CChessStats

The Irish 65plus Championship 2026

Open SwissStandard

28 players participated in this 7-round tournament, held from 01 Jan 2026 to 04 Jan 2026 in Talbot Hotel Stillorgan, Dublin, Ireland. 3 titled players from 3 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 1995, and top seed was Keith C Arkell (🇬🇧 ENG, GM, 2371).

Keith C Arkell (🇬🇧 ENG, GM, 2371) won with 7.0/7, ahead of Joe Noone (5.5) and Gerard O'Connell (4.5). Arkell won solo starting round 3.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Jasvinderpal Singh (1660) beat Eamon Keogh (1884), a +224-point gap.

Location
🇮🇪Talbot Hotel Stillorgan, Dublin, Ireland
Dates
01 Jan 2026 → 04 Jan 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 7 rounds
Top seed
🇬🇧GMKeith C Arkell2371
Avg top 10
1,995
Participants
28
Titled players · 3
GM×1
CM×2
Federations · 3 represented
🇮🇪Ireland×26
🇸🇪Sweden×1
🇬🇧England×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 7 rounds

GM Keith C Arkell led from R3; +1.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
11
3
1
1
1
1
1
23.55.57R1R2R3R4R5R6R7
Arkell7Noone5.5O'Connell4.5MacElligott4.5Madebrink4.5Boyle4
R3–R7 · LEAD HELD

GM Keith C Arkell never relinquished the lead after R3; final gap +1.5 over the runner-up.

R3 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

GM Keith C Arkell beat Joe Noone (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

GM Keith C Arkell 7 wins (R1–R7)Joe Noone 3 wins (R5–R7)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1GMKeith C Arkell*
1
1
—
2Joe Noone
0
*
1
½
3Gerard O'Connell
0
0
*—
4CMGerard MacElligott—
½
—*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6R7PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Arkell, Keith CGM2371ENG+11B+17N+2B+9N+3B+4N+10N7.025.028.028.002798+6.9
2Noone, Joe1916IRL+21N+10B−1N=5B+13N+18B+3N5.526.028.519.252158+41.4
3O'Connell, Gerard2036IRL+8B=9N+7B+4N−1N+6B−2B4.529.032.518.252063+5.8
4Madebrink, Lars2095SWE+22N=6B+5N−3B+17N−1B+11N4.526.529.015.502032-7.4
5MacElligott, GerardCM1921IRL+23B+19N−4B=2N=18B+20N=7B4.523.025.514.751968+11.0
6Boyle, Bernard1844IRL+12B=4N−18B+19N=9B−3N+20B4.022.025.013.501935+18.0
7Bermingham, Tony1828IRL=26N+27B−3N=22B=14N+21B=5N4.019.520.09.251849+5.2
8Donohoe, Eugene1740IRL−3N=12B+25N−17B+26N+22B=14N4.019.021.010.001793+10.0
9Quinn, Ciaran1936IRL+24N=3B+14N−1B=6N−10B=17N3.525.527.511.251905-7.6
10Loughran, John1819IRL+20B−2N+23B=18NF+9N−1B3.524.524.510.502003+28.0
11Quinn, Noel1743IRL−1N=24B=12N+21B=22N+17B−4B3.523.025.09.501807+8.0
12Scott, Shay1588IRL−6N=8N=11B=16B+28N=14B=13N3.522.022.09.001694+18.4
13Coldrick, Art1802IRL+28B−18N=19B=26N−2B+15N=12B3.520.520.57.751706-16.0
14Moore, Brian1782IRL=27N+25B−9B=20N=7B=12N=8B3.520.020.59.501773-0.8
15Ducker, Chris1681IRL−17N−21B=24N+25B+16N−13B+22N3.517.019.09.001666-5.6
16Reinhardt, Sean1494IRL−19B−23N+28B=12N−15B+25N+24B3.516.516.55.751601+19.8
17Reynolds, Pat1863IRL+15B−1B=21N+8N−4B−11N=9B3.026.028.510.501811-12.0
18Harding, Tim DCM2029IRLF+13B+6N=10B=5N−2NF3.021.021.011.501932-12.0
19O`Sullivan, Tom1616IRL+16N−5B=13N−6B−21N+24B=23N3.020.522.58.501660+6.0
20Murray, Jim G.1896IRL−10N+26B=22N=14B+24N−5B−6N3.020.022.07.001724-32.4
21Whelan, Niall P.1572IRL−2B+15N=17B−11N+19B−7NF2.522.522.58.001717+19.4
22Buckley, Maurice1735IRL−4B+28N=20B=7N=11B−8N−15B2.522.522.55.251674-13.2
23Lynch, Peter J.1679IRL−5N+16B−10N−24B−25N+28B=19B2.518.518.55.001540-27.0
24Burniston, Michael1655IRL−9B=11N=15B+23N−20B−19N−16N2.020.022.56.001563-37.2
25Dimitrov, Nikolai1539IRLF−14N−8B−15N+23B−16B+28N2.017.017.02.501513-4.8
26Singh, Jasvinderpal1660IRL=7B−20N+27N=13B−8BFF2.015.015.04.251758+24.0
27Keogh, Eamon1884IRL=14B−7N−26BFFFF0.59.59.51.751484-30.0
28Rigney, Ronan1451IRL−13N−22B−16NF−12B−23N−25B0.017.517.50.00840-64.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets