Leighton Nicholls

NZL · 29 yrs · K=20 · Peak 1934 (Apr 2016)

Best performance: 2028 at Wellington Chess Club Championships 2026 B Grade Rounds 7-9(Best of 2025)

World #=66609 live384#66,225 publishedNew Zealand #=109

OCT26 Rating

1834

Live Rating

1834.0

Change

0.0

Games Played

Rating History · Classical

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Classical games since the October list

No rated standard games this rating periodsince the OCT26 list (Oct 1, 2026)

	Last played	Score	TPR
	Arthur Pomeroy Memorial 2026 B Rounds 5-7May 7 – Jun 18	½/3	—

The live rating moves only when new rated games are played. Until then it matches the published rating.

Event timeline · Classical

16 events

Events before the current rating period show the performance, not a rating change.

Live events show the rating change; earlier events show the performance rating.

Arthur Pomeroy Memorial 2026 B Rounds 5-7—(2)
May – Jun 2026Round robinfederation source
Score ½/3Opp avg 1713Start 1820
Arthur Pomeroy Memorial 2026 B Rounds 1-42629
May 2026Round robinfederation source
Score 4/4Opp avg 1829Start 1820
Peter Weir Memorial Masters 20261544
Jan 2026Round robinfederation source
#2 in 2026Score 1½/9Opp avg 1988Start 1882
2026 New Zealand Chess Championships1853
Jan 2026Swissfederation source
Best of 2026Score 3½/9Opp avg 1933Start 1882
Wellington Chess Club Championships 2026 B Grade Rounds 7-92028
Oct – Nov 2025Round robinfederation source
Best of 2025Score 3½/4Opp avg 1755Start 1871
Wellington Chess Club Championships 2026 B Grade Rounds 2-51831
Oct 2025Round robinfederation source
#5 in 2025Score 2/4Opp avg 1831Start 1871
Wellington Chess Club Championships 2026 B Grade Round 1—(1)
Sep 2025Round robinfederation source
Score 1/1Opp avg 1574Start 1869
North Island Chess Championships 20251854
Jul 2025Swissfederation source
#3 in 2025Score 5/8Opp avg 1804Start 1871
47th Trusts Open A1844
May – Jun 2025Swissfederation source
#4 in 2025Score 2/6Opp avg 1969Start 1878
Wellington Open 2025—(2)
Apr 2025Swissfederation source
Score 2/3Opp avg 1757Start 1882
2025 Melbourne International Open - Amateurs1879
Apr 2025Swissfederation source
#2 in 2025Score 6½/9Opp avg 1738Start 1882
Wellington Chess Club Championship A Grade Round 9—(1)
Sep – Dec 2024Swissfederation source
Score 0/1Opp avg 2195Start 1902
Wellington Chess Club Championship A Grade Round 6-81941
Sep – Dec 2024Swissfederation source
Best of 2024Score 1½/3Opp avg 1941Start 1902
Wellington Chess Club Championship A Grade Round 2-51709
Sep – Oct 2024Swissfederation source
#3 in 2024Score ½/4Opp avg 2031Start 1902
Wellington Chess Club Championship A Grade Round 1—(1)
Sep 2024Swissfederation source
Score 0/1Opp avg 2227Start 1902
2024 North Island Championships1786
Mar – Apr 2024Swissfederation source
#2 in 2024Score 4½/8Opp avg 1743Start 1930

Rated near Leighton Nicholls · Classical

World

#=66609Antony C Hall1834.0
#=66609Pendar Forouhar1834.0
#=66609CMLeighton Nicholls1834.0
#=66609WCMLuna Yuexiu Xu1834.0
#=66609Zi Yao (kelvin) Wang1834.0

New Zealand

#=107Antonio Krstev1835.0
#=107Ishan Wiratunga1835.0
#=109CMLeighton Nicholls1834.0
#=109WCMLuna Yuexiu Xu1834.0
#=109Zi Yao (kelvin) Wang1834.0

Live ratings projected from the OCT26 published list · Not affiliated with FIDE