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Goss, Alex
🇮🇪FIDE 2509407· Male· Ireland· Born in 2000
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Alex Goss, a 26-year-old Irish player, is rated 1881. He has fluctuated between 1837 and 1888 over the past 2 years. 47 rated games in the past year (≈33/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include 2026 Malahide Millennium Tournament - Senior, The National Club championship 2026, and 2025-26 4NCL Division 4 Rounds 7-8. Also played 2 rapid (including Gens Una Sumus - Rapid Tournament) and 3 blitz events (including The Irish Blitz Championship 2025) recently. His peak of 1914 was reached at age 24 (Mar 2024); he also reached Irish #91 in May 2022.
At junior level, he reached #11, #12 and #5 nationally in U20, U18 and U16.
Current rating
1881
Standard
Rpd1889·Blz1917
All-time high
1914
−33 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 24
Mar 2024 · age 24
Activity
36
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
41 past 12 mo · ≈3/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#52,933
#52,933 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
12 entries2024
All-time peak 1914
at age 24 · −33 from today
Mar 2024
2022
Peak Irish rank: #91
at age 22 · rated 1860
May 2022
2020
11th Irish U20 player
at age 20 · rated 1833
Oct 2020
Inactive for 12 months
paused at 1833 → returned at 1864
Sep 2020
Crossed 1800
at age 20
Feb 2020
2019
100 career games
at age 19
Feb 2019
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+3
1878 → 1881
Tournaments
14
42 games
Score
21.5/ 4251.2%
14W15D13L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
14 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | May 2026 | 1/1 | #5 | — | +10.0 |
Team | May 2026 | 0.5/1 | #40 | — | +0.8 |
Swiss | May 2026 | 2/5 | #26 | — | +6.2 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 2.5/3 | #35 | — | +19.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/2 | #159 | 936 | -28.2 |
Swiss | Mar 2026 | 0/3 | #24 | 1163 | -25.4 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/2 | #46 | — | -3.4 |
Team | Feb 2026 | 2/2 | #2 | — | +14.2 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 4.5/6 | #8 | 1962 | +19.6 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1.5/2 | #10 | — | +13.0 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsJacob FlynnCM
🇮🇪IRL·2263
+2 −13 =3
18 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsShane MelaughFM
🇮🇪IRL·2223
+0 −12 =3
15 games·last met Sep 2025
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vsPeter CarrollFM
🇮🇪IRL·2221
+3 −8 =2
13 games·last met Jan 2026
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vsOisin O`cuilleanain
🇮🇪IRL·2206
+4 −6 =2
12 games·last met Mar 2026
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vsJoe O Hanlon
🇮🇪IRL·1732
+9 −2 =0
11 games·last met Jan 2025
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Rankings
/
Ireland
#209
out of 1,228 players
Europe
#38,912
in continent
World
#52,932
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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