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City of Belfast Classic Championship 2025 vol2

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30 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 24 May 2025 to 26 May 2025 in Maynard Sinclair Sports Pavilion, Upper Newtownards Road, Belfast, BT4 3T, Ireland. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1942, and top seed was Mandar Tahmankar (🇮🇳 IND, 2090).

Stephen P. Scannell (🇮🇪 IRL, 2046) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Mandar Tahmankar (4.5) and Padraig Hughes (4.5). Scannell took the lead from round 5.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Richard Gould (1729) beat Stephen P. Scannell (2046), a +317-point gap.

Location
🇮🇪Maynard Sinclair Sports Pavilion, Upper Newtownards Road, Belfast, BT4 3T, Ireland
Dates
24 May 2025 → 26 May 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇳Mandar Tahmankar2090
Avg top 10
1,942
Participants
30
Federations · 4 represented
🇮🇪Ireland×24
🇮🇳India×3
🇬🇧Scotland×1
🇭🇰Hong Kong China×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Stephen P. Scannell led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders
13
4
2
2
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Scannell5Hughes4.5Tahmankar4.5Annesley4McClean3.5McIlroy3.5— ex-leaders:Scannellled R5–R6, #7
R5–R6 · LEAD HELD

Stephen P. Scannell held the sole lead from R5 through R6 without losing it.

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Stephen P. Scannell 5 wins (R2–R6)Mandar Tahmankar 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Stephen P. Scannell*—
1
—
2Padraig Hughes—*—
0
3Mandar Tahmankar
0
—*
½
4Gareth Annesley—
1
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Scannell, Stephen P.2046IRL−7B+26N+14B+6N+2B+8N5.018.019.516.002052+2.8
2Tahmankar, Mandar2090IND+11N+13B+6N=4B−1N+5B4.519.022.015.002000-7.8
3Hughes, Padraig1904IRL+20N+5B−4N+12B=9N+11B4.517.019.013.251986+13.2
4Annesley, Gareth1942IRL+14B+24N+3B=2N−8B=13N4.018.520.513.252003+10.2
5Rushe, Adam1705IRL+9B−3N+27B=18N+10B−2N3.518.519.59.251930+27.4
6Jeffers, David0IRL+12N+10N−2B−1B=21N+26B3.518.019.59.0019060.0
7Gould, Richard1729IRL+1N=17BF=13B=11N+12B3.516.516.512.252017+74.8
8McIlroy, Gerard1926IRL+21N=18BF+17B+4N−1B3.516.016.09.752021+26.4
9Roberts, Danny1951IRL−5NF+26B+16N=3B+15N3.515.515.59.751882-6.4
10McClean, Caleb1903IRL+19N−6B+18N=11B−5N+20B3.515.017.08.501834-14.4
11Edens, Jack1731IRL−2B+19N+20B=10N=7B−3N3.018.520.58.001802+19.6
12Crothers, Toby1811IRL−6B+29N+15B−3N+18B−7N3.017.018.06.501768-12.0
13White, Nicole1831IRL+28B−2N+21B=7NF=4B3.016.517.56.751871+11.6
14White, George1691IRL−4N+23B−1N−20B+22N+28B3.015.016.05.001742+12.4
15Smylie, Sam1635IRL−17N+30B−12N+22B+20N−9B3.013.013.04.001731+21.6
16Payel, Guha1904IND=26B+27N−17N−9B=19N+21B3.012.013.05.001690-22.0
17Harris, Leroy1905IRL+15B=7N+16B−8NFF2.516.016.07.751894-1.2
18Alwin Micheal1803IND+30N=8N−10B=5B−12N=19B2.516.016.04.751640-42.8
19Sammon Fernandes, Kyle-Henrique1586IRL−10B−11B+30N=21N=16B=18N2.514.014.03.751652+12.8
20Campbell, Peter1599IRL−3B+22B−11N+14N−15B−10N2.017.019.05.001641+10.0
21Armstrong, Chris1665IRL−8B+28N−13N=19B=6B−16N2.015.516.54.001615-8.0
22Hung, Tak Yuen Dennis1734HKG−27B−20N+28B−15N−14B+30N2.010.010.01.001431-64.0
23Dumigan, Owen1562IRL−24B−14N−29B−28N+30B+27N2.08.08.01.00895-40.0
24Reaney, Paul1824IRL+23N−4BF+27NFF2.07.07.03.001752-6.4
25Jamison, Brendan1849IRLFFF+30B+28NF2.01.01.01.002371+6.8
26McCauley, Connor0SCO=16N−1B−9NF+27B−6N1.516.016.02.5016940.0
27Tahmankar, Advait0IRL+22N−16B−5N−24B−26N−23B1.012.514.02.0015060.0
28Dimitrov, Nikolai1571IRL−13N−21B−22N+23B−25B−14N1.012.014.02.001449-17.0
29Maguire, Dermot0IRLF−12B+23NFFF1.05.05.02.0016950.0
30FIDE 25401690—−18B−15N−19B−25N−23N−22B0.012.014.00.008950.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets