Conor Murphy (chess player)
Conor Murphy | |
|---|---|
| Country | England (until 2018) Ireland (since 2018) |
| Born | July 15, 1999 England |
| Title | International Master (2021) |
| FIDE rating | 2439 (September 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2487 (December 2023) |
Conor Edmond Murphy is an Irish chess player.
Chess career
[edit]In January 2019, he tied for first place with Daniel Gormally, Oleg Korneev, Šarūnas Šulskis, Martin Petrov, and Alexander Cherniaev at the 94th Hastings Congress.[1] He was the lowest-rated player who tied for first and defeated grandmaster Šulskis during the event.
In August 2019, he won the Irish Chess Championship.[2]
In August 2022, he played for Ireland at the 44th Chess Olympiad, where he earned his second GM norm and defeated four grandmasters: Amin Tabatabaei, Matthias Blübaum, Adham Fawzy, and Lorenzo Lodici, and had a performance rating of 2704.[2] His result was deemed as the "strongest Olympiad performance by an Irish player" by Leonard Barden.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Pereira, Antonio (January 7, 2019). "Six-way tie at the top of 94th Hastings Congress".
- ^ a b Awobadejo, Adesewa (August 10, 2022). "Conor Murphy's performance at the Chess Olympiad was 'not just good, it was phenomenal'".
- ^ Silver, Albert (August 22, 2022). "Underdog Overachievers in Chennai".
External links
[edit]- Conor Murphy rating card at FIDE