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Elm Mount Chess Club Championship 2025 Section A

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9 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 11 Aug 2025 to 08 Sept 2025 in Elm Mount Chess Club, Artane Beaumont Family Recreation Centre, Kilmore Road, Artane, Dublin 5, Ireland. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1833, and top seed was Gavin Melaugh (🇮🇪 IRL, 2006).

Gavin Melaugh (🇮🇪 IRL, 2006) won with 8.0/9, ahead of Marko Vlaicevic (5.0) and Ray O'Rourke (5.0). Melaugh won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 7: Jack Herring (1759) beat Alex Goss (1873), a +114-point gap.

Location
🇮🇪Elm Mount Chess Club, Artane Beaumont Family Recreation Centre, Kilmore Road, Artane, Dublin 5, Ireland
Dates
11 Aug 2025 → 08 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇪Gavin Melaugh2006
Avg top 10
1,833
Participants
9
Federations · 2 represented
🇮🇪Ireland×8
🇭🇷Croatia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 9 · 9 rounds

Gavin Melaugh led from R4 onwards, the title was decided early.

Co-leaders
3
2
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
#1#2#5#9R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
R4–R9 · LEAD HELD

Gavin Melaugh never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +3.0 over the runner-up.

R6 · DECISIVE LEAD19 Aug

Gavin Melaugh opens a +1.5-point gap over the chasing pack (closest: Ray O'Rourke); the title is out of reach before R9.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Gavin Melaugh beat Ray O'Rourke (Black).

Cross-table

#PlayerElo123456789PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇮🇪Melaugh, Gavin2006*111111118.028.0028.0+40.02609
3🇭🇷Vlaicevic, Marko18070*1½½½1½15.016.7531.0+26.01929
2🇮🇪O'Rourke, Ray187400*½½11115.014.5031.0+6.61919
4🇮🇪Macdonagh, Alan17820½½*½½1½½4.013.5032.0+13.41838
7🇮🇪Armstrong, Fred17870½½½*10½03.011.2533.0+0.21755
6🇮🇪Goss, Alex18730½0½0*0113.09.5033.0-31.61738
5🇮🇪Herring, Jack1759000011*103.08.5033.0-14.41747
9🇮🇪Boyle, Bernard18180½0½½00*12.58.5033.5-31.41689
8🇮🇪Fitzsimons, Pat1795000½1010*2.58.0033.5-8.81701

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets