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Murray, Benjamin
🇮🇪FIDE 2512963· Male· Ireland· Born in 2006
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Benjamin Murray, a 20-year-old Irish player, is rated 2075 — just 21 short of his peak of 2096 (Jun 2024, age 18) and sitting in the top 8% of players worldwide. He has fluctuated between 2047 and 2096 over the past 2 years. 27 rated games in the past year (≈21/year long-term). Recent standard appearances include The National Club championship 2026, LCU Armstrong Cup 2025-2026 Rounds 9-10, and The Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Weekender 2026 Master. Also played 1 rapid (including The Irish Rapid Championship 2025) and 1 blitz events (including The Irish Blitz Championship 2025) recently. He reached Irish #43 in Jun 2024.
At junior level, he reached #4, #1, #2, #2 and #1 nationally in U20, U18, U16, U14 and U12.
Current rating
2075
Standard
Rpd1837·Blz1839
All-time high
2096
−21 pts below
Jun 2024 · age 18
Jun 2024 · age 18
Activity
21
games / yr avg. · ≈2/mo
27 past 12 mo · ≈2/mo
classical only
Moderately active
classical only
Moderately active
Signature stat
Top 8%
#17,851 · players worldwide · of 218,279
Career timeline
14 entries2025
4th Irish U20 player
at age 19 · rated 2073
Jan 2025
K-factor lowered to 20
at age 19
Jan 2025
2024
Peak Irish rank: #43
at age 18 · rated 2096
Jun 2024
All-time peak 2096
at age 18 · −21 from today
Jun 2024
1st Irish U18 player
at age 18 · rated 2063
Jan 2024
2023
100 career games
at age 17
Sep 2023
Standard rating history
Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19
Activity & highlights
Evolution
+7
2068 → 2075
Tournaments
10
27 games
Score
16/ 2759.3%
10W12D5L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
10 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | May 2026 | 0.5/1 | #51 | — | +5.4 |
Team | Apr 2026 | 2/4 | #64 | — | -13.0 |
Team | Mar 2026 | 1/2 | #25 | — | -0.6 |
Swiss | Jan 2026 | 3/5 | #9 | 2071 | +4.0 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 2/2 | #6 | — | +21.2 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 2/2 | #3 | — | +13.0 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 1/2 | #39 | — | +1.0 |
Team | Oct 2025 | 3/6 | #396 | 2007 | -7.8 |
Team | Sep 2025 | 1/2 | #30 | — | -10.6 |
Team | Jun 2025 | 0.5/1 | #64 | — | -4.4 |
Rankings
/
Ireland
#53
out of 1,228 players
Europe
#13,039
in continent
World
#17,851
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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