Kilkenny Seniors 65plus Championship 2025

Open SwissStandard

24 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 21 Nov 2025 to 23 Nov 2025 in Ormonde Hotel, Kilkenny, Ireland. 1 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 0.

Joe Noone (🇮🇪 IRL, 0) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Stanislav Hohelj (3.5) and Bram Van Dijk (3.5). Noone won solo starting round 3.

Location

🇮🇪Ormonde Hotel, Kilkenny, Ireland

Dates

21 Nov 2025 → 23 Nov 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Avg top 10

Participants

Titled players · 1

CM×1

Federations · 3 represented

🇮🇪Ireland×21

🇳🇱Netherlands×1

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

Top 3

🥇
Joe Noone
🇮🇪IRL
4.5pts·2189perf+24.8
🥈
Stanislav Hohelj
🇺🇦UKR
3.5pts·2182perf-1.0
🥉
Bram Van Dijk
🇳🇱NED
3.5pts·1991perf+13.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Joe Noone led from R3; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Noone4.5Hohelj3.5Van Dijk3.5Keogh3.5MacElligott3Gaffney3

R3–R5 · LEAD HELD

Joe Noone never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R1–R4 · WIN STREAK

Joe Noone won 4 in a row (R1–R4).

R3 · LATE SURGE

Stanislav Hohelj was #11 at R3, climbed to #1 over the final stretch.

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Joe Noone	*	—	—	½
2Stanislav Hohelj	—	*	½	—
3Bram Van Dijk	—	½	*	—
4Eamon Keogh	½	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Noone, Joe	IRL	+18N	+11B	+5N	+10B	=4N	4.5	11.5	13.0	11.25	2189	+24.8
2	Hohelj, Stanislav	UKR	F	+7N	=3B	+11B	+5N	3.5	12.0	12.0	10.25	2182	-1.0
3	Van Dijk, Bram	NED	=14N	+17B	=2N	=8B	+10N	3.5	11.0	12.5	8.25	1991	+13.4
4	Keogh, Eamon	IRL	+22B	+21N	−6B	+12N	=1B	3.5	11.0	12.0	6.75	1903	+1.6
5	MacElligott, GerardCM	IRL	+9B	+15N	−1B	+6N	−2B	3.0	14.0	16.0	8.00	1975	+6.0
6	Gaffney, Michael	IRL	+13N	=10B	+4N	−5B	=9N	3.0	12.0	14.5	8.75	1891	-8.8
7	Cleary, Thomas	IRL	=8N	−2B	+24N	+13B	=11N	3.0	11.5	11.5	5.25	1849	+26.8
8	Hauptmann, Thomas	IRL	=7B	+16N	=12B	=3N	=14B	3.0	11.0	13.0	7.50	1718	0.0
9	Donohoe, Eugene	IRL	−5N	+14B	=18N	+17B	=6B	3.0	9.5	11.0	5.75	1853	+12.0
10	Boyle, Bernard	IRL	+19B	=6N	+15B	−1N	−3B	2.5	13.0	14.5	5.00	1807	-0.8
11	O`kelly, David	IRL	+23B	−1N	+22B	−2N	=7B	2.5	12.0	13.0	3.50	1778	-1.4
12	Barber, Andrew	IRL	=17N	+24B	=8N	−4B	=13N	2.5	10.5	10.5	3.50	1603	-29.6
13	Foran, Barry	IRL	−6B	+19N	+21B	−7N	=12B	2.5	10.0	11.0	3.75	1657	-7.6
14	Sloan, Cecil	IRL	=3B	−9N	+16B	F	=8N	2.0	11.5	11.5	5.25	1725	+9.2
15	Quinn, Noel	IRL	+20N	−5B	−10N	+22B	F	2.0	8.0	8.0	2.50	1659	-7.2
16	Dimitrov, Nikolai	IRL	F	−8B	−14N	+24B	+20N	2.0	6.5	6.5	1.50	804	-9.4
17	Scott, Shay	IRL	=12B	−3N	+19B	−9N	—	1.5	9.0	10.5	2.75	1660	+7.6
18	Knochel, Rainer	IRL	−1B	+23N	=9B	—	—	1.5	7.5	8.5	2.50	1732	0.0
19	Whelan, Niall P.	IRL	−10N	−13B	−17N	+23B	=21B	1.5	7.5	8.5	1.50	1473	-13.2
20	McIntyre, Bill	IRL	−15B	−22N	+23B	=21N	−16B	1.5	6.0	7.0	1.50	1430	0.0
21	Condron, Anthony	IRL	F	−4B	−13N	=20B	=19N	1.0	9.0	9.0	1.50	1464	0.0
22	Fitzpatrick, Kevin	IRL	−4N	+20B	−11N	−15N	—	1.0	8.0	9.5	1.50	1005	-15.0
23	O`Connell, Michael Joseph	IRL	−11N	−18B	−20N	−19N	+24B	1.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	886	-13.2
24	FIDE 2544342	—	F	−12N	−7B	−16N	−23N	0.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	846	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Cleary, ThomasIRL
+26.8
3.0 pts · #11
2Noone, JoeIRL
+24.8
4.5 pts · #2
3Van Dijk, BramNED
+13.4
3.5 pts · #4

Top rating losers

1Barber, AndrewIRL
-29.6
2.5 pts · #19
2Fitzpatrick, KevinIRL
-15.0
1.0 pts · #23
3Whelan, Niall P.IRL
-13.2
1.5 pts · #18