Elm Mount Chess Club Championship 2025 Section A
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.
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How it unfolded
Top 9 · 9 roundsGavin Melaugh led from R4 onwards, the title was decided early.
Gavin Melaugh never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +3.0 over the runner-up.
Gavin Melaugh opens a +1.5-point gap over the chasing pack (closest: Ray O'Rourke); the title is out of reach before R9.
Gavin Melaugh beat Ray O'Rourke (Black).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇮🇪Melaugh, Gavin | 2006 | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8.0 | 28.00 | 28.0 | +40.0 | 2609 |
| 3 | 🇭🇷Vlaicevic, Marko | 1807 | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 5.0 | 16.75 | 31.0 | +26.0 | 1929 |
| 2 | 🇮🇪O'Rourke, Ray | 1874 | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.0 | 14.50 | 31.0 | +6.6 | 1919 |
| 4 | 🇮🇪Macdonagh, Alan | 1782 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 4.0 | 13.50 | 32.0 | +13.4 | 1838 |
| 7 | 🇮🇪Armstrong, Fred | 1787 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 3.0 | 11.25 | 33.0 | +0.2 | 1755 |
| 6 | 🇮🇪Goss, Alex | 1873 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3.0 | 9.50 | 33.0 | -31.6 | 1738 |
| 5 | 🇮🇪Herring, Jack | 1759 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | * | 1 | 0 | 3.0 | 8.50 | 33.0 | -14.4 | 1747 |
| 9 | 🇮🇪Boyle, Bernard | 1818 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 2.5 | 8.50 | 33.5 | -31.4 | 1689 |
| 8 | 🇮🇪Fitzsimons, Pat | 1795 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | 2.5 | 8.00 | 33.5 | -8.8 | 1701 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Melaugh, GavinIRL+40.08.0 pts · #1
- 2Vlaicevic, MarkoCRO+26.05.0 pts · #3
- 3Macdonagh, AlanIRL+13.44.0 pts · #4
- 1Goss, AlexIRL-31.63.0 pts · #6
- 2Boyle, BernardIRL-31.42.5 pts · #9
- 3Herring, JackIRL-14.43.0 pts · #5
- R7+114 Elo gap