Sam E. Collins

IRL · 44 yrs · K=10 · Peak 2492 (Apr 2016)

Best performance: 2439 at Irish Rapid Championships(Best of 2016)

NOV26 Rating

2439

Live Rating

2439.0

Change

0.0

Games Played

Rating History · Rapid

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Official rapid rating by month

Form · Rapid

oldest → latest

Unbeaten in the last 30 games (22 wins, 8 draws), since Sep 29, 2019.

From 62 rapid games on record, the latest on Sep 28, 2025.

Rapid games since the November list

No rated rapid games this rating periodsince the NOV26 list (Nov 1, 2026)

	Last played	Score	TPR
	The Irish Rapid Championship 2025Sep 28, 2025TPR 2414	6½/7	2414

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

Working toward the Grandmaster title

Tracked norms: 3 · games requirement met (27, 27 needed)

Rating: peak 2495, needs 2500

Composition: unverified whether a tracked norm came from an event played at one round a day.

Based on events we cover plus the FIDE norm registers of all federations. Norms filed elsewhere may not show up here yet.

From 45 rated rapid games against rated opponents, 2014–2025

#	Opponent	Rating
1,	FM Colm Daly, Irish Rapid Chess Championship 2014, Sep 2014	, 2349
2,	FM Colm Daly, Irish Rapid Championships, Mar 2016	, 2343
3,	FM Oleg Artemenko, The Irish Rapid Championship 2025, Sep 2025	, 2310
4,	IM Tarun Kanyamarala, The Irish Rapid Championship 2025, Sep 2025	, 2297
5,	IM Tom O`Gorman, The Irish Rapid Championships 2023, Sep 2023	, 2262
6,	FM Colm Daly, Dublin Rapid Championships 2019, Feb 2019	, 2248
7,	FM Conor O`Donnell, Dublin Rapid Championships 2019, Feb 2019	, 2205
8,	Jaroslav Shanel, The Irish Rapid Championships 2018, Sep 2018	, 2172
9,	Michael Waters, Dublin Rapid Championships 2019, Feb 2019	, 2126
10,	David Murray, Irish Rapid Chess Championship 2014, Sep 2014	, 2123

#	Opponent	Score	Rating
1,	GM Alexander Baburin, Bray Rapid 2023, Aug 2023	, ½/1	, 2387
2,	IM Alvaro Valdes Escobar, The Irish Rapid Championships 2018, Sep 2018	, 0/1	, 2359
3,	FM Colm Daly, Irish Rapid Chess Championship 2014, Sep 2014	, 3/3	, 2349
4,	FM Oleg Artemenko, The Irish Rapid Championship 2025, Sep 2025	, 1½/2	, 2310
5,	IM Tarun Kanyamarala, The Irish Rapid Championship 2025, Sep 2025	, 1/1	, 2297
6,	IM Tom O`Gorman, The Irish Rapid Championships 2023, Sep 2023	, 1/1	, 2262
7,	FM Conor O`Donnell, Dublin Rapid Championships 2019, Feb 2019	, 1/1	, 2205
8,	Jaroslav Shanel, The Irish Rapid Championships 2018, Sep 2018	, 1/1	, 2172
9,	FM Jonathan Pein, The Irish Rapid Championships 2019, Sep 2019	, 0/1	, 2133
10,	Michael Waters, Dublin Rapid Championships 2019, Feb 2019	, 1/1	, 2126

9 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.

Year	Games	Score	Avg opp	TPR
2025	6	5½	2013	2414
2024	6	5	1901	2174
2023	12	10	1881	2154
2019	12	9	1974	2167

Games count in the month they were played. Each month and year is one performance rating over all of its rated games.

The Irish Rapid Championship 20252414
Sep 2025Swissfederation source
Best of 2025Score 6½/7Opp avg 2013Start 2434
The Irish Championship 2024: Rapid2174
Aug 2024Swissfederation source
Best of 2024Score 5/6Opp avg 1901Start 2437
The Irish Rapid Championships 20232278
Sep 2023Swissfederation source
Best of 2023Score 6½/7Opp avg 1856Start 2446
Bray Rapid 20232064
Aug 2023Swissfederation source
#2 in 2023Score 5½/7Opp avg 1915Start 2446
The Irish Rapid Championships 20192136
Sep 2019Swissfederation source
#2 in 2019Score 5½/7Opp avg 1906Start 2464
Dublin Rapid Championships 20192219
Feb 2019Swissfederation source
Best of 2019Score 5½/7Opp avg 2070Start 2479
The Irish Rapid Championships 20182256
Sep 2018Swissfederation source
Best of 2018Score 5½/7Opp avg 2161Start 2492
Irish Rapid Championships2439
Mar 2016Swissfederation source
Best of 2016Score 6½/7Opp avg 2166Start 2485
Irish Rapid Chess Championship 2014—(2)
Sep 2014Swissfederation source
Score 6/7Opp avg 2236

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