City of Dublin 2025 Major

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68 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 05 Sept 2025 to 07 Sept 2025 in Colaiste Eanna, Rathfarnham, Co.Dublin, Ireland. 8 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1862, and top seed was Dylan Duggan (🇮🇪 IRL, 1954).

Darshan Choudhury (🇮🇳 IND, 1647) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Advaith Nichenametla V (4.5) and Anastasiya Kelbas (4.0). Choudhury shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Darshan Choudhury (1647) beat Dylan Duggan (1954), a +307-point gap.

Location

🇮🇪Colaiste Eanna, Rathfarnham, Co.Dublin, Ireland

Dates

05 Sept 2025 → 07 Sept 2025

Time control

Standard: 60 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇪Dylan Duggan1954

Avg top 10

1,862

Participants

Federations · 8 represented

🇮🇪Ireland×52

🇮🇹Italy×3

🇺🇦Ukraine×3

🇮🇳India×2

🇭🇺Hungary×1

🇱🇹Lithuania×1

🇳🇱Netherlands×1

🇬🇧Scotland×1

Top 3

🥇
Darshan Choudhury
🇮🇳IND·1647
4.5pts·2213perf+130.8
🥈
Advaith Nichenametla V
🇮🇪IRL·1858
4.5pts·2121perf+52.0
🥉
Anastasiya Kelbas
🇺🇦UKR·1780
4.0pts·1956perf+22.0

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Choudhury4.5Nichenametla V4.5Kelbas4Rerot4Heron4Antohi3.5

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/5. Choudhury takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.5).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Darshan Choudhury drew with Advaith Nichenametla V (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Darshan Choudhury 4 wins (R1–R4)Advaith Nichenametla V 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Darshan Choudhury	*	½	—	—
2Advaith Nichenametla V	½	*	—	—
3Anastasiya Kelbas	—	—	*	½
4Pierre Rerot	—	—	½	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Darshan Choudhury	1647	IND	+25N	+13B	+31N	+6B	=2B	4.5	13.5	16.0	13.75	2213	+130.8
2	Nichenametla V, Advaith	1858	IRL	+35N	+7B	+28N	+38B	=1N	4.5	13.0	15.0	12.75	2121	+52.0
3	Kelbas, Anastasiya	1780	UKR	+14B	=4N	+49B	+9N	=8B	4.0	14.0	15.5	11.75	1956	+22.0
4	Rerot, Pierre	1598	IRL	+27N	=3B	+26N	+12B	=6N	4.0	13.0	15.5	11.75	2056	+56.8
5	Heron, Lorcan	1812	IRL	+29N	=30B	=24N	+41B	+33B	4.0	10.0	12.0	9.50	1894	+17.2
6	Duggan, Dylan	1954	IRL	+53B	+39N	+8B	−1N	=4B	3.5	14.0	15.5	9.00	1866	-17.2
7	McGrady, Seth	1740	IRL	+42B	−2N	+34N	=25B	+37N	3.5	12.0	14.0	8.25	1915	+23.8
8	Antohi, Marius	1835	IRL	+59N	+46B	−6N	+28B	=3N	3.5	12.0	13.5	8.00	1941	+14.0
9	Bolkeny, Gabor	1820	HUN	+60N	=15B	+40N	−3B	+27N	3.5	11.5	12.5	7.00	1891	+9.2
10	Lombard, Luke	1760	RSA	−24N	+64B	+17N	=20B	+38N	3.5	10.5	10.5	6.50	1860	+10.6
11	Rai, Oleksii	1796	IRL	−39N	+60B	+46N	+24B	=12N	3.5	9.5	10.5	7.00	1874	+21.2
12	Ryan, Joshua	1819	IRL	=51B	+58N	+32B	−4N	=11B	3.0	11.5	13.0	6.50	1690	-13.4
13	Andhurthi, Sreeyan	1782	IRL	+62B	−1N	+61B	=18N	=15B	3.0	11.5	12.5	5.00	1721	-14.8
14	Campbell, Peter	1630	IRL	−3N	=27B	+53B	+50N	=16B	3.0	11.0	12.5	5.75	1838	+28.4
15	Faustino Lawlor, Elias	1715	IRL	+66B	=9N	−38N	+26B	=13N	3.0	11.0	11.0	5.75	1883	+46.0
16	Kesare, Aarav	1779	IRL	−30N	=29B	+45N	+35B	=14N	3.0	10.5	12.5	7.25	1735	-11.2
17	Smoliarenko, Illia	1826	UKR	+47B	−52N	−10B	+42N	+56N	3.0	9.0	10.5	5.50	1762	-15.6
18	Hakhumyan, Arsen	1602	IRL	+50B	=48N	F	=13B	+25N	3.0	9.0	9.0	6.50	1981	+78.8
19	Zakharov, Andrew	1609	IRL	=54N	−26B	=29N	+60B	+39N	3.0	8.5	9.5	5.00	1763	0.0
20	Perkin, Kenny	1798	IRL	+64N	=24B	F	=10N	+36B	3.0	8.5	8.5	5.50	1823	+4.0
21	Curtis, John W.	1681	IRL	=34N	−38B	+54N	=40B	+55N	3.0	8.0	9.5	5.25	1864	+25.2
22	Das Tanmoy	1532	IND	=57B	−32N	=51B	+44N	+50B	3.0	7.5	9.0	5.00	1904	+77.2
23	Boyle, Bernard	1854	IRL	+44B	+43N	+52B	F	F	3.0	5.5	5.5	5.50	2480	+16.4
24	Kolev, Stefan	1598	IRL	+10B	=20N	=5B	−11N	=40N	2.5	14.0	16.0	8.00	1784	+48.4
25	Su, Tengle Alvin	1796	IRL	−1B	+62N	+43B	=7N	−18B	2.5	13.0	14.0	4.75	1660	-36.0
26	Greenan, Darragh	1767	IRL	=41B	+19N	−4B	−15N	+51B	2.5	12.0	13.5	5.50	1548	-36.0
27	McBrien, Dylan	1758	IRL	−4B	=14N	+58B	+49N	−9B	2.5	12.0	13.5	4.50	1681	-10.2
28	OBrien, James Joseph	1782	IRL	+63N	+45B	−2B	−8N	=41N	2.5	12.0	12.5	3.50	1730	-10.4
29	Bayrak, Beril	1699	TUR	−5B	=16N	=19B	=61N	+53B	2.5	11.5	12.5	5.00	1742	+4.4
30	Scully, Eoin	1630	IRL	+16B	=5N	+48B	−33N	F	2.5	11.5	11.5	7.00	1912	+29.6
31	Novak, Vjekoslav	1844	IRL	=32B	+51N	−1B	−36N	+49B	2.5	11.0	12.5	4.25	1696	-16.0
32	Rastelli, Riccardo	1712	ITA	=31N	+22B	−12N	=39B	=48N	2.5	10.5	12.5	6.25	1753	0.0
33	Kelly, Liam Francis	1877	IRL	+36B	=49N	F	+30B	−5N	2.5	10.5	10.5	5.75	1813	-13.2
34	Liu, Murray	1799	IRL	=21B	=61N	−7B	+43N	=52B	2.5	10.0	11.0	4.75	1676	-32.8
35	Dash, Shaurya	1733	IRL	−2B	+66N	=39B	−16N	+63B	2.5	10.0	10.0	1.50	1780	+1.6
36	Baczkowski, Piotr	1736	IRL	−33N	+65N	=50B	+31B	−20N	2.5	9.5	9.5	3.25	1738	-0.2
37	Thomas Boby, Aiden	1801	IRL	−49B	+44N	=56B	+52N	−7B	2.5	8.5	10.0	4.25	1712	-23.2
38	Voogt, Declan	1836	IRL	F	+21N	+15B	−2N	−10B	2.0	14.0	14.0	6.00	1754	-8.8
39	Crothers, Toby	1762	IRL	+11B	−6B	=35N	=32N	−19B	2.0	12.5	15.0	6.00	1842	+11.6
40	Spackman, Conor	1755	IRL	F	+57N	−9B	=21N	=24B	2.0	10.5	10.5	4.25	1686	-7.4
41	Campbell, Kevin	1600	SCO	=26N	+54B	F	−5N	=28B	2.0	10.5	10.5	4.00	1785	0.0
42	McCormick, Polly	1573	IRL	−7N	=53N	+47B	−17B	=59N	2.0	10.0	11.5	3.50	1672	+24.8
43	Ducker, Chris	1669	IRL	+55N	−23B	−25N	−34B	+60N	2.0	9.5	10.5	2.50	1718	+12.4
44	Lynch, Peter J.	1718	IRL	−23N	−37B	+64N	−22B	+61B	2.0	9.5	9.5	1.00	1513	-21.2
45	Prabhith, Ayaan	1579	IRL	+56B	−28N	−16B	=51N	=47B	2.0	9.0	10.5	3.25	1673	+23.6
46	Fitzsimons, Pat	1737	IRL	+68B	−8N	−11B	=63N	=58B	2.0	9.0	9.0	1.00	1691	-6.6
47	Johannesson, Bjorn	1708	NED	−17N	=55B	−42N	+54B	=45N	2.0	8.5	10.0	3.25	1638	-19.2
48	Killane, Jack	1800	IRL	+67N	=18B	−30N	F	=32B	2.0	8.0	8.0	2.75	1639	-13.0
49	Grant, Cian	1695	IRL	+37N	=33B	−3N	−27B	−31N	1.5	11.5	14.0	3.75	1662	-8.8
50	Kelly, Hugh	1775	IRL	−18N	+67B	=36N	−14B	−22N	1.5	11.5	11.5	1.25	1488	-77.2
51	McMorrow, Eugene	1706	IRL	=12N	−31B	=22N	=45B	−26N	1.5	11.0	13.0	4.00	1561	-19.4
52	Corry, Shane	1654	IRL	F	+17B	−23N	−37B	=34N	1.5	11.0	11.0	4.25	1733	+14.8
53	Dubinska, Kateryna	1738	UKR	−6N	=42B	−14N	+65B	−29N	1.5	11.0	11.0	1.00	1392	-65.6
54	O`rourke, Alex	1777	IRL	=19B	−41N	−21B	−47N	+62B	1.5	10.0	11.0	2.50	1553	-36.0
55	Herring, Jack	1796	IRL	−43B	=47N	F	+62N	−21B	1.5	8.0	8.0	2.00	1589	-23.0
56	Syms, Thomas	1754	IRL	−45N	+63B	=37N	F	−17B	1.5	8.0	8.0	1.75	1625	-28.8
57	Biswal, Saiansh	1642	IRL	=22N	−40B	−60N	−59B	+65N	1.5	7.5	7.5	1.50	1354	-52.8
58	Covelli, Gabriele	1661	ITA	F	−12B	−27N	+64B	=46N	1.5	7.5	7.5	1.00	1498	-22.4
59	Zilevicius, Mantas	1711	LTU	−8B	F	F	+57N	=42B	1.5	7.0	7.0	2.50	1684	-2.2
60	Bulfin, Lugh	1706	IRL	−9B	−11N	+57B	−19N	−43B	1.0	12.0	13.5	1.50	1539	-34.4
61	Arun, Rahul	1636	IRL	F	=34B	−13N	=29B	−44N	1.0	10.0	10.0	2.50	1555	-16.0
62	Barry, Kieran	1644	IRL	−13N	−25B	+67N	−55B	−54N	1.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	1526	-13.6
63	Huang, Shen Qi	1641	IRL	−28B	−56N	F	=46B	−35N	0.5	8.5	8.5	1.00	1440	-34.0
64	FIDE 2538040	1677	—	−20B	−10N	−44B	−58N	F	0.0	10.0	10.0	0.00	934	0.0
65	FIDE 2533529	1093	—	F	−36B	F	−53N	−57B	0.0	5.5	5.5	0.00	906	0.0
66	Ye, Zhanting K.	1851	IRL	−15N	−35B	F	F	F	0.0	5.5	5.5	0.00	945	-51.2
67	Divilly, Paddy	1686	IRL	−48B	−50N	−62B	F	F	0.0	4.5	4.5	0.00	941	-25.4
68	Maier, Fridolin	1880	ITA	−46N	F	F	F	F	0.0	2.0	2.0	0.00	937	-13.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Darshan ChoudhuryIND
+130.8
4.5 pts · #1
2Hakhumyan, ArsenIRL
+78.8
3.0 pts · #15
3Das TanmoyIND
+77.2
3.0 pts · #12

Top rating losers

1Kelly, HughIRL
-77.2
1.5 pts · #44
2Dubinska, KaterynaUKR
-65.6
1.5 pts · #60
3Biswal, SaianshIRL
-52.8
1.5 pts · #63

Biggest upsets

R4+307 Elo gap
Darshan Choudhury1647 beat Duggan, Dylan1954
R5+243 Elo gap
Das Tanmoy1532 beat Kelly, Hugh1775
R4+221 Elo gap
Rerot, Pierre1598 beat Ryan, Joshua1819