The Drogheda Chess Congress 2026
| Location | St Mary's Parish Primary School, Bryanstown, Drogheda A92 XD80 |
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| Start date | 2026-05-30 |
| End date | 2026-06-01 |
| Prize fund | €3,000 |
| Sections | Thomson Masters (≥1900 Rating), O'Boyle Championship (1750-1949 Rating), Fox Major (1550-1799 Rating), Murray Challengers (<1600 Rating) |
| Contact | Frank Pentony, +353 87 798 7947 |
| Event website | congress.droghedachess.club |
| Pairings URL | s1.chess-results.com/tnr1423859.aspx?lan=1&turdet=YES&SNode=S0 |
| lichess.org broadcast URL | lichess.org/broadcast/35th-drogheda-chess-congress--thomson-masters/round-1/VKv6Y1NC |
| Flyer | DroghedaChessCongress2026Flyer.pdf |
| Category | Irish |
| FIDE Rated? | Yes |
| Time Control(s) | Classical |
| Notes | |
FIDE & ICU rated all sections. 90+30. 6 rounds. 10am, 3pm daily. Sat, Sun & Mon (Bank Holiday) |
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Entries
Thomson Masters (≥1900 Rating) 22 entries
2441 IM Tarun Kanyamarala
2383 FM Oleg Artemenko
2303 CM Jacob Flynn
2265 CM Shane Melaugh
2255 WGM Trisha Kanyamarala
2227 Oisin O'Cuilleanain
2220 FM Jason Liu
2192 FM Colm Daly
2138 Korneliusz Bartczak
2136 WFM Maryna Petrenko
2102 CM Andrey A. Ivanov
2032 Ethan Cole
2022 Oliver Barnes
2010 Sean Cummins
2003 Alkim Alper Fil
1992 Mert Can Ozarpaci
1984 Padraig Hughes
1969 Advaith Nichenametla V
1943 Sreeyan Andhurthi
1933 Murray Liu
1925 Joshua Ryan
Aaravamudhan Balaji
O'Boyle Championship (1750-1949 Rating) 25 entries
1946 Jacob Nelson
1939 Illia Smoliarenko
1930 Nicole White
1921 Iaromir Kurochkin
1918 Saiansh Biswal
1908 James Kavanagh
1883 George White
1881 Bernard Boyle
1874 Darragh Greenan
1872 Donal O'Boyle
1867 Ayaansh Mulukutla
1863 Chris White
1853 John Loughran
1842 Gerard Buckley
1828 Shane Corry
1804 Shane Keers
1796 Beril Bayrak
1790 Piotr Baczkowski
1758 Joe O'Hanlon
1758 Hugh Kelly
1758 Jarek Wieczorek
1752 Fred Armstrong
1749 Kyle Purcell
1638 Tengle Alvin Su
Tim Daly
Fox Major (1550-1799 Rating) 28 entries
1751 Aarav Kesare
1742 Stefan Baczkowski
1736 Owen Johnston
1734 Tara Turcin
1732 Eoin Dunne
1730 Paul Greenan
1726 Gordon Roe
1725 Kieran Barry
1712 Alex O'Rourke
1706 Aken Pinitha Palihawadana
1670 Jingxuan Qiao
1653 Dominykas Venskus
1651 Peter J. Lynch
1644 Liam Pentony
1642 Thierry Brearley
1628 D. N. Akobo
1623 Stephen Cashin
1610 Christopher Zele
1587 Jp Butler
1571 Adam Courtney
1569 Paddy Divilly
1560 Shay Scott
1556 Carl O'Connor
1539 Kevin Fitzpatrick
1482 Shreyansh Duppalapudi
1479 Sean Bryan
1303 Nikodim Kurochkin
Agnieszka Pozniak
Murray Challengers (<1600 Rating) 41 entries
1676 Agasthya Kunder
1611 Jayden Amrolan
1554 Yuvan Pradeep Kumar
1537 Cillian McBrien
1537 Euan Smith
1526 Oisin Lynch
1523 Sam Keogh
1497 Max Tuite
1478 Shrey Bhardwaj
1463 Aarav Rudroju
1452 Daniel Afanasiev Elioutin
1445 Seamus Martin
1427 Adam Mallett
1420 Aarvi Bharadwaj
1420 Karolina Zerner
1401 Xinmin Chen
1396 Erin O'Reilly
1385 Dean Patrick Sherry
1384 Max McGuinness
1382 Michael Afanasiev Elioutin
1359 David Emmo
1345 Ilankathir Vanjinathan
1342 Yuvan Thakkar
1286 Havish Srivatsav Kara
1281 Kishan Pradeep Kumar
1280 Ivaan Ghanekar
1242 Ritchie McDonnell
1206 Noah Mag Raine
1185 Rayyan Alam
1134 Anita Atelj Turcin
1121 Siddhant Dhake
1057 Bogdan Ceban
999 Ricky Yeung
Kristian Hammond-Nyland
Nojus Borusevicius
Andrew Anderson
Francis Mathew
Jay Murphy
Sean Dunne
Emmanuel Anwana
Abraham De Ceita