Irish Championship First Weekender Challengers 2025
Open SwissStandard
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
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight 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
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| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Navinesh Ramesh | * | — | — | — |
| 2Shrimadh Prakash | — | * | — | 1 |
| 3Austin Haoen Gu | — | — | * | — |
| 4Kaushal Sethiya | — | 0 | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prakash, Shrimadh | 0 | IRL | =9N | +20B | +10N | +5B | +?N | 4.5 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 8.00 | 1462 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Ramesh, Navinesh | 0 | IRL | +17N | +?B | +?N | =?B | +7N | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.50 | 1487 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Gu, Austin Haoen | 0 | IRL | +?B | −11N | +?B | +8N | +?B | 4.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 3.00 | 1424 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Sharma, Eva | 0 | IRL | +15N | +14B | =5N | −7B | +17N | 3.5 | 11.0 | 12.5 | 7.75 | 603 | -24.8 |
| 5 | Sethiya, Kaushal | 0 | IRL | +?B | +?N | =4B | −1N | +?N | 3.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 1.75 | 1491 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Tony Arackal, Edwin | 0 | IRL | +13N | −?B | =?N | +17B | +?B | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.00 | 642 | 0.0 |
| 7 | McFadden, Oisin | 0 | IRL | F | +18N | +8B | +4N | −2B | 3.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 7.50 | 2291 | +24.8 |
| 8 | Schranz, Martin | 0 | IRL | +?B | +?N | −7N | −3B | +?N | 3.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 1416 | 0.0 |
| 9 | Cabida, Sean | 0 | IRL | =1B | =?N | =?B | +?N | =?B | 3.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.25 | 1497 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Apukhtina, Anastasiia | 0 | IRL | +?B | +?N | −1B | +?N | −?B | 3.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 0.00 | 1416 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Heydemann, Manuel | 0 | IRL | +?N | +3B | −?N | −?B | +?N | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.00 | 642 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Bermingham, Erica | 0 | IRL | −?B | +?N | +?B | −?N | +?B | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 628 | 0.0 |
| 13 | FIDE 2539551 | 0 | — | −6B | +16N | =?B | =?N | =14N | 2.5 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 3.25 | 1497 | 0.0 |
| 14 | FIDE 2539900 | 0 | — | +?B | −4N | +?B | −?N | =13B | 2.5 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 1.25 | 648 | 0.0 |
| 15 | FIDE 2539934 | 0 | — | −4B | +?N | −?B | −?N | +?B | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.00 | 648 | 0.0 |
| 16 | FIDE 2537176 | 0 | — | −?N | −13B | −?N | +?B | +20N | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 0.00 | 642 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Zamiar, Nikodem | 0 | IRL | −2B | +?N | =?B | −6N | −4B | 1.5 | 11.5 | 11.5 | 0.00 | 691 | 0.0 |
| 18 | FIDE 2536501 | 0 | — | +?N | −7B | −?B | −?N | −?B | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 616 | 0.0 |
| 19 | FIDE 2536056 | 0 | — | −?B | −?N | −?B | +20N | −?B | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 616 | 0.0 |
| 20 | FIDE 2532867 | 0 | — | F | −1N | −?N | −19B | −16B | 0.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 697 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1McFadden, OisinIRL+24.83.0 pts · #6
- 2Apukhtina, AnastasiiaIRL0.03.0 pts · #2
- 3Sethiya, KaushalIRL0.03.5 pts · #8
Top rating losers
- 1Sharma, EvaIRL-24.83.5 pts · #17
- 2Apukhtina, AnastasiiaIRL0.03.0 pts · #2
- 3Sethiya, KaushalIRL0.03.5 pts · #8