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: 283

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
201	2017-08-06	104th ch-GBR 2017	Llandudno WLS	9.25	David J Coleman	John R Richardson	0-1	23	Open
202	2017-08-05	104th ch-GBR 2017	Llandudno WLS	8.23	John R Richardson	James Moreby	1/2-1/2	43	Open
203	2017-08-04	104th ch-GBR 2017	Llandudno WLS	7.23	John R Richardson	Daniel GH Gallagher	1/2-1/2	45	Open
204	2017-08-03	104th ch-GBR 2017	Llandudno WLS	6.14	Keith C Arkell	John R Richardson	1-0	57	Open
205	2017-08-02	104th ch-GBR 2017	Llandudno WLS	5.14	Mark L Hebden	John R Richardson	1/2-1/2	68	Open
206	2017-08-01	104th ch-GBR 2017	Llandudno WLS	4.27	John R Richardson	Sheila Jackson	1-0	79	Open
207	2017-07-31	104th ch-GBR 2017	Llandudno WLS	3.13	Craig A Hanley	John R Richardson	1-0	45	Open
208	2017-07-30	104th ch-GBR 2017	Llandudno WLS	2.13	John R Richardson	Simon K Williams	1/2-1/2	31	Open
209	2017-07-29	104th ch-GBR 2017	Llandudno WLS	1.38	Amardip Ahluwalia	John R Richardson	0-1	64	Open
210	2017-07-08	5th Kings Place Open 2017	London ENG	6.4	John R Richardson	Simon K Williams	1/2-1/2	70	Open
211	2017-07-08	5th Kings Place Open 2017	London ENG	2.2	John R Richardson	Luke J McShane	0-1	34	Open
212	2016-12-17	London Classic Superrapid	London ENG	4.19	Matthew J Turner	John R Richardson	1-0	34	Open
213	2016-12-16	London Classic Open 2016	London ENG	9.51	Marc Gollain	John R Richardson	0-1	42	Open
214	2016-12-15	London Classic Open 2016	London ENG	8.45	John R Richardson	Zhi Wei William Woong	0-1	35	Open
215	2016-12-14	London Classic Open 2016	London ENG	7.49	Thomas Villiers	John R Richardson	0-1	60	Open
216	2016-12-13	London Classic Open 2016	London ENG	6.51	John R Richardson	Timothy P Seymour	1/2-1/2	29	Open
217	2016-12-12	London Classic Open 2016	London ENG	5.29	Deepan Chakkravarthy J.	John R Richardson	1-0	42	Open
218	2016-12-11	London Classic Open 2016	London ENG	4.53	John R Richardson	Philip J Makepeace	1-0	47	Open
219	2016-12-10	London Classic Open 2016	London ENG	3.57	Sarah N Longson	John R Richardson	1/2-1/2	67	Open
220	2016-12-10	London Classic Open 2016	London ENG	2.21	John R Richardson	Jan-Christian Schroeder	0-1	40	Open
221	2016-12-09	London Classic Open 2016	London ENG	1.109	Dustin Tennessee Opasiak	John R Richardson	0-1	14	Open
222	2016-05-30	e2e4 Gatwick Whitsun 2016	Crawley ENG	7	John R Richardson	James P Jackson	1/2-1/2	15	Open
223	2016-05-30	e2e4 Gatwick Whitsun 2016	Crawley ENG	6	Gediminas Sarakauskas	John R Richardson	1/2-1/2	62	Open
224	2016-05-29	e2e4 Gatwick Whitsun 2016	Crawley ENG	5	Killian Delaney	John R Richardson	1/2-1/2	22	Open
225	2016-05-29	e2e4 Gatwick Whitsun 2016	Crawley ENG	4	John R Richardson	Akshaya Kalaiyalahan	1/2-1/2	32	Open
226	2016-05-28	e2e4 Gatwick Whitsun 2016	Crawley ENG	3	John R Richardson	Amardip Ahluwalia	1-0	25	Open
227	2016-05-28	e2e4 Gatwick Whitsun 2016	Crawley ENG	2	Geoffrey R Moore	John R Richardson	1/2-1/2	61	Open
228	2016-05-27	e2e4 Gatwick Whitsun 2016	Crawley ENG	1	John R Richardson	Freddie Hand	1-0	50	Open
229	2016-02-21	e2e4 London Gatwick	Crawley ENG	5	John R Richardson	Joris Kokje	1-0	27	Open
230	2016-02-21	e2e4 London Gatwick	Crawley ENG	4	Marcus R Harvey	John R Richardson	1-0	81	Open
231	2016-02-20	e2e4 London Gatwick	Crawley ENG	3	John R Richardson	Gediminas Sarakauskas	1/2-1/2	12	Open
232	2016-02-20	e2e4 London Gatwick	Crawley ENG	2	Chris B Rice	John R Richardson	0-1	33	Open
233	2016-02-19	e2e4 London Gatwick	Crawley ENG	1	John R Richardson	Unidentified player	1-0	32	Open
234	2015-12-12	London Classic Superrapid	London ENG	5.18	Christian Bauer	John R Richardson	1-0	31	Open
235	2015-12-11	London Classic Open 2015	London ENG	9.29	Sopiko Guramishvili	John R Richardson	1-0	39	Open
236	2015-12-10	London Classic Open 2015	London ENG	8.37	John R Richardson	Carlo Marzano	1-0	35	Open
237	2015-12-09	London Classic Open 2015	London ENG	7.4	Edmund C Player	John R Richardson	1/2-1/2	47	Open
238	2015-12-08	London Classic Open 2015	London ENG	6.37	John R Richardson	Peter Giannatos	1/2-1/2	40	Open
239	2015-12-07	London Classic Open 2015	London ENG	5.12	Romain Edouard	John R Richardson	1-0	33	Open
240	2015-12-06	London Classic Open 2015	London ENG	4.41	John R Richardson	Akshaya Kalaiyalahan	1-0	40	Open
241	2015-12-05	London Classic Open 2015	London ENG	3.45	David Jameson	John R Richardson	0-1	50	Open
242	2015-12-05	London Classic Open 2015	London ENG	2.6	John R Richardson	Eric Hansen	0-1	46	Open
243	2015-12-04	London Classic Open 2015	London ENG	1.66	David J White	John R Richardson	0-1	33	Open
244	2015-05-04	4NCL 2014-15	Hinckley Island ENG	11.172	Stuart C Conquest	John R Richardson	1-0	45	Open
245	2015-05-03	4NCL 2014-15	Hinckley Island ENG	10.2	John R Richardson	Carlos 1996 Suarez Garcia	0-1	48	Open
246	2015-05-03	4NCL 2014-15	Hinckley Island ENG	10.172	John R Richardson	Carlos 1996 Suarez Garcia	0-1	48	Open
247	2015-05-02	4NCL 2014-15	Hinckley Island ENG	9.172	Daniel L Bisby	John R Richardson	1/2-1/2	54	Open
248	2015-02-15	4NCL 2014-15	Hinckley Island ENG	6.131	John R Richardson	Daniel W Gormally	1/2-1/2	51	Open
249	2015-02-14	4NCL 2014-15	Hinckley Island ENG	5.113	John Shaw	John R Richardson	1-0	35	Open
250	2015-01-11	4NCL 2014-15	Hinckley Island ENG	4.141	John R Richardson	James Cobb	0-1	40	Open