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: Elm Mount Chess Club Championship 2025 Section B

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10 players participated in this 9-round tournament, held from 11 Aug 2025 to 15 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 1314, and top seed was Eugene McMorrow (🇮🇪 IRL, 1734).

Kieran Barry (🇮🇪 IRL, 1599) won with 7.5/9, ahead of Sitki Fatih Karacol (5.0) and Shaurya Dash (4.5). Barry won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Nicu Boldijar (1507) beat Donal O`danachair (1688), a +181-point gap.

Location
🇮🇪Elm Mount Chess Club, Artane Beaumont Family Recreation Centre, Kilmore Road, Artane, Dublin 5, Ireland
Dates
11 Aug 2025 → 15 Sept 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 9 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇪Eugene McMorrow1734
Avg top 10
1,314
Participants
10
Federations · 2 represented
🇮🇪Ireland×9
🇹🇷Turkiye×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 10 · 9 rounds

Kieran Barry led from R3 onwards, the title was decided early.

Co-leaders
4
2
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
#1#2#5#10R1R2R3R4R5R6R7R8R9
R3–R9 · LEAD HELD

Kieran Barry never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +2.5 over the runner-up.

R4 · DECISIVE LEAD13 Aug

Kieran Barry opens a +1.5-point gap over the chasing pack (closest: Eugene McMorrow); the title is out of reach before R9.

R9 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Kieran Barry drew with Sitki Fatih Karacol (White).

Cross-table

#PlayerElo12345678910PtsSBBhΔ EloPerf
1🇮🇪Barry, Kieran1599*½1½1½11117.520.2526.5+68.81964
2🇹🇷Karacol, Sitki Fatih1623½*11½115.018.5029.0+24.61960
3🇮🇪Dash, Shaurya000*0½11114.510.0029.5-12.41744
5🇮🇪Keenan, Luke0½1*101½4.015.7530.0-0.41812
4🇮🇪McMorrow, Eugene173400½0*½01114.07.0030.0-14.41642
6🇮🇪Syms, Thomas1699½½01½*103.514.7530.5+15.61720
7🇮🇪O`danachair, Donal1688000010*½012.55.0031.5-40.01521
8🇮🇪Martin, Desmond1636000½01½*2.06.7532.0-10.41570
9🇮🇪Boldijar, Nicu1507001*1.02.5033.0+9.21558
10🇮🇪O`connor, Terry16580000*0.00.0034.0-69.2906

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets