Drogheda Chess Congress 2025 - Murray Challengers
Open SwissStandard
29 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. Top 10 Elo average was 296, and top seed was Daniel Afanasiev Elioutin (🇮🇪 IRL, 1559).
Hugh Kelly (🇮🇪 IRL, 0) won with 6.0/6, ahead of Kaivalya Patil (5.0) and Aarav Rudroju (4.5). Kelly won solo starting round 5.
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
Avg top 10
296
Participants
29
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇪Ireland×23
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsHugh Kelly led from R5; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.
Co-leaders
22
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R5–R6 · LEAD HELD
Hugh Kelly never relinquished the lead after R5; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.
R1 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
Hugh Kelly beat Kaivalya Patil (White).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
Hugh Kelly 6 wins (R1–R6)Kaivalya Patil 5 wins (R2–R6)
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Hugh Kelly | * | 1 | — | 1 |
| 2Kaivalya Patil | 0 | * | — | — |
| 3Danyil Siruk | — | — | * | ½ |
| 4Aarav Rudroju | 0 | — | ½ | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kelly, Hugh | 0 | IRL | +2B | +?B | +?N | +?B | +3N | +5B | 6.0 | 13.5 | 13.5 | 13.50 | 1556 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Patil, Kaivalya | 0 | IRL | −1N | +?B | +?N | +?B | +?N | +?B | 5.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 0.00 | 1491 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Rudroju, Aarav | 1510 | IRL | +29B | +17N | +7B | +19N | −1B | =4N | 4.5 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 11.25 | 2371 | +20.8 |
| 4 | Siruk, Danyil | 0 | IRL | +?N | +?B | −?N | +?B | +?N | =3B | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.25 | 1496 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Oconnor, Jamie S | 0 | IRL | +?B | +?N | =10B | +20N | =?B | −1N | 4.0 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 4.50 | 1431 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Patil, Vihan | 0 | IRL | −18N | +?B | +24N | +8B | −?N | +13B | 4.0 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 9.00 | 671 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Qiao, Jingxuan | 0 | IRL | +?N | +18B | −3N | =?B | +19B | =?N | 4.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 5.00 | 759 | 0.0 |
| 8 | FIDE 2540410 | 0 | — | +?B | =?N | =?B | −6N | +?B | +17N | 4.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 2.50 | 1594 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Fang, Yiming | 0 | IRL | F | −13B | +?N | +27B | +?N | +?B | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.50 | 1463 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Maniraj, Shasini | 0 | IRL | +?N | +?B | =5N | −?B | +?B | =?N | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 1597 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Su, Tengle Alvin | 0 | IRL | =13N | =?B | +?N | −?B | +?N | +?B | 4.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 1.50 | 1535 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Scanlan Gleeson, Theo | 0 | IRL | +?N | −?B | +?N | =?B | +?N | −?B | 3.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1258 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Gu, Austin Haoen | 0 | IRL | =11B | +9N | =17B | −?N | +15B | −6N | 3.0 | 17.5 | 17.5 | 10.25 | 1571 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Ger, Tym | 0 | IRL | +?B | =?N | −20B | +17N | −?B | =?N | 3.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 2.50 | 1767 | +34.0 |
| 15 | Bhardwaj, Shrey | 0 | IRL | +27N | −?B | −?N | +?B | −13N | +?B | 3.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.50 | 671 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Dibu, Samuel | 0 | IRL | =?N | =?B | =?N | +?B | −?N | =?B | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1467 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Putar, Lorena | 1445 | IRL | +21N | −3B | =13N | −14B | +18N | −8B | 2.5 | 17.0 | 19.5 | 6.50 | 759 | -20.8 |
| 18 | FIDE 25716786 | 0 | — | +6B | −7N | =?B | −?N | −17B | +?N | 2.5 | 10.5 | 10.5 | 4.00 | 774 | 0.0 |
| 19 | Zamiar, Nikodem | 0 | IRL | F | +?B | +?N | −3B | −7N | =?B | 2.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 0.00 | 1501 | 0.0 |
| 20 | McBrien, Cillian | 0 | IRL | =?N | +?B | +14N | −5B | −?N | −?B | 2.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.00 | 1336 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Turcin, Anita Atelj | 0 | IRL | −17B | +29N | =?B | −?N | +23N | −?B | 2.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.00 | 1381 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Bhushan, Addhrit | 0 | IRL | −?N | −?N | =?B | −?B | +?N | +28N | 2.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 730 | -16.4 |
| 23 | FIDE 2539365 | 0 | — | −?N | −?N | =28B | +?N | −21B | =?B | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.75 | 611 | 0.0 |
| 24 | Mag Raine, Noah | 0 | IRL | +?B | −?N | −6B | +?N | −?N | −?B | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 643 | 0.0 |
| 25 | Zhang, Zixiao | 0 | IRL | −?N | −27B | +?N | −?B | −?N | +?B | 2.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 0.00 | 671 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Mallett, Adam | 0 | IRL | −?B | −?N | +29B | −?N | =?B | =?N | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 643 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 2539667 | 0 | — | −15B | +25N | =?B | −9N | −?N | −?B | 1.5 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 2.00 | 1278 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 2540363 | 0 | — | −?N | −?B | =23N | +?B | −?N | −22B | 1.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.00 | 635 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 2540371 | 0 | — | −3N | −21B | −26N | −?B | −?B | −?N | 0.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | 0.00 | 759 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Ger, TymIRL+34.03.0 pts · #4
- 2Rudroju, AaravIRL+20.84.5 pts · #13
- 3Zhang, ZixiaoIRL0.02.0 pts · #23
Top rating losers
- 1Putar, LorenaIRL-20.82.5 pts · #21
- 2Bhushan, AddhritIRL-16.42.5 pts · #25
- 3Zhang, ZixiaoIRL0.02.0 pts · #23