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Fitzsimons, Pat
🇮🇪FIDE 2502526· Male· Ireland· Born in 1961
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Pat Fitzsimons, a 65-year-old Irish player, is rated 1696. He has slipped back 45 Elo over the past 12 months. 56 rated games in the past year (≈20/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include The Queen Maeve Cup 2026, LCU BEA Cup North 2025-2026 Rounds 9-10, and DCU Majors 2026. Also played 1 rapid event (including Bray Rapid 2025) recently. He took a 25-month break between May 2020 and Jul 2022 (COVID-19 included). His peak of 1851 was reached at age 63 (Jun 2024).
Current rating
1696
Standard
Rpd1784·Blz1857
All-time high
1851
−155 pts below
Jun 2024 · age 63
Jun 2024 · age 63
Activity
41
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
50 past 12 mo · ≈4/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#111,386
#111,386 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
15 entries2024
Best 12-month gain (+110 Elo)
1741 → 1851
Jun 2024
All-time peak 1851
at age 63 · −155 from today
Jun 2024
Re-crossed 1800
at age 63
Mar 2024
2022
19th Irish 60-65 player
at age 61 · rated 1793
Apr 2022
2020
24th Irish 55-60 player
at age 59 · rated 1793
Oct 2020
Inactive for 25 months
paused at 1793 → returned at 1784
May 2020
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-45
1741 → 1696
Tournaments
16
58 games
Score
26/ 5844.8%
15W24D19L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
16 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Round-Robin | Jun 2026 | 4/4 | #2 | 2428 | +16.0 |
Team | May 2026 | 0.5/1 | #11 | — | +2.2 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 1.5/5 | #27 | — | -3.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/2 | #1 | — | +12.2 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 2.5/5 | #19 | 1754 | +10.2 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 2/5 | #23 | 1638 | -5.2 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 2.5/6 | #9 | 1733 | +7.8 |
Team | Dec 2025 | 1.5/1 | #27 | — | -1.0 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/1 | #53 | — | +0.6 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #33 | — | -11.4 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsFred Armstrong
🇮🇪IRL·1806
+3 −3 =4
10 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsBernard Boyle
🇮🇪IRL·1843
+0 −6 =3
9 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsAlan Macdonagh
🇮🇪IRL·1792
+0 −1 =7
8 games·last met Aug 2025
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vsCiaran Quinn
🇮🇪IRL·1916
+1 −5 =0
6 games·last met Aug 2024
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vsAlex Goss
🇮🇪IRL·1881
+1 −3 =1
5 games·last met Aug 2025
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Rankings
/
Ireland
#576
out of 1,228 players
Europe
#78,064
in continent
World
#111,383
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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