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IRL · 23 yrs · K=40 · Peak 1653 (May 2026)

Best performance: 1652 at Cork Chess Club All-Play-All Rapids - Section B(Best of 2026)

World #=93222 live, down 1509#91,713 publishedIreland #=353Europe #=49691among active players

Rapid rating

1652

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

On FIDE’s list since Sep 2025

How live ratings are calculated

Rating History · Rapid

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Rapid rating 1645 to 1652 over the last 12 months; peak 1653 in May 2026.

Official rating by month

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

ListClassicalRapidBlitz
Nov 20261701, -116, 9 games1652, -1, 5 games1700, -13, 8 games
Oct 20261817, +35, 3 games1653, 0, 0 games1713, 0, 0 games
Sep 20261782, -9, 3 games1653, 0, 0 games1713, 0, 0 games
Aug 20261791, +17, 6 games1653, 0, 0 games1713, 0, 0 games
Jul 20261774, -68, 4 games1653, 0, 0 games1713, 0, 0 games
Jun 20261842, 0, 0 games1653, 0, 0 games1713, 0, 0 games
May 20261842, 5 games1653, +8, 4 games1713, 0, 0 games
Apr 2026unrated1645, 0, 0 games1713, 0, 0 games
Mar 2026unrated1645, 0, 0 games1713, 0, 0 games
Feb 2026unrated1645, 0, 0 games1713, 0, 0 games
Jan 2026unrated1645, 0, 0 games1713, +11, 7 games
Dec 2025unrated1645, 0, 0 games1702, 0, 0 games

Form · Rapid

oldest → latest

Some of this player's 2026 games are not on record yet, so no unbeaten run is shown.

From 17 rapid games on record, the latest on Sep 24.

In Progress

vsKai Wong1596
PairedR2Cork Club Championship 2026-27standard

Rapid games since the November list

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

Last playedScore
Cork Chess Club All-Play-All Rapids - Section BSep 24TPR 16522/5

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

Best wins · Rapid

From 12 rated rapid games against rated opponents, 2025–2026

#OpponentRating
1, Paul Dowdall, Sep 2026 · Cork Chess Club All-Play-All Rapids - Section B, 1789*
2, John Loughran, Aug 2025 · Irish Rapid Championship 2025, 1765
3, Scott Reilly, Jan 2026 · Munster Chess Union Club League Rapid, 1734*

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

Event timeline · Rapid

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
20255118041564

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

Rated near Ben McCarthy · Rapid

World

  1. #=93222Kuldeep Kumar Acharya1652.0
  2. #=93222Khushi Maddu1652.0
  3. #=93222Ben McCarthy1652.0
  4. #=93222Igor Machowski1652.0
  5. #=93222Amarendra Kumar Gupta1652.0

Ireland

  1. #=349Oisin Flynn1653.0
  2. #=353Khushi Maddu1652.0
  3. #=353Ben McCarthy1652.0
  4. #=353Igor Machowski1652.0
  5. #=356Maurice Duignan1651.0

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