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Hughes, John L
🇮🇪INACTIVE · since January 2025FIDE 2046105· Male· Ireland· Born in 1996
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John L Hughes, a 30-year-old Irish player, is rated 2183 and ranked 27th among Irish players, and in the top 4% worldwide. He plays around 20 rated games per year and had 3 career breaks: 12 months (2014–2015), 17 months (2017–2019) and 17 months (2021–2023). Also played 1 rapid event (including 2025 Marshall Chess Club Rapid Championship) recently. His peak of 2257 was reached at age 25 (Jun 2021); he also reached Irish #14 in Oct 2015.
Competes for Ireland since Jun 2013. At junior level, he reached #1, #1, #1 and #1 nationally in U20, U18, U16 and U14.
Current rating
2183
Standard
Rpd2130·Blz2103
All-time high
2257
−74 pts below
Jun 2021 · age 25
Jun 2021 · age 25
Activity
15
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
classical only
Moderately active
Moderately active
Signature stat
#27
#27 · Irish players · of 939
Career timeline
19 entries2025
Inactive for 16 months
paused at 2183 → still inactive
Jan 2025
2021
Inactive for 17 months
paused at 2253 → returned at 2215
Jul 2021
All-time peak 2257
at age 25 · −74 from today
Jun 2021
2017
Inactive for 17 months
paused at 2233 → returned at 2224
Aug 2017
2015
Peak Irish rank: #14
at age 19 · rated 2242
Oct 2015
1st Irish U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2242
Sep 2015
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Top opponent
Evolution
0
2183 → 2183
Tournaments
1
3 games
Score
2/ 366.7%
1W2D0L
Top 2 wins
Top losses
Undefeated in the last 12 months.
Last 12 months — tournaments
1 event| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Open Swiss | Jun 2026 | 2/3 | #14 | 2216 | +3.6 |
Rankings
/
Ireland
#25
out of 1,228 players
Europe
#6,809
in continent
World
#9,111
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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