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 |
| Report URL | www.icu.ie/articles/1215 |
| 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
2458 IM Tarun Kanyamarala
2384 FM Oleg Artemenko
2321 Aaravamudhan Balaji
2319 FM Jacob Flynn
2248 WGM Trisha Kanyamarala
2210 FM Colm Daly
2205 FM Jason Liu
2204 CM Shane Melaugh
2184 Oisin O'Cuilleanain
2133 Korneliusz Bartczak
2119 CM Andrey A. Ivanov
2112 WFM Maryna Petrenko
2102 Ethan Cole
2101 Oliver Barnes
2062 Padraig Hughes
2050 Alkim Alper Fil
2006 Mert Can Ozarpaci
2006 Sean Cummins
1984 Sreeyan Andhurthi
1967 Advaith Nichenametla V
1935 Murray Liu
1920 Joshua Ryan
O'Boyle Championship (1750-1949 Rating) 25 entries
1983 Jacob Nelson
1971 Illia Smoliarenko
1969 George White
1928 James Kavanagh
1923 Nicole White
1902 Ayaansh Mulukutla
1866 Iaromir Kurochkin
1857 Saiansh Biswal
1852 Darragh Greenan
1848 Gerard Buckley
1845 Bernard Boyle
1844 Kyle Purcell
1839 Shane Corry
1838 Donal O'Boyle
1834 John Loughran
1832 Chris White
1819 Beril Bayrak
1794 Shane Keers
1780 Piotr Baczkowski
1758 Hugh Kelly
1754 Joe O'Hanlon
1744 Fred Armstrong
1726 Jarek Wieczorek
1606 Tengle Alvin Su
1406 Tim Daly
Fox Major (1550-1799 Rating) 28 entries
1862 Aken Pinitha Palihawadana
1747 Eoin Dunne
1740 Aarav Kesare
1729 Owen Johnston
1728 Paul Greenan
1715 Alex O'Rourke
1698 Kieran Barry
1697 Peter J. Lynch
1693 Agnieszka Pozniak
1692 Gordon Roe
1692 Liam Pentony
1684 Stefan Baczkowski
1680 Jingxuan Qiao
1672 D. N. Akobo
1642 Christopher Zele
1638 Dominykas Venskus
1632 Stephen Cashin
1589 Tara Turcin
1581 Jp Butler
1580 Carl O'Connor
1574 Shay Scott
1571 Sean Bryan
1559 Thierry Brearley
1554 Adam Courtney
1527 Kevin Fitzpatrick
1524 Paddy Divilly
1497 Shreyansh Duppalapudi
1383 Nikodim Kurochkin
Murray Challengers (<1600 Rating) 41 entries
1692 Agasthya Kunder
1642 Yuvan Pradeep Kumar
1608 Sam Keogh
1598 Jayden Amrolan
1575 Ilankathir Vanjinathan
1572 Jay Murphy
1568 Cillian McBrien
1534 Michael Afanasiev Elioutin
1520 Max Tuite
1477 Daniel Afanasiev Elioutin
1472 Shrey Bhardwaj
1468 Euan Smith
1439 Oisin Lynch
1430 Karolina Zerner
1424 Seamus Martin
1423 Aarav Rudroju
1422 Adam Mallett
1421 Xinmin Chen
1420 Aarvi Bharadwaj
1413 Dean Patrick Sherry
1413 Max McGuinness
1367 Erin O'Reilly
1360 David Emmo
1348 Havish Srivatsav Kara
1284 Ivaan Ghanekar
1276 Ritchie McDonnell
1257 Andrew Anderson
1251 Yuvan Thakkar
1240 Rayyan Alam
1225 Kishan Pradeep Kumar
1209 Francis Mathew
1199 Noah Mag Raine
1179 Nojus Borusevicius
1150 Anita Atelj Turcin
1127 Kristian Hammond-Nyland
1102 Bogdan Ceban
1074 Siddhant Dhake
965 Sean Dunne
962 Emmanuel Anwana
961 Ricky Yeung
832 Abraham De Ceita