John Merriman

Country

ENG

Birth Year

1974

Gender

Title

FIDE Master

FIDE ID

402362

FIDE ratings

2220

Classical

Published FIDE

2157

Rapid

Published FIDE

2187

Blitz

Published FIDE

Official classical ranks

World rank: #7212
National rank · ENG: #107

Active players · Oct 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

FIDE rating history

Highest recorded rating: 2314 Nov 2022
Recorded years: 2001–2026
Archived games: 227

Based on available monthly lists and saved games.

ECF ratings

English rankings

ECF code 115448F · Petts Wood & Orpington · Latest available list 2026-10-01

2330Standard

2165Rapid

2053Blitz

ECF rating history

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

Published lists

Date	Type	Scale	Original	Revised
2026-10-01	blitz	rating	2053	2053
2026-10-01	rapid	rating	2165	2165
2026-10-01	standard	rating	2330	2330
2026-09-01	blitz	rating	2053	2053
2026-09-01	rapid	rating	2165	2165
2026-09-01	standard	rating	2330	2330
2026-08-01	blitz	rating	2053	2053
2026-08-01	standard	rating	2330	2330
2026-07-01	blitz	rating	2053	2053
2026-07-01	standard	rating	2355	2355
2026-06-01	blitz	rating	2091	2091
2026-06-01	standard	rating	2355	2355
2026-05-01	blitz	rating	2091	2091
2026-05-01	standard	rating	2355	2355
2026-04-01	blitz	rating	2091	2091
2026-04-01	standard	rating	2349	2349
2026-03-01	blitz	rating	2091	2091
2026-03-01	standard	rating	2354	2354
2026-02-01	blitz	rating	2091	2091
2026-02-01	standard	rating	2349	2349
2026-01-01	blitz	rating	2091	2091
2026-01-01	standard	rating	2348	2348
2025-12-01	blitz	rating	2044	2044
2025-12-01	standard	rating	2348	2348
2025-11-01	blitz	rating	2044	2044
2025-11-01	rapid	rating	2274	2274
2025-11-01	standard	rating	2340	2340
2025-10-01	blitz	rating	2044	2044
2025-10-01	rapid	rating	2274	2274
2025-10-01	standard	rating	2335	2335
2025-09-01	blitz	rating	2044	2044
2025-09-01	rapid	rating	2274	2274
2025-09-01	standard	rating	2335	2335
2025-08-01	blitz	rating	2044	2044
2025-08-01	rapid	rating	2274	2274
2025-08-01	standard	rating	2315	2315
2025-07-01	blitz	rating	2044	2044
2025-07-01	rapid	rating	2274	2274
2025-07-01	standard	rating	2308	2308
2025-06-01	blitz	rating	2041	2041
2025-06-01	rapid	rating	2274	2274
2025-06-01	standard	rating	2318	2318
2025-05-01	blitz	rating	2041	2041
2025-05-01	rapid	rating	2274	2274
2025-05-01	standard	rating	2321	2321
2025-04-01	blitz	rating	2041	2041
2025-04-01	rapid	rating	2274	2274
2025-04-01	standard	rating	2321	2321
2025-03-01	blitz	rating	2041	2041
2025-03-01	rapid	rating	2274	2274

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
201	2016-12-10	London Classic Open 2016	London ENG	2.19	Rasmus Svane	John Merriman	1/2-1/2	59	Open
202	2016-12-09	London Classic Open 2016	London ENG	1.75	John Merriman	Paul A Johnson	1-0	58	Open
203	2016-07-09	4th Kings Place Open 2016	London ENG	2.1	John Merriman	Luke J McShane	0-1	30	Open
204	2016-05-28	e2e4 Gatwick Whitsun 2016	Crawley ENG	3	Roy D Page	John Merriman	0-1	61	Open
205	2016-05-28	e2e4 Gatwick Whitsun 2016	Crawley ENG	2	John Merriman	Martin P Burrows	0-1	40	Open
206	2016-03-13	40th Blackpool Conference	Blackpool ENG	5	David A Phillips	John Merriman	1/2-1/2	18	Open
207	2016-03-13	40th Blackpool Conference	Blackpool ENG	4	John Merriman	Malcolm R Peacock	1-0	39	Open
208	2016-03-12	40th Blackpool Conference	Blackpool ENG	3	Matthew D Sadler	John Merriman	1-0	34	Open
209	2016-03-12	40th Blackpool Conference	Blackpool ENG	2	John Merriman	Roy Ellames	1-0	34	Open
210	2016-03-11	40th Blackpool Conference	Blackpool ENG	1	Martyn Hamer	John Merriman	0-1	48	Open
211	2015-12-11	London Classic Open 2015	London ENG	9.52	Jeremy N Fraser-Mitchell	John Merriman	0-1	43	Open
212	2015-12-10	London Classic Open 2015	London ENG	8.41	John Merriman	Peter Giannatos	0-1	41	Open
213	2015-12-09	London Classic Open 2015	London ENG	7.48	Daniel Abrahams	John Merriman	0-1	25	Open
214	2015-12-08	London Classic Open 2015	London ENG	6.49	John Merriman	Stephen Moran	1/2-1/2	41	Open
215	2015-12-07	London Classic Open 2015	London ENG	5.25	Tiger Hillarp Persson	John Merriman	1-0	53	Open
216	2015-12-06	London Classic Open 2015	London ENG	4.55	John Merriman	Arul Gupta	1-0	45	Open
217	2015-12-05	London Classic Open 2015	London ENG	3.25	Jonny Hector	John Merriman	1-0	57	Open
218	2015-12-04	London Classic Open 2015	London ENG	1.73	John Merriman	Dipak K Shah	1-0	40	Open
219	2015-03-08	39th Blackpool Conference	Blackpool ENG	5.4	John Merriman	Mike J Surtees	1/2-1/2	24	Open
220	2015-03-08	39th Blackpool Conference	Blackpool ENG	4.2	Keith C Arkell	John Merriman	1-0	30	Open
221	2015-03-07	39th Blackpool Conference	Blackpool ENG	3.3	John Merriman	Darryl Wolstencroft	1/2-1/2	4	Open
222	2015-03-07	39th Blackpool Conference	Blackpool ENG	2.4	Bryan Harkness	John Merriman	0-1	38	Open
223	2015-03-06	39th Blackpool Conference	Blackpool ENG	1.6	John Merriman	Philip J Olbison	1-0	20	Open
224	2014-03-09	38th Blackpool Congress 2014	Blackpool ENG	5.3	John Merriman	Mark L Hebden	0-1	33	Open
225	2014-03-09	38th Blackpool Congress 2014	Blackpool ENG	4.3	John Merriman	Dave J Ledger	1/2-1/2	57	Open
226	2014-03-08	38th Blackpool Congress 2014	Blackpool ENG	3.7	Paul Isherwood	John Merriman	0-1	36	Open
227	1989	Lloyds Bank op	London	-	Merriman, John	Bronstein, David I	0-1	62	Open