Irish Intervarsity Championship 2026

Location TU Dublin, Aungier St, Dublin 2, D02 HW71
Start date 2026-02-28
End date 2026-02-28
Sections Intervarsity Championship
Contact Adam Purcell
Pairings URL s2.chess-results.com/Tnr1362240.aspx?lan=1&SNode=S0
Flyer Intervarsities_flyer_main.pdf
Category Irish
FIDE Rated? No
Time Control(s) Rapid
Notes

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Schedule

  • Check-in: 10:00
  • Opening Ceremony: 10:45
  • Round 1: 11:00
  • Lunch Break: After Round 3 – Free Pizza
  • Approximate Finish: 17:30, followed by a short prize-giving

NB: Players must check in to be included in Round 1 pairings.


Prizes

Trophies and cash prizes (subject to entries) will be awarded for:

  • Open: 1st, 2nd & 3rd place
  • Women: 1st, 2nd & 3rd place
  • Best Unrated Player

In the event of a tie:

  • Cash prizes will be combined and split among tied players
  • Trophies will be awarded based on tiebreaks

University Trophy: Awarded to the university with the highest total points from its top 5 scoring players.


Format

  • 7-round rapid tournament using the Swiss pairing system
  • Individual event: everyone plays all rounds; no knockouts
  • Time control: 15+10 minutes per player
  • Scoring: 1 point for a win, 0.5 for a draw, 0 for a loss
  • Rating: Not FIDE rated; no FIDE or ICU ID required

Arbiter

  • Chief Arbiter: FA Ivan Baburin
  • Pairings managed with official Swiss Manager software
  • Pairings displayed on a projector in the hall and uploaded to chess-results.com

Photography

  • A professional photographer will capture candid and action shots throughout the event
  • Each player will receive at least one individual portrait at the board, professionally edited and shared via Google Photos
  • If you do not wish to be photographed, a “No Photos” badge is available at the arbiter’s table. Place this by your board during play to opt out

Equipment

  • All equipment will be provided, including official DGT tournament-standard boards and clocks
  • You do not need to bring anything

Nameplates

  • Each player receives a custom nameplate displaying their name and college affiliation, which they can place at their board each round
  • The deadline to enter in order to receive a customised nameplate is Tuesday, 24th February

Entries

Intervarsity Championship 66 entries

2375 FM Oleg Artemenko

2284 FM Adam Collins

2194 Oisin O'Cuilleanain

2084 CM Will Sidney

2071 Jan Thomas Nordgreen

2070 Ben McIlroy

2013 Andrew Campbell

2008 Sarah Scott

2005 Arthur Moull

1937 Daniil Nikolaev

1918 David Remenyik

1913 Declan Voogt

1907 Jacob Nelson

1865 Emma Fougerat

1864 Bryan Chan

1829 Dylan McBrien

1821 Beril Bayrak

1812 Yurii Sahatelian

1804 Aashay Kher

1782 Roy Marshall

1758 Stefan Kolev

1735 Paul Ochieng

1704 Chiron Recto

1696 Calum Glendinning

1694 Alex O'Rourke

1691 Eoin Dunne

1678 Adam Koczynski

1670 Praise Wenegieme

1655 Philip Duffy

1629 Jayden Amrolan

1606 Fergal Gallagher

1606 Adam Allman

1588 Mykhailo Vorontsov

1586 Adam Noel

1585 Stepan Tulay

1584 Sahil Rabbani

1559 Conor Strickland

1530 Ben McCarthy

1516 Hubert Jabloniec

1480 Reece Hickey

1462 Ronan McMahon

1459 Emily Shuman

1453 Adam Scanlon

1419 Aaliyah Eusebio

1360 Luc Dober

1360 Jools Doherty

1313 Oisin Kelly

1148 Saicharan Jaiganesh

1145 Alexandra-Rosalia Craciun

1123 Joan Henry Francis

837 Cristina Cernat

Shaun Chambers

Ali Assylkhan

Harry Tong

Ihor Ivanchenko

Alexandra Koukalova

Ben Garthwaite

Jawwad Laique Ahmed Shaikh

Sophia Heylen

Suneet Mahajan

Adam W. Logan

Vladislavs Sarts

Pranav Gangadharan

Tomas Klega

Jakob Dach

Maksym Shtymak