Ennis Congress Michael Meaney 2025
29 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. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1667, and top seed was Dylan Minihane (🇮🇪 IRL, 1759).
Seth McGrady (🇮🇪 IRL, 1623) won with 5.0/5, ahead of Eoin Scully (3.5) and James Coughlan (3.5). McGrady won solo starting round 4.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Daniel Devine (1487) beat Tom O`Sullivan (1652), a +165-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsSeth McGrady led from R4; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.
Seth McGrady never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.
Seth McGrady won 5 in a row (R1–R5).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Seth McGrady | * | — | — | 1 |
| 2Iaromir Kurochkin | — | * | — | — |
| 3Edgar Manuel Cavaco Afonso | — | — | * | — |
| 4Eoin Scully | 0 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McGrady, Seth | 1623 | IRL | +12N | +6B | +19B | +8N | +2B | 5.0 | 12.0 | 14.0 | 14.00 | 2475 | +57.8 |
| 2 | Scully, Eoin | 1588 | IRL | +26N | =7B | +17N | +3B | −1N | 3.5 | 13.5 | 14.0 | 7.50 | 1764 | +28.4 |
| 3 | Coughlan, James | 1673 | IRL | =4B | +16N | +9B | −2N | +13B | 3.5 | 12.5 | 14.5 | 9.25 | 1627 | -5.2 |
| 4 | Kurochkin, Iaromir | 0 | IRL | =3N | +28B | −7N | +24B | +12N | 3.5 | 10.0 | 10.0 | 5.25 | 1715 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Afonso, Edgar Manuel Cavaco | 0 | POR | −13B | +?N | =12B | +16N | +15B | 3.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 5.25 | 1660 | 0.0 |
| 6 | O`rourke, Alex | 1719 | IRL | F | −1N | +20N | +7B | +8B | 3.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 8.00 | 1637 | -9.2 |
| 7 | Whyte, Shane | 0 | IRL | +?B | =2N | +4B | −6N | =11N | 3.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 6.75 | 1601 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Kloczko, Theo | 1655 | IRL | +23B | +25N | +13B | −1B | −6N | 3.0 | 12.0 | 13.0 | 5.00 | 1644 | -2.4 |
| 9 | Shindgi, Sumanth | 0 | IRL | =18N | +24B | −3N | +14B | =10N | 3.0 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 6.00 | 1618 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Prabhith, Ayaan | 1623 | IRL | =15N | =20B | +25N | =13N | =9B | 3.0 | 9.5 | 10.5 | 5.75 | 1594 | -3.2 |
| 11 | Devine, Daniel | 1487 | IRL | F | =18B | +21N | +19N | =7B | 3.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 6.50 | 2432 | +55.6 |
| 12 | Minihane, Dylan | 1759 | IRL | −1B | +15B | =5N | +23N | −4B | 2.5 | 14.0 | 15.5 | 5.25 | 1696 | -9.2 |
| 13 | Rochford Freaney, Brandon | 1665 | IRL | +5N | +17B | −8N | =10B | −3N | 2.5 | 13.0 | 15.0 | 7.00 | 1557 | -24.8 |
| 14 | Latorre, Leo | 1525 | IRL | −17N | +29B | =18N | −9N | +27B | 2.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.50 | 1601 | +8.4 |
| 15 | Bhattacharjee Krish | 1523 | IRL | =10B | −12N | +26N | =18B | −5N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 3.00 | 1498 | -2.4 |
| 16 | Briggs, Maslen | 0 | IRL | =20N | −3B | +27N | −5B | =17N | 2.0 | 11.0 | 11.5 | 2.50 | 1625 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Dash, Devansh | 1625 | IRL | +14B | −13N | −2B | =20N | =16B | 2.0 | 10.5 | 12.5 | 4.50 | 1468 | -25.2 |
| 18 | Sanuj, Ayaan | 0 | IRL | =9B | =11N | =14B | =15N | F | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 5.25 | 1512 | 0.0 |
| 19 | O`Sullivan, Tom | 1652 | IRL | +27N | +21B | −1N | −11B | F | 2.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.50 | 1573 | -8.6 |
| 20 | Jagic, Karlo | 0 | IRL | =16B | =10N | −6B | =17B | =22N | 2.0 | 10.0 | 12.0 | 4.50 | 1575 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Wyse, Mick | 1611 | IRL | +22B | −19N | −11B | F | +24N | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.00 | 1598 | -2.8 |
| 22 | Murphy, Cathal | 1680 | IRL | −21N | =27B | −24N | +26B | =20B | 2.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 1.75 | 1313 | -55.6 |
| 23 | Scott, Shay | 1572 | IRL | −8N | =26B | +28N | −12B | F | 1.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.25 | 1552 | -1.8 |
| 24 | Dimitrov, Nikolai | 1571 | IRL | F | −9N | +22B | −4N | −21B | 1.0 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 2.00 | 1646 | +4.2 |
| 25 | FIDE 2539772 | 0 | — | +29N | −8B | −10B | −?N | F | 1.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 830 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Coll, Aidan | 0 | IRL | −2B | =23N | −15B | −22N | F | 0.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.75 | 1269 | 0.0 |
| 27 | McDonnell, Oisin | 1577 | IRL | −19B | =22N | −16B | F | −14N | 0.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 1.00 | 1346 | -33.2 |
| 28 | Palihawadana, Aken Pinitha | 1617 | IRL | F | −4N | −23B | F | F | 0.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 0.00 | 772 | -22.4 |
| 29 | FIDE 2526832 | 0 | — | −25B | −14N | −?B | F | F | 0.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 768 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1McGrady, SethIRL+57.85.0 pts · #1
- 2Devine, DanielIRL+55.63.0 pts · #9
- 3Scully, EoinIRL+28.43.5 pts · #6
- 1Murphy, CathalIRL-55.62.0 pts · #26
- 2McDonnell, OisinIRL-33.20.5 pts · #24
- 3Dash, DevanshIRL-25.22.0 pts · #18
- R4+165 Elo gap
- R1+136 Elo gap
- R3+124 Elo gap