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The Sligo Chess and Culture Festival Weekender 2026 Expert

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31 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. 7 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1873, and top seed was Advaith Nichenametla V (🇮🇪 IRL, 1895).

Advaith Nichenametla V (🇮🇪 IRL, 1895) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Ben McIlroy (4.0) and Lorcan Heron (4.0). Nichenametla V shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.

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
🇮🇪Advaith Nichenametla V1895
Avg top 10
1,873
Participants
31
Federations · 7 represented
🇮🇪Ireland×25
🇬🇧Scotland×1
🇿🇦South Africa×1
🇪🇸Spain×1
🇬🇧England×1
🇩🇪Germany×1
🇳🇱Netherlands×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 4 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.

Co-leaders
13
3
7
3
4
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Nichenametla V4McDonnell4Heron4McIlroy4Ward3.5Menon3.5
R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

4 players finish on 4.0/5. Nichenametla V takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (14.0).

R3–R5 · WIN STREAK

Odhran McDonnell won 3 in a row (R3–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Advaith Nichenametla V*—
½
½
2Odhran McDonnell—*——
3Lorcan Heron
½
—*—
4Ben McIlroy
½
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Nichenametla V, Advaith1895IRL+12N=2B+17N+9B=3N4.014.016.512.502080+44.0
2McIlroy, Ben1835IRL+19B=1N+8B=13N+12B4.013.015.011.502088+32.2
3Heron, Lorcan1883IRL+20N+22B=9N+7B=1B4.012.014.010.502098+53.2
4McDonnell, Odhran1852IRL=18B=11N+19B+16N+6B4.011.513.510.752046+23.6
5Menon, Sanjay1835IRL+28N+10B−7N=14B+15N3.511.512.07.501923+9.2
6Ward, Paul1845IRL+25N=7B+24N+15B−4N3.511.012.57.001998+20.6
7Taaffe, Paul1888IRL+16B=6N+5B−3N=8B3.014.016.59.251923+4.8
8Cummins, Sean1862IRL+14N=17B−2N+24B=7N3.012.514.07.251901+5.6
9Alvarez Jimenez, Alfonso1868ESP+23N+30B=3B−1N=16B3.012.513.05.751911+5.8
10Rawlinson, Jason0IRL+26B−5N+11B−12N+21B3.011.512.56.0018360.0
11Putar, Slavko1803IRL=15N=4B−10N+28B+20N3.011.512.05.752022+22.8
12O`Boyle, Donal1832IRL−1B+31N+28B+10B−2N3.011.512.04.001820-1.4
13Webb, Nick1876IRL−21B+26N+22B=2B=14N3.011.012.06.501880+0.6
14Dahmen, Clemens1783GER−8B+27N+29B=5N=13B3.010.511.04.751932+41.2
15Melling, Jonathon1871IRL=11B+18N+21B−6N−5B2.512.514.56.001816-7.8
16Verlekar, Vivaan1828IRL−7N+25B+30N−4B=9N2.511.512.03.501834+1.6
17McGrady, Seth1780IRL+27B=8N−1B=21N=22B2.511.012.04.501849+9.4
18Kurochkin, Iaromir1778IRL=4N−15B+23N−20B+24N2.510.512.05.501841+17.2
19Recto, Chiron1775IRL−2N+20B−4N=30B=23N2.012.012.53.251747-7.6
20Kenny, William1825IRL−3B−19N+26B+18N−11B2.011.512.53.501735-12.4
21Khanzharov, Edward1817IRL+13N=24B−15N=17B−10N2.011.012.55.001847+3.4
22Cawston, M John1812ENG+29B−3N−13N=31B=17N2.010.010.52.001766-6.2
23Thomas Boby, Aiden1797IRL−9B=29N−18B+27N=19B2.08.59.02.251758-11.2
24Mc Aleenan, Charles1859SCO+31B=21N−6B−8N−18B1.511.011.51.501668-26.0
25Galvin, Sebastian1775IRL−6B−16N=27B+29N−26N1.58.08.51.001690-22.4
26D`arcy, Elian1794IRL−10N−13B−20NF+25B1.09.59.51.501700-15.2
27Furstenburg, Brandon1857RSA−17N−14B=25N−23B=28N1.09.09.51.001541-80.8
28Hackett, Len1768IRL−5BF−12N−11N=27B0.510.510.50.501510-23.0
29De Graaf, Arnoud1872NED−22N=23B−14N−25BF0.58.58.51.001470-38.6
30O`Shea, Niall1788IRLF−9N−16B=19NF0.57.57.51.001551-17.0
31Stinson, Conor1781IRL−24N−12BF=22NF0.56.56.51.001561-31.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

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