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The Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Weekender 2026 Master

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29 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 30 Jan 2026 to 01 Feb 2026 in The Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9, Ireland, Ireland. 4 titled players from 7 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2093, and top seed was Jacob Flynn (🇮🇪 IRL, CM, 2218).

Jacob Flynn (🇮🇪 IRL, CM, 2218) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Yannick Woods (4.0) and Oisin O`cuilleanain (4.0). Flynn shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Gerard MacElligott (CM, 1921) beat Oisin O`cuilleanain (2146), a +225-point gap.

Location
🇮🇪The Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9, Ireland, Ireland
Dates
30 Jan 2026 → 01 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇪CMJacob Flynn2218
Avg top 10
2,093
Participants
29
Titled players · 4
FM×1
CM×2
WCM×1
Federations · 7 represented
🇮🇪Ireland×19
🇬🇧England×3
🇳🇴Norway×2
🇳🇱Netherlands×2
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
🇪🇸Spain×1
🇷🇸Serbia×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R3; 3 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
9
2
1
1
3
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

CM Jacob Flynn held the sole lead from R3 through R5 without losing it.

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 4.0/5. Flynn takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (12.0).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

CM Jacob Flynn 3 wins (R1–R3)Yannick Woods 4 wins (R2–R5)Oisin O`cuilleanain 3 wins (R3–R5)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1CMJacob Flynn*
½
2Yannick Woods*
3Oisin O`cuilleanain*
4Oliver Barnes
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Flynn, JacobCM2218IRL+11N+16B+13B=6N=4B4.012.014.010.752241+3.2
2Woods, Yannick2023IRL13N+29B+16N+9B+6B4.010.510.58.002231+51.2
3O`cuilleanain, Oisin2146IRL+29B13N+7B+24N+14B4.09.09.06.502183+4.2
4Barnes, Oliver2066IRL+28N=8B+23N=10B=1N3.511.512.07.002151+22.8
5Melaugh, ShaneFM2189IRLF+25B=14N+8B+10N3.59.59.58.252321+9.4
6Hushpit, Lukian2097IRL=7B+18N+22B=1B2N3.013.014.57.002075-5.2
7Blijlevens, Pim1942NED=6N=9B3N+25B+16N3.012.013.06.002116+23.6
8Campbell, Andrew1904IRL+15B=4N+20B5N=21N3.011.513.57.252141+31.0
9Ashworth, Michael2019ENG=18B=7N+15B2N+17B3.011.513.57.002024+0.6
10Murray, Benjamin2047IRL+26B=22N+17B=4N5B3.010.511.55.502073+4.0
11Comley, Jamie1960IRL1B+26N=18B=17N+24B3.09.010.04.002047+11.2
12Halvorsen, Benjamin1995NOR23N+19B24N+28B+22N3.06.06.54.001994-0.2
13MacElligott, GerardCM1921IRL+2B+3B1N14N=15B2.514.517.09.252070+18.6
14O`Gorman, Alice1995IRLF+27N=5B+13B3N2.511.011.05.252137+14.8
15Haque, Mustakim-Ul1967IRL8N+28B9N+19B=13N2.510.511.03.751945-3.2
16O`Flaherty, Kevin1962IRL+24B1N2B+18N7B2.013.014.03.001929-5.6
17White, Nicole1911IRL=25N+21B10N=11B9N2.011.012.04.001932+5.2
18Ashworth, Robert1917ENG=9N6B=11N16B+29N2.011.011.03.001927+1.0
19Millward, Kevin P1948ENG20B12N+26B15N+27B2.08.59.52.001913-5.0
20Govindaraju, Darun2124IRL+19N=23B8N22B=28N2.08.08.53.001850-72.0
21Woods, Christopher1999IRL=27B17N+29NF=8B2.07.57.52.001921-17.2
22Gajcin, JasminaWCM1914SRBF=10B6N+20N12B1.511.011.03.501979+6.0
23Van den Bosse, Bart1911NED+12B=20N4BFF1.510.510.54.002062+12.0
24Duggan, Dylan1904IRL16NF+12B3B11N1.012.012.03.001823-16.8
25Weih, Klaus1995IRL=17B5N=27B7NF1.09.59.51.501796-41.6
26Gulljord, Birk1925NOR10N11B19N+27NF1.09.09.01.001774-15.6
27Gallagher, Brian1912IRL=21N14B=25N26B19N1.07.58.51.501732-21.8
28Nikiforov, Sergey1933UKR4B15NF12N=20B0.511.011.01.001716-18.6
29Machin Arbelo, Pedro Alexis1954ESP3N2N21BF18B0.012.012.00.001221-32.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets