Location	The Auditorium, Education Building, St. Patrick's Campus, Drumcondra, DCU
Start date	2026-02-20
End date	2026-02-22
Prize fund	€3,000
Sections	Open, Major(1900-1650), Challengers(u1650)
Contact	Julia Meza, 0838561667
Flyer	IV_DCU_CHESS_OPEN.pdf
Category	Irish
FIDE Rated?	Yes
Time Control(s)	Classical
Notes
5 round FIDE and ICU rated classical tournament. Open and Major: 90+30. Challengers: 60+30. 3 sections: Open Championship - Open to all ratings. Major - 1650-1900 ICU & FIDE. Challengers - Under 1650 ICU & FIDE. R1 Friday 7pm (All) R2 Saturday 10am (All) R3 Saturday 2pm (Challengers) 3pm (Open & Major) R4 Sunday 10am (All) R5 2pm (Challengers) 3pm (Open & Major) Side Event: https://www.irish-go.org/2026/01/03/leinster-open-2026/

Enter Tournament

€35.00	Open Standard Entry Fee Sections: Open
€25.00	Open Student/u18 Entry Fee Sections: Open
€35.00	Major Standard Entry Fee Sections: Major(1900-1650)
€25.00	Major Student/u18 Entry Fee Sections: Major(1900-1650)
€35.00	Challengers Standard Entry Fee Sections: Challengers(u1650)
€25.00	Challengers Student/u18 Entry Fee Sections: Challengers(u1650)

Entries

Open 8 entries

2372 FM Oleg Artemenko

2217 CM Shane Melaugh

2196 Oisin O'Cuilleanain

2038 Alice O'Gorman

2004 Oleksii Rai

1976 Rudolf Tirziman

1135 Marin Larmagnac

Anvita Ramesh Nair

Major(1900-1650) 11 entries

1925 Shaurya Dash

1901 Darragh Greenan

1901 Aiden Thomas Boby

1856 Alexander Kozlov

1856 James Joseph Obrien

1761 Angel Mariya Boby

1750 Saiansh Biswal

1738 Paul Greenan

1708 Adam D. Bermingham

1691 Aken Pinitha Palihawadana

1461 Pritesh Kumar

Challengers(u1650) 19 entries

1584 Andrew Conneely

1569 Reece Hickey

1565 Danyil Siruk

1561 David Greenan

1560 Tara Turcin

1557 Agasthya Kunder

1526 Shrey Bhardwaj

1515 James A. Cahill

1514 Nikolai Dimitrov

1401 Erica Bermingham

1390 Theo Scanlan Gleeson

1380 Tym Ger

1346 Rohan Megadi-Walia

1234 Anita Atelj Turcin

847 Niamh Bermingham

400 Jack Finnegan

Niklas Meier

Emir Abiltarov

Na Syms