Irish New Year Open 2026

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Pairings & results

no ttl name ntl club fide icu 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 games total place
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1 c Ivanov, Andrey Malahide 2055 2110 –: ½ w17: 1 b32: ½ w30: 1 b11: 1 b8: 1 w2: ½ 4 2 0  5½ 1-3
2 f Melaugh, Shane Elm Mount 2189 2217 b22: 1 w13: 1 b27: 1 w3: ½ b20: 1 w4: ½ b1: ½ 4 3 0  5½ 1-3
3 c Mulay, Pratik IND Master 2087 2128 b33: 1 w30: 1 b19: 1 b2: ½ w6: ½ w15: 1 b4: ½ 4 3 0  5½ 1-3
4 f Daly, Colm U.C.D. 2217 2215 w31: 1 b32: 0 w18: 1 b13: 1 w7: 1 b2: ½ w3: ½ 4 2 1  5  4-7
5 f Freeman, Gordon Gonzaga 1998 2019 b17: ½ w38: 1 b15: 0 w16: 1 b9: ½ w22: 1 b14: 1 4 2 1  5  4-7
6 Melaugh, Gavin Elm Mount 2093 2115 w10: 1 b7: 1 w8: ½ w32: ½ b3: ½ w20: ½ b15: 1 3 4 0  5  4-7
7 Sheehan, Conor Limerick 1868 1944 b28: 1 w6: 0 b22: 1 w27: 1 b4: 0 w16: 1 b20: 1 5 0 2  5  4-7
8 Gallagher, Brian Galway 1912 1949 b37: 1 w18: 1 b6: ½ w15: ½ b32: 1 w1: 0 b11: ½ 3 3 1  4½ 8-11
9 Goss, Alex Elm Mount 1864 1868 w24: 0 b35: 1 w10: ½ b29: 1 w5: ½ w27: 1 b19: ½ 3 3 1  4½ 8-11
10 Mulukutla, Ayaansh Knights of Éanna 1734 1775 b6: 0 w28: 1 b9: ½ w21: 1 b14: ½ w19: ½ b24: 1 3 3 1  4½ 8-11
11 O'Gorman, Alice Elm Mount 1995 2036 w34: 1 b15: ½ w24: ½ b42: 1 w1: 0 b25: 1 w8: ½ 3 3 1  4½ 8-11
12 Choudhury, Darshan IND 1813 1932 b39: 1 w27: 0 b37: ½ w23: 1 b15: 0 w21: 1 b17: ½ 3 2 2  4  12-20
13 Heron, Lorcan 1883 w35: 1 b2: 0 w31: 1 w4: 0 b22: 0 b28: 1 w33: 1 4 0 3  4  12-20
14 Hughes, Pádraig Curragh 1920 1975 w26: 1 b24: ½ w25: 0 b34: 1 w10: ½ b18: 1 w5: 0 3 2 2  4  12-20
15 Liu, Murray Blanchardstown 1798 1829 b42: 1 w11: ½ w5: 1 b8: ½ w12: 1 b3: 0 w6: 0 3 2 2  4  12-20
16 McGrady, Seth Galway 1780 1851 w29: 1 b20: 0 w40: 1 b5: 0 w42: 1 b7: 0 w31: 1 4 0 3  4  12-20
17 O'Hanlon, Joe Dundalk 1692 1732 w5: ½ b1: 0 b21: 0 w40: 1 b36: 1 w38: 1 w12: ½ 3 2 2  4  12-20
18 O'Reilly, Ciarán Dún Laoghaire 1754 1774 w41: 1 b8: 0 b4: 0 w37: 1 b30: 1 w14: 0 b38: 1 4 0 3  4  12-20
19 Singhal, Vivaan Master 1902 1915 w21: 1 b40: 1 w3: 0 b24: ½ w25: ½ b10: ½ w9: ½ 2 4 1  4  12-20
20 Tirziman, Rudolf Blanchardstown 1946 1970 –: 1 w16: 1 –: ½ b25: 1 w2: 0 b6: ½ w7: 0 2 1 2  4  12-20
21 Desai, Indrajit POL 1614 1880 b19: 0 –: ½ w17: 1 b10: 0 w34: 1 b12: 0 w37: 1 3 0 3  3½ 21-25
22 Greenan, Darragh Knights of Éanna 1736 1810 w2: 0 b43: 1 w7: 0 b35: 1 w13: 1 b5: 0 w25: ½ 3 1 3  3½ 21-25
23 Lane, Alan St. Benildus 1715 1666 b27: 0 –: ½ w39: 1 b12: 0 w31: 1 b24: 0 w35: 1 3 0 3  3½ 21-25
24 Lynch, Conor b9: 1 w14: ½ b11: ½ w19: ½ b27: 0 w23: 1 w10: 0 2 3 2  3½ 21-25
25 Moore, Fiachra Carlow 1775 1859 –: ½ w45: 1 b14: 1 w20: 0 b19: ½ w11: 0 b22: ½ 2 2 2  3½ 21-25
26 Afonso, Edgar Manuel Cavaco POR Celbridge 1661 1666 b14: 0 w42: 0 b28: 1 w36: ½ b38: 0 w44: + w34: ½ 1 2 3  3  26-34
27 Braine, Harry Elm Mount 2004 2101 w23: 1 b12: 1 w2: 0 b7: 0 w24: 1 b9: 0 3 0 3  3  26-34
28 Greenan, David Knights of Éanna 1557 1554 w7: 0 b10: 0 w26: 0 b43: 1 b40: 1 w13: 0 b41: 1 3 0 4  3  26-34
29 Gupta, Prisha 1413 b16: 0 w33: ½ b38: 1 w9: 0 b37: ½ w30: 0 b40: 1 2 2 3  3  26-34
30 Karacol, Sitki Fatih TUR Elm Mount 1806 1915 w43: 1 b3: 0 w44: 1 b1: 0 w18: 0 b29: 1 3 0 3  3  26-34
31 Lynch, David Elm Mount 1745 1620 b4: 0 w36: 1 b13: 0 w44: 1 b23: 0 w42: 1 b16: 0 3 0 4  3  26-34
32 McGrath, Mark Cork 1888 1927 b36: 1 w4: 1 w1: ½ b6: ½ w8: 0 2 2 1  3  26-34
33 O'Daly, Liam Dún Laoghaire 1729 1752 w3: 0 b29: ½ b42: 0 w45: 1 –: ½ w41: 1 b13: 0 2 1 3  3  26-34
34 Slevin, Sean U.C.D. 1690 1660 b11: 0 w39: ½ b45: 1 w14: 0 b21: 0 w36: 1 b26: ½ 2 2 3  3  26-34
35 Elioutin, Daniel Afanasiev 1577 b13: 0 w9: 0 b41: 1 w22: 0 b44: 1 w37: ½ b23: 0 2 1 4  2½ 35-38
36 Fitzpatrick, Kevin 1591 w32: 0 b31: 0 w43: 1 b26: ½ w17: 0 b34: 0 b45: 1 2 1 4  2½ 35-38
37 Hanna, Patrick St. Benildus 1615 1498 w8: 0 b41: 1 w12: ½ b18: 0 w29: ½ b35: ½ b21: 0 1 3 3  2½ 35-38
38 Syms, Thomas Elm Mount 1683 1695 –: ½ b5: 0 w29: 0 b39: 1 w26: 1 b17: 0 w18: 0 2 0 4  2½ 35-38
39 Elioutin, Michael Afanasiev 1530 w12: 0 b34: ½ b23: 0 w38: 0 b41: 0 w45: 1 w43: ½ 1 2 4  2  39-42
40 Lynch, Fionn b44: 1 w19: 0 b16: 0 b17: 0 w28: 0 b43: 1 w29: 0 2 0 5  2  39-42
41 Schranz, Martin AUT 1855 b18: 0 w37: 0 w35: 0 b46: 1 w39: 1 b33: 0 w28: 0 2 0 5  2  39-42
42 Sharry, Martin J. Phibsboro 1442 w15: 0 b26: 1 w33: 1 w11: 0 b16: 0 b31: 0 2 0 4  2  39-42
43 McMahon, Conor Dublin 1433 1418 b30: 0 w22: 0 b36: 0 w28: 0 b45: 1 w40: 0 b39: ½ 1 1 5  1½ 43
44 Morrison, Ryan 1411 w40: 0 –: 1 b30: 0 b31: 0 w35: 0 b26: – 0 0 4  1  44
45 Katuri, Ganesh 1062 –: ½ b25: 0 w34: 0 b33: 0 w43: 0 b39: 0 w36: 0 0 0 6  ½ 45
46 Rigney, Ronan 1451 1435 w41: 0 0 0 1  0  46

Average FIDE rating: 1785
Average ICU rating: 1819


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