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SURGE OF LOCAL PLAYERS MAKE THEIR FIDE DEBUT IN APRIL 2020 RATING LIST

UCU Tournament Director Brendan Jamison publishes the lattest FIDE ratings for local players. The UCU having run this year a considerable number of FIDE rated tournaments the number of players with FIDE ratings is increasing.

UCU Tournament Director Brendan Jamison states:

“We are delighted to get more of our local players onto the FIDE rating ladder with lots more making their debut in the April 2020 rating list. This has been a giant passion to get Northern Ireland players onto the international chess map! We started the season with around 25 players with a FIDE rating and now we’re up to 66 with lots more on the verge of getting their rating so very soon we’ll be over 100 when the new season kicks off. You need 5 games against existing players with a FIDE rating and one of the games needs to be a win.”

April 2020 FIDE Ratings

2253 CM Gabor Horvath (rapid)
2235 David Houston (classic)
2127 Steve Scannell (rapid)
2107 Michael Waters (rapid)
2100 Kamil Marchlewicz (blitz)
2034 John Cairns (rapid)
2015 Danny Roberts (rapid)
2014 Sergio Esteve Sanchez (classic)

1997 Thomas Donaldson (rapid)
1967 Daniil Zelenchuk (classic)
1948 Damian Marchlewicz (classic)
1926 Gareth Annesley (classic)

1885 John Masterson (classic)
1864 Ross Harris (rapid)
1852 David Hill (rapid)
1846 John Bradley (blitz)
1837 Robert Lavery (blitz)
1805 Cathan Gormley (blitz)

1799 Modestas Razbadauskas (blitz)
1751 WFM Karina Kruk (classic)
1749 Michael Sheerin (blitz)
1740 Chris Kelly (classic)
1735 Des Moreland (rapid)
1731 Mark Newman (classic)
1730 Sam Flanagan (classic)
1722 Adam Fitzsimons (blitz)
1709 Artur Marchlewicz (blitz)
1704 Pat Coleman (classic)
1702 Brendan Jamison (blitz)

1692 Damien Lavery (blitz)
1680 Taufik Kamal (blitz)
1673 Nicholas Pilkiewicz (blitz)
1666 Edward Khanzharov (blitz)
1656 Adrian Gilmore (rapid)
1652 John McKenna (classic)
1647 Nial Troughton (classic)
1646 Gary Johnston (blitz)
1642 Gatis Barbals (rapid)
1639 James Wong (blitz)
1633 Cathal Murphy (rapid)
1629 Conor Spackman (classic)
1619 James O’Fee (blitz)
1612 Stephen Cullen (blitz)
1602 Louie McConkey (blitz)

1595 Kamil Szulc (rapid)
1590 Pat McKillen (blitz)
1585 Gerard Obasi (blitz)
1582 Robbie Wright (rapid)
1571 Adam Rushe (blitz)
1571 Chris Armstrong (blitz)
1553 Andrew Todd (rapid)
1535 Ciaran Rowan (rapid)
1523 Graeme McCormick (classic)
1514  Walter Wilson (blitz)
1518 Geoff Sterrett (blitz)

1495 Gary Zachary (blitz)
1478 Ben Toogood (blitz)
1471 Chris Dorrian (blitz)
1438 Mark Seidman (blitz)
1421 Colin Keenan (blitz)
1410 Richard Proctor (blitz)

1391 Adrian Dornford-Smith (blitz)
1367 Andrezj Wesolowski (blitz)
1337 Dmitry Zelenchuk (blitz)
1328 Dexter Harris (blitz)
1314 Paul Anderson (rapid)

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