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O`Connor, Paul
🇮🇪FIDE 2518473· Male· Ireland· Born in 1964
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Paul O`Connor, a 62-year-old Irish player, is rated 1474 — just 5 short of his peak of 1479 (Feb 2026, age 62). He plays occasionally (7 games in the last 12 months). Recent standard appearances include Bangor Chess Club 60th Anniversary Classic r9, Brendan Jamison Chess Academy Classic 2026, and County Down Classic 2025. Also played 8 rapid (including Northern Ireland v India: Team Rapid 2026) and 15 blitz events (including City of Bangor Spring Blitz 2026) recently.
Current rating
1474
Standard
Rpd1457·Blz1495
All-time high
1479
−5 pts below
Feb 2026 · age 62
Feb 2026 · age 62
Activity
5
games / yr avg.
7 past 12 mo · ≈1/mo
classical only
Occasional
classical only
Occasional
Signature stat
#194,334
#194,334 · players worldwide · of 216,808
Career timeline
5 entries2026
All-time peak 1479
at age 62 · −5 from today
Feb 2026
2025
62nd Irish 60-65 player
at age 61 · rated 1462
Jun 2025
Crossed 1400
at age 61
Mar 2025
Crossed 1200
at age 61
Mar 2025
First FIDE rating
1462 · at age 61
Mar 2025
Standard rating history
Last 12 months — activity & highlights
Evolution
+12
1462 → 1474
Tournaments
5
20 games
Score
7/ 2035.0%
9W5D6L
Top 3 wins
Top 3 losses
Last 12 months — tournaments
4 events| Event | Date | Score | Rank | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Team | Mar 2026 | 0.5/1 | #4 | 1636 | +9.2 |
Swiss | Feb 2026 | 4.5/1 | #7 | 2393 | -13.6 |
Team | Jan 2026 | 1/1 | #1 | 2503 | +32.8 |
Team | Nov 2025 | 0/1 | #18 | 785 | -13.2 |
Rankings
/
Ireland
#934
out of 1,228 players
Europe
#120,450
in continent
World
#194,235
out of 400,000+
National ranking
Europe & World
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