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 (August 2025) |
| Peak rating | 2487 (December 2023) |
Conor E. Murphy is an Irish chess player.
Chess career
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
- ^ 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
- Conor Murphy rating card at FIDE