The new English Chess Federation grading list is out and yet again it has seen some big rises for Battersea players.
Among the biggest climbers this year are:
- 15 grading points – Tony Ashby 181-196
- 9 grading points – Denis Dupuis 127-136
- 19 grading points – FM Koby Kalavannan 216-235
- 7 grading points – Tommaso Penna 178-185
- 9 grading points – Kazi Rahman 167-176
- 10 grading points – CM Shreyas Royal 176-186
- 16 grading points – Boris Stoyanov 124-140
- 10 grading points – Viktor Stoyanov 196-206
- 8 grading points – Jacques Tivillier 154-162
- 8 grading points – Midhun Unnikrishnan 203-211
- 7 grading points – GM Simon Williams 237-244 (and in the ECF’s Top 15 Players!)
Keeping an accurate count of who is and who isn’t a Battersea player is difficult because differing definitions, however a rough average is grade is 157.
There are also a number of first grades handed out to new Battersea players, for example Tom Butterworth steams in with a rapid-play grade of 118.
Harry Williamson has perhaps the most impressive first grade of all with 164, way above his estimate around the 120 mark.
And Duncan Kerr has got a first standard-play grade since being a junior of 172.
Check out the full, searchable and sortable list here.
