IMAlan B Merry

ENG Born 1996 Male

FIDE ID: 418811

About Alan B Merry

Alan Merry developed through Suffolk's junior chess program under organiser Bob Jones. He comes from Great Barton, near Bury St Edmunds, and combined his competitive career with accounting work in his family's business. He became an international master in 2016. His tournament successes include the Bury St Edmunds Congress in 2021, where he beat Richard Pert on the way to first place. He has also served as treasurer of the Bury Area Chess League.

FIDE ratings

2400

Classical

Published FIDE

2222

Rapid

Published FIDE

2340

Blitz

Published FIDE

Official classical ranks

World rank: #1684
National rank · ENG: #30

Active players · Nov 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

FIDE rating history

Highest recorded rating: 2462 Jul 2018
Recorded years: 2010–2026
Archived games: 531

Based on available monthly lists and saved games.

ECF ratings

English rankings

ECF code 258768D · Bury St Edmunds · Latest available list 2026-11-01

2446Standard

2373Rapid

—Blitz

ECF rating history

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

Published lists

Date	Type	Scale	Original	Revised
2026-11-01	rapid	rating	2373	2373
2026-11-01	standard	rating	2446	2446
2026-10-01	rapid	rating	2409	2409
2026-10-01	standard	rating	2428	2432
2026-09-01	rapid	rating	2425	2425
2026-09-01	standard	rating	2453	2453
2026-08-01	rapid	rating	2425	2425
2026-08-01	standard	rating	2453	2453
2026-07-01	rapid	rating	2425	2425
2026-07-01	standard	rating	2453	2453
2026-06-01	rapid	rating	2425	2425
2026-06-01	standard	rating	2446	2453
2026-05-01	rapid	rating	2425	2425
2026-05-01	standard	rating	2439	2439
2026-04-01	rapid	rating	2425	2425
2026-04-01	standard	rating	2435	2436
2026-03-01	rapid	rating	2425	2425
2026-03-01	standard	rating	2434	2435
2026-02-01	rapid	rating	2429	2429
2026-02-01	standard	rating	2430	2431
2026-01-01	rapid	rating	2429	2429
2026-01-01	standard	rating	2414	2414
2025-12-01	rapid	rating	2429	2429
2025-12-01	standard	rating	2408	2408
2025-11-01	rapid	rating	2429	2429
2025-11-01	standard	rating	2401	2401
2025-10-01	rapid	rating	2429	2429
2025-10-01	standard	rating	2428	2428
2025-09-01	rapid	rating	2427	2427
2025-09-01	standard	rating	2417	2417
2025-08-01	rapid	rating	2427	2427
2025-08-01	standard	rating	2417	2417
2025-07-01	rapid	rating	2427	2427
2025-07-01	standard	rating	2399	2399
2025-06-01	rapid	rating	2427	2427
2025-06-01	standard	rating	2399	2399
2025-05-01	rapid	rating	2427	2427
2025-05-01	standard	rating	2398	2398
2025-04-01	rapid	rating	2427	2427
2025-04-01	standard	rating	2424	2424
2025-03-01	rapid	rating	2427	2427
2025-03-01	standard	rating	2422	2422
2025-02-01	rapid	rating	2412	2412
2025-02-01	standard	rating	2412	2412
2025-01-01	rapid	rating	2412	2412
2025-01-01	standard	rating	2434	2434
2024-12-01	rapid	rating	2412	2412
2024-12-01	standard	rating	2430	2434
2024-11-01	rapid	rating	2412	2412
2024-11-01	standard	rating	2432	2432

FIDE rating history

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FIDE tournaments

Date	Tournament	Type	Score
2026-10-24	2026 English Rapidplay Championship	Rapid	6½
2026-10-10	2026-27 4NCL Division 2 Rounds 1-2	Classical	1½

All tournament results

Available Games

Published games available in our archive; coverage varies by tournament. Archive last checked: 2026-11-09 (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
301	2017-01-15	4NCL 2016-17	Northampton ENG	4.22	Alan B Merry	Richard A Bates	1-0	42	Open
302	2017-01-14	4NCL 2016-17	Northampton ENG	3.44	Jonathan L B Blackburn	Alan B Merry	0-1	41	Open
303	2017-01-08	Shropshire Chess Congress	Telford ENG	5.1	John J Cox	Alan B Merry	0-1	34	Open
304	2017-01-08	Shropshire Chess Congress	Telford ENG	4.3	Alan B Merry	Ryszard Maciol	1-0	27	Open
305	2017-01-07	Shropshire Chess Congress	Telford ENG	3.1	Mark L Hebden	Alan B Merry	1/2-1/2	42	Open
306	2017-01-07	Shropshire Chess Congress	Telford ENG	2.3	Tomasz Sygnowski	Alan B Merry	0-1	54	Open
307	2017-01-06	Shropshire Chess Congress	Telford ENG	1.3	Alan B Merry	Peter Davies	1-0	27	Open
308	2016-10-30	e2e4 Gatwick Int 2016	Crawley ENG	9.9	Alan B Merry	Akshaya Kalaiyalahan	1/2-1/2	51	Open
309	2016-10-30	e2e4 Gatwick Int 2016	Crawley ENG	8.6	Matthew J Wadsworth	Alan B Merry	1-0	51	Open
310	2016-10-29	e2e4 Gatwick Int 2016	Crawley ENG	7.4	Alan B Merry	Tamas Jr. Fodor	0-1	45	Open
311	2016-10-29	e2e4 Gatwick Int 2016	Crawley ENG	6.4	Daniel Howard Fernandez	Alan B Merry	1/2-1/2	41	Open
312	2016-10-28	e2e4 Gatwick Int 2016	Crawley ENG	5.7	Alan B Merry	Ravi Haria	1-0	49	Open
313	2016-10-28	e2e4 Gatwick Int 2016	Crawley ENG	4.7	Conor O`Donnell	Alan B Merry	1/2-1/2	39	Open
314	2016-10-27	e2e4 Gatwick Int 2016	Crawley ENG	3.2	Alan B Merry	Normunds Miezis	0-1	59	Open
315	2016-10-27	e2e4 Gatwick Int 2016	Crawley ENG	2.4	Alan B Merry	Keith C Arkell	1/2-1/2	26	Open
316	2016-10-26	e2e4 Gatwick Int 2016	Crawley ENG	1.1	Dominic Klingher	Alan B Merry	0-1	26	Open
317	2016-10-09	chess.com IoM Masters	Douglas ENG	9.37	Filiz Osmanodja	Alan B Merry	1-0	48	Open
318	2016-10-08	chess.com IoM Masters	Douglas ENG	8.22	Alan B Merry	Aleksandr Lenderman	0-1	37	Open
319	2016-10-07	chess.com IoM Masters	Douglas ENG	7.38	Martin Leutwyler	Alan B Merry	0-1	36	Open
320	2016-10-06	chess.com IoM Masters	Douglas ENG	6.29	Alan B Merry	Julio E Granda Zuniga	0-1	47	Open
321	2016-10-05	chess.com IoM Masters	Douglas ENG	5.2	Mihail Marin	Alan B Merry	1/2-1/2	48	Open
322	2016-10-04	chess.com IoM Masters	Douglas ENG	4.21	Alan B Merry	Rasmus Svane	1/2-1/2	33	Open
323	2016-10-03	chess.com IoM Masters	Douglas ENG	3.8	Wesley So	Alan B Merry	1-0	40	Open
324	2016-10-02	chess.com IoM Masters	Douglas ENG	2.28	Alan B Merry	Chithambaram VR. Aravindh	1-0	48	Open
325	2016-10-01	chess.com IoM Masters	Douglas ENG	1.65	Paul A Johnson	Alan B Merry	0-1	37	Open
326	2016-09-11	10th 4NCL Congress 2016	Wakefield ENG	4.5	Peter Shaw	Alan B Merry	0-1	43	Open
327	2016-09-10	10th 4NCL Congress 2016	Wakefield ENG	3.1	Alan B Merry	Mark L Hebden	0-1	64	Open
328	2016-09-10	10th 4NCL Congress 2016	Wakefield ENG	2.3	Alan B Merry	Rich Wiltshir	1-0	24	Open
329	2016-09-09	10th 4NCL Congress 2016	Wakefield ENG	1.3	Richard Allis	Alan B Merry	0-1	32	Open
330	2016-08-09	Riga Tech Open A 2016	Riga LAT	2.1	Alan B Merry	Hrant Melkumyan	0-1	31	Open
331	2016-06-14	11th Teplice Open 2016	Teplice CZE	4.5	Jorden Van Foreest	Alan B Merry	1-0	23	Open
332	2016-05-30	e2e4 Gatwick Whitsun 2016	Crawley ENG	7	Alan B Merry	Mark L Hebden	0-1	27	Open
333	2016-05-30	e2e4 Gatwick Whitsun 2016	Crawley ENG	6	Killian Delaney	Alan B Merry	0-1	47	Open
334	2016-05-29	e2e4 Gatwick Whitsun 2016	Crawley ENG	5	Alan B Merry	Jeremy R Fallowfield	1-0	52	Open
335	2016-05-29	e2e4 Gatwick Whitsun 2016	Crawley ENG	4	Daniel GH Gallagher	Alan B Merry	1/2-1/2	18	Open
336	2016-05-28	e2e4 Gatwick Whitsun 2016	Crawley ENG	3	Alan B Merry	Ian D Thompson	1/2-1/2	58	Open
337	2016-05-28	e2e4 Gatwick Whitsun 2016	Crawley ENG	2	Bisereko Pafura Godfrey	Alan B Merry	0-1	33	Open
338	2016-05-27	e2e4 Gatwick Whitsun 2016	Crawley ENG	1	Alan B Merry	Jake Z Liang	1/2-1/2	51	Open
339	2016-05-02	4NCL 2015-16	Birmingham ENG	11.133	John M Emms	Alan B Merry	1/2-1/2	24	Open
340	2016-05-01	4NCL 2015-16	Birmingham ENG	10.114	Alan B Merry	Simon K Williams	1-0	46	Open
341	2016-04-30	4NCL 2015-16	Birmingham ENG	9.133	Gawain C B Maroroa Jones	Alan B Merry	1-0	29	Open
342	2016-04-15	Polar Capital Jersey Open	St Clement Bay JCI	9.1	Alan B Merry	Mark L Hebden	1/2-1/2	72	Open
343	2016-04-15	Polar Capital Jersey Open	St Clement Bay JCI	8.2	Simon K Williams	Alan B Merry	0-1	37	Open
344	2016-04-14	Polar Capital Jersey Open	St Clement Bay JCI	7.3	Jovanka Houska	Alan B Merry	1/2-1/2	68	Open
345	2016-04-14	Polar Capital Jersey Open	St Clement Bay JCI	6.3	Alan B Merry	Thomas Pitcher	1-0	33	Open
346	2016-04-11	Polar Capital Jersey Open	St Clement Bay JCI	2.4	Alan B Merry	Glenn L House	1/2-1/2	42	Open
347	2016-03-26	60th Southend Easter 2016	Southend ENG	3.2	Mark L Hebden	Alan B Merry	1-0	37	Open
348	2016-03-25	60th Southend Easter 2016	Southend ENG	2.7	Alan B Merry	Howard Grist	1-0	44	Open
349	2016-03-25	60th Southend Easter 2016	Southend ENG	1.8	Adrian G Elwin	Alan B Merry	0-1	28	Open
350	2016-03-20	4NCL 2015-16	Birmingham ENG	8.132	Alan B Merry	Matthew J Turner	1/2-1/2	16	Open