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Drogheda Chess Congress 2025 - Fox Major 2025

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34 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. 1 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1696, and top seed was Owen Johnston (🇮🇪 IRL, 1737).

Beril Bayrak (🇹🇷 TUR, 1666) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Robert Nielsen (5.0) and Owen Johnston (5.0). Bayrak shared the lead from round 2, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Rodrigo Alves (1503) beat Dylan Booysen (1628), a +125-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
🇮🇪Owen Johnston1737
Avg top 10
1,696
Participants
34
Titled players · 1
WCM×1
Federations · 3 represented
🇮🇪Ireland×31
🇭🇰Hong Kong China×2
🇹🇷Turkiye×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 3 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
12
4
2
1
1
3
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 5.0/6. Bayrak takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (20.0).

R6 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Robert Nielsen beat Beril Bayrak (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Robert Nielsen 3 wins (R4–R6)Beril Bayrak 5 wins (R1–R5)Owen Johnston 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Robert Nielsen*
1
0
2Beril Bayrak
0
*
1
3Owen Johnston
1
0
*
4Denis Lynch*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Bayrak, Beril1666TUR+23N+13B+10N+3B+8B2N5.020.023.018.001899+33.2
2Nielsen, Robert1662IRL+33B+12N3N+17B+6N+1B5.020.020.515.501904+35.2
3Johnston, Owen1737IRL+34B+20N+2B1N+13B+5N5.020.020.015.001895+42.0
4Lynch, Denis1628IRL14B+25N+12B=9N+11B+8N4.516.518.513.751792+44.0
5McGrady, Seth1623IRL=9N+7B=16N+15N+14B3B4.018.521.513.251833+34.8
6Baczkowski, Stefan1667IRL8B+28N+20B+18N2B+26N4.016.518.510.001728+9.4
7Syms, Thomas1641IRL=24B5N+30B+21N=9B+16N4.016.017.510.501828+50.8
8Corry, Shane1609IRL+6N=15N+14B+16B1N4B3.519.522.511.501742+45.2
9Greenan, Paul1720IRL=5B=18N+19N=4B=7N=10B3.519.022.012.501615-14.4
10Scott, Shay1572IRL+30B+31N1B=11N=15B=9N3.516.518.08.001735+27.4
11Howlett, Cillian1645IRL=19N=29B+26N=10B4N+13B3.516.018.09.251664+3.6
12Brearley, Thierry1508IRL+22N2B4N+25B=17N=23B3.018.520.58.001436-13.6
13Dimitrov, Nikolai1571IRL+26N1N+31B+22B3N11N3.018.520.06.5015730.0
14Hung, Tak Yuen Dennis1734HKG+4N=17B8N+19B5N=22B3.018.021.010.501533-44.8
15Lynch, Peter J.1704IRL+27N=8B=17N5B=10N=19B3.017.019.08.501519-20.8
16Crowe, John1712IRL=18B+24N=5B8N+28N7B3.017.019.08.001547-45.6
17Prabhith, Ayaan1623IRL+25B=14N=15B2N=12B=18N3.017.019.08.001573-14.4
18Leung, Hoi TingWCM1618HKG=16N=9B+21N6B=22N=17B3.016.519.59.251681+8.8
19Duffy, James0IRL=11B+32N9B14N+24B=15N3.015.517.07.2516150.0
20Palihawadana, Aken Pinitha1617IRL+21N3B6N26B+33N+31B3.015.516.05.001641+8.0
21Akobo, D N1682IRL20B+27N18B7B+25N+30N3.014.015.55.501441-50.8
22Ryan Smith, Charlie0IRL12B+33N+29B13N=18B=14N3.014.014.55.5015310.0
23Martin, Seamus1604IRL1B=30N=32B=31N+34B=12N3.012.512.53.751623+6.4
24Guy, Hugh0IRL=7N16B25N+27B19N+32N2.514.015.55.5016620.0
25Roddy, Mark0IRL17N4B+24B12N21B+33N2.016.016.53.0013650.0
26Alves, Rodrigo1503IRL13B+34N11B+20NF6B2.015.015.03.001547+11.6
27Baker, Jake0IRL15B21B=33N24N=32B+34N2.010.510.51.0015680.0
28Fitzpatrick, Kevin1611IRL31B6B+34N+32N16BF2.010.010.01.501584-3.8
29O` Connor, Carl0IRL=32B=11N22NF+30BF2.09.59.54.0016670.0
30Stacey, Derek1661IRL10N=23B7N+33B29N21B1.515.516.02.001467-52.4
31Brady, John1672IRL+28N10B13N=23BF20N1.514.516.53.501446-61.2
32Martin, Desmond1634IRL=29N19B=23N28B=27N24B1.512.514.53.501415-11.4
33Greenan, David1582IRL2N22B=27B30N20B25B0.515.016.51.00847-49.2
34Booysen, Dylan1628IRL3N26B28BF23N27B0.014.014.00.00814-76.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets