ICU NEW YEAR FESTIVAL 2026 - OPEN AND 50/65 IRISH CHAMPIONSHIPS

Location Stillorgan Talbot Hotel, Dublin
Start date 2026-01-01
End date 2026-01-04
Sections Open, 50+, 65+
Contact Ivan Baburin
Event website s1.chess-results.com/Tnr1326640.aspx?lan=1&SNode=S0
livechesscloud.com broadcast URL view.livechesscloud.com/#251d2844-9834-47dc-a8a9-cb6d6f3de702
lichess.org broadcast URL lichess.org/broadcast/the-irish-50-and-65-championships-and-new-year-open-events-2026/round-2/91crQ5Rw#boards
Category Irish
FIDE Rated? Yes
Time Control(s) Classical
Notes

Rounds at 10am/3pm each day, with round 1 at 6:30pm.

More details to follow.

Entries

Open 40 entries

2266 CM Shane Melaugh

2205 FM Colm Daly

2162 Pratik Mulay

2054 FM Gordon Freeman

2041 Harry Braine

2039 Alice O'Gorman

2007 Rudolf Tirziman

1996 Conor Sheehan

1975 Lorcan Heron

1971 Mark McGrath

1969 Brian Gallagher

1969 Vivaan Singhal

1938 Fiachra Moore

1935 Padraig Hughes

1914 Darshan Choudhury

1879 Sitki Fatih Karacol

1878 Alex Goss

1860 Darragh Greenan

1856 Seth McGrady

1824 Murray Liu

1821 Indrajit Desai

1820 Ciaran O'Reilly

1795 Joe O'Hanlon

1778 Eoin Scully

1693 Liam O'Daly

1669 Alan Lane

1668 Sean Slevin

1655 Edgar Manuel Cavaco Afonso

1640 David Lynch

1612 Patrick Hanna

1570 David Greenan

1550 Conor Lynch

1539 Kevin Fitzpatrick

1538 Prisha Gupta

1465 Martin J. Sharry

1436 Daniel Afanasiev Elioutin

1368 Michael Afanasiev Elioutin

1272 Martin Schranz

1076 Ganesh Katuri

700 Fionn Lynch

50+ 11 entries

2480 GM Keith C. Arkell

2167 Jonathan O'Connor

1881 Anthony Fox

1855 Vjekoslav Novak

1811 Shahram Nikrow

1808 Derek O'Byrne

1777 Fred Armstrong

1748 Brian O'Gorman

1747 Joseph A. McDonnell

1696 Pat Fitzsimons

1642 Jimmy Deneher

65+ 26 entries

2040 Gerard O'Connell

2023 CM Tim Harding

1996 CM Gerard MacElligott

1956 Joe Noone

1940 Ciaran Quinn

1867 Pat Reynolds

1866 Bernard Boyle

1852 Jim Murray

1847 NM Eamon Keogh

1834 John Loughran

1818 Tony Bermingham

1788 Brian Moore

1769 Art Coldrick

1761 Noel Quinn

1707 Eugene Donohoe

1689 Michael Burniston

1680 Maurice Buckley

1673 Peter J. Lynch

1665 Niall P. Whelan

1641 Jasvinderpal Singh

1590 Tom O'Sullivan

1582 Shay Scott

1553 Chris Ducker

1518 Nikolai Dimitrov

1431 Sean Reinhardt

1344 Ronan Rigney