| Mar 22, 2026 | Bates | 0–1 | Merry | Round 8: Bates, Richard A - Merry, Alan B | Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation | |
| Mar 21, 2026 | Pert | ½–½ | Bates | Round 7: Pert, Richard G - Bates, Richard A | Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Classical Variation, Polgar Variation | |
| Mar 15, 2026 | Bates | 0–1 | Sivanandan | Round 11: Bates, Richard A - Sivanandan, Bodhana | Slav Defense: Modern Line | |
| Mar 15, 2026 | Gasanov | ½–½ | Bates | Round 10: Gasanov, Eldar - Bates, Richard A | King's Indian Defense | |
| Mar 15, 2026 | Bates | 0–1 | Waldhausen Gordon | Round 9: Bates, Richard A - Waldhausen Gordon, Frederick | Indian Defense: Anti-Nimzo-Indian | |
| Mar 15, 2026 | Lau | 0–1 | Bates | Round 8: Lau, Lut Yin Luke - Bates, Richard A | Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation | |
| Mar 15, 2026 | Bates | 1–0 | Peart | Round 7: Bates, Richard A - Peart, Alan | Blumenfeld Countergambit | |
| Mar 14, 2026 | Han | 1–0 | Bates | Round 6: Han, Yichen - Bates, Richard A | Sicilian Defense: Closed, Chameleon Variation | |
| Mar 14, 2026 | Bates | 1–0 | Khoury | Round 5: Bates, Richard A - Khoury, Theo | Queen's Gambit Declined | |
| Mar 14, 2026 | Yoon | 0–1 | Bates | Round 4: Yoon, Jacob D - Bates, Richard A | East Indian Defense | |
| Mar 14, 2026 | Bates | ½–½ | Jermy | Round 3: Bates, Richard A - Jermy, Jaden | Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Classical Line | |
| Mar 14, 2026 | Birtwistle | 0–1 | Bates | Round 2: Birtwistle, Nigel - Bates, Richard A | Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation | |
| Mar 14, 2026 | Bates | 1–0 | Amir | Round 1: Bates, Richard A - Amir, Zain | Mikenas Defense | |
| Feb 8, 2026 | Bates | 0–1 | Jackson | Round 6: Bates, Richard A - Jackson, James P | Indian Defense: Dzindzi-Indian Defense | |
| Feb 7, 2026 | Bottazzi | 1–0 | Bates | Round 5: Bottazzi, Ulysse - Bates, Richard A | Sicilian Defense: Four Knights Variation | |
| Jan 11, 2026 | Bates | ½–½ | Zakarian | Round 4: Bates, Richard A - Zakarian, David | Bogo-Indian Defense: Nimzowitsch Variation | |
| Jan 10, 2026 | Rendle | 1–0 | Bates | Round 3: Rendle, Thomas E - Bates, Richard A | Sicilian Defense: French Variation, Westerinen Attack | |
| Nov 2, 2025 | Speelman | 1–0 | Bates | Round 2: Speelman, Jon S - Bates, Richard A | English Opening: Anglo-Indian Defense, Nimzo-English | |
| Nov 1, 2025 | Bates | 1–0 | Yoon | Round 1: Bates, Richard A - Yoon, Jacob D | Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Check Variation, Intermezzo Line | |
| Oct 25, 2025 | Bates | 1–0 | Sjodahl | Round 7: Bates, Richard A - Sjodahl, Pontus | Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Classical Line | |
| Oct 21, 2025 | Bates | ½–½ | Knuedel | Round 3: Bates, Richard A - Knuedel, Torben | Indian Defense: Anti-Nimzo-Indian | |
| Oct 19, 2025 | Bates | ½–½ | Nogerbek | Round 1: Bates, Richard A - Nogerbek, Kazybek | King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Classical Variation | |
| Jul 20, 2025 | Bates | ½–½ | Villiers | ECF English Open Championship 2025 | Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Check Variation, Intermezzo Line | |
| Jul 20, 2025 | Cont | ½–½ | Bates | ECF English Open Championship 2025 | King's Indian Attack: Symmetrical Defense | |
| Jul 19, 2025 | Bates | 0–1 | Willow | ECF English Open Championship 2025 | Indian Defense: Przepiorka Variation | |
| Jul 19, 2025 | Yu | 0–1 | Bates | ECF English Open Championship 2025 | King's Indian Attack: Symmetrical Defense | |
| Jul 18, 2025 | Bates | 1–0 | Okhai | ECF English Open Championship 2025 | Benoni Defense | |
| Jul 18, 2025 | Patel | ½–½ | Bates | ECF English Open Championship 2025 | Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation | |
| Jul 18, 2025 | Bates | ½–½ | Pick | ECF English Open Championship 2025 | King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Uhlmann-Szabo System | |
| May 5, 2025 | Roberson | 0–1 | Bates | Round 11: Roberson, Peter T - Bates, Richard A | Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation | |
| May 4, 2025 | Macak | 1–0 | Bates | Round 10: Macak, Stefan - Bates, Richard A | Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation, English Attack | |
| May 3, 2025 | Bates | ½–½ | Gourlay | Round 9: Bates, Richard A - Gourlay, Iain | Slav Defense: Quiet Variation, Schallopp Defense | |
| Apr 21, 2025 | Bates | 0–1 | Malinovskii | Round 7: Bates, Richard A - Malinovskii, Ilia | Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Classical Line | |
| Apr 20, 2025 | Bott | 1–0 | Bates | Round 6: Bott, Simeon - Bates, Richard A | Sicilian Defense: Kramnik Variation | |
| Apr 20, 2025 | Bates | 1–0 | Dewangan | Round 5: Bates, Richard A - Dewangan, Aayush | Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Delayed Exchange Variation | |
| Apr 19, 2025 | Bates | 1–0 | Foster | Round 3: Bates, Richard A - Foster, Timothy | King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Yugoslav Variation, Exchange Line | |
| Apr 18, 2025 | Nguyen | 0–1 | Bates | Round 2: Nguyen, Lam Vy Le - Bates, Richard A | Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation | |
| Apr 18, 2025 | Bates | ½–½ | Myall | Round 1: Bates, Richard A - Myall, Ivan J | Slav Defense: Quiet Variation, Schallopp Defense | |
| Apr 15, 2025 | Hill | ½–½ | Bates | Round 4: Hill, Alistair - Bates, Richard A | King's Indian Defense: Orthodox Variation | |
| Apr 6, 2025 | Bates | ½–½ | Haydon | Round 8: Bates, Richard A - Haydon, David L | Queen's Indian Defense: Capablanca Variation | |
| Apr 5, 2025 | Francis | 0–1 | Bates | Round 7: Francis, Lishoy - Bates, Richard A | Hungarian Opening: Symmetrical Variation | |
| Feb 16, 2025 | Rogers | ½–½ | Bates | Round 6: Rogers, Jonathan W - Bates, Richard A | Torre Attack: Fianchetto Defense | |
| Feb 15, 2025 | Bates | 0–1 | Golding | Round 5: Bates, Richard A - Golding, Alex | Queen's Indian Defense: Capablanca Variation | |
| Jan 26, 2025 | Bates | 1–0 | Prior | Round 4: Bates, Richard A - Prior, Stephen C V | Queen's Indian Defense: Capablanca Variation | |
| Jan 25, 2025 | Parligras | 1–0 | Bates | Round 3: Parligras, Mircea-Emilian - Bates, Richard A | King's Indian Defense: Makogonov Variation | |
| Oct 25, 2024 | Birkisson | 1–0 | Bates | 39th European Chess Club Cup | Sicilian Defense: Four Knights Variation, Cobra Variation | |
| Oct 24, 2024 | Bates | 1–0 | Lopez Mulet | 39th European Chess Club Cup | Kangaroo Defense | |
| Oct 23, 2024 | Pap | 1–0 | Bates | 39th European Chess Club Cup | Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation | |
| Oct 22, 2024 | Bates | 1–0 | Roos | 39th European Chess Club Cup | Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Classical Line | |
| Jun 23, 2024 | Bates | ½–½ | Derakhshani | Round 7: Bates, Richard A - Derakhshani, Borna | Queen's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Nimzowitsch Variation | |
| Jun 22, 2024 | Ghasi | ½–½ | Bates | Round 6: Ghasi, Ameet K - Bates, Richard A | English Opening: Symmetrical Variation, Three Knights, Fianchetto Variation | |
| Jun 22, 2024 | Bates | 1–0 | Shearsby | Round 5: Bates, Richard A - Shearsby, Jude | Neo-Grünfeld Defense: Delayed Exchange Variation | |
| Jun 21, 2024 | Fernandez | ½–½ | Bates | Round 4: Fernandez, Daniel Howard - Bates, Richard A | Sicilian Defense: Chekhover Variation | |
| Jun 21, 2024 | Bates | 1–0 | Williams | Round 3: Bates, Richard A - Williams, Ana | Catalan Opening: Open Defense | |
| Jun 20, 2024 | Quillaud | 0–1 | Bates | Round 2: Quillaud, Maxime - Bates, Richard A | English Opening: Great Snake Variation | |
| Jun 20, 2024 | Bates | ½–½ | Honey | Round 1: Bates, Richard A - Honey, Luke Anthony | Slav Defense: Modern Line | |
| May 6, 2024 | Bates | ½–½ | Murphy | Round 11: Bates, Richard A - Murphy, Conor E | Catalan Opening: Open Defense | |
| May 5, 2024 | Chow | ½–½ | Bates | Round 10: Chow, Samuel - Bates, Richard A | Bogo-Indian Defense: Wade-Smyslov Variation | |
| May 4, 2024 | Pein | 1–0 | Bates | Round 9: Pein, Jonathan - Bates, Richard A | Sicilian Defense: Modern Variations | |
| Mar 17, 2024 | Slaby | ½–½ | Bates | Round 8: Slaby, Jerzy - Bates, Richard A | Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation, with d6 | |
| Mar 16, 2024 | Bates | 0–1 | Palliser | Round 7: Bates, Richard A - Palliser, Richard J D | Indian Defense: Przepiorka Variation | |
| Feb 10, 2024 | Siem Van Dael | ½–½ | Richard A Bates | 4NCL Division 1 2023-2024 | Sicilian Defense: Alapin Variation | |
| Dec 7, 2024 | Zhou | 1–0 | Bates | Round 9: Zhou, Yang-Fan - Bates, Richard A | Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Neo-Modern Variation, Early Deviations | |
| Dec 6, 2024 | Bates | 1–0 | Barnaure | Round 8: Bates, Richard A - Barnaure, Vlad-Victor | Queen's Pawn Game | |
| Dec 5, 2024 | Banerjee | 0–1 | Bates | Round 7: Banerjee, Supratit - Bates, Richard A | Sicilian Defense: French Variation, Open | |
| Dec 3, 2024 | Bates | ½–½ | Manmay Chopra | Round 6: Bates, Richard A - Manmay Chopra | King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Uhlmann-Szabo System | |
| Dec 2, 2024 | Sowray | ½–½ | Bates | Round 5: Sowray, Peter J - Bates, Richard A | Sicilian Defense: Delayed Alapin Variation, with e6 | |
| Dec 1, 2024 | Bates | 0–1 | Smirin | Round 4: Bates, Richard A - Smirin, Ilia | Indian Defense: Dzindzi-Indian Defense | |
| Nov 30, 2024 | Bates | 0–1 | Stefansson | Round 2: Bates, Richard A - Stefansson, Vignir Vatnar | Queen's Gambit Declined | |
| Nov 30, 2024 | Bin-Suhayl | 0–1 | Bates | Round 3: Bin-Suhayl, Ieysaa - Bates, Richard A | King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Simagin Variation | |
| Nov 29, 2024 | Rushbrooke | 0–1 | Bates | Round 1: Rushbrooke, Remy - Bates, Richard A | King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Classical Fianchetto | |
| Nov 24, 2024 | Bates | ½–½ | Jogstad | Round 2: Bates, Richard A - Jogstad, Martin | Slav Defense: Modern Line | |
| Nov 23, 2024 | Navrotescu | 1–0 | Bates | Round 1: Navrotescu, Andreea - Bates, Richard A | English Opening: Agincourt Defense | |
| Oct 20, 2024 | Bates | 0–1 | Brkic | Round 1: Bates, Richard A - Brkic, Ante | Bogo-Indian Defense: Retreat Variation | |
| Jul 30, 2023 | Thomas Villiers | ½–½ | Richard A Bates | British Chess Championships 2023: Championship | Sicilian Defense: Chekhover Variation | |
| Jul 29, 2023 | Richard A Bates | ½–½ | Edward Jackson | Round 8: Richard A Bates - Edward Jackson | Catalan Opening: Open Defense, Classical Line | |
| Jul 28, 2023 | Yao | ½–½ | Bates | British Chess Championships 2023: Championship | Sicilian Defense: Najdorf Variation | |
| Jul 26, 2023 | Mihalik | 0–1 | Bates | British Chess Championships 2023: Championship | Sicilian Defense: Moscow Variation, Main Line | |
| Jul 25, 2023 | Bates | ½–½ | Pollack | British Chess Championships 2023: Championship | Yusupov-Rubinstein System | |
| Jul 24, 2023 | Grieve | 1–0 | Bates | British Chess Championships 2023: Championship | Sicilian Defense: Four Knights Variation, Exchange Variation | |
| Jul 23, 2023 | Pert | ½–½ | Bates | British Chess Championships 2023: Championship | King's Indian Defense | |
| Jul 22, 2023 | Bates | 1–0 | Dignam | British Chess Championships 2023: Championship | King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Yugoslav System | |
| Mar 27, 2022 | Roderick M McKay | 1–0 | Richard A Bates | Round 6: Roderick M McKay - Richard A Bates | Sicilian Defense: Richter-Rauzer Variation, Neo-Modern Variation | |
| — | Bates | ½–½ | Jackson | British Chess Championships 2023: Championship | King's Indian Defense: Fianchetto Variation, Yugoslav System | |
| — | Bates | ½–½ | Waldhausen Gordon | 4NCL Division 1 2023-2024 | Queen's Pawn Game: Symmetrical Variation, Pseudo-Catalan | |