CChessStats
Format
CJ

Cassidy, John

🇮🇪

FIDEFIDE 2502020· Male· Ireland· Born in 1972

Follow John CassidyTrack his monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.

John Cassidy, a 54-year-old Irish player, is rated 1853. He has held steady between 1850 and 1900 for 2 years. 14 rated games in the past year (≈8/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include Munster Chess Union Club League Division 2 Round 7, Galway Spring Tournament 2026 Round 4, and Galway Spring Tournament 2026 Round 3. Also played 1 blitz event (including Irish Blitz Championship 2025) recently. He took a 26-month break between Apr 2020 and Jul 2022 (COVID-19 included). His peak of 2065 was reached at age 38 (Nov 2010, Irish #42 at the time).

Current rating

1853

Standard

Rpd1870·Blz1815

All-time high

2065

−212 pts below
Nov 2010 · age 38

Activity

9

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

12 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#60,573

#60,573 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

13 entries
2024
13th Irish 50-55 player
at age 52 · rated 1894
Nov 2024
Best 12-month gain (+71 Elo)
1823 → 1894
Nov 2024
2022
100 career games
at age 50
Nov 2022
9th Irish 45-50 player
at age 50 · rated 1834
Mar 2022
2020
Inactive for 26 months
paused at 1834 → returned at 1837
Apr 2020
2014
K-factor lowered to 15
at age 42
May 2014

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Nikol Bogacheva 1,902
FE 6 Roma citta' aperta - B · Dec 2025 · +1.2 Elo
Evolution
-27
1880 → 1853
Tournaments
6
15 games
Score
6.5/ 1543.3%
7W3D5L

Last 12 months — tournaments

6 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
Munster Chess Union Club League Division 2 Round 7
Team
Apr 20260.5/1#181534-7.4
Galway Spring Tournament 2026 Round 4
Swiss
Apr 20261/1#1—+5.2
Galway Spring Tournament 2026 Round 3
Swiss
Mar 20261/1#2—+6.2
Galway Spring Tournament 2026 Round 2
Swiss
Mar 20260/1#3—-8.2
Munster Chess Union Club League Division 2 Rounds 3-4
Team
Jan 20261.5/1#352511-4.0
FE 6 Roma citta' aperta - B
Open Swiss
Dec 20252.5/7#621786-18.8
Worst Elo result: FE 6 Roma citta' aperta - B (-18.8 Elo, finished #62).

Rankings

/
Ireland
#249
out of 1,228 players
Europe
#44,337
in continent
World
#60,572
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
Ireland
1
🇮🇪Collins, Sam E.Follow Sam E. CollinsTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,462
2
🇮🇪Kanyamarala, TarunFollow Tarun KanyamaralaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,426
3
🇮🇪O`Gorman, TomFollow Tom O`GormanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,385
4
🇮🇪Jessel, StephenFollow Stephen JesselTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,357
5
🇮🇪Quinn, MarkFollow Mark QuinnTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,354
6
🇮🇪Baburin, AlexanderFollow Alexander BaburinTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,344
7
🇮🇪Collins, AdamFollow Adam CollinsTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,338
8
🇮🇪Fitzsimons, DavidFollow David FitzsimonsTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,307
9
🇮🇪Tureshbayev, AnuarFollow Anuar TureshbayevTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,304
10
🇮🇪Venkatesan, KavinFollow Kavin VenkatesanTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,297
...
249🇮🇪Cassidy, John1,853
Europe
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
3
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
4
🇫🇷Firouzja, AlirezaFollow Alireza FirouzjaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,744
5
🇵🇱Duda, Jan-KrzysztofFollow Jan-Krzysztof DudaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,739
6
🇭🇺Rapport, RichardFollow Richard RapportTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,729
7
🇳🇱Van Foreest, JordenFollow Jorden Van ForeestTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,728
8
🇫🇷Vachier-Lagrave, MaximeFollow Maxime Vachier-LagraveTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,721
9
🇦🇿Mamedyarov, ShakhriyarFollow Shakhriyar MamedyarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,717
10
🇹🇷Erdogmus, Yagiz KaanFollow Yagiz Kaan ErdogmusTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,713
...
44337🇮🇪Cassidy, John1,853
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
🇺🇸Nakamura, HikaruFollow Hikaru NakamuraTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
2
🇺🇸Caruana, FabianoFollow Fabiano CaruanaTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,792
4
🇺🇿Abdusattorov, NodirbekFollow Nodirbek AbdusattorovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
4
🇺🇿Sindarov, JavokhirFollow Javokhir SindarovTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,777
6
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
8
🇮🇳Erigaisi ArjunFollow Erigaisi ArjunTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,761
9
🇺🇸So, WesleyFollow Wesley SoTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
9
🇨🇳Wei, YiFollow Yi WeiTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,753
...
60572🇮🇪Cassidy, John1,853