Limerick Open 2025

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67 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 28 Nov 2025 to 30 Nov 2025 in Limerick, Ireland. 4 titled players from 7 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 0.

Rory Quinn (🇮🇪 IRL, FM, 0) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Stephen Jessel (4.5) and Jamie Comley (4.5). Quinn won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

Location

🇮🇪Limerick, Ireland

Dates

28 Nov 2025 → 30 Nov 2025

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Avg top 10

Participants

Titled players · 4

IM×1

FM×2

WCM×1

Federations · 7 represented

🇮🇪Ireland×57

🇪🇸Spain×2

🇿🇦South Africa×1

🇳🇱Netherlands×1

🇵🇱Poland×1

🇬🇧England×1

🇷🇸Serbia×1

Top 3

🥇
FMRory Quinn
🇮🇪IRL
4.5pts·2298perf+18.6
🥈
FMStephen Jessel
🇮🇪IRL
4.5pts·2361perf+2.2
🥉
Jamie Comley
🇮🇪IRL
4.5pts·2162perf+49.6

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 3 players tied at 4.5/5, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 5 co-leaders at R4 to 3 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Quinn4.5Comley4.5Jessel4.5Gajcin4Surowka3.5Jagic3.5

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

3 players finish on 4.5/5. Quinn takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.5).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

Jamie Comley 3 wins (R3–R5)FM Stephen Jessel 3 wins (R1–R3)

Grille américaine

#	Player	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Quinn, RoryFM	IRL	+11B	+13N	=7B	+12N	+5B	4.5	13.5	16.5	14.75	2298	+18.6
2	Jessel, StephenFM	IRL	+6B	+14N	+37B	=5N	+7B	4.5	13.5	15.5	13.75	2361	+2.2
3	Comley, Jamie	IRL	+66B	=16N	+36B	+33N	+13B	4.5	10.5	10.5	9.00	2162	+49.6
4	Gajcin, JasminaWCM	SRB	+28B	+8N	−5B	+36N	+20B	4.0	12.5	14.5	11.00	2088	+24.4
5	Gubanov, OlegIM	IRL	+31N	+9B	+4N	=2B	−1N	3.5	16.5	19.0	12.25	2169	-2.7
6	McCoy, Adam	IRL	−2N	+23B	+19N	+42B	=9N	3.5	14.0	16.0	9.75	1973	+11.4
7	Hughes, Padraig	IRL	+57B	+10N	=1N	+60B	−2N	3.5	13.5	14.5	7.75	2070	+26.4
8	Bartczak, Korneliusz	IRL	+27N	−4B	=17N	+34B	+15N	3.5	12.5	15.0	9.50	1920	-29.6
9	Gallagher, Brian	IRL	+18B	−5N	+57B	+32N	=6B	3.5	12.5	13.5	8.25	1987	+11.2
10	Jagic, Jakov	IRL	+22N	−7B	+18N	=30B	+27N	3.5	12.0	14.5	9.75	1894	-7.2
11	Surowka, Michal	IRL	−1N	+41B	=38N	+28B	+45N	3.5	11.0	13.0	7.50	1924	+30.4
12	Heron, Lorcan	IRL	+23N	=29B	+40N	−1B	=17N	3.0	13.0	15.0	7.75	1849	+2.8
13	Leichert, Piotr	POL	+51N	−1B	+46N	+38B	−3N	3.0	13.0	15.0	6.00	1872	-0.6
14	Cogelja, Mihovil Niko	IRL	+34N	−2B	=28N	=19B	+30N	3.0	12.5	15.0	7.75	1881	-6.8
15	O`sullivan, Oisin	IRL	−16B	+39N	+24B	+21N	−8B	3.0	12.5	14.5	8.00	1820	+7.4
16	Du Berry, Ross	IRL	+15N	=3B	=60N	+40B	F	3.0	12.5	13.5	7.75	1874	+2.0
17	McGrady, Seth	IRL	−37N	+25B	=8B	+53N	=12B	3.0	11.5	13.0	7.75	1978	+16.8
18	Reynolds, Paul	IRL	−9N	+30B	−10B	+59N	+40B	3.0	11.5	12.5	5.50	1752	+6.0
19	Koeller, Peter	IRL	+56N	=31B	−6B	=14N	+39B	3.0	11.0	12.5	6.25	1774	+19.6
20	Devine, Daniel	IRL	−55N	+63B	+31N	+29B	−4N	3.0	10.5	10.5	5.00	1972	+61.2
21	Kozlov, Alexander I.	IRL	=29N	+47B	=27N	−15B	+49N	3.0	10.0	12.0	6.50	1755	0.0
22	Kellett, Paul	ENG	−10B	−36N	+39B	+48N	+38B	3.0	9.5	11.5	6.00	1647	-10.4
23	Daros, Lukasz	IRL	−12B	−6N	+65B	+58N	+44B	3.0	9.5	9.5	3.00	1632	-9.6
24	Nordgreen, Jan Thomas	ESP	+46N	−37B	−15N	+41B	+43N	3.0	9.0	11.0	6.00	1848	-3.0
25	McInerney, Kevin	IRL	+64B	−17N	+58B	+37N	F	3.0	9.0	9.0	3.00	950	-13.6
26	Clancy, Stephen	IRL	−45N	=38B	+43N	=35B	+42N	3.0	8.5	10.5	6.25	1690	-1.6
27	Hackett, Len	IRL	−8B	+32N	=21B	+52N	−10B	2.5	12.5	14.0	5.50	1816	+3.4
28	Prasad, Hari	IRL	−4N	+43B	=14B	−11N	+53B	2.5	12.5	14.0	5.00	1703	-4.4
29	Purcell, Kyle	IRL	=21B	=12N	+52B	−20N	=32B	2.5	11.5	13.0	5.75	1666	-33.2
30	McDonnell, Joseph A.	IRL	+53B	−18N	+61B	=10N	−14B	2.5	11.0	12.0	4.25	1585	-4.0
31	Putar, Slavko	IRL	−5B	=19N	−20B	+61N	+52B	2.5	11.0	12.0	4.00	1679	-17.2
32	Tornero Campa, Aurelio	ESP	+62N	−27B	+55N	−9B	=29N	2.5	10.0	11.0	3.75	1561	-6.0
33	Perkin, Kenny	IRL	F	+35B	+42N	−3B	=60N	2.5	10.0	10.0	5.00	1774	-8.0
34	Marshall, Roy	IRL	−14B	=52N	+59B	−8N	+54B	2.5	9.5	10.5	3.25	1710	-4.0
35	Frost, Robert	IRL	F	−33N	+54B	=26N	+36B	2.5	9.0	9.0	5.00	1763	-3.2
36	Briggs, Maslen	IRL	+67N	+22B	−3N	−4B	−35N	2.0	14.0	14.0	3.00	1646	+0.8
37	Meunier, Clement	IRL	+17B	+24N	−2N	−25B	F	2.0	13.5	13.5	6.00	1905	0.0
38	Tony Arackal, Ericson	IRL	+61B	=26N	=11B	−13N	−22N	2.0	12.5	13.5	4.25	1597	+10.8
39	Rinne, Karl-Heinz	IRL	+48N	−15B	−22N	+47B	−19N	2.0	11.0	13.0	4.00	1592	0.0
40	Mabhena, Vladimir	IRL	+47N	+51B	−12B	−16N	−18N	2.0	11.0	13.0	4.00	1705	+45.2
41	Patil, Vihan	IRL	+44B	−11N	=53B	−24N	=50B	2.0	10.5	12.0	3.75	1048	-19.2
42	Prakash, Shrimadh	IRL	+54B	+65N	−33B	−6N	−26B	2.0	10.5	10.5	1.50	1620	0.0
43	Chandrasekar, Devah	IRL	+58B	−28N	−26B	+57N	−24B	2.0	9.5	10.5	2.00	1559	-0.8
44	Danaher, Eoghan	IRL	−41N	+62B	+49N	−45B	−23N	2.0	9.0	10.0	3.00	1530	0.0
45	Melling, Jonathon	IRL	+26B	F	F	+44N	−11B	2.0	8.5	8.5	5.00	1757	-6.6
46	Foenander, Phillip	IRL	−24B	+59N	−13B	F	+55N	2.0	8.5	8.5	2.50	1623	-7.0
47	Johannesson, Bjorn	NED	−40B	−21N	+64B	−39N	+58B	2.0	8.0	8.0	1.00	701	-14.8
48	Reinhardt, Sean	IRL	−39B	−53N	+63N	−22B	+61B	2.0	7.5	7.5	1.00	952	-3.8
49	Bermingham, Adam D.	IRL	−59B	+64N	−44B	+62N	−21B	2.0	7.0	7.0	1.00	666	-15.4
50	Heydemann, Tobias	IRL	−52B	−54N	=56N	+63B	=41N	2.0	6.5	6.5	1.75	1378	0.0
51	Casey, Gerry	IRL	−13B	−40N	F	+56B	+65N	2.0	6.5	6.5	1.50	1626	-11.4
52	Kelly, Ronan	IRL	+50N	=34B	−29N	−27B	−31N	1.5	10.0	12.0	3.25	1469	-21.6
53	O`connell, Joseph	IRL	−30N	+48B	=41N	−17B	−28N	1.5	10.0	12.0	3.00	1494	0.0
54	Horrigan, James	IRL	−42N	+50B	−35N	=55B	−34N	1.5	9.0	10.5	2.75	970	-14.4
55	Piercy, David	IRL	+20B	−57N	−32B	=54N	−46B	1.5	9.0	10.0	3.75	1477	0.0
56	Putar, Lorena	IRL	−19B	−58N	=50B	−51N	+63N	1.5	8.0	8.0	1.00	910	-21.2
57	Kardkovacs, Akos	IRL	−7N	+55B	−9N	−43B	F	1.0	10.5	10.5	1.50	970	-49.2
58	Shuman, Emily	RSA	−43N	+56B	−25N	−23B	−47N	1.0	10.0	11.5	1.50	1381	0.0
59	Sharma, Eva	IRL	+49N	−46B	−34N	−18B	−62B	1.0	9.5	10.5	2.00	1524	+9.6
60	Palihawadana, Aken Pinitha	IRL	F	F	=16B	−7N	=33B	1.0	9.0	9.0	2.75	1727	+16.8
61	FIDE 2539772	—	−38N	+67B	−30N	−31B	−48N	1.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	811	0.0
62	McMahon, Ronan	IRL	−32B	−44N	F	−49B	+59N	1.0	7.5	7.5	1.00	1473	0.0
63	FIDE 2544407	—	F	−20N	−48B	−50N	−56B	0.0	8.5	9.5	0.00	729	0.0
64	FIDE 2544415	—	−25N	−49B	−47N	F	F	0.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	867	0.0
65	Dimitrov, Nikolai	IRL	F	−42B	−23N	F	−51B	0.0	7.0	7.0	0.00	915	-12.8
66	Callinan, Eoin	IRL	−3N	F	F	F	—	0.0	5.5	5.5	0.00	1114	-11.2
67	Johnson, Robin	IRL	−36B	−61N	F	—	—	0.0	3.0	4.0	0.00	837	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Devine, DanielIRL
+61.2
3.0 pts · #31
2Comley, JamieIRL
+49.6
4.5 pts · #2
3Mabhena, VladimirIRL
+45.2
2.0 pts · #30

Top rating losers

1Kardkovacs, AkosIRL
-49.2
1.0 pts · #64
2Purcell, KyleIRL
-33.2
2.5 pts · #27
3Bartczak, KorneliuszIRL
-29.6
3.5 pts · #10