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Ennis Congress Cathal Walsh 2025

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26 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. Top 10 Elo average was 1809, and top seed was Cody Coughlan (🇮🇪 IRL, 1874).

John McSweeney (🇮🇪 IRL, 1809) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Lorcan Heron (4.0) and Kenny Perkin (4.0). McSweeney shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 3: George White (1691) beat Cody Coughlan (1874), a +183-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
🇮🇪Cody Coughlan1874
Avg top 10
1,809
Participants
26
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇪Ireland×26
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 3 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders
8
3
1
3
3
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
McSweeney4Perkin4Heron4OBrien3.5Rai3.5White3.5
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 4.0/5. McSweeney takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.0).

R1–R5 · UNBEATEN

John McSweeney went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1John McSweeney*—
½
—
2Kenny Perkin—*
½
1
3Lorcan Heron
½
½
*—
4James Joseph OBrien—
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1McSweeney, John1809IRL+26B+7N=2B+6N=4B4.014.014.010.251986+21.4
2Heron, Lorcan1784IRL+18B+14N=1N+4B=3N4.013.515.511.502005+54.4
3Perkin, Kenny1764IRL+16N=21B+5B+15N=2B4.011.513.010.252013+62.8
4Rai, Oleksii1774IRL+24B+12N+17B−2N=1N3.512.513.57.501921+39.2
5OBrien, James Joseph1778IRL=8N+19B−3N+22B+12N3.511.012.57.001869+24.0
6White, George1691IRL=23N+20B+21N−1B+13B3.59.511.06.251992+63.2
7Marshall, Roy1745IRL+9B−1B−15N+24N+17B3.011.012.06.001858+15.6
8Clancy, Stephen1729IRL=5B−17N=10N+20B+14N3.010.512.06.751859+36.0
9Du Berry, Ross1851IRL−7N+26B=14N=12B+15B3.09.59.54.251811-5.2
10White, Nicole1831IRL−14B=18N=8B+25N+16B3.09.010.05.501809-5.2
11Cogelja, Mihovil Niko1773IRL=19N=15B=22N=16N+18B3.07.59.05.501779+1.2
12Casey, Gerry1733IRL+25B−4B+23N=9N−5B2.511.512.54.001711-2.8
13Hackett, Len1750IRL−21N=16B+24N+19B−6N2.58.59.53.501732-2.4
14O`Connell, Denis1743IRL+10N−2B=9B=17N−8B2.013.015.05.501731-1.6
15Donohoe, Eugene1740IRL=17B=11N+7B−3B−9N2.013.015.05.501719-3.0
16Foenander, Phillip1689IRL−3B=13N+26N=11B−10N2.012.512.52.751699+1.0
17Frost, Robert1822IRL=15N+8B−4N=14B−7N2.011.513.55.001674-20.6
18McDonnell, Joseph A.1733IRL−2N=10B=20N+23B−11N2.011.513.03.751594-28.0
19O`sullivan, Oisin1697IRL=11B−5N+25B−13NF1.510.511.52.501686-1.8
20Fitzsimons, Pat1761IRL=22B−6N=18B−8N=24B1.510.011.02.251558-27.4
21Coughlan, Cody1874IRL+13B=3N−6BFF1.510.010.04.501735-22.4
22O Hanlon, Joe1673IRL=20N=23B=11B−5NF1.59.511.03.001645-2.0
23Callinan, Eoin0IRL=6B=22N−12B−18N=25B1.59.510.53.0015750.0
24Foran, Barry1710IRL−4N=25N−13B−7B=20N1.010.511.51.251524-22.4
25McCarrick, Pat1792IRL−12N=24B−19N−10B=23N1.08.59.51.251421-35.4
26Koeller, Peter1735IRL−1N−9N−16BFF0.09.09.00.00983-52.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets