Ulster Chess Union Summer Tournament 2025 Rounds 1-4
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16 players participated in this 4-round tournament, held from 04 Jun 2025 to 25 Jun 2025 in Maynard Sinclair Sports Pavilion, Newtownards Road, Belfast, BT4 3TA, Ireland. Top 10 Elo average was 1670, and top seed was Robert Lavery (🇮🇪 IRL, 1752).
Amol Mohan Thoke (🇮🇪 IRL, 1530) won with 3.0/4, ahead of Christopher Kelly (2.5) and Chris Armstrong (2.0). Thoke shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Peter Campbell (1609) beat David Ruben (1750), a +141-point gap.
Location
🇮🇪Maynard Sinclair Sports Pavilion, Newtownards Road, Belfast, BT4 3TA, Ireland
Dates
04 Jun 2025 → 25 Jun 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes for the whole game
System
Team · 4 rounds
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇪Ireland×14
Top 3
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Standings
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| # | Player | Fed | Elo | Pts | Avg opp. | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | Thoke, Amol Mohan | 🇮🇪IRL | 1530 | 3.0 | 1609 | 1609 | +8.4 |
| 1 | Kelly, Christopher | 🇮🇪IRL | 1737 | 2.5 | 1688 | 1961 | +16.0 |
| 2 | Armstrong, Chris | 🇮🇪IRL | 1657 | 2.0 | 1625 | 1750 | +7.4 |
| 10 | Thompson, Bobby | 🇮🇪IRL | 1655 | 2.0 | 1745 | 1552 | -10.4 |
| 3 | Blair, David | 🇮🇪IRL | 0 | 1.5 | 1614 | 1614 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Ruben, David | 🇮🇪IRL | 1750 | 1.5 | 1610 | 1523 | -49.2 |
| 5 | Lavery, Robert | 🇮🇪IRL | 1752 | 1.0 | 1696 | 1696 | -3.0 |
| 8 | Campbell, Peter | 🇮🇪IRL | 1609 | 1.0 | 1704 | 1704 | +5.2 |
| 6 | McCracken, David | 🇮🇪IRL | 1559 | 1.0 | 1690 | 1690 | +14.0 |
| 15 | FIDE 2541181 | — | 0 | 1.0 | 1614 | 814 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Edens, Jack | 🇮🇪IRL | 1751 | 1.0 | 1750 | 2550 | +20.0 |
| 11 | Storey, William | 🇮🇪IRL | 1629 | 1.0 | 1559 | 1559 | -4.0 |
| 12 | Jaffa, Bernard | 🇮🇪IRL | 1594 | 0.5 | 1580 | 1387 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Proctor, Richard | 🇮🇪IRL | 1561 | 0.0 | 1530 | 730 | -21.6 |
| 16 | Dumigan, Owen | 🇮🇪IRL | 1522 | 0.0 | 1750 | 950 | -8.4 |
| 13 | FIDE 2538598 | — | 1467 | 0.0 | 1572 | 772 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Edens, JackIRL+20.01.0 pts · #7
- 2Kelly, ChristopherIRL+16.02.5 pts · #1
- 3McCracken, DavidIRL+14.01.0 pts · #6
Top rating losers
- 1Ruben, DavidIRL-49.21.5 pts · #4
- 2Proctor, RichardIRL-21.60.0 pts · #14
- 3Thompson, BobbyIRL-10.42.0 pts · #10
Biggest upsets
- R4+141 Elo gap