William N Watson

Country

ENG

Birth Year

1962

Gender

M

Title

Grandmaster

FIDE ID

400157

FIDE ratings

2468

Classical

Published FIDE

2492

Rapid

Published FIDE

2384

Blitz

Published FIDE

Official classical ranks

World rank
#839
National rank · ENG
#19

Active players · Oct 2026 FIDE list ⓘ

Rating history

Highest recorded rating
2527 Jan 2001
Recorded years
2001–2026
Archived games
35

Based on available monthly lists and saved games.

ECF ratings

English rankings

ECF code 121231L · Cavendish · Latest available list 2026-10-01

2365Standard
—Rapid
2162Blitz

Rating history

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

Published lists
DateTypeScaleOriginalRevised
2026-10-01blitzrating21622162
2026-10-01standardrating23652365
2026-09-01blitzrating22152215
2026-09-01standardrating23652365
2026-08-01blitzrating22152215
2026-08-01standardrating23652365
2026-07-01blitzrating22152215
2026-07-01standardrating23612361
2026-06-01blitzrating22152215
2026-06-01standardrating23612361
2026-05-01blitzrating22152215
2026-05-01standardrating23552355
2026-04-01blitzrating22152215
2026-04-01standardrating23502350
2026-03-01blitzrating22152215
2026-03-01standardrating23502350
2026-02-01blitzrating22152215
2026-02-01standardrating23412341
2026-01-01blitzrating22152215
2026-01-01standardrating23332333
2025-12-01blitzrating22462246
2025-12-01standardrating23202320
2025-11-01blitzrating22462246
2025-11-01standardrating23202320
2025-10-01blitzrating22462246
2025-10-01standardrating23152315
2025-09-01blitzrating22462246
2025-09-01standardrating23152315
2025-08-01blitzrating22452246
2025-08-01standardrating23152315
2025-07-01blitzrating22452246
2025-07-01standardrating23152315
2025-06-01blitzrating22452246
2025-06-01standardrating23302330
2025-05-01blitzrating22452246
2025-05-01standardrating23302330
2025-04-01blitzrating22452246
2025-04-01standardrating23302330
2019-07-01standardgrade226226

Historical coverage is still being added.

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: 2026-10-09 (UTC).

# Date Event Site Round White Black Result Moves View
1 2026-03-01 2nd Bundesliga Sud 25-26 Germany GER 11.4 Watson,W Laurusas,T 1/2-1/2 24 Open
2 2026-02-28 2nd Bundesliga Sud 25-26 Germany GER 10.4 Langrock,H Watson,W 0-1 35 Open
3 2024-12-07 LCC Superblitz GpD London ENG 7.2 William N Watson Ilia Smirin 0-1 31 Open
4 2024-12-07 LCC Superblitz GpD London ENG 6.3 Shreyas Royal William N Watson 0-1 24 Open
5 2024-12-07 LCC Superblitz GpD London ENG 5.3 William N Watson Bodhana Sivanandan 1-0 47 Open
6 2024-12-07 LCC Superblitz GpD London ENG 4.2 Jonah B Willow William N Watson 1-0 18 Open
7 2024-12-07 LCC Superblitz GpD London ENG 3.4 William N Watson Raunak Sadhwani 0-1 39 Open
8 2024-12-07 LCC Superblitz GpD London ENG 2.1 Santosh Gujrathi Vidit William N Watson 1-0 23 Open
9 2024-12-07 LCC Superblitz GpD London ENG 1.4 Stanley Badacsonyi William N Watson 1-0 33 Open
10 2024-03-17 2nd Bundesliga Ost 23-24 Germany GER 10.6 Alexander Belezky William N Watson 0-1 40 Open
11 2024-03-16 2nd Bundesliga Ost 23-24 Germany GER 9.6 William N Watson Ferdinand Xiong 1-0 46 Open
12 2023-12-01 2nd Bundesliga Ost 23-24 Germany GER 8.6 Florian Ott William N Watson 1-0 41 Open
13 2023-10-22 2nd Bundesliga Ost 23-24 Germany GER 2.6 William N Watson Johannes Rusche 1-0 45 Open
14 2023-10-21 2nd Bundesliga Ost 23-24 Germany GER 1.6 Nikola Nestorovic William N Watson 0-1 41 Open
15 2023-04-30 Bundesliga 2022-23 Munich GER 15.7 Linus Johansson William N Watson 1-0 55 Open
16 2023-04-29 Bundesliga 2022-23 Munich GER 14.7 Rustem Dautov William N Watson 1/2-1/2 53 Open
17 2023-03-19 Bundesliga 2022-23 Deggendorf GER 11.6 Johannes Florstedt William N Watson 0-1 56 Open
18 2023-03-18 Bundesliga 2022-23 Deggendorf GER 10.6 William N Watson Hans Moehn 0-1 46 Open
19 2022-11-27 Bundesliga 2022-23 Muelheim GER 4.4 William N Watson Alexander Naumann 1/2-1/2 35 Open
20 2022-11-26 Bundesliga 2022-23 Muelheim GER 3.3 Volkmar, Dr. Dinstuhl William N Watson 1-0 54 Open
21 2022-07-10 Bundesliga 2021-22 Berlin GER 15.7 Dirk Sebastian William N Watson 0-1 39 Open
22 2022-07-09 Bundesliga 2021-22 Berlin GER 14.8 William N Watson Armen Ar. Barseghyan 0-1 40 Open
23 2022-07-08 Bundesliga 2021-22 Berlin GER 12.6 Lennert Lenaerts William N Watson 1/2-1/2 24 Open
24 2022-07-07 Bundesliga 2021-22 Berlin GER 11.5 William N Watson Nikolas Wachinger 1/2-1/2 46 Open
25 2022-05-29 Bundesliga 2021-22 Baden Baden GER 10.3 William N Watson Georg Meier 1-0 30 Open
26 2013-10-05 4NCL Team Rapid 2013 Daventry ENG 7.5 William N Watson Malcolm Pein 1-0 30 Open
27 2013-10-05 4NCL Team Rapid 2013 Daventry ENG 6.1 John Pitcher William N Watson 0-1 32 Open
28 2013-10-05 4NCL Team Rapid 2013 Daventry ENG 4.1 Gawain C B Maroroa Jones William N Watson 1-0 51 Open
29 2013-10-05 4NCL Team Rapid 2013 Daventry ENG 3.5 William N Watson Matthew S Piper 1-0 59 Open
30 1987 New York op New York - Smyslov, Vasily Watson, William N 1/2-1/2 44 Open
31 1991 London WFW London - Khalifman, Alexander Watson, William N 1-0 22 Open
32 1994 Bundesliga 9394 Germany - Kramnik, Vladimir Watson, William N 1-0 59 Open
33 1989 London NWYM London - Bronstein, David I Watson, William N 1/2-1/2 51 Open
34 1985 Moscow-B Moscow - Khalifman, Alexander Watson, William N 1-0 38 Open
35 1989 GMA Baleares Open Palma de Mallorca 6 Watson, William N Anand, Viswanathan 1/2-1/2 10 Open

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