Karl McPhillips (11 April 1988) is an Irish chess player with FIDE rating 2240 in 2005 and 2303 in 2016.

He is FIDE Master (FM).

[1] In February 2005 he won the Gonzaga Classics.

[2] In July 2005 he became third at the national Irish chess championships, held in Dublin, scoring 6.5/9.

In the same year he was one of four boys, selected by the Irish Chess League to participate in the World Junior Chess Championship.