The FIDE ratings page here shows the highest FIDE ratings achieved by Irish players, ranked in descending order. The list had not been updated since the November 2020 FIDE list came out, initially because there was almost no chess activity and so no changes. However, things seem to be getting back to normal, thankfully, so the page here has been refreshed to reflect all FIDE lists up to April 2022, which has just been published.
In the meantime, the changes were:
- June 2021: John L. Hughes 2247 → 2257, 61st → 56th
- August 2021: Tom O’Gorman 2372 → 2377, unchanged
- October 2021: Conor E. Murphy 2407 → 2428, 8th → 6th, Tom O’Gorman 2377 → 2381, 19th → 17th
- December 2021: Conor E. Murphy 2428 → 2431, 6th → 5th
- January 2022; Tarun Kanyamarala 2384 → 2398, 16th → 11th
- April 2022: Tarun Kanyamarala 2398 → 2403, 11th → =9th-10th.
One notable milestone occurred with this latest list: Paul Henry, whose 2400 from the January 1979 list made him the highest rated Irish player ever, a record he held for many years, has fallen out of the top ten for the first time, displaced by Tarun Kanyamarala.
looks like Conor Murphy is the real deal and the new favourite to become Ireland’s first natural GM. He has just held his 6th very strong GM to a draw in the current European championships…surely a record for an Irish player?
https://chess-results.com/tnr607286.aspx?lan=1&art=9&fedb=IRL&fed=IRL&flag=30&snr=144
I am guessing he will be surpassing his highest FIDE rating this year as he has a busy chess schedule lined up.
Conor Murphy creeps up to 2452 in the July 23 list and Trisha
Kanyamarala has a rating of 2344 ….the exact same as her brother Tarun (2344) that must be a world first! and she also qualifies for the FM title….must be a computer glitch that she is omitted from the top Irish ratings list?
That list now defaults to Gender -Male : select Any Gender
Conor Murphy up to 2487 on the live list after gaining 6 points at this weekends 4NCL (11-12 November 2023)