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O`Donovan, Paul

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FIDEFIDE 2505550· Male· Ireland· Born in 1962

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Paul O`Donovan, a 64-year-old Irish player, is rated 1861. He has slipped back 44 Elo over the past 12 months. 30 rated games in the past year (≈8/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include The National Club championship 2026, Munster Chess Union Club League Division 1 Round 7, and Munster Chess Union Club League Division 1 Rounds 3-4. Also played 1 rapid (including 2nd Rebel Rapid Open) and 1 blitz events (including Kinsale Winter Blitz) recently. He had 2 career breaks: 23 months (2013–2015) and 32 months (2020–2023, COVID-19 included). His peak of 1912 was reached at age 62 (Mar 2024).

Current rating

1861

Standard

Rpd1880·Blz1762

All-time high

1912

−51 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 62

Activity

11

games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo

22 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active

Signature stat

#58,330

#58,330 · players worldwide · of 218,279

Career timeline

12 entries
2026
100 career games
at age 64
Feb 2026
2024
All-time peak 1912
at age 62 · −51 from today
Mar 2024
2023
12th Irish 60-65 player
at age 61 · rated 1896
Jan 2023
2020
15th Irish 55-60 player
at age 58 · rated 1898
Oct 2020
Inactive for 32 months
paused at 1898 → returned at 1896
Apr 2020
2017
25th Irish 50-55 player
at age 55 · rated 1856
Dec 2017

Standard rating history

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

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Rory QuinnFM 2,134
Kinsale Winter Open · Jan 2026 · +16.4 Elo
Evolution
-44
1905 → 1861
Tournaments
6
23 games
Score
9.5/ 2341.3%
7W5D11L
Top 3 wins
1.[W]vsRory QuinnFM2,134·Kinsale Winter Open·R1·+16.4
2.[W]vsHambel M Willow1,825·17th Leyland Chess Congress - Open·R2·+7.8
3.[W]vsDylan Mize1,791·17th Leyland Chess Congress - Open·R3·+6.9

Last 12 months — tournaments

6 events
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
The National Club championship 2026
Team
Apr 20262/4#52—-2.4
Munster Chess Union Club League Division 1 Round 7
Team
Apr 20260/1#291065-8.8
Munster Chess Union Club League Division 1 Rounds 3-4
Team
Jan 20260.5/2#291629-13.8
Kinsale Winter Open
Open Swiss
Jan 20262.5/5#121855-4.0
Cork Congress 2025 - Masters
Open Swiss
Oct 20251.5/5#22—-10.6
17th Leyland Chess Congress - Open
Swiss
Aug 20253/5#121868-3.8

Most-Played Opponents

vsPaul Kiely
🇮🇪IRL·1859
+2 −1 =3
6 games·last met Dec 2022
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vsHenk De Jonge
🇮🇪IRL·1913
+1 −4 =1
6 games·last met Dec 2019
View head-to-head →
vsRory QuinnFM
🇮🇪IRL·2119
+1 −4 =0
5 games·last met Jan 2026
View head-to-head →
vsRay O`Brien
🇮🇪IRL·1819
+5 −0 =0
5 games·last met Feb 2020
View head-to-head →

Rankings

/
Ireland
#232
out of 1,228 players
Europe
#42,745
in continent
World
#58,329
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

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4
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5
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6
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7
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8
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9
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Europe
1
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2,841
2
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3
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4
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5
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7
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8
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9
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10
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World
1
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2
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6
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2,767
7
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2,764
8
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9
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58329🇮🇪O`Donovan, Paul1,861