The Cavan Chess Congress
| Location | Cavan Crystal Hotel |
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| Start date | 2026-03-07 |
| End date | 2026-03-08 |
| Prize fund | €3,000 |
| Sections | Masters, Major, Challengers |
| Contact | Tony McMahon |
| Event website | www.cavanchesscongress.com |
| Flyer | Cavan_Chess_Congress_2026_Flyer.pdf |
| Category | Irish |
| FIDE Rated? | Yes |
| Time Control(s) | Classical |
| Notes | |
The Masters event is a 4 round FIDE rated event. The Major and Challengers are ICU rated. The Masters rounds are Saturday: (Rd. 1) 11am; (Rd. 2) 4pm & Sunday: (Rd. 3) 10am; (Rd.4) 3pm. The round-times for the Challengers and Major are Saturday: (Rd. 1) 10.30 am; (Rd. 2) 2.30pm; (Rd. 3) 6.30pm & Sunday (Rd. 4) 10.30am; (Rd. 5) 14.30pm Challengers: Unrated to 1550 Elo 5 rounds, ICU rated Time control: 75 mins plus 15 seconds increment Major: 1500 – 1900 Elo 5 rounds, ICU rated. Time control: 75 mins plus 15 seconds increment Masters: 1850+ Elo 4 rounds, ICU & FIDE rated. Time control: 90 mins plus 30 seconds increment. Kids Unrated Beginner’s Rapid: Sunday 12-3pm; 6 rounds 10 Euros (enter & pay cash on the day) |
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Enter Tournament
| €50.00 | Standard Entry Sections: Masters, Major, Challengers | |
| €25.00 | Kids 2-day rate Sections: Masters, Major, Challengers, aged 16 or under |
Entries
Masters 24 entries
2375 FM Oleg Artemenko
2308 GM Alexander Baburin
2301 CM Jacob Flynn
2300 IM Mark Quinn
2245 CM Shane Melaugh
2194 Oisin O'Cuilleanain
2135 WFM Maryna Petrenko
2128 Korneliusz Bartczak
2084 CM Will Sidney
2044 Alice O'Gorman
2005 Arthur Moull
1982 Sean Cummins
1952 Niall Fitzgerald
1948 Oleksii Rai
1945 Dariy Kelbas
1911 Dara T. Murphy
1907 Martin Fitzgerald
1907 Sreeyan Andhurthi
1891 Alex Goss
1875 Fiachra Moore
1866 Ayaansh Mulukutla
1859 Gabor Bolkeny
1842 John Loughran
1827 Andrew Brennan
Major 23 entries
1885 Donal O'Boyle
1882 Angel Mariya Boby
1866 Murray Liu
1858 Aiden Thomas Boby
1840 James Danaher
1832 George White
1816 Marius Antohi
1800 Frank Doyle
1753 Pat McCarrick
1739 Aurelio Tornero
1737 Stefan Baczkowski
1685 Sean McCarrick
1675 Dominykas Venskus
1620 Thierry Brearley
1573 Nikolai Dimitrov
1570 Kaivalya Patil
1514 Frank Pentony
1497 Oisin McDonnell
1480 Reece Hickey
1457 Lorena Putar
1448 Karl-Heinz Rinne
1300 Riyansh Potru
Dylan Prenderville
Challengers 20 entries
1533 Rohan Megadi-Walia
1484 Erica Bermingham
1451 Dylan Booysen
1444 Eva Sharma
1419 David Emmo
1413 Oleh Babak
1301 Nevan Bharambe
1164 Monish Rawal
1148 Saicharan Jaiganesh
1146 Anvita Ramesh Nair
1115 Siddhant Dhake
1072 Kevin Castelino
1008 Tanush Mohan
994 Sandesh Rajashekara
900 Niamh Bermingham
735 Apra Rawal
Maharanth Senthilraja
Maria Rojo
Pravallika Ram
Rokas Jurgutis