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Irish Junior Championship 2026 - u16

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22 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 10 Apr 2026 to 12 Apr 2026 in Colaiste Choilm, Ballincollig, Cork, Ireland, P31 NY77, Ireland. 1 titled players. Top 10 Elo average was 1717, and top seed was Anuar Tureshbayev (🇮🇪 IRL, CM, 2164).

Anuar Tureshbayev (🇮🇪 IRL, CM, 2164) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Oleksii Rai (5.5) and Ryan Kerrigan (4.0). Tureshbayev shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Atharv Singhal (1575) beat Ryan Kerrigan (1802), a +227-point gap.

Location
🇮🇪Colaiste Choilm, Ballincollig, Cork, Ireland, P31 NY77, Ireland
Dates
10 Apr 2026 → 12 Apr 2026
Time control
Standard: 75 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇪CMAnuar Tureshbayev2164
Avg top 10
1,717
Participants
22
Titled players · 1
CM×1
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇪Ireland×14
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.5/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders
11
5
2
2
2
2
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Tureshbayev5.5Rai5.5Singhal4Huang4Kerrigan4Gupta4
R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.5/6. Tureshbayev takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (20.5).

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

CM Anuar Tureshbayev drew with Oleksii Rai (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

CM Anuar Tureshbayev 3 wins (R1–R3)Oleksii Rai 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1CMAnuar Tureshbayev*
½
—
1
2Oleksii Rai
½
*——
3Atharv Singhal——*—
4Shen Qi Huang
0
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Tureshbayev, AnuarCM2164IRL+13N+8B+7N=2B+3N+6B5.520.523.520.7521630.0
2Rai, Oleksii1841IRL+11B+12N+10B=1N+7B+4N5.519.022.019.252108+56.0
3Kerrigan, Ryan1802IRL+18B−5N+13B+15N−1B+12N4.018.020.010.501659-25.6
4Gupta, Prisha1455IRL+17B−10N+21B+12N+9B−2B4.017.518.510.001582+15.6
5Singhal, Atharv1575IRL+20N+3B−9N−7B+11N+10N4.017.019.012.001887+48.8
6Huang, Shen Qi1607IRL+22B−7N+18B+11N+10B−1N4.017.018.09.001704+10.4
7O`neill, Matthew1811IRL+16N+6B−1B+5N−2N=8B3.522.525.012.251764-14.4
8Poklonskyi, Yaroslav1634IRL+19B−1N−11B+21N+15B=7N3.516.517.57.251730+6.0
9FIDE 25410760—+?N=15B+5B−10N−4N+?B3.513.513.55.2514410.0
10Kardkovacs, Akos1668IRL+21N+4B−2N+9B−6N−5B3.021.022.08.501427-50.0
11FIDE 418550510—−2N+14B+8N−6B−5B+19N3.020.022.08.5014710.0
12Patil, Vihan1612IRL+14N−2B+16N−4B+13N−3B3.019.522.08.50901-46.8
13Waters, Dusan0IRL−1B+?N−3N+19B−12B+18N3.016.516.54.0010610.0
14Camal, Messi0IRL−12B−11N−?B+?N+21B+22N3.08.08.02.008120.0
15Machowski, Igor0IRLF=9N+19B−3B−8N+16B2.515.515.56.259200.0
16Philip, Tom Joshua0IRL−7B+22N−12B=17N+18B−15N2.513.514.54.259120.0
17FIDE 25475970—−4N−21B+20N=16B−?N+?B2.59.59.53.256550.0
18FIDE 25334800—−3N+20B−6N+?B−16N−13B2.015.515.52.009070.0
19FIDE 25424470—−8N+?B−15N−13N+22B−11B2.013.013.01.008340.0
20FIDE 25475890—−5B−18N−17B+22N−?B+21N2.010.510.52.007750.0
21FIDE 25429780—−10B+17N−4N−8B−14N−20B1.016.018.02.507860.0
22FIDE 25475620—−6N−16B+?N−20B−19N−14B1.013.513.50.008070.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets