They’re here – the latest English Chess Federation grades are out, and they show some steep rises for Battersea players.

If you want to see the Battersea grades click here.

Among the biggest movers in the January 2017 list are Stuart Robertson who hit 201, from 193, Domenico Amabile who went from 138 to 146 and Leon Watson from 114 to 122.

Paul Stokes hit his highest on the ECF’s available list up 6 to 170.

Emil Todorow also reached an ECF list career high with 165, while Adrian Somerfield was up 5 to 179.

Tom Eckersley-Waites, our highest graded player, is up 2 to 219.

New entries include Rafael Del Valle Domenech on 176, Aldo Camilleri with 167, Tim Valentine with 126 and Julius Vasiliauskas, 107.