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
301 2016-12-29 Hastings Masters 2016-17 Hastings ENG 2.8 Praggnanandhaa R Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 39 Open
302 2016-12-28 Hastings Masters 2016-17 Hastings ENG 1.3 Benjamin Gledura Richard A Bates 0-1 57 Open
303 2016-12-18 London Classic Superrapid London ENG 10.24 Richard A Bates Murali Karthikeyan 1-0 35 Open
304 2016-12-17 London Classic Superrapid London ENG 5.13 Benjamin Bok Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 41 Open
305 2016-12-16 London Classic Open 2016 London ENG 9.19 Richard A Bates Deepan Chakkravarthy J. 0-1 44 Open
306 2016-12-15 London Classic Open 2016 London ENG 8.15 Richard A Bates Fabien Libiszewski 1/2-1/2 20 Open
307 2016-12-14 London Classic Open 2016 London ENG 7.14 Jaan Ehlvest Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 44 Open
308 2016-12-13 London Classic Open 2016 London ENG 6.9 Richard A Bates Matthieu Cornette 1/2-1/2 49 Open
309 2016-12-12 London Classic Open 2016 London ENG 5.18 Bilel Bellahcene Richard A Bates 0-1 31 Open
310 2016-12-11 London Classic Open 2016 London ENG 4.37 Richard A Bates Xinyue Sun 1-0 44 Open
311 2016-12-10 London Classic Open 2016 London ENG 3.43 Ashley Stewart Richard A Bates 0-1 33 Open
312 2016-12-10 London Classic Open 2016 London ENG 2.1 Richard A Bates Eltaj Safarli 0-1 55 Open
313 2016-12-09 London Classic Open 2016 London ENG 1.56 Max French Richard A Bates 0-1 77 Open
314 2016-11-20 4NCL 2016-17 Reading ENG 2.14 Vladimir Hamitevici Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 56 Open
315 2016-11-19 4NCL 2016-17 Reading ENG 1.23 Tim Kett Richard A Bates 0-1 44 Open
316 2016-11-13 30th British Rapid 2016 Leeds ENG 9.1 Richard A Bates Unidentified player 1-0 41 Open
317 2016-11-13 30th British Rapid 2016 Leeds ENG 8.1 Craig W Pritchett Richard A Bates 0-1 42 Open
318 2016-11-13 30th British Rapid 2016 Leeds ENG 7.1 Richard A Bates Lorin D`Costa 1/2-1/2 42 Open
319 2016-11-13 30th British Rapid 2016 Leeds ENG 11.2 Richard A Bates Andrew Philip Smith 1-0 36 Open
320 2016-11-13 30th British Rapid 2016 Leeds ENG 10.1 410683 Richard A Bates 1-0 56 Open
321 2016-11-12 30th British Rapid 2016 Leeds ENG 6.1 Alan Tate Richard A Bates 0-1 22 Open
322 2016-11-12 30th British Rapid 2016 Leeds ENG 5.2 Richard A Bates Keith C Arkell 1-0 36 Open
323 2016-11-12 30th British Rapid 2016 Leeds ENG 4.3 Tim P Wall Richard A Bates 0-1 50 Open
324 2016-11-12 30th British Rapid 2016 Leeds ENG 3.4 Richard A Bates Kenan Boztas 1-0 26 Open
325 2016-11-12 30th British Rapid 2016 Leeds ENG 1.2 Richard A Bates James Moreby 1/2-1/2 62 Open
326 2016-07-09 4th Kings Place Open 2016 London ENG 5.3 Jovanka Houska Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 58 Open
327 2016-07-02 County Championship Final Leamington Spa ENG 1.1 Andrew J Ledger Richard A Bates 0-1 31 Open
328 2016-05-30 e2e4 Gatwick Whitsun 2016 Crawley ENG 7 Martin P Burrows Richard A Bates 0-1 53 Open
329 2016-05-30 e2e4 Gatwick Whitsun 2016 Crawley ENG 6 Michael W Healey Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 28 Open
330 2016-05-29 e2e4 Gatwick Whitsun 2016 Crawley ENG 5 Richard A Bates Mark L Hebden 1/2-1/2 57 Open
331 2016-05-29 e2e4 Gatwick Whitsun 2016 Crawley ENG 4 Richard A Bates Peter K Wells 1/2-1/2 20 Open
332 2016-05-28 e2e4 Gatwick Whitsun 2016 Crawley ENG 3 Steven A Jones Richard A Bates 0-1 31 Open
333 2016-05-28 e2e4 Gatwick Whitsun 2016 Crawley ENG 2 Richard A Bates Killian Delaney 1-0 28 Open
334 2016-05-27 e2e4 Gatwick Whitsun 2016 Crawley ENG 1 Chris B Rice Richard A Bates 0-1 33 Open
335 2016-05-02 4NCL 2015-16 Birmingham ENG 11.145 Richard A Bates Glenn C Flear 1/2-1/2 28 Open
336 2016-05-01 4NCL 2015-16 Birmingham ENG 10.135 James P Jackson Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 29 Open
337 2016-04-30 4NCL 2015-16 Birmingham ENG 9.125 Richard A Bates Andrew N Greet 1/2-1/2 66 Open
338 2016-03-26 60th Southend Easter 2016 Southend ENG 4.4 Jakhongir Vakhidov Richard A Bates 1-0 49 Open
339 2016-03-26 60th Southend Easter 2016 Southend ENG 3.7 Richard A Bates John Anderson 1-0 36 Open
340 2016-03-25 60th Southend Easter 2016 Southend ENG 2.12 David J Whitehead Richard A Bates 0-1 33 Open
341 2016-03-25 60th Southend Easter 2016 Southend ENG 1.9 Richard A Bates Maurice J Staples 1/2-1/2 42 Open
342 2016-03-20 4NCL 2015-16 Birmingham ENG 8.115 David J Eggleston Richard A Bates 0-1 64 Open
343 2016-03-19 4NCL 2015-16 Birmingham ENG 7.175 Richard A Bates Charles Pickard 1/2-1/2 48 Open
344 2016-02-21 Bunratty Masters 2016 Bunratty IRL 6.3 Richard A Bates Simon K Williams 1-0 48 Open
345 2016-02-21 Bunratty Masters 2016 Bunratty IRL 5.5 Alexander Baburin Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 36 Open
346 2016-02-20 Bunratty Masters 2016 Bunratty IRL 4.9 Bart Van der Zwet Richard A Bates 0-1 40 Open
347 2016-02-20 Bunratty Masters 2016 Bunratty IRL 3.9 Richard A Bates Kieran Moynihan 1-0 39 Open
348 2016-02-20 Bunratty Masters 2016 Bunratty IRL 2.3 Oleg Korneev Richard A Bates 1-0 37 Open
349 2016-02-19 Bunratty Masters 2016 Bunratty IRL 1.14 Richard A Bates Gerard MacElligott 1-0 25 Open
350 2016-02-14 4NCL 2015-16 Birmingham ENG 6.174 Richard A Bates Tim Kett 1/2-1/2 33 Open

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