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
401 2015-01-03 90th Hastings Masters 2014-15 Hastings ENG 6.14 Richard A Bates Paul Talsma 1/2-1/2 28 Open
402 2015-01-02 90th Hastings Masters 2014-15 Hastings ENG 5.2 Bernard Cafferty Richard A Bates 0-1 34 Open
403 2015-01-01 90th Hastings Masters 2014-15 Hastings ENG 4.23 Malcolm J Armstrong Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 27 Open
404 2014-12-31 90th Hastings Masters 2014-15 Hastings ENG 3.18 Richard A Bates Matthew J Wadsworth 1/2-1/2 43 Open
405 2014-12-30 90th Hastings Masters 2014-15 Hastings ENG 2.6 Jun Zhao Richard A Bates 1-0 39 Open
406 2014-12-29 90th Hastings Masters 2014-15 Hastings ENG 1.23 Richard A Bates Oskar Anton Hackner 1-0 58 Open
407 2014-12-07 6th LCC Super Rapidplay Open 2014 London ENG 9.9 Eric Hansen Richard A Bates 1-0 39 Open
408 2014-12-07 6th LCC Super Rapidplay Open 2014 London ENG 7.7 David W L Howell Richard A Bates 1-0 43 Open
409 2014-12-06 6th LCC Super Rapidplay Open 2014 London ENG 4.5 Richard A Bates Vladimir Kramnik 0-1 25 Open
410 2014-11-16 4NCL 2014-15 Hinckley Island ENG 2.145 Richard A Bates Charles F Morris 1-0 52 Open
411 2014-11-15 4NCL 2014-15 Hinckley Island ENG 1.135 Sophie Milliet Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 26 Open
412 2014-11-02 28th British Rapid 2014 Leeds ENG 9.1 Richard A Bates Jonathan Hawkins 0-1 44 Open
413 2014-11-02 28th British Rapid 2014 Leeds ENG 8.4 Richard A Bates Jim Burnett 1-0 33 Open
414 2014-11-02 28th British Rapid 2014 Leeds ENG 7.3 Mike J Surtees Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 25 Open
415 2014-11-02 28th British Rapid 2014 Leeds ENG 11.4 Richard A Bates Joseph McPhillips 1-0 42 Open
416 2014-11-02 28th British Rapid 2014 Leeds ENG 10.4 Daniel Abrahams Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 70 Open
417 2014-11-01 28th British Rapid 2014 Leeds ENG 6.3 Richard A Bates Andrew P Horton 1/2-1/2 66 Open
418 2014-11-01 28th British Rapid 2014 Leeds ENG 5.3 Peter J Batchelor Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 43 Open
419 2014-11-01 28th British Rapid 2014 Leeds ENG 4.1 Richard A Bates James R Adair 0-1 42 Open
420 2014-11-01 28th British Rapid 2014 Leeds ENG 3.2 Matthias Gantner Richard A Bates 0-1 35 Open
421 2014-11-01 28th British Rapid 2014 Leeds ENG 2.2 Richard A Bates Philip J Olbison 1-0 50 Open
422 2014-11-01 28th British Rapid 2014 Leeds ENG 1.3 Mark A Talbot Richard A Bates 0-1 35 Open
423 2014-07-12 ECF Counties Finals 2014 Warwick ENG 1.1 James R Adair Richard A Bates 1-0 45 Open
424 2014-05-26 e2e4 Sunningdale May Open 2014 Ascot ENG 7 Richard A Bates Aman Hambleton 1/2-1/2 4 Open
425 2014-05-26 e2e4 Sunningdale May Open 2014 Ascot ENG 6 Peter J Sowray Richard A Bates 0-1 32 Open
426 2014-05-25 e2e4 Sunningdale May Open 2014 Ascot ENG 5 Richard A Bates Ihab Salem 1-0 73 Open
427 2014-05-25 e2e4 Sunningdale May Open 2014 Ascot ENG 4 Richard A Bates James P Jackson 0-1 35 Open
428 2014-05-24 e2e4 Sunningdale May Open 2014 Ascot ENG 3 Chino C Atako Richard A Bates 0-1 48 Open
429 2014-05-24 e2e4 Sunningdale May Open 2014 Ascot ENG 2 Richard A Bates Keith C Arkell 0-1 48 Open
430 2014-05-23 e2e4 Sunningdale May Open 2014 Ascot ENG 1 Anthony Y Zhang Richard A Bates 0-1 34 Open
431 2014-05-05 4NCL 2013-14 Hinckley ENG 11.176 Alan J Walton Richard A Bates 1-0 61 Open
432 2014-05-04 4NCL 2013-14 Hinckley ENG 10.176 Richard A Bates Simon J B Knott 1-0 52 Open
433 2014-05-03 4NCL 2013-14 Hinckley ENG 9.176 Daniel Mcgowan Richard A Bates 0-1 33 Open
434 2014-03-23 4NCL 2013-14 Hinckley ENG 8.175 Adam Eckersley-Waites Richard A Bates 0-1 61 Open
435 2014-03-22 4NCL 2013-14 Hinckley ENG 7.145 Richard A Bates Jonathan I M Grant 1-0 34 Open
436 2014-02-15 4NCL 2013-14 Hinckley ENG 5.123 Richard A Bates Aleksandar Colovic 1-0 55 Open
437 2014-02-09 Bunratty Masters 2014 Bunratty IRL 6.6 Richard A Bates Gavin Wall 1/2-1/2 6 Open
438 2014-02-09 Bunratty Masters 2014 Bunratty IRL 5.9 Drahoslav Stejskal Richard A Bates 0-1 36 Open
439 2014-02-08 Bunratty Masters 2014 Bunratty IRL 4.15 Richard A Bates Oissine Murchadha 1-0 31 Open
440 2014-02-08 Bunratty Masters 2014 Bunratty IRL 3.7 Javier Aguera Naredo Richard A Bates 1-0 53 Open
441 2014-02-08 Bunratty Masters 2014 Bunratty IRL 2.9 Richard A Bates Valentine Kalinins 0-1 35 Open
442 2014-02-07 Bunratty Masters 2014 Bunratty IRL 1.1 Anthony Fox Richard A Bates 0-1 36 Open
443 2013-12-15 5th Classic Open 2013 London ENG 9.32 Richard A Bates Caspar J Bates 1-0 31 Open
444 2013-12-14 5th Classic Open 2013 London ENG 8.31 Robert F Willmoth Richard A Bates 1/2-1/2 31 Open
445 2013-12-13 5th Classic Open 2013 London ENG 7.32 Richard A Bates Tom Farrand 1/2-1/2 18 Open
446 2013-12-12 5th Classic Open 2013 London ENG 6.41 Timothy P Seymour Richard A Bates 0-1 36 Open
447 2013-12-11 5th Classic Open 2013 London ENG 5.56 Richard A Bates Kevin P Millward 1-0 37 Open
448 2013-12-10 5th Classic Open 2013 London ENG 4.39 Ludmila A Tsifanskaya Richard A Bates 1-0 44 Open
449 2013-12-09 5th Classic Open 2013 London ENG 3.37 Richard A Bates Alistair Compton 1/2-1/2 22 Open
450 2013-12-08 5th Classic Open 2013 London ENG 2.3 Emil Sutovsky Richard A Bates 1-0 41 Open

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