The Irish Championship 2025 Main Event is taking place August 02- August 10 in Ireland. It is a 9 round Swiss system tournament with time control 90 min / 40 moves + 30 min + 30 sec / move. For more events from Irealnd, check out The European Chess Calendar, which is part of The Chess Calendar.
Top seeded players are FM Conor O’Donnell (2301), CM Jacob Flynn (2275), IM Oleg Gubanov (2261), FM Kavin Venkatesan (2218), Patryk Brozynski (2192), CM Shane Melaugh (2180), FM Peter Carroll (2169), FM Colm Daly (2148), Lukian Hushpit (2144), Jason Liu (2125), CM Andrey A. Ivanov (2106), FM Rory Quinn (2105), Oisín O’Cuilleanáin (2086), Nitish Arun (2073), Korneliusz Bartczak (2055). Scroll down for the full participants list.
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Irish Championship 2025 Main Event Participants
No.
Name
FED
Rtg
1
FM
Conor O’Donnell
IRL
2301
2
CM
Jacob Flynn
IRL
2275
3
IM
Oleg Gubanov
IRL
2261
4
FM
Kavin Venkatesan
IRL
2218
5
Patryk Brozynski
IRL
2192
6
CM
Shane Melaugh
IRL
2180
7
FM
Peter Carroll
IRL
2169
8
FM
Colm Daly
IRL
2148
9
Lukian Hushpit
IRL
2144
10
Jason Liu
IRL
2125
11
CM
Andrey A. Ivanov
IRL
2106
12
FM
Rory Quinn
IRL
2105
13
Oisín O’Cuilleanáin
IRL
2086
14
Nitish Arun
IRL
2073
15
Korneliusz Bartczak
IRL
2055
16
FM
Gordon Freeman
IRL
2017
17
Atharva Paibir
IRL
2016
18
Oliver Barnes
IRL
2009
19
Darun Govindaraju
IRL
2005
20
Gavin Melaugh
IRL
2005
21
Yannick Woods
IRL
1995
22
David Geaney-O’Brien
IRL
1975
23
Harry Braine
IRL
1971
24
Oissine Murphy
IRL
1945
25
Thomas Junior Dunne
IRL
1945
26
Anthony Fox
IRL
1939
27
Brian Gallagher
IRL
1905
28
Jamie Comley
IRL
1893
29
Mark McGrath
IRL
1877
30
Advaith Nichenametla V
IRL
1862
31
Conor Sheehan
IRL
1859
32
Oleksii Rai
IRL
1856
33
Nemhain Doolin
IRL
1849
34
Kenny Perkin
IRL
1841
35
Joshua Ryan
IRL
1836
36
Declan Voogt
IRL
1821
37
Adam McCoy
IRL
1815