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Drogheda Chess Congress 2025 - Thomson Masters

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22 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 31 May 2025 to 01 Jun 2025 in St Mary's Parish Primary School, Bryanstown, Drogheda A92 XD80, Ireland. 8 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2184, and top seed was Tarun Kanyamarala (🇮🇪 IRL, IM, 2400).

Tarun Kanyamarala (🇮🇪 IRL, IM, 2400) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Oleg Artemenko (4.5) and Jacob Flynn (4.5). Kanyamarala won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Brian Gallagher (1864) beat Andrey A. Ivanov (CM, 2103), a +239-point gap.

Location
🇮🇪St Mary's Parish Primary School, Bryanstown, Drogheda A92 XD80, Ireland
Dates
31 May 2025 → 01 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇪IMTarun Kanyamarala2400
Avg top 10
2,184
Participants
22
Titled players · 8
IM×1
FM×3
CM×3
WGM×1
Federations · 8 represented
🇮🇪Ireland×15
🇭🇺Hungary×1
🇺🇿Uzbekistan×1
🇹🇷Turkiye×1
🇮🇳India×1
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
🇪🇸Spain×1
🇻🇳Vietnam×1
Top 3
  • 🥇
    IMTarun Kanyamarala
    🇮🇪IRL·2400
    5.0pts·2431perf+2.6
  • 🥈
    FMOleg Artemenko
    🇺🇿UZB·2268
    4.5pts·2349perf+14.0
  • 🥉
    CMJacob Flynn
    🇮🇪IRL·2271
    4.5pts·2257perf+0.8

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

IM Tarun Kanyamarala led from R3; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
9
3
1
1
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Kanyamarala5Artemenko4.5Flynn4.5Kanyamarala4Nhung4Ivanov3.5
R3–R6 · LEAD HELD

IM Tarun Kanyamarala held the sole lead from R3 through R6 without losing it.

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Tarun Kanyamarala drew with FM Oleg Artemenko (Black).

R1–R3 · WIN STREAK

IM Tarun Kanyamarala won 3 in a row (R1–R3).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IMTarun Kanyamarala*
½
—
½
2FMOleg Artemenko
½
*
0
1
3CMJacob Flynn—
1
*—
4WGMTrisha Kanyamarala
½
0
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Kanyamarala, TarunIM2400IRL+16N+12B+7N=4B+5B=2N5.018.521.016.752431+2.6
2Artemenko, OlegFM2268UZB+20N+15B−3N+12B+4N=1B4.518.520.013.002349+14.0
3Flynn, JacobCM2271IRL=13B+14N+2B−5N+8B+6N4.518.020.515.252257+0.8
4Kanyamarala, TrishaWGM2221IRL+22B=6N+13B=1N−2B+10N4.018.519.510.752199-0.2
5Nguyen Hong NhungFM2197VIE+18NF+6B+3B−1N+7B4.018.518.513.502402+26.0
6Mulay, PratikCM2067IND+19N=4B−5N+10N+9B−3B3.519.021.010.502139+13.0
7Daly, ColmFM2173IRL+8B+21N−1B=9N+14B−5N3.518.520.09.252134-3.8
8Fil, Alkim Alper1887TUR−7N+16B=17N+11B−3N+18B3.516.018.08.752036+22.0
9Ivanov, Andrey A.CM2103IRL−21N+18B+19N=7B−6N+12B3.513.515.08.252046-14.0
10Palacios Sanchez, Victor1857ESP−12N+20B+15N−6B+18N−4B3.014.516.06.002039+27.0
11Rai, Oleksii1774IRL=14B−13N+20B−8N=17N+22B3.012.513.55.001910+43.2
12O`cuilleanain, Oisin2087IRL+10B−1N+21B−2N=13B−9N2.518.520.05.752017-12.6
13Kholyavko, Kirill1950UKR=3N+11B−4N=15B=12N−17B2.516.519.07.751979+4.0
14Paibir, Atharva2011IRL=11N−3B+16N=17B−7N=15B2.516.018.56.501948-22.0
15Woods, Yannick2055IRL+17B−2N−10B=13N=21B=14N2.515.016.55.751903-50.0
16Abdullayev, Rustem1950IRL−1B−8N−14B+22N+19B=20B2.514.515.53.751925-7.4
17Mulukutla, Ayaansh1807IRL−15NF=8B=14N=11B+13N2.514.014.07.001936+32.8
18Cummins, Sean1898IRL−5B−9N+22B+21N−10B−8N2.015.516.52.501843-10.4
19Putar, Slavko1843IRL−6B+22N−9B−20N−16N+21B2.012.513.52.501839-1.2
20Hughes, Padraig1904IRL−2B−10N−11N+19B−22B=16N1.515.016.03.251739-27.6
21Gallagher, Brian1864IRL+9B−7B−12N−18B=15N−19N1.514.016.04.751834-5.8
22Bolkeny, Gabor1898HUN−4N−19B−18N−16B+20N−11N1.013.515.01.501659-36.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets
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