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Murphy, Cian
🇮🇪FIDE 2510499· Male· Ireland· Born in 1996
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Cian Murphy, a 30-year-old Irish player, is rated 1866 — just 26 short of his peak of 1892 (Mar 2024, age 28). He has held steady between 1850 and 1900 for 2 years. 21 rated games in the past year (≈6/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include The Queen Maeve Cup 2026, LCU Armstrong Cup 2025-2026 Rounds 9-10, and LCU Armstrong Cup 2025-2026 Rounds 7-8. He took a 54-month break between May 2020 and Dec 2024 (COVID-19 included).
At junior level, he reached #4 nationally in U20.
Current rating
1866
Standard
Rpd—·Blz—
All-time high
1892
−26 pts below
Mar 2024 · age 28
Mar 2024 · age 28
Activity
10
games / yr avg. · ≈1/mo
20 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
#56,931
#56,931 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
11 entries2024
All-time peak 1892
at age 28 · −26 from today
Mar 2024
2022
36th Irish 20-35 player
at age 26 · rated 1820
Apr 2022
2020
Inactive for 54 months
paused at 1820 → returned at 1881
May 2020
2019
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 23
May 2019
2018
Best 12-month gain (+91 Elo)
1752 → 1843
May 2018
2017
Re-crossed 1800
at age 21
Dec 2017
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
FIDE recal.
Activity & highlights
Evolution
-14
1880 → 1866
Tournaments
7
16 games
Score
5.5/ 1634.4%
2W7D7L
Top wins
No noteworthy wins (no Elo gained on any game).
Top losses
No noteworthy losses.
Last 12 months — tournaments
7 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | May 2026 | 0.5/1 | #38 | — | +4.8 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 1.5/5 | #30 | — | -15.6 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 0/2 | #104 | — | -7.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1.5/2 | #15 | — | +19.2 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0.5/2 | #83 | — | -6.6 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/2 | #50 | — | +1.6 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 0.5/2 | #76 | — | -3.0 |
Rankings
/
Ireland
#227
out of 1,228 players
Europe
#41,747
in continent
World
#56,930
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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