IM Richard A Bates

Full name

Richard A Bates

Born

1979 (age 46)‎

Place of birth

Federation

England

Rating

Bio

Most Played Openings

White Pieces

Catalan Opening: Closed (21 games)

Queen's Gambit Declined: Catalan Opening (18 games)

Queen's Pawn Opening: Horwitz Defense (17 games)

King's Indian Defense: Normal, Fianchetto, Karlsbad, Panno Variation (17 games)

Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Classical Line (14 games)

Black Pieces

Sicilian Defense: Open, Najdorf, English Attack (27 games)

King's Indian Defense: Orthodox, Glek Defense (21 games)

Alapin Sicilian Defense (19 games)

King's Indian Defense: Normal Variation (18 games)

English Opening: Great Snake Variation (14 games)

Games

Players	Result	Moves	Year
Richard A Bates (2316) Stephen C V Prior (2026)	1-0	78	2025
Richard A Bates (2311) Timothy Foster (1954)	1-0	41	2025
Richard A Bates (2311) Aayush Dewangan (2018)	1-0	34	2025
Richard A Bates (2292) Shabir Okhai (2089)	1-0	38	2025
Richard A Bates (2282) Pontus Sjodahl (2431)	1-0	58	2025
Richard A Bates (2296) Jacob D Yoon (2160)	1-0	42	2025
Richard A Bates (2315) Alex Golding (2365)	0-1	70	2025
Richard A Bates (2311) Ilia Malinovskii (2064)	0-1	32	2025
Richard A Bates (2292) Jonah B Willow (2457)	0-1	44	2025
Richard A Bates (2311) David L Haydon (2278)	½-½	16	2025