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FIDE ratings

The December FIDE rating list contains 33 Suffolk-based players (who qualify to play for Suffolk) with current standard-play ratings.

A number of other players have not played enough games to qualify for a rating (nine games against rated players are needed).

No. Name Rating
1 Adam Hunt 2437
2 Justin Tan 2366
3 Alan Merry 2347
4 Dagne Ciuksyte 2340
5 Andrew Lewis 2226
6 Ed Player 2240
7 Mike Harris 2234
8 David Spence 2231
9 Shaun Munson 2167
10 Mark Gray 2091
11 Tim Lunn 2057
=12 Steve Gregory 2056
=12 Adam Taylor 2056
14 Steve Ruthen 2053
15 John Feavyour 2029
16 Paul Botham 2016
17 Ian Wallis 2009
18 Nick Savage 2007
19 John Peters 2000
20 Mike Cook 1997
21 Phil Hopkins 1988
22 Michael Clapham 1923
23 Luke Hill 1921
24 Somton Ukken 1915
25 Martin Fogg 1906
26 Richard Lamont 1893
27 Malcolm Lightfoot 1867
28 Silas Peck 1862
29 Bob Jones 1844
30 Vivian Woodward 1703
31 Keith Woodcock 1668
32 Alex Sheerin 1622
33 Anita Somton 1464

For some reason, David Brown doesn’t appear on the latest FIDE list, but it’s believed that his rating is 1961, which would put him in 22nd place.

Other Suffolk players who have not yet played enough games for a rating are (number of games played in brackets):

Andrew Shephard (7)
Jon Collins (5)
Laurie Pott (5)
Simon Riley (5)
Ted Matthewson (4)
Graham Moore (4)
Colin Roberts (4)
Steve Lovell (3)
Dominic Carter (2)
Peter Collicott (2)
Mark Weidman (2)
Sam Brennan (1)
Leon Burnett (1)

Please let me know if there are any omissions or errors!

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