: Elm Mount Chess Club Championship 2025 Section B
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.
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How it unfolded
Top 10 · 9 roundsKieran Barry led from R3 onwards, the title was decided early.
Kieran Barry never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +2.5 over the runner-up.
Kieran Barry opens a +1.5-point gap over the chasing pack (closest: Eugene McMorrow); the title is out of reach before R9.
Kieran Barry drew with Sitki Fatih Karacol (White).
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
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| 1 | 🇮🇪Barry, Kieran | 1599 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.5 | 20.25 | 26.5 | +68.8 | 1964 |
| 2 | 🇹🇷Karacol, Sitki Fatih | 1623 | ½ | * | 1 | — | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | — | — | 5.0 | 18.50 | 29.0 | +24.6 | 1960 |
| 3 | 🇮🇪Dash, Shaurya | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 4.5 | 10.00 | 29.5 | -12.4 | 1744 |
| 5 | 🇮🇪Keenan, Luke | 0 | ½ | — | 1 | * | 1 | 0 | 1 | ½ | — | — | 4.0 | 15.75 | 30.0 | -0.4 | 1812 |
| 4 | 🇮🇪McMorrow, Eugene | 1734 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.0 | 7.00 | 30.0 | -14.4 | 1642 |
| 6 | 🇮🇪Syms, Thomas | 1699 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | * | 1 | 0 | — | — | 3.5 | 14.75 | 30.5 | +15.6 | 1720 |
| 7 | 🇮🇪O`danachair, Donal | 1688 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | 2.5 | 5.00 | 31.5 | -40.0 | 1521 |
| 8 | 🇮🇪Martin, Desmond | 1636 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | * | — | — | 2.0 | 6.75 | 32.0 | -10.4 | 1570 |
| 9 | 🇮🇪Boldijar, Nicu | 1507 | 0 | — | — | — | 0 | — | 1 | — | * | — | 1.0 | 2.50 | 33.0 | +9.2 | 1558 |
| 10 | 🇮🇪O`connor, Terry | 1658 | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | 0 | — | — | * | 0.0 | 0.00 | 34.0 | -69.2 | 906 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Barry, KieranIRL+68.87.5 pts · #1
- 2Karacol, Sitki FatihTUR+24.65.0 pts · #2
- 3Syms, ThomasIRL+15.63.5 pts · #6
- 1O`connor, TerryIRL-69.20.0 pts · #10
- 2O`danachair, DonalIRL-40.02.5 pts · #7
- 3McMorrow, EugeneIRL-14.44.0 pts · #4
- R1+181 Elo gap
- R7+135 Elo gap
- R5+111 Elo gap