Ennis Congress Masters 2025

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36 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 16 May 2025 to 18 May 2025 in Treacys West County Hotel, Limerick Road, Ennis, Co. Clare, V95 C9CT, Ireland, Ireland. 15 titled players from 6 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2282, and top seed was Tarun Kanyamarala (🇮🇪 IRL, IM, 2400).

Tarun Kanyamarala (🇮🇪 IRL, IM, 2400) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Keith C Arkell (4.0) and Trisha Kanyamarala (4.0). Kanyamarala won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Jamie Comley (1871) beat Colm Daly (FM, 2173), a +302-point gap.

Location

🇮🇪Treacys West County Hotel, Limerick Road, Ennis, Co. Clare, V95 C9CT, Ireland, Ireland

Dates

16 May 2025 → 18 May 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇪IMTarun Kanyamarala2400

Avg top 10

2,282

Participants

Titled players · 15

GM×2

IM×5

FM×3

CM×4

WGM×1

Federations · 6 represented

🇮🇪Ireland×29

🇭🇺Hungary×2

🇬🇧England×2

FIDE (no federation)×1

🇮🇸Iceland×1

🇿🇼Zimbabwe×1

Top 3

🥇
IMTarun Kanyamarala
🇮🇪IRL·2400
4.5pts·2566perf+8.0
🥈
GMKeith C Arkell
🇬🇧ENG·2342
4.0pts·2340perf+1.8
🥉
WGMTrisha Kanyamarala
🇮🇪IRL·2221
4.0pts·2362perf+19.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

IM Tarun Kanyamarala led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Kanyamarala4.5Arkell4Kanyamarala4Fitzsimons4Baker4Domalchuk-Jonasson3.5

R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

IM Tarun Kanyamarala held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Tarun Kanyamarala drew with GM Keith C Arkell (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

IM Tarun Kanyamarala 4 wins (R1–R4)GM Keith C Arkell 3 wins (R2–R4)WGM Trisha Kanyamarala 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1IMTarun Kanyamarala	*	½	1	—
2GMKeith C Arkell	½	*	—	—
3WGMTrisha Kanyamarala	0	—	*	—
4IMDavid Fitzsimons	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Kanyamarala, TarunIM	2400	IRL	+28N	+17B	+9N	+3N	=2B	4.5	13.5	15.5	13.50	2566	+8.0
2	Arkell, Keith CGM	2342	ENG	=16N	+23B	+8N	+7B	=1N	4.0	14.0	16.0	12.50	2340	+1.8
3	Kanyamarala, TrishaWGM	2221	IRL	+33B	+19N	+6N	−1B	+10N	4.0	13.0	14.0	9.50	2362	+19.4
4	Fitzsimons, DavidIM	2310	IRL	+25B	+26N	=7B	+15N	=6B	4.0	11.5	13.5	10.00	2412	+6.7
5	Baker, Chris WIM	2161	ENG	+21N	−6B	+16N	+20B	+9N	4.0	11.0	13.0	9.50	2307	+19.0
6	Domalchuk-Jonasson, AleksandrIM	2357	ISL	+29B	+5N	−3B	+11N	=4N	3.5	15.0	16.5	10.50	2296	-2.4
7	Venkatesan, KavinFM	2219	IRL	+18N	+31B	=4N	−2N	+21B	3.5	12.5	13.5	7.50	2197	+2.4
8	Hamilton Mandeya	1996	ZIM	+34B	=15N	−2B	+22N	+26B	3.5	10.5	11.0	5.75	2224	+28.4
9	Gubanov, OlegIM	2264	IRL	+35B	+13N	−1B	+14N	−5B	3.0	14.5	15.0	6.50	2159	-5.3
10	Quinn, RoryFM	2091	IRL	−19B	+33N	+25B	+13N	−3B	3.0	11.0	12.0	6.00	2054	-4.0
11	O`cuilleanain, Oisin	2087	IRL	=22B	=12N	+19B	−6B	+24N	3.0	10.5	12.5	6.50	2125	+5.4
12	Flynn, JacobCM	2271	IRL	=24N	=11B	−15B	+30N	+27B	3.0	9.5	11.0	6.00	2096	-18.2
13	Govindaraju, Darun	1995	IRL	+32N	−9B	+23N	−10B	+31N	3.0	9.0	10.0	4.00	2029	+9.6
14	Sidney, WillCM	1965	IRL	F	+24B	+31N	−9B	+20N	3.0	8.0	8.0	5.00	2164	+19.6
15	Czebe, AttilaGM	2263	HUN	+20N	=8B	+12N	−4B	F	2.5	12.5	12.5	6.75	2216	-1.4
16	Bartczak, Korneliusz	1939	IRL	=2B	=22N	−5B	=34N	+29B	2.5	11.5	12.0	4.75	2025	+17.6
17	Daly, ColmFM	2173	IRL	+30B	−1N	=27B	−21N	+19B	2.5	10.5	12.0	4.50	1998	-20.6
18	O`Donovan, Paul	1898	IRL	−7B	−27N	=29B	+35N	+34B	2.5	7.5	8.0	1.75	1972	+8.8
19	Gallagher, Brian	1864	IRL	+10N	−3B	−11N	+28B	−17N	2.0	12.5	14.5	5.00	2032	+18.8
20	Hughes, Padraig	1904	IRL	−15B	+34N	+26B	−5N	−14B	2.0	11.5	12.0	2.50	1989	+8.6
21	Comley, Jamie	1871	IRL	−5B	+29N	F	+17B	−7N	2.0	11.5	11.5	4.00	2123	+46.8
22	McGrath, Mark	1857	IRL	=11N	=16B	=28N	−8B	=23N	2.0	11.0	13.0	4.75	1883	+2.8
23	Sheehan, Conor	1802	IRL	+27B	−2N	−13B	=25N	=22B	2.0	11.0	13.0	4.00	1918	+25.6
24	Murchadha, OissineCM	1916	IRL	=12B	−14N	+35B	=27N	−11B	2.0	11.0	11.5	3.00	1967	+5.0
25	Mohammad Mahbub Parouare	1934	IRL	−4N	+36B	−10N	=23B	=30N	2.0	10.5	10.5	1.75	1831	-12.4
26	Arun, NitishCM	2087	IRL	+36N	−4B	−20N	+32B	−8N	2.0	10.5	10.5	1.00	1816	-56.0
27	Nolan, Conor	1960	IRL	−23N	+18B	=17N	=24B	−12N	2.0	10.0	12.0	4.75	1940	-4.6
28	Abdullayev, Rustem	1950	IRL	−1B	=30N	=22B	−19N	+32B	2.0	10.0	11.0	2.75	1886	-11.6
29	Nolan, Dermot	1939	IRL	−6N	−21B	=18N	+36B	−16N	1.5	10.5	10.5	1.25	1690	-24.6
30	Jagic, Jakov	1893	IRL	−17N	=28B	=32N	−12B	=25B	1.5	9.5	10.5	2.50	1882	-8.0
31	Ye, Zhanting K.	1801	IRL	F	−7N	−14B	+33N	−13B	1.0	10.5	10.5	1.00	1822	+0.8
32	Keenan, Andy	1826	IRL	−13B	=35N	=30B	−26N	−28N	1.0	8.5	9.0	1.00	1728	-11.6
33	Bolkeny, Gabor	1898	HUN	−3N	−10B	+36N	−31B	F	1.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	1238	-20.2
34	Cummins, Finn	1824	IRL	−8N	−20B	F	=16B	−18N	0.5	10.5	10.5	1.25	1612	-36.8
35	Melling, Jonathon	1914	IRL	−9N	=32B	−24N	−18B	F	0.5	8.5	8.5	0.50	1654	-25.0
36	sreekumar, sreekanth	0	FID	−26B	−25N	−33B	−29N	F	0.0	6.5	6.5	0.00	1165	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Comley, JamieIRL
+46.8
2.0 pts · #24
2Hamilton MandeyaZIM
+28.4
3.5 pts · #8
3Sheehan, ConorIRL
+25.6
2.0 pts · #20

Top rating losers

1Arun, NitishCMIRL
-56.0
2.0 pts · #30
2Cummins, FinnIRL
-36.8
0.5 pts · #34
3Melling, JonathonIRL
-25.0
0.5 pts · #33

Biggest upsets

R4+302 Elo gap
Comley, Jamie1871 beat FMDaly, Colm2173
R1+227 Elo gap
Gallagher, Brian1864 beat FMQuinn, Rory2091
R3+183 Elo gap
Hughes, Padraig1904 beat CMArun, Nitish2087