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
505

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: 2026-10-13 (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
451 2013-12-07 5th Classic Open 2013 London ENG 1.48 Richard A Bates Owen S Phillips 1-0 36 Open
452 2013-11-24 British Rapidplay 2013 Leeds ENG 9.3 Richard A Bates Jonathan Hawkins 0-1 59 Open
453 2013-11-24 British Rapidplay 2013 Leeds ENG 8.1 Richard A Bates Ameet K Ghasi 1/2-1/2 22 Open
454 2013-11-24 British Rapidplay 2013 Leeds ENG 7.1 Mark L Hebden Richard A Bates 0-1 75 Open
455 2013-11-24 British Rapidplay 2013 Leeds ENG 11.4 Stephen R Mannion Richard A Bates 0-1 44 Open
456 2013-11-24 British Rapidplay 2013 Leeds ENG 10.4 Keith C Arkell Richard A Bates 0-1 27 Open
457 2013-11-23 British Rapidplay 2013 Leeds ENG 6.5 Richard A Bates Alexander Longson 1-0 27 Open
458 2013-11-23 British Rapidplay 2013 Leeds ENG 2.5 Richard A Bates Peter J Batchelor 0-1 82 Open
459 2013-11-23 British Rapidplay 2013 Leeds ENG 1.5 415316 Richard A Bates 0-1 38 Open
460 2013-11-17 4NCL 2013-14 Hinckley ENG 2.145 Richard A Bates Aidan M Rawlinson 1-0 49 Open
461 2013-11-16 4NCL 2013-14 Hinckley ENG 1.135 Jonathan W Rogers Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 17 Open
462 2013-08-09 100th ch-GBR 2013 Torquay ENG 11.13 Richard A Bates Andrew P Horton 1/2-1/2 33 Open
463 2013-08-08 100th ch-GBR 2013 Torquay ENG 10.18 John Reid Richard A Bates 0-1 32 Open
464 2013-08-07 100th ch-GBR 2013 Torquay ENG 9.24 Richard A Bates Liam D Varnam 1-0 37 Open
465 2013-08-06 100th ch-GBR 2013 Torquay ENG 8.16 Colin Purdon Richard A Bates 1-0 48 Open
466 2013-08-05 100th ch-GBR 2013 Torquay ENG 7.16 Richard A Bates Rufus Duff 1/2-1/2 22 Open
467 2013-08-03 100th ch-GBR 2013 Torquay ENG 6.8 Ameet K Ghasi Richard A Bates 1-0 31 Open
468 2013-08-02 100th ch-GBR 2013 Torquay ENG 5.1 Richard A Bates Richard York-Weaving 1/2-1/2 29 Open
469 2013-08-01 100th ch-GBR 2013 Torquay ENG 4.15 Oskar Anton Hackner Richard A Bates 0-1 38 Open
470 2013-07-31 100th ch-GBR 2013 Torquay ENG 3.19 Richard A Bates Sarah N Longson 1-0 41 Open
471 2013-07-30 100th ch-GBR 2013 Torquay ENG 2.34 Philip R Bonafont Richard A Bates 0-1 40 Open
472 2013-07-29 100th ch-GBR 2013 Torquay ENG 1.19 Richard A Bates William J Foo 0-1 55 Open
473 2013-05-27 e2e4 Sunningdale Open Ascot ENG 7 Marcus E Osborne Richard A Bates 0-1 33 Open
474 2013-05-27 e2e4 Sunningdale Open Ascot ENG 6 Richard A Bates Elias Oussedik 1-0 38 Open
475 2013-05-26 e2e4 Sunningdale Open Ascot ENG 5 Aman Hambleton Richard A Bates 1-0 40 Open
476 2013-05-26 e2e4 Sunningdale Open Ascot ENG 4 Richard A Bates Giampaolo Buchicchio 1/2-1/2 42 Open
477 2013-05-25 e2e4 Sunningdale Open Ascot ENG 3 Liam D Varnam Richard A Bates 0-1 30 Open
478 2013-05-25 e2e4 Sunningdale Open Ascot ENG 2 Richard A Bates Jon S Friedland 1-0 37 Open
479 2013-05-24 e2e4 Sunningdale Open Ascot ENG 1 Nicholas W Savage Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 53 Open
480 2013-05-06 4NCL 2012-13 Hinckley ENG 11.175 Liam D Varnam Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 45 Open
481 2013-05-05 4NCL 2012-13 Hinckley ENG 10.185 Richard A Bates Kenneth G Coates 1-0 35 Open
482 2013-05-04 4NCL 2012-13 Hinckley ENG 9.152 Richard A Bates David C Smerdon 0-1 68 Open
483 2013-03-24 4NCL 2012-13 Hinckley ENG 8.163 Richard A Bates Daniel Howard Fernandez 1/2-1/2 36 Open
484 2013-03-23 4NCL 2012-13 Hinckley ENG 7.175 Anthony J Stebbings Richard A Bates 0-1 49 Open
485 2013-03-03 20th Bunratty Masters Bunratty IRL 6.1 Richard A Bates Michael Adams 1/2-1/2 8 Open
486 2013-03-03 20th Bunratty Masters Bunratty IRL 5.2 Richard A Bates Thomas E Rendle 1-0 35 Open
487 2013-03-02 20th Bunratty Masters Bunratty IRL 4.4 Malcolm Pein Richard A Bates 0-1 44 Open
488 2013-03-02 20th Bunratty Masters Bunratty IRL 3.1 Richard A Bates Nigel D Short 1/2-1/2 58 Open
489 2013-03-02 20th Bunratty Masters Bunratty IRL 2.7 Kieran Moynihan Richard A Bates 0-1 25 Open
490 2013-03-01 20th Bunratty Masters Bunratty IRL 1.9 Richard A Bates Raymond Pearson 1-0 46 Open
491 2013-02-24 4NCL 2012-13 Staverton ENG 6.174 Richard A Bates Malcolm Pein 0-1 38 Open
492 2013-02-23 4NCL 2012-13 Staverton ENG 5.154 Antoaneta Stefanova Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 42 Open
493 2013-01-13 4NCL 2012-13 Staverton ENG 4.181 James Cobb Richard A Bates 0-1 41 Open
494 2013-01-12 4NCL 2012-13 Staverton ENG 3.183 Richard A Bates Colin A McNab 1/2-1/2 33 Open
495 2012-12-09 4th London Classic Open London ENG 9.8 Richard A Bates Avital Boruchovsky 1/2-1/2 72 Open
496 2012-12-08 4th London Classic Open London ENG 8 Raul-Ionut Luncasu Richard A Bates 0-1 51 Open
497 2012-12-07 4th London Classic Open London ENG 7 Richard A Bates Anna Kantane 1-0 42 Open
498 2012-12-06 4th London Classic Open London ENG 6 Joerg Jetzl Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 20 Open
499 2012-12-05 4th London Classic Open London ENG 5 Richard A Bates Ali R Jaunooby 1-0 41 Open
500 2012-12-04 4th London Classic Open London ENG 4.9 Tiger Hillarp Persson Richard A Bates 1-0 31 Open

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