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McPhillips, Joseph

IM🇬🇧

FIDEFIDE 422487· Male· England· Born in 1997

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Joseph Mcphillips, a 29-year-old English International Master, is rated 2382 and ranked 35th among English players, and in the top 1% worldwide. He plays occasionally (2 games in the last 12 months) and took a 39-month break between Aug 2022 and Dec 2025. Recent appearance: 2025-26 4NCL Division 1 Rounds 1-2. Also played 1 rapid (including 2025 XTX Markets London Chess Classic Super Rapidplay) and 3 blitz events (including 2025 UK Open Blitz: London 3 (Golders Green) Qualifier) recently. His peak of 2443 was reached at age 23 (Feb 2020, English #23 at the time).

Awarded IM in 2018 (age 21) and FM in 2015 (age 18). At junior level, he reached World #96 in U20 and #1, #1 and #2 nationally in U18, U16 and U14.

Current rating

2382

Standard

Rpd2252·Blz2241

All-time high

2443

−61 pts below
Feb 2020 · age 23

Activity

1

games / yr avg.

2 past 12 mo
classical only
Occasional

Signature stat

#35

#35 · English players · of 2,574

Career timeline

20 entries
2022
Inactive for 39 months
paused at 2388 → returned at 2382
Aug 2022
2020
Peak English rank: #23
at age 23 · rated 2443
Feb 2020
All-time peak 2443
at age 23 · −61 from today
Feb 2020
2018
IM title awardedIM
at age 21 · 89th FIDE Congress 2018
Nov 2018
Re-crossed 2400
at age 21
Jul 2018
2017
96th U20 player worldwide
at age 20 · rated 2413
Sep 2017

Standard rating history

Peak
FIDE title
Threshold
First rated
Inactive period
COVID-19

Activity & highlights

Top opponent
vs Katarzyna TomaWGM 2,189
2025-26 4NCL Division 1 Rounds 1-2 · Nov 2025 · +2.5 Elo
Evolution
-6
2388 → 2382
Tournaments
1
2 games
Score
1/ 250.0%
1W0D1L
Top 1 win
1.[W]vsKatarzyna TomaWGM2,189·2025-26 4NCL Division 1 Rounds 1-2·R1·+2.5
Top 1 loss
1.[L]vsJonathan P NelsonFM2,102·2025-26 4NCL Division 1 Rounds 1-2·R2·-8.3

Last 12 months — tournaments

1 event
EventDateScoreRankPerfΔ Elo
2025-26 4NCL Division 1 Rounds 1-2
Team
Nov 20251/2#482146-5.8

Most-Played Opponents

vsMarcus R HarveyIM
🇬🇧ENG·2470
+0 −3 =4
7 games·last met Dec 2024
View head-to-head →
vsMike J Surtees
🇬🇧ENG·2057
+2 −4 =0
6 games·last met Apr 2019
View head-to-head →
vsAli R Jaunooby
🇬🇧ENG·2089
+4 −1 =1
6 games·last met Apr 2018
View head-to-head →

Rankings

/
England
#35
out of 3,855 players
Europe
#1,285
in continent
World
#1,999
out of 400,000+

National ranking

Europe & World

Europe
World
England
1
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2,666
2
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2,665
3
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2,639
4
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2,622
5
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2,597
6
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2,594
7
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2,539
8
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2,516
9
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2,512
10
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2,506
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35🇬🇧McPhillips, Joseph2,382
Europe
1
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2,841
2
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2,767
3
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2,764
4
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2,744
5
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2,739
6
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2,729
7
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2,728
8
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2,721
9
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2,717
10
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2,713
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1285🇬🇧McPhillips, Joseph2,382
World
1
🇳🇴Carlsen, MagnusFollow Magnus CarlsenTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,841
2
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2,792
2
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2,792
4
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2,777
4
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2,777
6
🇩🇪Keymer, VincentFollow Vincent KeymerTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,767
7
🇳🇱Giri, AnishFollow Anish GiriTrack their monthly FIDE ratings, games, tournaments and more.
2,764
8
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2,761
9
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2,753
9
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2,753
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1999🇬🇧McPhillips, Joseph2,382