The Eanna Classic Major 2025

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48 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 17 Oct 2025 to 19 Oct 2025 in Colaiste Eanna, Hillside Park, Ballyroan rd, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16, D16 E248, Ireland. 8 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1833, and top seed was Daniil Nikolaev (🇮🇪 IRL, 1899).

Oleksii Rai (🇮🇪 IRL, 1817) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Marius Antohi (4.0) and Padraig Hughes (4.0). Rai clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Saiansh Biswal (1590) beat George White (1770), a +180-point gap.

Location

🇮🇪Colaiste Eanna, Hillside Park, Ballyroan rd, Rathfarnham, Dublin 16, D16 E248, Ireland

Dates

17 Oct 2025 → 19 Oct 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇪Daniil Nikolaev1899

Avg top 10

1,833

Participants

Federations · 8 represented

🇮🇪Ireland×40

🇮🇳India×2

FIDE (no federation)×1

🇵🇱Poland×1

🇵🇹Portugal×1

🇸🇿Eswatini×1

🇮🇱Israel×1

🇮🇹Italy×1

Top 3

🥇
Oleksii Rai
🇮🇪IRL·1817
4.5pts·2128perf+65.2
🥈
Marius Antohi
🇮🇪IRL·1849
4.0pts·2002perf+18.2
🥉
Padraig Hughes
🇮🇪IRL·1838
4.0pts·1939perf+10.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Oleksii Rai led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Rai4.5Dash4Antohi4Fougerat4Hughes4Choudhury3.5— ex-leaders:Hughesled R4, #13

R5 · LEADER CHANGE19 Oct

Oleksii Rai takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Oleksii Rai 4 wins (R2–R5)Shaurya Dash 4 wins (R2–R5)Marius Antohi 3 wins (R1–R3)

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Rai, Oleksii	1817	IRL	=20B	+15N	+22B	+11N	+3B	4.5	12.5	15.0	13.75	2128	+65.2
2	Antohi, Marius	1849	IRL	+21B	+16N	+37B	−3N	+7B	4.0	13.0	14.0	10.00	2002	+18.2
3	Hughes, Padraig	1838	IRL	+30N	+17B	+38N	+2B	−1N	4.0	13.0	14.0	9.50	1939	+10.4
4	Dash, Shaurya	1745	IRL	−9N	+18B	+45N	+17B	+8N	4.0	11.0	11.5	8.50	1882	+24.8
5	Fougerat, Emma	1792	POR	−10B	+40B	+28N	+23N	+13B	4.0	10.5	11.5	8.50	1957	+33.6
6	Darshan Choudhury	1778	IND	+18N	=39B	+12N	−8B	+21N	3.5	11.0	12.0	8.50	1828	+13.6
7	Ryan, Joshua	1805	IRL	=32N	+43B	+39N	+19B	−2N	3.5	9.0	10.0	5.25	1874	+9.4
8	McNamara, Jj	1801	IRL	+26B	=12N	=23B	+6N	−4B	3.0	13.0	15.0	8.25	1787	-1.6
9	Desai, Indrajit	1580	POL	+4B	−11N	+16B	=37N	=14N	3.0	13.0	14.0	9.00	1844	+34.6
10	Nikolaev, Daniil	1899	IRL	+5N	F	+24B	−13B	+28N	3.0	11.5	12.5	8.50	1899	+0.4
11	Doolin, Nemhain	1840	IRL	F	+9B	+27N	−1B	+34N	3.0	11.0	11.0	6.50	1914	+15.2
12	Arpita Jain	1625	IND	+14N	=8B	−6B	+42N	=37B	3.0	10.5	11.5	6.00	1846	+29.6
13	Baczkowski, Piotr	1736	IRL	+48B	+44N	−19B	+10N	−5N	3.0	10.5	10.5	4.00	1860	+17.4
14	Thomas Boby, Aiden	1776	IRL	−12B	=26N	+32B	+38N	=9B	3.0	9.5	10.5	5.00	1643	-28.0
15	Curtis, John W.	1706	IRL	=40N	−1B	+43N	+35B	=19N	3.0	9.5	10.5	4.25	1808	+11.0
16	McCourt, Evan	1720	IRL	+41N	−2B	−9N	+45B	+38B	3.0	9.0	9.5	2.50	1628	-9.8
17	Mariya Boby, Angel	1617	IRL	+29B	−3N	+25B	−4N	=22B	2.5	13.0	15.0	5.75	1774	+40.4
18	Scully, Eoin	1659	IRL	−6B	−4N	+46B	=25N	+42B	2.5	11.0	11.5	2.75	1717	+7.8
19	Nikrow, Shahram	1820	IRL	F	+33B	+13N	−7N	=15B	2.5	11.0	11.0	6.00	1840	+1.6
20	Bermingham, Adam D.	1695	IRL	=1N	=31B	=34N	=27B	=29N	2.5	10.5	12.0	6.00	1773	+11.0
21	Kelly, Hugh	1703	IRL	−2N	+47B	+44B	=31N	−6B	2.5	10.5	11.0	2.50	1774	+19.6
22	Greenan, Darragh	1732	IRL	=35N	+32B	−1N	=39B	=17N	2.5	10.0	11.0	4.00	1657	-20.4
23	Rastelli, Riccardo	1715	ITA	+46B	F	=8N	−5B	+39N	2.5	8.5	8.5	3.00	1773	+12.8
24	Biswal, Saiansh	1590	IRL	+42N	=27B	−10N	−34B	+33N	2.5	8.0	9.0	3.50	1777	+48.0
25	McBrien, Dylan	1748	IRL	+47N	−38B	−17N	=18B	+41B	2.5	7.0	7.5	2.75	1696	-5.4
26	Hakhumyan, Arsen	1681	IRL	−8N	=14B	=33N	−29B	+45N	2.0	9.5	10.0	2.75	1654	-7.2
27	Andhurthi, Sreeyan	1770	IRL	+36B	=24N	−11B	=20N	F	2.0	9.5	9.5	4.00	1683	-17.2
28	Greenan, Paul	1706	IRL	−44B	+46N	−5B	+40N	−10B	2.0	9.0	9.5	1.50	1576	-13.2
29	White, Nicole	1775	IRL	−17N	=30B	F	+26N	=20B	2.0	9.0	9.0	4.25	1673	-22.0
30	Nielsen, Robert	1697	IRL	−3B	=29N	=40B	−41N	+36B	2.0	8.5	9.5	3.00	1601	-10.8
31	Salmin, Vitaliy	1786	IRL	F	=20N	+41B	=21B	F	2.0	6.0	6.0	3.50	1768	-1.2
32	Baczkowski, Stefan	1688	IRL	=7B	−22N	−14N	+43B	−35N	1.5	10.5	11.5	2.75	1557	-17.6
33	Fitzsimons, Pat	1730	IRL	=45B	−19N	=26B	=36N	−24B	1.5	8.5	9.0	2.00	1500	-31.0
34	Syms, Thomas	1725	IRL	F	F	=20B	+24N	−11B	1.5	8.0	8.0	3.75	1708	-2.4
35	Meluleki Mdluli	1553	SWZ	=22B	F	F	−15N	+32B	1.5	7.0	7.0	2.75	1709	+12.4
36	Palihawadana, Aken Pinitha	1606	IRL	−27N	−42B	+47N	=33B	−30N	1.5	6.5	7.0	1.25	1561	-12.0
37	Goggins, David	1746	IRL	F	F	−2N	=9B	=12N	1.0	13.0	13.0	3.00	1560	-14.8
38	Miranda, Carls	0	IRL	F	+25N	−3B	−14B	−16N	1.0	12.5	12.5	2.50	1578	0.0
39	Prabhith, Ayaan	1603	IRL	F	=6N	−7B	=22N	−23B	1.0	12.0	12.0	3.00	1565	-7.6
40	Chawla, Shivansh	0	FID	=15B	−5N	=30N	−28B	F	1.0	11.0	11.0	2.50	1532	0.0
41	Qiao, Jingxuan	1534	IRL	−16B	F	−31N	+30B	−25N	1.0	9.5	9.5	2.00	1545	+1.6
42	White, George	1770	IRL	−24B	+36N	F	−12B	−18N	1.0	9.5	9.5	1.50	1427	-72.0
43	Divilly, Paddy	1661	IRL	F	−7N	−15B	−32N	+46B	1.0	8.5	8.5	0.50	1485	-18.2
44	Boyle, Bernard	1870	IRL	+28N	−13B	−21N	F	F	1.0	7.5	7.5	2.00	1590	-22.4
45	Marchenko, Alexey	1549	ISR	=33N	F	−4B	−16N	−26B	0.5	10.5	10.5	0.75	1405	-22.4
46	Duppalapudi, Shreyansh	1513	IRL	−23N	−28B	−18N	=47B	−43N	0.5	8.0	8.5	0.25	1300	-39.6
47	Butler, Tom	1590	IRL	−25B	−21N	−36B	=46N	F	0.5	7.0	7.0	0.25	1320	-48.8
48	Butler, Jp	1560	IRL	−13N	F	F	F	F	0.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	936	-10.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Rai, OleksiiIRL
+65.2
4.5 pts · #1
2Biswal, SaianshIRL
+48.0
2.5 pts · #17
3Mariya Boby, AngelIRL
+40.4
2.5 pts · #15

Top rating losers

1White, GeorgeIRL
-72.0
1.0 pts · #43
2Butler, TomIRL
-48.8
0.5 pts · #46
3Duppalapudi, ShreyanshIRL
-39.6
0.5 pts · #47

Biggest upsets

R1+180 Elo gap
Biswal, Saiansh1590 beat White, George1770
R3+167 Elo gap
Kelly, Hugh1703 beat Boyle, Bernard1870
R1+165 Elo gap
Desai, Indrajit1580 beat Dash, Shaurya1745