Irish Women's Championship 2026 sources

Irish Women's Championship 2026

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Sources and notes

Sources
Flyer	Flyer (1-page pdf)
ICU web site	2nd Annual Irish Women's Chess Festival 2026 - Entries Open!, Sarah Scott, September 18, 2026 (announcement) Rating report
FIDE	Tournament ID 506987
Livechesscloud	Irish Women's Championship 2026 (all 15 games) (pgn file)
Lichess	Irish Women's Championship 2026 (all 15 games) (pgn file, including clock times)
Chess-Results.com	Crosstable, etc.
Facebook	Post, October 26, 2026, Irish Chess Union Facebook page (announcing result, with 14 photos)
Twitch	Commentary was provided by Adam Collins and others on his Twitch channel.
Web	Women's Chess Festival later this month, Tim Harding (archived October 28, 2026) (via the Wayback Machine) Diana Mirza wins Irish Women's Championship, Tim Harding (archived November 3, 2026) (via the Wayback Machine)

Notes
Key	In "Pairings & results", "x-ch" denotes former Irish Women's Champions "ol" denotes players from the following Women's Olympiad team (Samarkand 2026) "t-b" denotes tie-break, and lists the results between the tied players
Ratings	FIDE ratings are from the October 2026 list. ICU ratings are from the October 2026 list.
Tie-break	No tie-break method was published. For the previous championship, the tie-break method was posted at the venue, and was the same as the one for the Irish championship, adopted at the 2018 ICU AGM: see Irish Championship: Terms and Conditions (archived November 25, 2025): “... 2A. If three or more players tie, then the title shall be awarded to the player, if any, who achieved a greater score in games amongst the tied players than could be achieved by any other tied player under any set of results of unplayed games. 2B. If step 2A does not determine a champion, there shall be a playoff 2-game rapid match between the two players (even if one of these players won the individual game between the two) who achieved the highest scores in games amongst the tied players, counting all unplayed games as draws.” This method was modified for the Irish Championship 2026 by adding new ways of breaking ties for places in the playoff match (1. TPR; 2. Buchholz Cut 1; 3. Sonneborn-Berger). The tie-break used for this event was probably one of these (i.e., ICU AGM 2018, with or without the ICU 2026 amendment). (Note that the additional changes for the Irish Championship 2026 implicitly assume a Swiss format. For a round robin, Buchholz Cut 1 has no effect, since all tied players automatically have the same Buchholz Cut 1, and TPR would reduce to ranking lower rated players higher.)
Format	The announced format was a 7-round Swiss if there were enough entries, and a round robin if not.
Versions	v1.0 (November 10, 2026): first published version.
Contributors	Seán Coffey