Gonzaga Chess Classic Championship 2026

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45 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 16 Jan 2026 to 18 Jan 2026 in Gonzaga College, Sandford Road, Ranelagh, Dublin 6, Ireland. 7 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1827, and top seed was Jaison Kirchner (🇧🇷 BRA, 1868).

David Kiszkiel (🇳🇱 NED, 1841) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Aiden Thomas Boby (4.5) and Shaurya Dash (4.5). Kiszkiel clinched sole first place in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 4: Mantas Zilevicius (1696) beat Jaison Kirchner (1868), a +172-point gap.

Location

🇮🇪Gonzaga College, Sandford Road, Ranelagh, Dublin 6, Ireland

Dates

16 Jan 2026 → 18 Jan 2026

Time control

Standard: 75 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Top seed

🇧🇷Jaison Kirchner1868

Avg top 10

1,827

Participants

Federations · 7 represented

🇮🇪Ireland×38

🇳🇱Netherlands×2

🇮🇹Italy×1

🇬🇧Scotland×1

🇱🇹Lithuania×1

🇭🇺Hungary×1

🇧🇷Brazil×1

Top 3

🥇
David Kiszkiel
🇳🇱NED·1841
5.0pts·2001perf+38.0
🥈
Aiden Thomas Boby
🇮🇪IRL·1797
4.5pts·1935perf+41.6
🥉
Shaurya Dash
🇮🇪IRL·1793
4.5pts·1942perf+46.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

David Kiszkiel led from R6; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders

Kiszkiel5Verlekar4.5Dash4.5Cooney4.5Greenan4.5Thomas Boby4.5

R6 · LEADER CHANGE18 Jan

David Kiszkiel takes the sole lead (5.0/6).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

David Kiszkiel 3 wins (R4–R6)Vivaan Verlekar 3 wins (R4–R6)Shaurya Dash 4 wins (R1–R4)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1David Kiszkiel	*	—	—	—
2Vivaan Verlekar	—	*	1	—
3Shaurya Dash	—	0	*	—
4Brendan Cooney	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Kiszkiel, David	1841	NED	=14B	+25N	=11B	+10N	+18B	+15N	5.0	17.0	19.5	16.00	2001	+38.0
2	Thomas Boby, Aiden	1797	IRL	+40B	+24N	=10B	+5N	=3B	=7N	4.5	19.0	20.0	14.00	1935	+41.6
3	Dash, Shaurya	1793	IRL	+37N	+12B	+26N	+9B	=2N	−4B	4.5	18.5	20.0	13.25	1942	+46.4
4	Verlekar, Vivaan	1828	IRL	+23N	F	=7B	+12N	+11B	+3N	4.5	18.0	18.0	16.00	2119	+59.2
5	Cooney, Brendan	1809	IRL	+13N	=17B	+34N	−2B	+19N	+9B	4.5	17.5	19.0	13.00	1976	+25.6
6	Greenan, Darragh	1736	IRL	+31N	+33B	=9N	+17B	−15N	+24B	4.5	14.5	16.5	11.25	1954	+67.6
7	OBrien, James Joseph	1760	IRL	=38N	+30B	=4N	+19B	=17N	=2B	4.0	17.0	18.0	11.50	1870	+34.8
8	Zilevicius, Mantas	1696	LTU	−9N	=22B	+23N	+34B	=20N	+17B	4.0	14.5	16.0	9.75	1861	+26.4
9	Prykhodchenko, Serhii	1822	IRL	+8B	+44N	=6B	−3N	+10B	−5N	3.5	21.0	22.0	10.75	1802	-3.0
10	Johannesson, Bjorn	1674	NED	+19N	+36B	=2N	−1B	−9N	+30B	3.5	18.0	19.5	8.75	1841	+27.8
11	Kurochkin, Iaromir	1778	IRL	=30N	+38B	=1N	+22B	−4N	=13B	3.5	17.5	18.5	8.75	1779	+1.6
12	Mulukutla, Ayaansh	1734	IRL	+39B	−3N	+33N	−4B	+29N	=20B	3.5	16.5	17.5	7.00	1797	+22.0
13	White, George	1693	IRL	−5B	+43N	−18B	+32N	+31B	=11N	3.5	15.0	16.0	6.75	1809	+38.8
14	Greenan, Paul	1703	IRL	=1N	−42B	+38N	=16B	+22N	=27B	3.5	14.5	15.5	9.00	1781	+13.4
15	Bolkeny, Gabor	1851	HUN	=41N	+28B	+42N	F	+6B	−1B	3.5	14.0	14.0	8.50	1900	+6.4
16	Syms, Thomas	1683	IRL	−36N	F	+21B	=14N	+42B	+18N	3.5	12.0	12.0	8.75	1911	+61.6
17	Rastelli, Riccardo	1736	ITA	+29B	=5N	+32B	−6N	=7B	−8N	3.0	19.5	21.5	8.75	1754	+5.6
18	Liu, Murray	1798	IRL	=28N	=41B	+13N	+27B	−1N	−16B	3.0	17.0	18.0	7.75	1732	-22.0
19	Zakharov, Andrew	1777	IRL	−10B	+40N	+41B	−7N	−5B	+31N	3.0	15.0	16.0	4.00	1712	-21.2
20	Bermingham, Adam D.	1653	IRL	−27N	+23B	+35N	F	=8B	=12N	3.0	14.0	14.0	7.75	1799	+20.2
21	O`Higgins, Niall	1756	IRL	=22N	−34B	−16N	+38B	+25N	=26B	3.0	12.5	13.5	6.00	1621	-18.6
22	Arun, Rahul	1638	IRL	=21B	=8N	+44B	−11N	−14B	=32N	2.5	16.0	17.0	5.50	1701	+18.0
23	Biswal, Saiansh	1698	IRL	−4B	−20N	−8B	+45N	+40N	=29B	2.5	15.0	15.5	2.75	1647	-18.0
24	O`daly, Liam	1729	IRL	+32N	−2B	=36N	F	+26B	−6N	2.5	15.0	15.0	5.25	1759	+4.4
25	Trulock, John	0	IRL	=34N	−1B	=30N	=28B	−21B	+35N	2.5	14.0	15.5	4.50	1706	0.0
26	Darker, Adam	1624	IRL	+35N	+27B	−3B	F	−24N	=21N	2.5	14.0	14.0	5.50	1757	+36.0
27	Valters, Harijs	1762	IRL	+20B	−26N	+39B	−18N	F	=14N	2.5	13.0	14.0	5.75	1695	-9.2
28	Nielsen, Robert	1687	IRL	=18B	−15N	=37B	=25N	−30B	+39N	2.5	12.5	13.5	4.50	1669	-2.6
29	Mariya Boby, Angel	1665	IRL	−17N	−35B	+45B	+39N	−12B	=23N	2.5	11.5	12.0	2.75	1660	-4.0
30	Lynch, Peter J.	1679	IRL	=11B	−7N	=25B	F	+28N	−10N	2.0	16.0	16.0	5.50	1638	-5.0
31	Palihawadana, Aken Pinitha	1623	IRL	−6B	−39N	+40B	+41N	−13N	−19B	2.0	13.0	14.0	2.00	1593	-8.4
32	McDonnell, Odhran	1852	IRL	−24B	+45N	−17N	−13B	=35N	=22B	2.0	13.0	13.5	2.50	1581	-43.2
33	Putar, Slavko	1803	IRL	+45B	−6N	−12B	−37N	+39B	F	2.0	11.5	12.0	1.50	1636	-23.0
34	Kirchner, Jaison	1868	BRA	=25B	+21N	−5B	−8N	F	F	1.5	14.0	14.0	4.25	1628	-19.2
35	Gormally Whittaker, Dylan	1746	IRL	−26B	+29N	−20B	−43N	=32B	−25B	1.5	12.5	13.5	3.50	1540	-56.0
36	Sargesson, Ryan	1786	IRL	+16B	−10N	=24B	F	F	F	1.5	9.5	9.5	4.75	1696	-14.8
37	Scully, Eoin	1683	IRL	−3B	F	=28N	+33B	F	F	1.5	9.0	9.0	3.25	1761	+6.2
38	Rerot, Pierre	1652	IRL	=7B	−11N	−14B	−21N	=45B	−40N	1.0	15.0	15.5	2.25	1456	-27.4
39	Reid, Caitlin	1694	SCO	−12N	+31B	−27N	−29B	−33N	−28B	1.0	13.0	15.0	2.00	1440	-37.0
40	Shelley, Bill	1687	IRL	−2N	−19B	−31N	F	−23B	+38B	1.0	13.0	13.0	1.00	1469	-54.0
41	Shoor, Itamar	1721	IRL	=15B	=18N	−19N	−31B	F	F	1.0	11.5	11.5	3.25	1570	-30.4
42	Herring, Jack	1766	IRL	F	+14N	−15B	F	−16N	F	1.0	10.5	10.5	3.50	1621	-11.6
43	Neely, Pauraic	1650	IRL	−44N	−13B	F	+35B	F	F	1.0	10.5	10.5	1.50	1608	-3.2
44	Kesare, Aarav	1757	IRL	+43B	−9B	−22N	F	F	F	1.0	7.0	7.0	1.00	1579	-28.8
45	O`rourke, Alex	1691	IRL	−33N	−32B	−29N	−23B	=38N	F	0.5	10.0	10.0	0.50	1369	-68.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Greenan, DarraghIRL
+67.6
4.5 pts · #4
2Syms, ThomasIRL
+61.6
3.5 pts · #16
3Verlekar, VivaanIRL
+59.2
4.5 pts · #1

Top rating losers

1O`rourke, AlexIRL
-68.4
0.5 pts · #45
2Gormally Whittaker, DylanIRL
-56.0
1.5 pts · #33
3Shelley, BillIRL
-54.0
1.0 pts · #39

Biggest upsets

R4+172 Elo gap
Zilevicius, Mantas1696 beat Kirchner, Jaison1868
R4+159 Elo gap
White, George1693 beat McDonnell, Odhran1852
R2+138 Elo gap
Darker, Adam1624 beat Valters, Harijs1762