The Eanna Classic Challengers 2025
37 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. 2 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 0, and top seed was Lugh Bulfin (🇮🇪 IRL, 1672).
Adam Quinn (🇮🇪 IRL, 0) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Kaivalya Patil (4.5) and Ronan Byrne (4.0). Quinn shared the lead from round 4, winning on tie-break.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 5 roundsTight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.
2 players finish on 4.5/5. Quinn takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (3.5).
Kaivalya Patil 4 wins (R1–R4)Adam Quinn 4 wins (R1–R4)Yiming Fang 3 wins (R1–R3)
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Quinn, Adam | 0 | IRL | +?B | +?N | +?B | +6B | =?N | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.50 | 1559 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Patil, Kaivalya | 0 | IRL | +?N | +?B | +?N | +?B | =?B | 4.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1535 | 0.0 |
| 3 | Byrne, Ronan | 0 | IRL | =34B | +16N | +?N | =10B | +?N | 4.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 | 4.25 | 1661 | 0.0 |
| 4 | Fang, Yiming | 0 | IRL | +?B | +?N | +?B | −?N | +?B | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1550 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Popa, Troy | 0 | IRL | +?N | −?N | +?B | +?B | +?N | 4.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1476 | 0.0 |
| 6 | Bryan, Sean | 0 | IRL | +7B | +30N | +?B | −1N | =?B | 3.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 4.00 | 1599 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Sheehy, Philip | 0 | IRL | −6N | +27B | =15N | +?B | =?N | 3.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.75 | 1502 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Venkatraman, Anbu | 0 | IRL | −15B | +20N | +?B | −?N | +22B | 3.0 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 4.00 | 666 | 0.0 |
| 9 | FIDE 2543281 | 0 | — | +?N | −21B | +35N | −?B | +18N | 3.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 2.50 | 811 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Kurochkin, Nikodim | 0 | IRL | =?N | +?B | +?N | =3N | −?B | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 2.00 | 1530 | 0.0 |
| 11 | Zou, Nuoheng | 0 | IRL | +23N | −?B | +31N | =?B | =?B | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 1468 | 0.0 |
| 12 | Dukanam, Deekshita | 0 | IRL | +35B | −?N | +30B | +?N | −?N | 3.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.50 | 1413 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Megadi-Walia, Rohan | 0 | IRL | −?N | +?B | −?N | +?B | +?N | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1504 | 0.0 |
| 14 | El Baradie, Adam | 0 | IRL | =?N | =?B | +?N | −?B | +?N | 3.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1590 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Cahill, James A | 0 | IRL | +8N | −?N | =7B | −?B | +27N | 2.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 6.00 | 808 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Mallett, Adam | 0 | IRL | =?N | −3B | −?N | +19B | +32N | 2.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 3.00 | 1471 | 0.0 |
| 17 | Punuru, Karthik Srikrishna | 0 | IRL | +?N | −?B | =?N | +?B | −?N | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1523 | 0.0 |
| 18 | Prabaharan, Sanjith Durkesh | 0 | IRL | −?B | +?N | =33B | =?N | −9B | 2.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.50 | 1497 | 0.0 |
| 19 | FIDE 2543362 | 0 | — | −?B | +?N | −?B | −16N | +31B | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 1.00 | 678 | 0.0 |
| 20 | FIDE 2534410 | 0 | — | −?N | −8B | +?B | −?N | +34B | 2.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.50 | 676 | 0.0 |
| 21 | Sklym, Piotr | 0 | POL | +?B | +9N | −?B | −?N | −?B | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.00 | 665 | 0.0 |
| 22 | Deane, Jack | 0 | IRL | +?N | +?B | −?N | −?B | −8N | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 1540 | 0.0 |
| 23 | FIDE 2543311 | 0 | — | −11B | +?N | −?B | +?N | −?B | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.00 | 779 | 0.0 |
| 24 | FIDE 2543303 | 0 | — | −30B | +28N | +?B | −?N | −?B | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1.50 | 813 | 0.0 |
| 25 | McGrail, Max | 0 | IRL | −?B | −?N | +?B | +31N | −?B | 2.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.00 | 707 | 0.0 |
| 26 | Kennedy, Aidan | 0 | IRL | =?B | =?N | −?B | +?N | −?B | 2.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1348 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 2543320 | 0 | — | −?B | −7N | =28B | +34N | −15B | 1.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 1.25 | 744 | 0.0 |
| 28 | Rawal, Monish | 0 | IRL | −?N | −24B | =27N | +?B | −?N | 1.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 0.75 | 671 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 2543354 | 0 | — | −?B | +?B | =?N | F | F | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 1260 | 0.0 |
| 30 | Wang, George | 0 | IRL | +24N | −6B | −12N | −?B | −?N | 1.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 2.00 | 709 | 0.0 |
| 31 | Dukanam, Sathvika | 0 | IRL | +?N | −?N | −11B | −25B | −19N | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 666 | 0.0 |
| 32 | Katuri, Ganesh | 0 | IRL | F | −?N | =?B | =35N | −16B | 1.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 0.25 | 770 | 0.0 |
| 33 | Ghanekar, Ivaan | 0 | IRL | =?N | −?B | =18N | −?B | F | 1.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1.00 | 1401 | 0.0 |
| 34 | Song, Rayman | 0 | IRL | =3N | −?B | −?N | −27B | −20N | 0.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.00 | 665 | 0.0 |
| 35 | FIDE 2539365 | 0 | — | −12N | F | −9B | =32B | −?N | 0.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.50 | 663 | 0.0 |
| 36 | FIDE 2543346 | 0 | — | −?B | F | F | F | F | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.00 | 704 | 0.0 |
| 37 | FIDE 2543338 | 0 | — | F | −?B | F | −?N | −?B | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.00 | 671 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Kurochkin, NikodimIRL0.03.0 pts · #5
- 2Fang, YimingIRL0.04.0 pts · #1
- 3Wang, GeorgeIRL0.01.0 pts · #20
- 1Kurochkin, NikodimIRL0.03.0 pts · #5
- 2Fang, YimingIRL0.04.0 pts · #1
- 3Wang, GeorgeIRL0.01.0 pts · #20