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.

View rating lists
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
101 2023-04-30 4NCL 2022-23 Daventry ENG 10.4 Richard A Bates Daniel GH Gallagher 1-0 45 Open
102 2023-04-29 4NCL 2022-23 Daventry ENG 9.4 M Paul Townsend Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 21 Open
103 2023-03-19 4NCL 2022-23 Daventry ENG 8.6 Richard A Bates Maciej Czopor 1/2-1/2 44 Open
104 2023-03-18 4NCL 2022-23 Daventry ENG 7.6 Pall A. Thorarinsson Richard A Bates 0-1 21 Open
105 2023-02-12 4NCL 2022-23 Daventry ENG 6.2 Pawel Jaracz Richard A Bates 1-0 44 Open
106 2023-02-11 4NCL 2022-23 Daventry ENG 5.1 Richard A Bates Richard G Pert 1/2-1/2 26 Open
107 2023-01-15 4NCL 2022-23 Daventry ENG 4.6 Richard A Bates Marcus R Harvey 0-1 75 Open
108 2023-01-14 4NCL 2022-23 Daventry ENG 3.5 Jonathan Pein Richard A Bates 1-0 29 Open
109 2022-10-23 4NCL 2022-23 Daventry ENG 2.4 Jonathan Rowson Richard A Bates 1-0 51 Open
110 2022-10-22 4NCL 2022-23 Daventry ENG 1.3 Richard A Bates Rajat Makkar 0-1 37 Open
111 2022-06-26 4NCL 2021-22 England ENG 11.64 Richard A Bates John P. Redmond 1/2-1/2 53 Open
112 2022-06-25 4NCL 2021-22 England ENG 10.93 Donald J Mason Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 17 Open
113 2022-05-02 4NCL 2021-22 England ENG 9.63 Richard A Bates Gavin Wall 1/2-1/2 7 Open
114 2022-05-01 4NCL 2021-22 England ENG 8.73 John Merriman Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 55 Open
115 2022-04-30 4NCL 2021-22 England ENG 7.103 Chris W Baker Richard A Bates 0-1 34 Open
116 2022-04-18 64th Southend Easter 2022 Southend ENG 7.6 Richard A Bates Michael Dougherty 1-0 27 Open
117 2022-04-17 64th Southend Easter 2022 Southend ENG 6.2 Antanas Zapolskis Richard A Bates 1-0 50 Open
118 2022-04-17 64th Southend Easter 2022 Southend ENG 5.4 Richard A Bates David J Spence 1-0 59 Open
119 2022-04-16 64th Southend Easter 2022 Southend ENG 4.7 Stephen C Ledger Richard A Bates 0-1 42 Open
120 2022-04-16 64th Southend Easter 2022 Southend ENG 3.13 Richard A Bates Michelle (Ngo Yu) Chan 1-0 29 Open
121 2022-04-15 64th Southend Easter 2022 Southend ENG 2.14 Richard A Bates Anastasios Kafetzopoulos 1/2-1/2 25 Open
122 2022-04-15 64th Southend Easter 2022 Southend ENG 1.2 Edward (eddy) Barker Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 28 Open
123 2022-03-27 4NCL 2021-22 England ENG 6.64 Roderick M McKay Richard A Bates 1-0 31 Open
124 2022-03-26 4NCL 2021-22 England ENG 5.43 Richard A Bates Jonah B Willow 1/2-1/2 39 Open
125 2022-02-13 4NCL 2021-22 England ENG 4.72 Richard A Bates Russell G Granat 1-0 34 Open
126 2022-02-12 4NCL 2021-22 England ENG 3.62 Andrew Philip Smith Richard A Bates 1-0 30 Open
127 2021-11-28 4NCL 2021-22 England ENG 2.12 Richard A Bates Marcus R Harvey 1-0 80 Open
128 2021-11-27 4NCL 2021-22 England ENG 1.102 Jonathan W Arnott Richard A Bates 0-1 54 Open
129 2020-03-01 4NCL Div 1b 2019-20 Daventry ENG 2.82 Max French Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 20 Open
130 2020-02-29 4NCL Div 1b 2019-20 Daventry ENG 1.62 Richard A Bates Mark L Hebden 0-1 58 Open
131 2020-02-22 27th Bunratty Masters Bunratty IRL 3.2 Richard A Bates Elisabeth Paehtz 0-1 50 Open
132 2020-02-09 4NCL Div 1b 2019-20 Daventry ENG 6.72 Killian Delaney Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 45 Open
133 2020-02-08 4NCL Div 1b 2019-20 Daventry ENG 5.62 Richard A Bates Alex Astaneh Lopez 1/2-1/2 44 Open
134 2020-01-12 4NCL Div 1b 2019-20 Daventry ENG 4.62 Peter T Roberson Richard A Bates 1-0 25 Open
135 2020-01-11 4NCL Div 1b 2019-20 Daventry ENG 3.52 Richard A Bates Viktor Erdos 0-1 32 Open
136 2020-01-05 Hastings Masters 2019-20 Hastings ENG 9.8 David W L Howell Richard A Bates 1-0 41 Open
137 2020-01-04 Hastings Masters 2019-20 Hastings ENG 8.1 Richard A Bates Daniel W Gormally 1/2-1/2 40 Open
138 2020-01-03 Hastings Masters 2019-20 Hastings ENG 7.8 Oleg Korneev Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 24 Open
139 2020-01-02 Hastings Masters 2019-20 Hastings ENG 6.5 G.A. Stany Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 31 Open
140 2020-01-01 Hastings Masters 2019-20 Hastings ENG 5.7 Richard A Bates Mishra Swayams 1/2-1/2 14 Open
141 2019-12-31 Hastings Masters 2019-20 Hastings ENG 4.4 Deep Sengupta Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 62 Open
142 2019-12-30 Hastings Masters 2019-20 Hastings ENG 3.8 Richard A Bates Mark L Hebden 1-0 38 Open
143 2019-12-29 Hastings Masters 2019-20 Hastings ENG 2.7 Martin Petrov Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 50 Open
144 2019-12-28 Hastings Masters 2019-20 Hastings ENG 1.27 Richard A Bates Chaski Patrick 1-0 43 Open
145 2019-12-06 London Classic Open 2019 London ENG 9.1 Glenn C Flear Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 29 Open
146 2019-12-05 London Classic Open 2019 London ENG 8.18 Richard A Bates Jacob D Yoon 1-0 27 Open
147 2019-12-04 London Classic Open 2019 London ENG 7.8 Daniel W Gormally Richard A Bates 1-0 36 Open
148 2019-12-03 London Classic Open 2019 London ENG 6.5 Richard A Bates Sebastien Maze 1/2-1/2 45 Open
149 2019-12-02 London Classic Open 2019 London ENG 5.18 Jonathan L B Blackburn Richard A Bates 0-1 43 Open
150 2019-12-01 London Classic Open 2019 London ENG 4.2 Richard A Bates Tanmay Chopra 1-0 28 Open

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