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
201 2018-11-24 32nd British Rapid 2018 Ilkley ENG 1.3 Rudy Van Kemenade Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 48 Open
202 2018-11-11 4NCL Div 1b 2018-19 Daventry ENG 2.6 Thomas E Rendle Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 28 Open
203 2018-11-10 4NCL Div 1b 2018-19 Daventry ENG 1.7 Richard A Bates Klaudia Kulon 0-1 40 Open
204 2018-10-18 34th ECC Open 2018 Porto Carras GRE 7.22 Richard A Bates Daniel Alsina Leal 1/2-1/2 54 Open
205 2018-10-17 34th ECC Open 2018 Porto Carras GRE 6.26 Nikolaj Borge Richard A Bates 0-1 48 Open
206 2018-10-16 34th ECC Open 2018 Porto Carras GRE 5.21 Ottomar Ladva Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 42 Open
207 2018-10-15 34th ECC Open 2018 Porto Carras GRE 4.22 Richard A Bates Peter T Roberson 1/2-1/2 30 Open
208 2018-10-14 34th ECC Open 2018 Porto Carras GRE 3.21 Richard A Bates Olaf Heinzel 0-1 37 Open
209 2018-10-13 34th ECC Open 2018 Porto Carras GRE 2.27 Constantin Vogel Richard A Bates 0-1 38 Open
210 2018-10-12 34th ECC Open 2018 Porto Carras GRE 1.4 Richard A Bates Nikita Vitiugov 0-1 33 Open
211 2018-09-09 1st Peter Poobalasingam Harrow ENG 6.4 400505 Richard A Bates 0-1 35 Open
212 2018-09-09 1st Peter Poobalasingam Harrow ENG 5.5 Richard A Bates Rafe Martyn 1-0 45 Open
213 2018-09-09 1st Peter Poobalasingam Harrow ENG 4.2 James P Jackson Richard A Bates 1-0 69 Open
214 2018-09-09 1st Peter Poobalasingam Harrow ENG 3.4 Richard A Bates David J Grant 1-0 29 Open
215 2018-09-09 1st Peter Poobalasingam Harrow ENG 2.4 Matthew J Payne Richard A Bates 0-1 29 Open
216 2018-09-09 1st Peter Poobalasingam Harrow ENG 1.4 Richard A Bates Vishnu Kirupakaran 1-0 22 Open
217 2018-07-12 15th South Wales Int 2018 Cardiff WLS 9.4 Bozidar Ivekovic Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 24 Open
218 2018-07-11 15th South Wales Int 2018 Cardiff WLS 8.4 Jesper Morch Lauridsen Richard A Bates 0-1 28 Open
219 2018-07-11 15th South Wales Int 2018 Cardiff WLS 7.5 Richard A Bates Craig M Whitfield 1-0 23 Open
220 2018-07-10 15th South Wales Int 2018 Cardiff WLS 6.3 Marian Petrov Richard A Bates 1-0 37 Open
221 2018-07-09 15th South Wales Int 2018 Cardiff WLS 5.5 Richard A Bates Alex Bullen 1-0 46 Open
222 2018-07-09 15th South Wales Int 2018 Cardiff WLS 4.6 Andreas Persson Richard A Bates 0-1 37 Open
223 2018-07-08 15th South Wales Int 2018 Cardiff WLS 3.1 Richard A Bates Boris Chatalbashev 0-1 40 Open
224 2018-07-07 15th South Wales Int 2018 Cardiff WLS 2.6 Petr Marusenko Richard A Bates 0-1 32 Open
225 2018-07-07 15th South Wales Int 2018 Cardiff WLS 1.6 Richard A Bates John W Waterfield 1-0 29 Open
226 2018-05-28 1st 4NCL Spring Bank 2018 Basingstoke ENG 7.2 Richard A Bates John D M Nunn 1/2-1/2 12 Open
227 2018-05-28 1st 4NCL Spring Bank 2018 Basingstoke ENG 6.8 Matt Chapman Richard A Bates 0-1 44 Open
228 2018-05-27 1st 4NCL Spring Bank 2018 Basingstoke ENG 5.9 Richard A Bates Gerald Moore 1-0 46 Open
229 2018-05-27 1st 4NCL Spring Bank 2018 Basingstoke ENG 4.5 Adam Bukojemski Richard A Bates 1-0 55 Open
230 2018-05-26 1st 4NCL Spring Bank 2018 Basingstoke ENG 3.3 Richard A Bates Robert F Willmoth 1/2-1/2 27 Open
231 2018-05-26 1st 4NCL Spring Bank 2018 Basingstoke ENG 2.4 Remy Rushbrooke Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 17 Open
232 2018-05-25 1st 4NCL Spring Bank 2018 Basingstoke ENG 1.4 Richard A Bates Stephen C V Prior 1-0 44 Open
233 2018-05-07 4NCL 2017-18 England ENG 11.53 Adam G Ashton Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 47 Open
234 2018-05-06 4NCL 2017-18 England ENG 10.63 Richard A Bates Glenn L House 1-0 58 Open
235 2018-05-05 4NCL 2017-18 England ENG 9.73 Graham Morrison Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 36 Open
236 2018-03-18 4NCL 2017-18 England ENG 8.83 Richard A Bates Ian L Snape 1/2-1/2 59 Open
237 2018-03-17 4NCL 2017-18 England ENG 7.83 Richard York-Weaving Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 32 Open
238 2018-02-25 25th Bunratty Masters Bunratty IRL 6.4 Richard A Bates Simon K Williams 1/2-1/2 57 Open
239 2018-02-25 25th Bunratty Masters Bunratty IRL 5.2 Sergei Tiviakov Richard A Bates 1-0 25 Open
240 2018-02-24 25th Bunratty Masters Bunratty IRL 4.2 Richard A Bates Mark L Hebden 1/2-1/2 38 Open
241 2018-02-24 25th Bunratty Masters Bunratty IRL 3.3 Tim P Wall Richard A Bates 0-1 33 Open
242 2018-02-24 25th Bunratty Masters Bunratty IRL 2.7 Richard A Bates Paul Wallace 1-0 42 Open
243 2018-02-23 25th Bunratty Masters Bunratty IRL 1.12 Frans Wolferink Richard A Bates 0-1 52 Open
244 2018-02-11 4NCL 2017-18 England ENG 6.66 Richard A Bates Alberto Suarez Real 1/2-1/2 49 Open
245 2018-01-14 4NCL 2017-18 England ENG 4.52 Richard A Bates Jonathan Hawkins 0-1 33 Open
246 2018-01-13 4NCL 2017-18 England ENG 3.72 Andrew N Greet Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 55 Open
247 2018-01-05 Hastings Masters 2017-18 Hastings ENG 9.9 Pal Royset Richard A Bates 1-0 45 Open
248 2018-01-04 Hastings Masters 2017-18 Hastings ENG 8.7 Richard A Bates Nino Maisuradze 1/2-1/2 34 Open
249 2018-01-03 Hastings Masters 2017-18 Hastings ENG 7.8 Frank Buchenau Richard A Bates 0-1 45 Open
250 2018-01-02 Hastings Masters 2017-18 Hastings ENG 6.16 Batsaikhan Tserendorj Richard A Bates 0-1 36 Open

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