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
101	2024-12-03	London Classic Masters	London ENG	6.26	Olivia Smith	John R Richardson	1/2-1/2	47	Open
102	2024-12-02	London Classic Masters	London ENG	5.22	Alistair Hill	John R Richardson	1-0	26	Open
103	2024-12-01	London Classic Masters	London ENG	4.12	John R Richardson	Jonah B Willow	0-1	28	Open
104	2024-11-30	London Classic Masters	London ENG	2.21	Ihab Salem	John R Richardson	0-1	56	Open
105	2024-11-29	London Classic Masters	London ENG	1.35	John R Richardson	Livio Cancedda-Dupuis	1/2-1/2	54	Open
106	2024-11-24	4NCL Div 2 2024-25	England ENG	2.31	Jonathan W Arnott	John R Richardson	0-1	45	Open
107	2024-11-23	4NCL Div 2 2024-25	England ENG	1.61	John R Richardson	Paul Macklin	1/2-1/2	20	Open
108	2024-10-22	Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early	chess.com INT	9	John R Richardson	Oleg Papayan	1-0	27	Open
109	2024-10-22	Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early	chess.com INT	8	John R Richardson	Rushan Bogaudinov	1-0	32	Open
110	2024-10-22	Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early	chess.com INT	7	Diana Mirza	John R Richardson	0-1	24	Open
111	2024-10-22	Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early	chess.com INT	6	John R Richardson	Kalyani Sirin	0-1	70	Open
112	2024-10-22	Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early	chess.com INT	5	John R Richardson	Potawad Anirudhha	0-1	25	Open
113	2024-10-22	Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early	chess.com INT	4	Federico Sellitti	John R Richardson	1-0	49	Open
114	2024-10-22	Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early	chess.com INT	3	Shaashwath Sivakumar	John R Richardson	0-1	27	Open
115	2024-10-22	Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early	chess.com INT	2	John R Richardson	Laurie Qiu	1-0	24	Open
116	2024-10-22	Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early	chess.com INT	1	Alejandro Domingo Nunez	John R Richardson	1-0	43	Open
117	2024-10-22	Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early	chess.com INT	11	John R Richardson	Claudiu-Cristian Dobre	0-1	37	Open
118	2024-10-22	Titled Tue 22nd Oct Early	chess.com INT	10	Kaiqi Yang	John R Richardson	1-0	38	Open
119	2024-08-04	110th ch-GBR 2024	Hull ENG	9.2	John R Richardson	Stephen R Mannion	1/2-1/2	16	Open
120	2024-08-03	110th ch-GBR 2024	Hull ENG	8.21	Oliver Stubbs	John R Richardson	1/2-1/2	23	Open
121	2024-08-02	110th ch-GBR 2024	Hull ENG	7.12	John R Richardson	Yichen Han	0-1	32	Open
122	2024-08-01	110th ch-GBR 2024	Hull ENG	6.1	John R Richardson	Richard J D Palliser	0-1	40	Open
123	2024-07-31	110th ch-GBR 2024	Hull ENG	5.1	Simon K Williams	John R Richardson	0-1	37	Open
124	2024-07-30	110th ch-GBR 2024	Hull ENG	4.13	John R Richardson	Artem Lutsko	1/2-1/2	41	Open
125	2024-07-29	110th ch-GBR 2024	Hull ENG	3.23	Anusha Subramanian	John R Richardson	0-1	60	Open
126	2024-07-28	110th ch-GBR 2024	Hull ENG	2.28	John R Richardson	Akshaya Kalaiyalahan	1-0	41	Open
127	2024-07-27	110th ch-GBR 2024	Hull ENG	1.31	Elis Denele Dicen	John R Richardson	1-0	38	Open
128	2024-05-06	4NCL Div 2 2023-24	England ENG	11.53	John R Richardson	Jonathan L B Blackburn	1-0	54	Open
129	2024-05-05	4NCL Div 2 2023-24	England ENG	10.34	John R Richardson	Alexis M Harakis	1-0	39	Open
130	2024-05-04	4NCL Div 2 2023-24	England ENG	9.32	David B Graham	John R Richardson	1/2-1/2	49	Open
131	2024-03-17	4NCL Div 2 2023-24	England ENG	8.61	Adam A Taylor	John R Richardson	1-0	40	Open
132	2024-03-16	4NCL Div 2 2023-24	England ENG	7.61	John R Richardson	Daniel GH Gallagher	1-0	31	Open
133	2024-02-11	4NCL Div 2 2023-24	England ENG	6.31	Chris W Baker	John R Richardson	1/2-1/2	12	Open
134	2024-02-10	4NCL Div 2 2023-24	England ENG	5.31	John R Richardson	Alan B Merry	1-0	40	Open
135	2024-01-13	4NCL Div 2 2023-24	England ENG	3.1	Gavin Wall	John R Richardson	0-1	43	Open
136	2022-08-21	108th ch-GBR 2022	Torquay ENG	9.16	Ioanis Lentzos	John R Richardson	1-0	48	Open
137	2022-08-20	108th ch-GBR 2022	Torquay ENG	8.11	John R Richardson	Aaravamudhan Balaji	0-1	60	Open
138	2022-08-19	108th ch-GBR 2022	Torquay ENG	7.16	Martin P Burrows	John R Richardson	0-1	45	Open
139	2022-08-18	108th ch-GBR 2022	Torquay ENG	6.16	John R Richardson	Neil H Bradbury	1/2-1/2	51	Open
140	2022-08-17	108th ch-GBR 2022	Torquay ENG	5.2	Thomas Donaldson	John R Richardson	0-1	53	Open
141	2022-08-16	108th ch-GBR 2022	Torquay ENG	4.17	John R Richardson	Adam A Taylor	0-1	51	Open
142	2022-08-15	108th ch-GBR 2022	Torquay ENG	3.17	Oscar Pollack	John R Richardson	1/2-1/2	73	Open
143	2022-08-14	108th ch-GBR 2022	Torquay ENG	2.3	John R Richardson	Daniel W Gormally	0-1	40	Open
144	2022-08-13	108th ch-GBR 2022	Torquay ENG	1.24	Michael Ashworth	John R Richardson	0-1	27	Open
145	2022-07-12	17th South Wales Int 2022	Bridgend WLS	9.19	John R Richardson	Keith C Arkell	1/2-1/2	16	Open
146	2022-07-11	17th South Wales Int 2022	Bridgend WLS	8.4	John R Richardson	Alex Bullen	1-0	28	Open
147	2022-07-11	17th South Wales Int 2022	Bridgend WLS	7.6	Tim R Spanton	John R Richardson	0-1	59	Open
148	2022-07-10	17th South Wales Int 2022	Bridgend WLS	6.2	John R Richardson	Peter K Wells	0-1	31	Open
149	2022-07-09	17th South Wales Int 2022	Bridgend WLS	5.2	Olivia Smith	John R Richardson	1-0	52	Open
150	2022-07-09	17th South Wales Int 2022	Bridgend WLS	4.1	John R Richardson	Andrei Maksimenko	1-0	34	Open