Top Players and Teams

Derbyshire’s Top Chess Players – (August 2019 Grades)

Below is a list of all current players registered with DCA club with an ECF Grade of 150 or higher.

NAME

REF

ECF

ELO

PREV

DIFF

CLUB

Latham, David

210988J

196

2170

185

11

Chesterfield

Mateu Guiu, Esteve

308987D

195

2163

194

1

Rolls Royce Derby

Ackley, Peter JE

165369G

191

2133

191

0

Chesterfield

Madden, Paul

114779B

190

2125

197

-7

Breadsall

Molyneux, John

115670G

188

2110

192

-4

Breadsall

Gilmore, Simon N

111264J

187

2103

186

1

Belper

Shannon, John E

118750J

180

2050

181

-1

Derby

Staples, Maurice J

119601H

180

2050

180

0

Lichfield

Howard, D Martin

265240H

177

2028

177

0

Chesterfield

Cast, Julian

133589D

176

2020

173

3

Long Eaton

Alcock, Mike

105573C

175

2013

166

9

Chesterfield

Alderson, Michael J

105582D

175

2013

173

2

Belper

Kingston, Ian S

257837C

174

2005

180

-6

Lichfield

Morrison, Kenneth GE

115846G

174

2005

172

2

Chesterfield

Jarvis, Derek A

173444B

173

1998

182

-9

Breadsall

Sullivan, Daniel JS

231068F

171

1983

182

-11

Chesterfield

Johnson, Michael D

113695B

170

1975

171

-1

Chesterfield

Forey, Ray J

110757E

169

1968

170

-1

Derby

Green, Anthony J

157077J

169

1968

169

0

Lichfield

Dalley, Kevin J

139864H

165

1938

155

10

Derby

Downham, Alan F

127966L

164

1930

157

7

Belper

Mort, Andrew J

115852B

163

1923

157

6

Chesterfield

Webster, Alex

269851B

163

1923

159

4

Derby

Natt, Anthony L

265256A

161

1908

164

-3

Clay Cross

Williams, David

121714J

161

1908

161

0

Derby

Alldread, Luke S

166478F

159

1893

155

4

Belper

Graff, Leon

313627K

159

1893

157

2

Lichfield

Nath, Ranjit

116075J

157

1878

155

2

Rolls Royce Derby

Panday, Sohrab

233283J

157

1878

166

-9

Belper

Bromilow, Edward T

107340A

156

1870

157

-1

Rolls Royce Derby

Gillespie, Gary D

273261A

156

1870

158

-2

Rolls Royce Derby

Lambert, Michael

114022L

156

1870

156

0

Long Eaton

Gamble, Raymond J

111035E

155

1863

141

14

Spondon

Giles, Alan

249292B

154

1855

149

5

Lichfield

Humphries, Tim

265241K

154

1855

147

7

Chesterfield

Smith, John

119255D

154

1855

155

-1

Lichfield

Hulme, David

306636J

153

1848

152

1

Lichfield

Smith, David

139962H

153

1848

153

0

Derby

Ashcroft, David

157541H

152

1840

156

-4

Chesterfield

Bentley, Alex

231084D

151

1833

148

3

Long Eaton

Castro, Jaime

274209D

151

1833

155

-4

Derby

Hill, Maurice J

112669G

150

1825

148

2

Rolls Royce Derby

Willett, Peter

296938F

150

1825

146

4

Lichfield

To put things in perspective

STATUS GRADE
World Champion 280
Grandmaster 240
International Master 227
Master 213
Candidate Master 200
Expert 175
Good Club Player 150
Novice 100

You will normally see Grades quoted as much higher FIDE Grades. The currently recognised conversion is:

FIDE Grade = 7.5 (ECF Grade) + 700