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IRL · 24 yrs · K=20 · Peak 1565 (Mar 2024, includes FIDE’s rating adjustment)

Best performance: 1542 at The DCU Open Blitz 2025(Best of 2025)

World #=88082 live, down 1356#86,726 publishedIreland #=319Europe #=43516among active players

Blitz rating

1554

FIDE’s November 2026 list. No rated games since, so the live rating is the same.

On FIDE’s list since Feb 2023

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Blitz

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Blitz rating 1562 to 1554 over the last 12 months; peak 1565 in March 2024.

Official rating by month

Each month: the rating, its change from the list before, and the rated games FIDE counted.

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20261548, 0, 0 games1569, 0, 0 games1554, 0, 0 games
Oct 20261548, 0, 0 games1569, 0, 0 games1554, 0, 0 games
Sep 20261548, 0, 0 games1569, 0, 0 games1554, 0, 0 games
Aug 20261548, 0, 0 games1569, 0, 0 games1554, 0, 0 games
Jul 20261548, 0, 0 games1569, 0, 0 games1554, 0, 0 games
Jun 20261548, 0, 0 games1569, 0, 0 games1554, 0, 0 games
May 20261548, 0, 0 games1569, 0, 0 games1554, 0, 0 games
Apr 20261548, +6, 1 game1569, 0, 0 games1554, 0, 0 games
Mar 20261542, 0, 0 games1569, 4 games1554, -8, 5 games
Feb 20261542, -2, 4 gamesunrated1562, 0, 0 games
Jan 20261544, 0, 0 gamesunrated1562, 0, 0 games
Dec 20251544, 0, 0 gamesunrated1562, 0, 0 games

Form · Blitz

oldest → latest

Longest unbeaten run in 2026: 2 games, Feb 7.

From 31 blitz games on record, the latest on Feb 7.

Blitz games since the November list

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

Last playedScore
The Sligo Chess and Culture Festival 2026 BlitzFeb 7TPR 14944½/11

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

Best wins · Blitz

From 19 rated blitz games against rated opponents, 2023–2026

#OpponentRating
1, Ronan Barrett, Feb 2025 · The DCU Open Blitz 2025, 1605
2, Frantisek Harasta, Jan 2023 · PRAGUE OPEN 2023 D - blitz tournament, 1345
3, Rodion Babic, Jan 2023 · PRAGUE OPEN 2023 D - blitz tournament, 1313

* No blitz rating yet, so FIDE rates the game at the player's classical rating.

Openings · Blitz

From the moves of 11 of 31 blitz games on record.

As WhiteOpens 1.e4 in 6 of 6 games.

All openings (1 as White)
Openings in White gamesGamesScore
Sicilian Defense367%

3 more games in openings played fewer than 3 times.

Event timeline · Blitz

3 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.

Performance rating by year

YearGamesScoreAvg oppTPR
20265½18601494
20255117821542
20239313981273

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

Rated near David Murphy · Blitz

World

  1. #=88082Aleksandr Kozhukhov1554.0
  2. #=88082Yash Haresh Thakker1554.0
  3. #=88082David Murphy1554.0
  4. #=88082Jelmer Hania1554.0
  5. #=88082Archit Mittal1554.0

Ireland

  1. #=317Hassan Syed Muhammad1555.0
  2. #=317Seren Winstanley1555.0
  3. #=319David Murphy1554.0
  4. #=319Jelmer Hania1554.0
  5. #321Mark David Tonita1553.0

Live rating: FIDE’s November list plus every rated game played since. Not affiliated with FIDE.