Munster Chess Union Club League Division 1 Rounds 5-6
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41 players participated in this 2-round tournament, held on 22 Feb 2026 in Firgrove Hotel, Mitchelstown, Ireland. 4 titled players from 8 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 0.
Frank Noonan (🇮🇪 IRL, 0) won with 2.0/2, ahead of Sasa Gavrilovic (2.0) and David Geaney-O`brien (2.0).
Location
🇮🇪Firgrove Hotel, Mitchelstown, Ireland
Dates
22 Feb 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Team · 2 rounds
Avg top 10
0
Participants
41
Titled players · 4
IM×1
FM×1
CM×2
Federations · 8 represented
🇮🇪Ireland×33
🇹🇷Turkiye×1
🇳🇱Netherlands×1
🇵🇱Poland×1
🇬🇧England×1
🇷🇸Serbia×1
🇪🇸Spain×1
🇿🇼Zimbabwe×1
Top 3
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Standings
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| # | Player | Fed | Elo | Pts | Avg opp. | Perf | Δ Elo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Noonan, Frank | 🇮🇪IRL | 0 | 2.0 | 1967 | 2767 | +26.4 |
| 5 | Gavrilovic, Sasa | 🇷🇸SRB | 0 | 2.0 | 2011 | 2811 | +14.6 |
| 2 | Geaney-O`brien, David | 🇮🇪IRL | 0 | 2.0 | 1789 | 2589 | +10.8 |
| 7 | Fil, Alkim Alper | 🇹🇷TUR | 0 | 2.0 | 1847 | 2647 | +14.6 |
| 6 | McCoy, Adam | 🇮🇪IRL | 0 | 2.0 | 1746 | 2546 | +13.2 |
| 1 | IMGubanov, Oleg | 🇮🇪IRL | 0 | 2.0 | 1934 | 2734 | +2.9 |
| 3 | CMArun, Nitish | 🇮🇪IRL | 0 | 2.0 | 1929 | 2729 | +16.8 |
| 17 | Comley, Jamie | 🇮🇪IRL | 0 | 2.0 | 1830 | 2630 | +6.2 |
| 9 | CMMacElligott, Gerard | 🇮🇪IRL | 0 | 1.5 | 2064 | 2257 | +17.6 |
| 8 | Bartczak, Korneliusz | 🇮🇪IRL | 0 | 1.5 | 1873 | 2066 | -1.2 |
| 11 | Gallagher, Brian | 🇮🇪IRL | 0 | 1.5 | 1867 | 2060 | +7.6 |
| 13 | De Jonge, Henk | 🇮🇪IRL | 0 | 1.5 | 1870 | 2063 | +8.2 |
| 14 | O'driscoll, Kieran | 🇮🇪IRL | 0 | 1.5 | 2018 | 2211 | +8.6 |
| 10 | Arellano, Robert | 🇮🇪IRL | 0 | 1.5 | 1909 | 2102 | +2.0 |
| 12 | Provoost, Simon | 🇳🇱NED | 0 | 1.5 | 1982 | 2175 | 0.0 |
| 16 | Kiely, Paul | 🇮🇪IRL | 0 | 1.0 | 1774 | 1774 | -3.8 |
| 21 | Hamilton Mandeya | 🇿🇼ZIM | 0 | 1.0 | 1743 | 1743 | -13.4 |
| 24 | Leichert, Piotr | 🇵🇱POL | 0 | 1.0 | 1841 | 1841 | -3.0 |
| 19 | O`Brien, Kieran | 🇮🇪IRL | 0 | 1.0 | 1732 | 1732 | -5.0 |
| 22 | Hakobyan, Aram | 🇮🇪IRL | 0 | 1.0 | 2039 | 2039 | +16.4 |
| 23 | FMQuinn, Rory | 🇮🇪IRL | 0 | 1.0 | 2014 | 2014 | -6.6 |
| 32 | Dunne, Thomas Junior | 🇮🇪IRL | 0 | 1.0 | 1946 | 1146 | -9.2 |
| 18 | Connell, Blair N | 🇬🇧ENG | 0 | 1.0 | 1927 | 1927 | -12.6 |
| 20 | Jagic, Jakov | 🇮🇪IRL | 0 | 1.0 | 1941 | 1941 | -12.0 |
| 15 | O`rourke, Alex | 🇮🇪IRL | 0 | 1.0 | 1824 | 1824 | +8.4 |
| 25 | Moynihan, Kieran | 🇮🇪IRL | 0 | 0.5 | 2215 | 2022 | 0.0 |
| 30 | O`Grady, Martin | 🇮🇪IRL | 0 | 0.5 | 2109 | 1916 | +0.2 |
| 28 | Arun, Rahul | 🇮🇪IRL | 0 | 0.5 | 1904 | 1711 | -1.2 |
| 29 | Hackett, Len | 🇮🇪IRL | 0 | 0.5 | 1874 | 1681 | -4.6 |
| 26 | Crean, Conor | 🇮🇪IRL | 0 | 0.5 | 1986 | 1793 | +13.6 |
| 27 | Iwasaki, Simon | 🇮🇪IRL | 0 | 0.5 | 1807 | 1614 | -23.2 |
| 31 | Frost, Robert | 🇮🇪IRL | 0 | 0.5 | 1720 | 1527 | -14.4 |
| 36 | O`Brien, Liam | 🇮🇪IRL | 0 | 0.0 | 1936 | 1136 | -14.2 |
| 39 | Nordgreen, Jan Thomas | 🇪🇸ESP | 0 | 0.0 | 2169 | 1369 | -8.8 |
| 41 | McSweeney, John | 🇮🇪IRL | 0 | 0.0 | 2150 | 1350 | -5.2 |
| 35 | FIDE 2505363 | — | 0 | 0.0 | 1944 | 1144 | 0.0 |
| 40 | Racz, David | 🇮🇪IRL | 0 | 0.0 | 1882 | 1082 | -8.4 |
| 37 | Lawrence, Simon | 🇮🇪IRL | 0 | 0.0 | 1979 | 1179 | -12.2 |
| 38 | Rea, P. J. | 🇮🇪IRL | 0 | 0.0 | 2103 | 1303 | -10.0 |
| 33 | O`sullivan, Christy | 🇮🇪IRL | 0 | 0.0 | 1964 | 1164 | -39.2 |
| 34 | McSweeney, Cillian | 🇮🇪IRL | 0 | 0.0 | 1860 | 1060 | -4.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
Top rating gainers
- 1Noonan, FrankIRL+26.42.0 pts · #4
- 2MacElligott, GerardCMIRL+17.61.5 pts · #9
- 3Arun, NitishCMIRL+16.82.0 pts · #3
Top rating losers
- 1O`sullivan, ChristyIRL-39.20.0 pts · #33
- 2Iwasaki, SimonIRL-23.20.5 pts · #27
- 3Frost, RobertIRL-14.40.5 pts · #31