Irish Junior Championship 2026 - u14

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42 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. Top 10 Elo average was 1740, and top seed was Korneliusz Bartczak (🇮🇪 IRL, 2106).

Korneliusz Bartczak (🇮🇪 IRL, 2106) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Iaromir Kurochkin (5.5) and James Joseph OBrien (5.0). Bartczak shared the lead from round 5, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Tym Ger (1460) beat Thomas Syms (1671), a +211-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

🇮🇪Korneliusz Bartczak2106

Avg top 10

1,740

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇮🇪Ireland×33

Top 3

🥇
Korneliusz Bartczak
🇮🇪IRL·2106
5.5pts·2086perf-2.5
🥈
Iaromir Kurochkin
🇮🇪IRL·1803
5.5pts·2080perf+57.6
🥉
James Joseph OBrien
🇮🇪IRL·1807
5.0pts·1823perf+5.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.5/6, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders

Kurochkin5.5Bartczak5.5OBrien5Sanuj4.5Sharma44— ex-leaders:Mariya Bobyled R4, #14

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

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

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Iaromir Kurochkin drew with Korneliusz Bartczak (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Iaromir Kurochkin 3 wins (R1–R3)Korneliusz Bartczak 3 wins (R1–R3)James Joseph OBrien 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Iaromir Kurochkin	*	½	—	—
2Korneliusz Bartczak	½	*	—	—
3James Joseph OBrien	—	—	*	—
4Ayaan Sanuj	—	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Bartczak, Korneliusz	2106	IRL	+21B	+18N	+6B	=2N	+5N	+7B	5.5	20.5	23.5	20.75	2086	-2.5
2	Kurochkin, Iaromir	1803	IRL	+25N	+19B	+14N	=1B	+15N	+5B	5.5	19.5	22.0	19.25	2080	+57.6
3	OBrien, James Joseph	1807	IRL	+20N	+7B	+9N	−5B	+10N	+8B	5.0	20.0	23.0	19.00	1823	+5.2
4	Sanuj, Ayaan	0	IRL	=29B	+?N	−27B	+32N	+35B	+14B	4.5	13.0	13.0	9.25	1684	0.0
5	Mariya Boby, Angel	1784	IRL	+30B	+16N	+35B	+3N	−1B	−2N	4.0	22.0	24.0	13.00	1780	-2.8
6	Devine, Daniel	1620	IRL	+17B	+33N	−1N	+20B	−9N	+15B	4.0	19.5	22.0	12.50	1584	-10.4
7	Wong, Max	0	IRL	+40B	−3N	+22B	+33N	+16B	−1N	4.0	19.5	20.5	10.00	1659	0.0
8	Ryan Smith, Charlie	1629	IRL	+24B	−35N	+30B	+11N	+21B	−3N	4.0	17.5	19.5	12.50	1655	+2.4
9	Agarwal, Riyansh	1615	IRL	+32B	+36N	−3B	+35N	+6B	−13B	4.0	17.5	19.5	10.50	1575	-6.4
10	FIDE 2539934	0	—	=27B	=23N	+36B	+12N	−3B	+26N	4.0	17.0	19.0	11.25	1705	0.0
11	Sharma, Eva	1502	IRL	+41B	=12N	=26B	−8B	+20N	+18N	4.0	16.5	17.5	10.25	1654	+32.0
12	FIDE 39930467	0	—	+?N	=11B	=15N	−10B	+36N	+19B	4.0	16.5	16.5	8.75	1550	0.0
13	Syms, Thomas	1671	IRL	−28N	+29N	+17B	F	+23B	+9N	4.0	15.5	15.5	13.00	1543	-13.6
14	Jagic, Karlo	1647	IRL	+22B	+38N	−2B	=23N	+26B	−4N	3.5	18.5	20.0	8.50	1734	+14.4
15	Bhavanibhatla, Saurya Shrihan	0	IRL	+?B	+26N	=12B	+27N	−2B	−6N	3.5	18.5	18.5	7.00	1683	0.0
16	Lakshmanan, Karthik Nach	0	IRL	+31N	−5B	=25N	+?B	−7N	+?B	3.5	13.0	13.0	3.75	1438	0.0
17	Wainwright, Owen	0	IRL	−6N	+?B	−13N	=?B	+?N	+25B	3.5	10.5	10.5	2.50	1465	0.0
18	Li, Stella	1530	IRL	+39N	−1B	−20N	+25B	+24N	−11B	3.0	18.0	19.5	7.00	1408	-29.6
19	Bhushan, Adhiraj	1556	IRL	+42B	−2N	+38B	−21N	+22B	−12N	3.0	17.0	18.0	5.50	1621	+6.0
20	Tang, Hezhang	1492	IRL	−3B	+40N	+18B	−6N	−11B	+41N	3.0	17.0	18.0	5.00	1422	-16.0
21	Scanlan Gleeson, Theo	0	IRL	−1N	+37B	+?N	+19B	−8N	F	3.0	17.0	17.0	5.00	1639	0.0
22	Bhushan, Addhrit	1439	IRL	−14N	+34B	−7N	+28B	−19N	+36B	3.0	15.5	17.5	7.00	1433	-1.2
23	Machowski, Kajetan	0	IRL	F	=10B	+28N	=14B	−13N	+38B	3.0	15.5	15.5	7.75	1596	0.0
24	Manning, Isabelle	0	IRL	−8N	−31B	+?N	+41B	−18B	+35N	3.0	12.5	12.5	3.00	780	0.0
25	Petrenko, Iryna	1477	IRL	−2B	+42N	=16B	−18N	+29B	−17N	2.5	18.0	19.0	5.25	867	-22.4
26	Greenan, David	1585	IRL	+37N	−15B	=11N	+31B	−14N	−10B	2.5	17.5	19.5	6.50	1382	-21.2
27	O`flynn, Sean	1721	IRL	=10N	+28B	+4N	−15B	F	F	2.5	17.5	17.5	9.00	2270	+7.6
28	Ger, Tym	1460	IRL	+13B	−27N	−23B	−22N	+40B	=30N	2.5	15.0	16.0	6.25	1486	+1.2
29	Mindykowski, Julian	0	IRL	=4N	−13B	=31N	=?B	−25N	+?B	2.5	13.5	13.5	3.50	775	0.0
30	Chakka, Harsha Vardhan	0	IRL	−5N	+39B	−8N	−38B	+?N	=28B	2.5	13.5	13.5	2.75	1355	0.0
31	FIDE 2546540	0	—	−16B	+24N	=29B	−26N	−?N	+40B	2.5	12.5	12.5	5.25	786	0.0
32	Behan, James	0	IRL	−9N	=?B	+37N	−4B	−?N	+39B	2.5	12.0	12.0	3.50	815	0.0
33	Williams, Henry	0	IRL	+?N	−6B	+?N	−7B	=38N	−?B	2.5	9.5	9.5	0.75	820	0.0
34	FIDE 2547554	0	—	−36B	−22N	−40B	+42N	=39N	+?B	2.5	8.5	8.5	1.75	639	0.0
35	Anand, Yathrik	0	IRL	+?N	+8B	−5N	−9B	−4N	−24B	2.0	19.5	19.5	4.00	1551	0.0
36	De, Lubdhak	0	IRL	+34N	−9B	−10N	+39B	−12B	−22N	2.0	17.5	19.0	4.00	727	0.0
37	Rawal, Monish	0	IRL	−26B	−21N	−32B	+?N	−41N	+42B	2.0	10.0	10.0	1.00	786	0.0
38	FIDE 2547490	0	—	F	−14B	−19N	+30N	=33B	−23N	1.5	14.5	14.5	3.75	802	0.0
39	FIDE 2537176	0	—	−18B	−30N	+42B	−36N	=34B	−32N	1.5	12.5	13.5	2.25	730	0.0
40	FIDE 2538628	0	—	−7N	−20B	+34N	−?B	−28N	−31N	1.0	14.5	14.5	2.50	681	0.0
41	FIDE 2547511	0	—	−11N	−?B	F	−24N	+37B	−20B	1.0	12.0	12.0	2.00	698	0.0
42	FIDE 2534630	0	—	−19N	−25B	−39N	−34B	+?B	−37N	1.0	11.5	11.5	0.00	717	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Kurochkin, IaromirIRL
+57.6
5.5 pts · #1
2Sharma, EvaIRL
+32.0
4.0 pts · #4
3Jagic, KarloIRL
+14.4
3.5 pts · #5

Top rating losers

1Li, StellaIRL
-29.6
3.0 pts · #23
2Petrenko, IrynaIRL
-22.4
2.5 pts · #38
3Greenan, DavidIRL
-21.2
2.5 pts · #28

Biggest upsets

R1+211 Elo gap
Ger, Tym1460 beat Syms, Thomas1671