Top Irish FIDE ratings

The December FIDE rating list is out. There are 21 active Irish players rated above 2200 and another 11 between 2150 and 2199.

That is "active" by FIDE's definition because some of the players on the following list have had no rated games since the start of Covid while others have been extremely busy in recent months and made big gains.

A few points: The Kanyamaralas, for example, have now more than recovered the points they lost in their first post-Covid tournament (Irish Championship).

Trisha, who actually gained 100 points on the latest list, is back on the Top 100 Girls list at number 87, helped by having a high K coefficient.

Both her brother Tarun and Tom O'Gorman are closing on the 2400 figure needed for the IM title if they can collect their norms, which should be only a matter of time. I would expect them to be the next to follow Conor Murphy in earning the title.

Zalan Nemeth hasn't quite reached 2200 yet but he is getting close.

Here are the players above 2150:

Collins, Sam 2456

Murphy, Conor E 2431

Astaneh Lopez, Alex 2430

Baburin, Alexander 2413

O'Gorman, Tom 2381

Kanyamarala, Tarun 2377

Heidenfeld, Mark 2368

Quinn, Mark 2365

Griffiths, Ryan Rhys 2352

Fitzsimons, David 2337

Li, Henry 2315

Wall, Gavin 2312

O'Donnell, Conor 2310

Delaney, Killian 2292

Jessel, Stephen 2285

Daly, Colm 2285

Brady, Stephen 2278

Ryan, Joseph 2261

Hughes, John L 2253

McPhillips, Karl 2223

Redmond, John P. 2210

Moran, Stephen 2195

O'Cinneide, Mel 2193

Melaugh, Shane 2192

Delaney, John 2191

Kanyamarala, Trisha 2190

Gelip, Ioana 2185

Nemeth, Zalan 2177

Menzies, Colin 2176

Wallace, Paul 2175

Dempsey, Paul 2163

Haque, Muhtarim-Ul 2157