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Newman, Mark
🇮🇪FIDE 2505819· Male· Ireland· Born in 1963
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Mark Newman, a 63-year-old Irish player, is rated 1837 — just 13 short of his peak of 1850 (Jun 2024, age 61). He plays occasionally (2 games in the last 12 months) and had 2 career breaks: 26 months (2019–2021, COVID-19 included) and 29 months (2021–2024). Recent appearance: Bangor Chess Club 60th Anniversary Classic r7.
Current rating
1837
Standard
Rpd1810·Blz1833
All-time high
1850
−13 pts below
Jun 2024 · age 61
Jun 2024 · age 61
Activity
1
games / yr avg.
2 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#65,163
#65,163 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
9 entries2024
21st Irish 60-65 player
at age 61 · rated 1850
Nov 2024
All-time peak 1850
at age 61 · −13 from today
Jun 2024
Crossed 1800
at age 61
Mar 2024
2022
21st Irish 55-60 player
at age 59 · rated 1739
Apr 2022
2021
Inactive for 29 months
paused at 1739 → returned at 1850
Dec 2021
2019
Crossed 1600
at age 56
Sep 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+5
1832 → 1837
Tournaments
2
2 games
Score
1/ 250.0%
1W0D1L
Top 1 win
Top 1 loss
Last 12 months — tournaments
2 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Feb 2026 | 1/1 | #4 | 2685 | +24.0 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0/1 | #6 | 1056 | -18.8 |
Rankings
/
Ireland
#283
out of 1,228 players
Europe
#47,565
in continent
World
#65,162
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
Europe
World
Ireland
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