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Birthday of IM Joseph McPhillips (04-ix-1997)
September 4, 2023
![IM Joseph McPhillips, UKCC Terafinal 2016, courtesy of John Upham Photography](https://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/ter_8898_lv.jpg)
BCN says Happy Birthday to IM Joseph McPhillips (04-ix-1997)
Joe became a FIDE Master in 2015 and an International Master in 2018.
His peak FIDE rating is 2434 as at August 2019 and we predict it will increase.
![FIDE rating profile of IM Joseph McPhillips](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/untitled-1.jpg)
In Joseph won outright the Kecskemet IM Tournament :
![Kecskemet 2015 IM Tournament](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/untitled3.jpg)
In 2016 Joseph won the Delancey UK Chess Challenge Terafinal to become a “Strat”* for the first time.
*Only Mike Basman knows what this means!
![IM Joseph McPhillips, UKCC Terafinal 2016 Winner, courtesy of John Upham Photography](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/ter_9088_lv.jpg)
Joseph plays for Bolton and for Wood Green in the Four Nations Chess League.
Joseph won outright the Budapest First Sunday IM tournament in 2018 :
![Crosstable for Budapest First Sunday IM 2018](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/untitled2.jpg)
With the white pieces Joseph prefers a main line Ruy Lopez and the Open Sicilian and he has recently started dabbling with 1.d4
As the second player Joseph employs the Classical French and the Queen’s Indian Defences.
![IM Joseph McPhillips, UKCC Terafinal 2014, courtesy of John Upham Photography](http://britishchessnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/jb5_1251_lv.jpg)