Dun Laoghaire Chess club 50th anniversary Championship of Champions
Round-RobinStandard
8 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 16 Oct 2025 to 19 Oct 2025 in Dun Laoghaire Chess Club, Eblaba avenue, Dun Laoghaire, Co.Dublin, Ireland, Ireland. 7 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 2216, and top seed was Tom O`Gorman (🇮🇪 IRL, IM, 2382).
Colm Daly (🇮🇪 IRL, FM, 2148) won with 5.5/7, ahead of David Fitzsimons (5.5) and Tom O`Gorman (4.5). Daly shared the lead from round 6, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 4: Colm Daly (FM, 2148) beat Tom O`Gorman (IM, 2382), a +234-point gap.
Location
🇮🇪Dun Laoghaire Chess Club, Eblaba avenue, Dun Laoghaire, Co.Dublin, Ireland, Ireland
Dates
16 Oct 2025 → 19 Oct 2025
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Round-robin · 7 rounds
Titled players · 7
GM×1
IM×3
FM×3
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇪Ireland×8
Top 3
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How it unfolded
Top 8 · 7 roundsCo-leaders
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R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND
FM Colm Daly beat IM David Fitzsimons (Black).
WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers
FM Colm Daly 4 wins (R4–R7)IM David Fitzsimons 4 wins (R1–R4)
Cross-table
| # | Player | Elo | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pts | SB | Bh | Δ Elo | Perf |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 🇮🇪FMDaly, Colm | 2148 | * | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 5.5 | 17.75 | 22.5 | +54.2 | 2456 |
| 2 | 🇮🇪IMFitzsimons, David | 2286 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.5 | 14.75 | 22.5 | +13.5 | 2436 |
| 3 | 🇮🇪IMO`Gorman, Tom | 2382 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4.5 | 11.50 | 23.5 | -5.0 | 2306 |
| 4 | 🇮🇪GMBaburin, Alexander | 2365 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 4.0 | 12.00 | 24.0 | -8.8 | 2254 |
| 5 | 🇮🇪FMRyan, Joseph | 2192 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 3.5 | 8.75 | 24.5 | +6.0 | 2219 |
| 6 | 🇮🇪IMHeidenfeld, Mark | 2315 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 2.5 | 5.25 | 25.5 | -19.2 | 2102 |
| 7 | 🇮🇪FMDelaney, John | 2137 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 2.0 | 4.50 | 26.0 | -13.4 | 2069 |
| 8 | 🇮🇪Keogh, Eamon | 1902 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 0.5 | 2.00 | 27.5 | -7.8 | 1816 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Daly, ColmFMIRL+54.25.5 pts · #1
- 2Fitzsimons, DavidIMIRL+13.55.5 pts · #2
- 3Ryan, JosephFMIRL+6.03.5 pts · #5
Top rating losers
- 1Heidenfeld, MarkIMIRL-19.22.5 pts · #6
- 2Delaney, JohnFMIRL-13.42.0 pts · #7
- 3Baburin, AlexanderGMIRL-8.84.0 pts · #4
Biggest upsets
- R4+234 Elo gap
- R6+167 Elo gap
- R5+138 Elo gap