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Irish Championship First Weekender Challengers 2025

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20 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 01 Aug 2025 to 03 Aug 2025 in Treacys West County Hotel, Limerick Road, Ennis, Co. Clare, V95 C9CT, Ireland. Top 10 Elo average was 0.

Shrimadh Prakash (🇮🇪 IRL, 0) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Navinesh Ramesh (4.5) and Austin Haoen Gu (4.0). Prakash shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

Location
🇮🇪Treacys West County Hotel, Limerick Road, Ennis, Co. Clare, V95 C9CT, Ireland
Dates
01 Aug 2025 → 03 Aug 2025
Time control
Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Avg top 10
0
Participants
20
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇪Ireland×13
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
15
8
2
3
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/5. Prakash takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (9.5).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Navinesh Ramesh 3 wins (R1–R3)Shrimadh Prakash 4 wins (R2–R5)Austin Haoen Gu 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Navinesh Ramesh*
2Shrimadh Prakash*
1
3Austin Haoen Gu*
4Kaushal Sethiya
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Prakash, Shrimadh0IRL=9N+20B+10N+5B+?N4.59.59.58.0014620.0
2Ramesh, Navinesh0IRL+17N+?B+?N=?B+7N4.54.54.54.5014870.0
3Gu, Austin Haoen0IRL+?B11N+?B+8N+?B4.06.06.03.0014240.0
4Sharma, Eva0IRL+15N+14B=5N7B+17N3.511.012.57.75603-24.8
5Sethiya, Kaushal0IRL+?B+?N=4B1N+?N3.58.08.01.7514910.0
6Tony Arackal, Edwin0IRL+13N?B=?N+17B+?B3.54.04.04.006420.0
7McFadden, Oisin0IRLF+18N+8B+4N2B3.012.012.07.502291+24.8
8Schranz, Martin0IRL+?B+?N7N3B+?N3.07.07.00.0014160.0
9Cabida, Sean0IRL=1B=?N=?B+?N=?B3.04.54.52.2514970.0
10Apukhtina, Anastasiia0IRL+?B+?N1B+?N?B3.04.54.50.0014160.0
11Heydemann, Manuel0IRL+?N+3B?N?B+?N3.04.04.04.006420.0
12Bermingham, Erica0IRL?B+?N+?B?N+?B3.00.00.00.006280.0
13FIDE 253955106B+16N=?B=?N=14N2.58.08.03.2514970.0
14FIDE 25399000+?B4N+?B?N=13B2.56.06.01.256480.0
15FIDE 253993404B+?N?B?N+?B2.03.53.50.006480.0
16FIDE 25371760?N13B?N+?B+20N2.02.52.50.006420.0
17Zamiar, Nikodem0IRL2B+?N=?B6N4B1.511.511.50.006910.0
18FIDE 25365010+?N7B?B?N?B1.03.03.00.006160.0
19FIDE 25360560?B?N?B+20N?B1.00.00.00.006160.0
20FIDE 25328670F1N?N19B16B0.07.57.50.006970.0

Key insights

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