March 2025 FIDE NI Rating Report

By Brendan Jamison Congratulations to 7 more players who made a FIDE rating debut on the 1 March rating list

March 2025 FIDE NI Rating Report By Brendan Jamison

Congratulations to 7 more players who made a FIDE rating debut on the 1 March rating list

Dean Mulligan (Portadown) make his FIDE blitz debut at 1682 https://ratings.fide.com/profile/2536870/calculations

Alister Torrens (Kilrea) makes his FIDE blitz debut at 1614 https://ratings.fide.com/profile/2537508

Naga Ganja (Bangor Chess Club) makes his FIDE blitz debit at 1601 https://ratings.fide.com/profile/2533073

14 year old Saphira Torrens (Kilrea) makes her FIDE blitz debut at 1558 https://ratings.fide.com/profile/2537516

9 year old Alex McKeown (Lisburn Chess Club) makes his FIDE blitz debut at 1526 https://ratings.fide.com/profile/2524635/calculations

11 year old William Swann (Bangor Chess Club) makes his FIDE blitz debut at 1521 https://ratings.fide.com/profile/2534053

Paul O’Connor (Bangor Chess Club) makes his FIDE classic debut at 1462: https://ratings.fide.com/profile/2518473

We are running 4 FIDE rated events in March 2025, please see summary below:

Thur 6 March 2025: FIDE rated City of Bangor Spring Blitz

Location: Groomsport

7:30pm to 10pm

6 rounds of 10+0

Entry fee: £10 / free for members of Bangor Chess Club

Thur 13 March 2025: FIDE rated NI Gold Coast Team Classic Round 5

Location: Groomsport

7:30pm to 10:30pm

1 rounds of 90+0

Entry fee: £5 per individual / £3 per team member in teams of 5 /free for members of Bangor Chess Club

Sat 15 March 2025: FIDE rated Downpatrick Spring Rapid

Location: Grand Room, Denvir’s Hotel, Downpatrick

11:30am to 5:30pm

6 rounds of 20+0

Entry fee: £10 / £5 for members of Downpatrick Chess Club

Thur 27 March 2025: FIDE rated NI Gold Coast Team Classic Round 6 (final round)

Location: Groomsport

7:30pm to 10:30pm

1 rounds of 90+0

Entry fee: £5 per individual / £3 per team member in teams of 5 /free for members of Bangor Chess Club