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Melaugh, Gavin
🇮🇪FIDE 2509571· Male· Ireland· Born in 2003
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Gavin Melaugh, a 23-year-old Irish player, is rated 2111 and ranked 44th among Irish players, and in the top 7% worldwide. He is rising rapidly, having gained +106 Elo over the past 12 months. 63 rated games in the past year (≈38/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include The National Club championship 2026, LCU Armstrong Cup 2025-2026 Rounds 9-10, and DCU Open 2026. Also played 6 rapid (including The Irish Rapid Championship 2025) and 4 blitz events (including The Irish Blitz Championship 2025) recently. His peak of 2160 was reached at age 16 (May 2019, Irish #33 at the time).
At junior level, he reached #5, #4, #1, #2 and #2 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2111
Standard
Rpd1984·Blz2011
All-time high
2160
−49 pts below
May 2019 · age 16
May 2019 · age 16
Activity
34
games / yr avg. · ≈3/mo
59 past 12 mo · ≈5/mo
classical only
Active
classical only
Active
Signature stat
#44
#44 · Irish players · of 939
Career timeline
19 entries2026
Re-crossed 2100
at age 23
May 2026
2024
Re-crossed 2000
at age 21
Dec 2024
2023
5th Irish U20 player
at age 20 · rated 2056
Mar 2023
2022
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2022
2020
Re-crossed 2000
at age 17
May 2020
4th Irish U18 player
at age 17 · rated 2076
Jan 2020
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+106
2005 → 2111
Tournaments
15
59 games
Score
39.5/ 5966.9%
34W11D14L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
12 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Apr 2026 | 3.5/5 | #16 | — | +26.8 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 2/2 | #3 | — | +11.2 |
Open Swiss | Feb 2026 | 2/4 | #22 | 1940 | -15.2 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 0.5/2 | #71 | — | -6.6 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 1.5/3 | #21 | 2075 | -1.4 |
Open Swiss | Jan 2026 | 5/7 | #7 | 2049 | -5.0 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/1 | #48 | — | +8.4 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/2 | #44 | — | -0.6 |
Swiss | Oct 2025 | 3/5 | #4 | 2150 | +15.8 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 1/2 | #40 | — | +7.8 |
Most-Played Opponents
vsShane MelaughFM
🇮🇪IRL·2223
+3 −21 =3
27 games·last met Feb 2026
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vsJacob FlynnCM
🇮🇪IRL·2263
+4 −9 =4
17 games·last met Dec 2025
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vsKillian DelaneyFM
🇮🇪IRL·2279
+2 −9 =2
13 games·last met Apr 2026
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vsAdam CollinsFM
🇮🇪IRL·2338
+5 −5 =1
11 games·last met Mar 2024
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vsAlex Goss
🇮🇪IRL·1881
+6 −1 =2
9 games·last met Oct 2025
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Rankings
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Ireland
#44
out of 1,228 players
Europe
#10,415
in continent
World
#14,380
out of 400,000+
National ranking
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