LCU Branagan Cup 2025 group stage

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100 players participated in this 3-round tournament, held from 06 Jun 2025 to 09 Jul 2025 in Leinster, Ireland. 9 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 0.

Gerard O'Connell (🇮🇪 IRL, 0) won with 3.0/3, ahead of Oisin O`cuilleanain (2.5) and Gavin Melaugh (2.0). O'Connell clinched sole first place in the final round.

Location

🇮🇪Leinster, Ireland

Dates

06 Jun 2025 → 09 Jul 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Team · 3 rounds

Avg top 10

Participants

100

Titled players · 9

IM×2

FM×3

CM×4

Federations · 8 represented

🇮🇪Ireland×84

🇺🇦Ukraine×2

🇮🇳India×2

🇭🇷Croatia×2

🇪🇸Spain×2

🇹🇷Turkiye×1

🇱🇹Lithuania×1

🇨🇦Canada×1

Top 3

🥇
Gerard O'Connell
🇮🇪IRL
3.0pts·2751perf+26.8
🥈
Oisin O`cuilleanain
🇮🇪IRL
2.5pts·2290perf+13.6
🥉
Gavin Melaugh
🇮🇪IRL
2.0pts·2068perf+5.0

Standings

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#	Player	Fed	Pts	Avg opp.	Perf	Δ Elo
1	O'Connell, Gerard	🇮🇪IRL	3.0	1951	2751	+26.8
2	O`cuilleanain, Oisin	🇮🇪IRL	2.5	2017	2290	+13.6
6	Melaugh, Gavin	🇮🇪IRL	2.0	1943	2068	+5.0
11	O`reilly, Conor	🇮🇪IRL	2.0	1980	2105	+17.2
5	Abdullayev, Rustem	🇮🇪IRL	2.0	1926	2051	+9.0
3	Fox, Anthony	🇮🇪IRL	2.0	1908	2033	+7.4
7	CMFlynn, Jacob	🇮🇪IRL	2.0	1932	2732	+4.8
8	Salin, Rohan	🇮🇪IRL	2.0	1912	2712	+45.6
9	Joyce, John	🇮🇪IRL	2.0	2071	2196	+13.8
14	FMMelaugh, Shane	🇮🇪IRL	2.0	1966	2766	+10.8
10	Cooney, Brendan	🇮🇪IRL	2.0	1818	1943	+10.2
12	Harrington, Eoin	🇮🇪IRL	2.0	1847	1972	+5.6
4	Scallan, Fiachra	🇮🇪IRL	2.0	1917	2717	+18.4
13	Boyle, Bernard	🇮🇪IRL	2.0	1803	2603	+18.2
22	Quinn, Ciaran	🇮🇪IRL	1.5	1904	1904	-5.2
15	Duffy, Seamus	🇮🇪IRL	1.5	1920	1920	+1.6
20	Kruslin, Karlo	🇭🇷CRO	1.5	1886	2079	+8.8
23	Kavanagh, James	🇮🇪IRL	1.5	1828	2021	+7.0
17	O'Connor, Jonathan	🇮🇪IRL	1.5	2165	2358	+9.8
19	Scott, Sarah	🇮🇪IRL	1.5	1858	2051	+4.2
25	CMAbrahams, Daniel	🇨🇦CAN	1.5	2033	2226	+6.2
18	Bianchi, Lorenzo	🇮🇹ITA	1.5	1774	1967	+7.4
16	Smith, Derek	🇮🇪IRL	1.5	1807	2000	+3.0
21	Andhurthi, Sreeyan	🇮🇪IRL	1.5	1767	1960	+26.0
24	Sweeney, Ronan	🇮🇪IRL	1.5	1764	1957	+7.6
26	Corte Real Neto, Cyro Pamplona	🇧🇷BRA	1.5	1926	2119	+7.6
27	Wallace, Martin	🇮🇪IRL	1.0	1965	1840	-0.6
50	Noone, Joe	🇮🇪IRL	1.0	2004	1879	-1.8
48	Beryozkin, Sergey	🇮🇪IRL	1.0	1839	1839	-4.8
31	Antohi, Marius	🇮🇪IRL	1.0	2046	1921	+3.8
37	O`Higgins, Niall	🇮🇪IRL	1.0	1893	1893	+6.0
49	Liu, Murray	🇮🇪IRL	1.0	1860	1735	-10.8
28	CMIvanov, Andrey A.	🇮🇪IRL	1.0	1938	1938	-16.4
46	Moran, Stephen	🇮🇪IRL	1.0	2035	2035	-5.6
42	Cullen, Sean	🇮🇪IRL	1.0	1932	1932	+5.8
35	IMFitzsimons, David	🇮🇪IRL	1.0	2012	2812	+1.5
32	Kremerts, Romans	🇮🇪IRL	1.0	1782	1657	+2.0
39	Kenny, William	🇮🇪IRL	1.0	1628	2428	+5.0
38	Adithian, P.S	🇮🇳IND	1.0	1917	1917	0.0
29	McGlade, Emmet	🇮🇪IRL	1.0	1836	2636	+14.8
34	Vlaicevic, Marko	🇭🇷CRO	1.0	1765	2565	+8.8
36	McDermott, Malo	🇮🇪IRL	1.0	1875	2675	+16.0
43	Martinez Otero, Daniel	🇪🇸ESP	1.0	1797	2597	+5.6
30	Mohammad Mahbub Parouare	🇮🇪IRL	1.0	1919	2719	+9.8
33	FMNguyen Hong Nhung	🇻🇳VIE	1.0	1906	2706	+3.0
40	Murtagh, Robert	🇮🇪IRL	1.0	1918	2718	+9.6
41	Slevin, Sean	🇮🇪IRL	1.0	1723	2523	+24.8
44	IMO`Gorman, Tom	🇮🇪IRL	1.0	2233	3033	+3.0
45	Jakubauskas, Zygimantas	🇱🇹LTU	1.0	1868	2668	+6.0
47	Sanchez Sanz, Alejandro	🇪🇸ESP	1.0	1869	2669	+9.6
56	Neary, Graham	🇮🇪IRL	0.5	1896	1623	-20.4
53	Quinn, Noel	🇮🇪IRL	0.5	1837	1564	-14.0
75	Kholyavko, Kirill	🇺🇦UKR	0.5	1980	1787	-22.0
54	Bolkeny, Gabor	🇭🇺HUN	0.5	1885	1612	-19.2
70	Atanasov, Margarit	🇧🇬BUL	0.5	2096	2096	+2.0
52	McDonnell, Odhran	🇮🇪IRL	0.5	1851	1658	-10.0
57	Schmidt, Martin	🇮🇪IRL	0.5	1890	1697	-13.4
72	Murphy, Cian	🇮🇪IRL	0.5	1975	1782	-4.8
65	Ryan, Joshua	🇮🇪IRL	0.5	1711	1711	-2.8
66	Buckley, Gerard	🇮🇪IRL	0.5	1889	1889	+2.4
77	Karacol, Sitki Fatih	🇹🇷TUR	0.5	1823	1823	+1.0
58	Burke, James	🇮🇪IRL	0.5	1815	1622	-9.2
62	Bennett, Eric	🇮🇪IRL	0.5	1942	1749	-4.2
61	Walsh, David W.	🇮🇪IRL	0.5	1772	1579	-9.6
64	Murray, Benjamin	🇮🇪IRL	0.5	1904	1904	-4.4
71	Fitzsimons, Pat	🇮🇪IRL	0.5	1628	1628	-3.0
51	Collins, Mark A.	🇮🇪IRL	0.5	1880	1880	-3.4
55	Kesare, Aarav	🇮🇪IRL	0.5	1909	1909	+7.2
69	Taaffe, Paul	🇮🇪IRL	0.5	1772	1772	-3.6
74	Braine, Harry	🇮🇪IRL	0.5	1998	1998	+1.6
76	Neely, Pauraic	🇮🇪IRL	0.5	1797	1797	+3.6
63	CMShriman K	🇮🇳IND	0.5	1972	1972	+0.4
73	Reilly, Paul	🇮🇪IRL	0.5	1943	1943	+1.4
67	Lohan, Martin	🇮🇪IRL	0.5	1628	1628	-4.0
59	Maguire, Tallann	🇮🇪IRL	0.5	1815	1815	-1.6
60	O`daly, Liam	🇮🇪IRL	0.5	1765	1765	+0.8
68	Nikrow, Shahram	🇮🇪IRL	0.5	1869	1869	+1.6
80	Reynolds, Pat	🇮🇪IRL	0.0	2042	1242	-12.6
88	Gaines, Brian	🇮🇪IRL	0.0	2149	1349	-8.0
78	Burke, Kevin A.	🇮🇪IRL	0.0	1953	1153	-18.4
95	Moore, Brian	🇮🇪IRL	0.0	1817	1017	-9.2
96	Salmin, Vitaliy	🇮🇪IRL	0.0	2168	1368	-1.6
98	Lievens, Karel	🇮🇪IRL	0.0	2012	1212	-19.6
100	Ye, Zhanting K.	🇮🇪IRL	0.0	1902	1102	-17.6
83	Phelan, John J.	🇮🇪IRL	0.0	1827	1027	-14.6
97	Barry, Colm	🇮🇪IRL	0.0	2169	1369	-11.4
99	Pinas, Ihor	🇮🇪IRL	0.0	1968	1168	-11.6
82	Kelbas, Anastasiya	🇺🇦UKR	0.0	2120	1320	-2.4
85	FMBrady, Stephen	🇮🇪IRL	0.0	2379	1579	-6.0
89	O`Mahony, Roderick	🇮🇪IRL	0.0	1639	839	-12.4
91	Beckett, Brian	🇮🇪IRL	0.0	1884	1084	-9.6
92	McBrien, Dylan	🇮🇪IRL	0.0	1804	1004	-9.4
94	Curran, Garrett	🇮🇪IRL	0.0	1919	1119	-9.8
81	Armstrong, Fred	🇮🇪IRL	0.0	1817	1017	-8.0
90	Singpurwala, Kevin	🇮🇪IRL	0.0	1902	1102	-10.0
93	Putar, Slavko	🇮🇪IRL	0.0	1836	1036	-10.2
84	Syms, Thomas	🇮🇪IRL	0.0	1814	1014	-10.4
79	McNena, Eoin	🇮🇪IRL	0.0	1845	1045	-11.6
86	McHugh, Kevin	🇮🇪IRL	0.0	2018	1218	-6.0
87	Remenyik, David	🇮🇪IRL	0.0	1930	1130	-9.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Salin, RohanIRL
+45.6
2.0 pts · #8
2O'Connell, GerardIRL
+26.8
3.0 pts · #1
3Andhurthi, SreeyanIRL
+26.0
1.5 pts · #21

Top rating losers

1Kholyavko, KirillUKR
-22.0
0.5 pts · #75
2Neary, GrahamIRL
-20.4
0.5 pts · #56
3Lievens, KarelIRL
-19.6
0.0 pts · #98