 Hastings ENG 2.7 Martin Petrov Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 50 Open
200 2019-12-28 Hastings Masters 2019-20 Hastings ENG 1.27 Richard A Bates Chaski Patrick 1-0 43 Open

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