Richard M Cowan

Country

ENG

Birth Year

1985

Gender

Title

FIDE ID

419524

FIDE ratings

1891

Classical

Published FIDE

1902

Rapid

Published FIDE

1907

Blitz

Published FIDE

Official classical ranks

World rank: #50523
National rank · ENG: #815

Active players · Oct 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

FIDE rating history

Highest recorded rating: 1931 Jun 2019
Recorded years: 2009–2026
Archived games: 26

Based on available monthly lists and saved games.

ECF ratings

English rankings

ECF code 230912K · Acomb WM Club · Latest available list 2026-10-01

1933Standard

—Rapid

—Blitz

ECF rating history

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

Published lists

Date	Type	Scale	Original	Revised
2026-10-01	standard	rating	1936	1933
2026-09-01	standard	rating	1936	1933
2026-08-01	standard	rating	1944	1941
2026-07-01	standard	rating	1944	1941
2026-06-01	standard	rating	1944	1941
2026-05-01	standard	rating	1944	1941
2026-04-01	standard	rating	1928	1925
2026-03-01	standard	rating	1927	1923
2026-02-01	standard	rating	1955	1950
2026-01-01	standard	rating	1977	1975
2025-12-01	standard	rating	1975	1972
2025-11-01	standard	rating	1940	1953
2025-10-01	standard	rating	1962	1962
2025-09-01	standard	rating	1972	1972
2025-08-01	standard	rating	1972	1972
2025-07-01	standard	rating	1972	1972
2025-06-01	standard	rating	1972	1972
2025-05-01	standard	rating	1972	1972
2025-04-01	standard	rating	1970	1970
2025-03-01	standard	rating	1946	1946
2025-02-01	standard	rating	1938	1928
2025-01-01	standard	rating	1938	1938
2024-12-01	standard	rating	1928	1928
2024-11-01	standard	rating	1961	1949
2024-10-01	standard	rating	1976	1977
2024-09-01	standard	rating	1983	1984
2024-08-01	standard	rating	1983	1984
2024-07-01	standard	rating	2022	2022
2024-06-01	standard	rating	2022	2022
2024-05-01	standard	rating	2013	2013
2024-04-01	standard	rating	2027	2027
2024-03-01	standard	rating	2024	2028
2024-02-01	standard	rating	2011	2011
2024-01-01	standard	rating	2020	2020
2023-12-01	standard	rating	2029	2024
2023-11-01	standard	rating	2030	2029
2023-10-01	standard	rating	2014	2003
2023-09-01	standard	rating	2014	2014
2023-08-01	standard	rating	2014	2014
2023-07-01	standard	rating	2014	2014
2023-06-01	standard	rating	2014	2014
2023-05-01	standard	rating	2014	2014
2023-04-01	standard	rating	2034	2027
2023-03-01	standard	rating	2020	2020
2023-02-01	standard	rating	2003	2003
2023-01-01	standard	rating	2002	2002
2022-12-01	standard	rating	2002	2002
2022-11-01	standard	rating	2004	2009
2022-10-01	standard	rating	1954	1954
2022-09-01	standard	rating	1951	1951

FIDE rating history

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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
1	2026-08-09	112th ch-GBR Major Open	Warwick ENG	9.15	Cowan,Richard M	Honey,Luke Anthony	0-1	66	Open
2	2026-08-08	112th ch-GBR Major Open	Warwick ENG	8.34	Cowan,Richard M	Burnton,Joshua	1-0	22	Open
3	2026-08-07	112th ch-GBR Major Open	Warwick ENG	7.47	Saxena,Samidh	Cowan,Richard M	0-1	33	Open
4	2026-08-06	112th ch-GBR Major Open	Warwick ENG	6.48	Cowan,Richard M	Tompkins-Coll,Owen	1/2-1/2	65	Open
5	2026-08-05	112th ch-GBR Major Open	Warwick ENG	5.56	Bhatia,Jai	Cowan,Richard M	0-1	42	Open
6	2026-08-04	112th ch-GBR Major Open	Warwick ENG	4.46	Cowan,Richard M	Railwani,Tavish	0-1	43	Open
7	2026-08-02	112th ch-GBR Major Open	Warwick ENG	2.66	St Louis,Laurence	Cowan,Richard M	1/2-1/2	73	Open
8	2026-08-01	112th ch-GBR Major Open	Warwick ENG	1.56	Cowan,Richard M	Faulkner,Oliver	0-1	46	Open
9	2025-10-26	Scarborough Congress 2025	Scarborough ENG	5.16	Mike J Surtees	Richard M Cowan	1-0	80	Open
10	2025-10-26	Scarborough Congress 2025	Scarborough ENG	4.25	Richard M Cowan	Peter Hepworth	1-0	49	Open
11	2025-10-25	Scarborough Congress 2025	Scarborough ENG	3.17	Ali R Jaunooby	Richard M Cowan	1-0	55	Open
12	2025-10-25	Scarborough Congress 2025	Scarborough ENG	2.9	Richard M Cowan	Maksym Larchikov	0-1	33	Open
13	2025-10-24	Scarborough Congress 2025	Scarborough ENG	1.18	Shriaansh Ganti	Richard M Cowan	0-1	32	Open
14	2018-12-15	London Classic Open 2018	London ENG	8.82	Richard M Cowan	Yassine Sentissi	1-0	33	Open
15	2018-12-15	London Classic Open 2018	London ENG	7.67	N. Jyothilal	Richard M Cowan	1-0	36	Open
16	2018-12-13	London Classic Open 2018	London ENG	5.9	Richard M Cowan	James I Chilton	1-0	28	Open
17	2018-12-12	London Classic Open 2018	London ENG	4.98	Boris Stoyanov	Richard M Cowan	0-1	29	Open
18	2018-12-11	London Classic Open 2018	London ENG	3.98	Richard M Cowan	Len Cotter	0-1	54	Open
19	2018-12-10	London Classic Open 2018	London ENG	2.65	Carlo Marzano	Richard M Cowan	1-0	38	Open
20	2018-12-09	London Classic Open 2018	London ENG	1.53	Richard M Cowan	Daniel Abbas	0-1	25	Open
21	2015-04-19	2nd 4NCL Congress 2015	Wakefield ENG	5.11	Richard M Cowan	Jim Burnett	1/2-1/2	62	Open
22	2015-04-19	2nd 4NCL Congress 2015	Wakefield ENG	4.7	Roger G Williamson	Richard M Cowan	1-0	22	Open
23	2015-04-18	2nd 4NCL Congress 2015	Wakefield ENG	3.5	Richard M Cowan	Chris Doran	0-1	19	Open
24	2015-04-18	2nd 4NCL Congress 2015	Wakefield ENG	2.1	Jim W R Nicholson	Richard M Cowan	0-1	45	Open
25	2014-10-23	Scarborough Congress 2014	Scarborough ENG	1.2	David J Eggleston	Richard M Cowan	1-0	25	Open
26	2012-10-14	Trans-Europa-Schach-Express 2012	Potsdam GER	6.2	Richard M Cowan	Arvid Grahl	0-1	55	Open