John R Richardson

Country

ENG

Birth Year

1964

Gender

Title

FIDE Master

FIDE ID

401617

FIDE ratings

2202

Classical

Published FIDE

2140

Rapid

Published FIDE

2155

Blitz

Published FIDE

Official classical ranks

World rank: #8157
National rank · ENG: #120

Active players · Oct 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

FIDE rating history

Highest recorded rating: 2356 Jul 2005
Recorded years: 2001–2026
Archived games: 316

Based on available monthly lists and saved games.

ECF ratings

English rankings

ECF code 135399J · Hendon · Latest available list 2026-10-01

2254Standard

2193Rapid

2027Blitz

ECF rating history

Revised published ratings. Pre-July 2020 grades use a separate scale.

Published lists

Date	Type	Scale	Original	Revised
2026-10-01	blitz	rating	2027	2027
2026-10-01	rapid	rating	2193	2193
2026-10-01	standard	rating	2254	2254
2026-09-01	blitz	rating	1974	1974
2026-09-01	rapid	rating	2212	2212
2026-09-01	standard	rating	2267	2267
2026-08-01	blitz	rating	1974	1974
2026-08-01	rapid	rating	2198	2198
2026-08-01	standard	rating	2267	2267
2026-07-01	blitz	rating	1974	1974
2026-07-01	rapid	rating	2198	2198
2026-07-01	standard	rating	2262	2262
2026-06-01	blitz	rating	1974	1974
2026-06-01	rapid	rating	2198	2198
2026-06-01	standard	rating	2262	2262
2026-05-01	blitz	rating	1974	1974
2026-05-01	rapid	rating	2215	2215
2026-05-01	standard	rating	2256	2257
2026-04-01	blitz	rating	1974	1974
2026-04-01	rapid	rating	2215	2215
2026-04-01	standard	rating	2251	2252
2026-03-01	blitz	rating	1974	1974
2026-03-01	rapid	rating	2215	2215
2026-03-01	standard	rating	2244	2254
2026-02-01	blitz	rating	1974	1974
2026-02-01	rapid	rating	2215	2215
2026-02-01	standard	rating	2257	2258
2026-01-01	blitz	rating	1974	1974
2026-01-01	rapid	rating	2215	2215
2026-01-01	standard	rating	2249	2249
2025-12-01	blitz	rating	1974	1974
2025-12-01	rapid	rating	2189	2189
2025-12-01	standard	rating	2288	2253
2025-11-01	blitz	rating	1974	1974
2025-11-01	rapid	rating	2189	2189
2025-11-01	standard	rating	2282	2282
2025-10-01	blitz	rating	1974	1974
2025-10-01	rapid	rating	2189	2189
2025-10-01	standard	rating	2289	2289
2025-09-01	blitz	rating	1970	1970
2025-09-01	rapid	rating	2189	2189
2025-09-01	standard	rating	2296	2296
2025-08-01	blitz	rating	1970	1970
2025-08-01	rapid	rating	2189	2189
2025-08-01	standard	rating	2308	2308
2025-07-01	blitz	rating	1970	1970
2025-07-01	rapid	rating	2189	2189
2025-07-01	standard	rating	2321	2321
2025-06-01	blitz	rating	1970	1970
2025-06-01	rapid	rating	2189	2189

FIDE rating history

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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
251	2016-12-11	London Classic Open 2016	London ENG	4.53	John R Richardson	Philip J Makepeace	1-0	47	Open
252	2016-12-10	London Classic Open 2016	London ENG	3.57	Sarah N Longson	John R Richardson	1/2-1/2	67	Open
253	2016-12-10	London Classic Open 2016	London ENG	2.21	John R Richardson	Jan-Christian Schroeder	0-1	40	Open
254	2016-12-09	London Classic Open 2016	London ENG	1.109	Dustin Tennessee Opasiak	John R Richardson	0-1	14	Open
255	2016-05-30	e2e4 Gatwick Whitsun 2016	Crawley ENG	7	John R Richardson	James P Jackson	1/2-1/2	15	Open
256	2016-05-30	e2e4 Gatwick Whitsun 2016	Crawley ENG	6	Gediminas Sarakauskas	John R Richardson	1/2-1/2	62	Open
257	2016-05-29	e2e4 Gatwick Whitsun 2016	Crawley ENG	5	Killian Delaney	John R Richardson	1/2-1/2	22	Open
258	2016-05-29	e2e4 Gatwick Whitsun 2016	Crawley ENG	4	John R Richardson	Akshaya Kalaiyalahan	1/2-1/2	32	Open
259	2016-05-28	e2e4 Gatwick Whitsun 2016	Crawley ENG	3	John R Richardson	Amardip Ahluwalia	1-0	25	Open
260	2016-05-28	e2e4 Gatwick Whitsun 2016	Crawley ENG	2	Geoffrey R Moore	John R Richardson	1/2-1/2	61	Open
261	2016-05-27	e2e4 Gatwick Whitsun 2016	Crawley ENG	1	John R Richardson	Freddie Hand	1-0	50	Open
262	2016-02-21	e2e4 London Gatwick	Crawley ENG	5	John R Richardson	Joris Kokje	1-0	27	Open
263	2016-02-21	e2e4 London Gatwick	Crawley ENG	4	Marcus R Harvey	John R Richardson	1-0	81	Open
264	2016-02-20	e2e4 London Gatwick	Crawley ENG	3	John R Richardson	Gediminas Sarakauskas	1/2-1/2	12	Open
265	2016-02-20	e2e4 London Gatwick	Crawley ENG	2	Chris B Rice	John R Richardson	0-1	33	Open
266	2016-02-19	e2e4 London Gatwick	Crawley ENG	1	John R Richardson	Unidentified player	1-0	32	Open
267	2015-12-12	London Classic Superrapid	London ENG	5.18	Christian Bauer	John R Richardson	1-0	31	Open
268	2015-12-11	London Classic Open 2015	London ENG	9.29	Sopiko Guramishvili	John R Richardson	1-0	39	Open
269	2015-12-10	London Classic Open 2015	London ENG	8.37	John R Richardson	Carlo Marzano	1-0	35	Open
270	2015-12-09	London Classic Open 2015	London ENG	7.4	Edmund C Player	John R Richardson	1/2-1/2	47	Open
271	2015-12-08	London Classic Open 2015	London ENG	6.37	John R Richardson	Peter Giannatos	1/2-1/2	40	Open
272	2015-12-07	London Classic Open 2015	London ENG	5.12	Romain Edouard	John R Richardson	1-0	33	Open
273	2015-12-06	London Classic Open 2015	London ENG	4.41	John R Richardson	Akshaya Kalaiyalahan	1-0	40	Open
274	2015-12-05	London Classic Open 2015	London ENG	3.45	David Jameson	John R Richardson	0-1	50	Open
275	2015-12-05	London Classic Open 2015	London ENG	2.6	John R Richardson	Eric Hansen	0-1	46	Open
276	2015-12-04	London Classic Open 2015	London ENG	1.66	David J White	John R Richardson	0-1	33	Open
277	2015-05-04	4NCL 2014-15	Hinckley Island ENG	11.172	Stuart C Conquest	John R Richardson	1-0	45	Open
278	2015-05-03	4NCL 2014-15	Hinckley Island ENG	10.2	John R Richardson	Carlos 1996 Suarez Garcia	0-1	48	Open
279	2015-05-03	4NCL 2014-15	Hinckley Island ENG	10.172	John R Richardson	Carlos 1996 Suarez Garcia	0-1	48	Open
280	2015-05-02	4NCL 2014-15	Hinckley Island ENG	9.172	Daniel L Bisby	John R Richardson	1/2-1/2	54	Open
281	2015-02-15	4NCL 2014-15	Hinckley Island ENG	6.131	John R Richardson	Daniel W Gormally	1/2-1/2	51	Open
282	2015-02-14	4NCL 2014-15	Hinckley Island ENG	5.113	John Shaw	John R Richardson	1-0	35	Open
283	2015-01-11	4NCL 2014-15	Hinckley Island ENG	4.141	John R Richardson	James Cobb	0-1	40	Open
284	2015-01-10	4NCL 2014-15	Hinckley Island ENG	3.141	Peter K Wells	John R Richardson	1/2-1/2	22	Open
285	2014-12-23	Hampstead Int Open 2014	London ENG	9.2	John R Richardson	Jinshi Bai	0-1	40	Open
286	2014-12-22	Hampstead Int Open 2014	London ENG	8.6	John R Richardson	Dave J Ledger	1-0	61	Open
287	2014-12-21	Hampstead Int Open 2014	London ENG	7.5	Ezra Kirk	John R Richardson	1/2-1/2	56	Open
288	2014-12-20	Hampstead Int Open 2014	London ENG	6.6	Peter J Sowray	John R Richardson	1/2-1/2	28	Open
289	2014-12-19	Hampstead Int Open 2014	London ENG	5.4	John R Richardson	Bogdan Lalic	0-1	37	Open
290	2014-12-18	Hampstead Int Open 2014	London ENG	4.5	John Paul Wallace	John R Richardson	0-1	77	Open
291	2014-12-17	Hampstead Int Open 2014	London ENG	3.6	John R Richardson	Nino Maisuradze	0-1	73	Open
292	2014-12-16	Hampstead Int Open 2014	London ENG	2.6	Robert F Willmoth	John R Richardson	0-1	42	Open
293	2014-12-15	Hampstead Int Open 2014	London ENG	1.2	John R Richardson	Jakhongir Vakhidov	0-1	54	Open
294	2014-12-06	6th LCC Super Rapidplay Open 2014	London ENG	2.2	Fabiano Caruana	John R Richardson	1-0	45	Open
295	2014-11-16	4NCL 2014-15	Hinckley Island ENG	2.131	Geoff W Lawton	John R Richardson	0-1	49	Open
296	2014-11-15	4NCL 2014-15	Hinckley Island ENG	1.121	John R Richardson	Matthew J Turner	0-1	43	Open
297	2013-12-15	5th Classic Open 2013	London ENG	9.15	John R Richardson	Sundar M. Shyam	0-1	36	Open
298	2013-12-14	5th Classic Open 2013	London ENG	8.3	David Okike	John R Richardson	0-1	75	Open
299	2013-12-13	5th Classic Open 2013	London ENG	7.1	John R Richardson	Jonathan Hawkins	0-1	56	Open
300	2013-12-12	5th Classic Open 2013	London ENG	6.3	John R Richardson	Robert F Willmoth	1-0	38	Open