Irish Junior Championship 2026 - u12

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49 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 1684, and top seed was Darragh Greenan (🇮🇪 IRL, 1847).

Darragh Greenan (🇮🇪 IRL, 1847) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Saiansh Biswal (5.0) and Aiden Thomas Boby (5.0). Greenan won solo starting round 5.

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

🇮🇪Darragh Greenan1847

Avg top 10

1,684

Participants

Federations · 1 represented

🇮🇪Ireland×24

Top 3

🥇
Darragh Greenan
🇮🇪IRL·1847
5.5pts·2006perf+30.8
🥈
Saiansh Biswal
🇮🇪IRL·1733
5.0pts·1896perf+40.0
🥉
Aiden Thomas Boby
🇮🇪IRL·1812
5.0pts·1872perf+13.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Darragh Greenan led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Greenan5.5Biswal5Thomas Boby5McInerney4.5Hanna4.5Qiao4.5

R5–R6 · LEAD HELD

Darragh Greenan held the sole lead from R5 through R6 without losing it.

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Darragh Greenan beat Saiansh Biswal (White).

WIN STREAKS · 3 top finishers

Darragh Greenan 5 wins (R1–R5)Saiansh Biswal 4 wins (R1–R4)Aiden Thomas Boby 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Darragh Greenan	*	1	½	1
2Saiansh Biswal	0	*	—	—
3Aiden Thomas Boby	½	—	*	—
4Kevin McInerney	0	—	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Greenan, Darragh	1847	IRL	+29B	+25N	+6B	+8N	+2B	=3B	5.5	22.0	25.0	22.50	2006	+30.8
2	Biswal, Saiansh	1733	IRL	+30B	+5N	+7B	+10N	−1N	+4B	5.0	23.0	26.0	20.50	1896	+40.0
3	Thomas Boby, Aiden	1812	IRL	+26N	+18B	+9N	=4B	+11B	=1N	5.0	21.5	24.5	19.50	1872	+13.2
4	Qiao, Jingxuan	1544	IRL	+13B	+19N	+34B	=3N	+22B	−2N	4.5	21.0	23.5	16.00	1657	+15.6
5	Kumar, Adhvik	1566	IRL	+49N	−2B	+28N	+9B	=6B	+22N	4.5	20.0	20.0	12.75	1636	+10.8
6	Hanna, Patrick	1569	IRL	+48N	+14B	−1N	+39B	=5N	+20B	4.5	19.5	20.0	12.25	1618	+6.4
7	Bhattacharjee Krish	1659	IRL	+37N	+39B	−2N	+14B	+26N	=8B	4.5	19.0	21.0	13.75	1494	-17.2
8	McInerney, Kevin	1640	IRL	+41B	+47N	+21B	−1B	+17N	=7N	4.5	19.0	19.5	11.75	1737	+20.4
9	Fang, Yiming	1619	IRL	+28B	+15N	−3B	−5N	+41B	+19N	4.0	20.0	22.0	12.50	889	-31.2
10	Palihawadana, Aken Pinitha	1659	IRL	F	+35B	+17N	−2B	+18N	+16N	4.0	18.5	18.5	13.50	1604	-5.6
11	Patil, Kaivalya	1713	IRL	F	+45B	+23N	+20B	−3N	+27B	4.0	16.5	16.5	11.50	1707	+0.8
12	FIDE 2547295	0	—	−34B	+30N	+47B	+25N	−16B	+36N	4.0	15.0	15.5	9.00	1415	0.0
13	FIDE 2547325	0	—	−4N	+?B	−25B	+44N	+34B	+39N	4.0	13.5	13.5	6.00	1334	0.0
14	FIDE 2539535	0	—	+?B	−6N	+24B	−7N	+?B	+?N	4.0	12.5	12.5	3.50	814	0.0
15	FIDE 2543427	0	—	+?N	−9B	+40N	−18B	+37N	+?B	4.0	12.0	12.0	4.50	805	0.0
16	Bermingham, Erica	0	IRL	+?N	−23B	+?N	+?B	+12N	−10B	4.0	11.5	11.5	4.00	860	0.0
17	Putar, Lorena	1476	IRL	+24B	+32N	−10B	+31N	−8B	=23N	3.5	18.5	21.5	11.25	850	-21.6
18	Cashman, Kian	0	IRL	+?B	−3N	+41B	+15N	−10B	=24N	3.5	18.5	18.5	7.75	936	0.0
19	FIDE 88177564	0	—	+?N	−4B	=33N	+35B	+21N	−9B	3.5	17.5	17.5	7.50	1455	0.0
20	McFadden, Oisin	1441	IRL	+46B	+44N	=22B	−11N	+29B	−6N	3.5	16.5	17.5	7.25	842	-20.0
21	Oconnor, Jamie S	1586	IRL	+36B	+42N	−8N	=23B	−19B	+43N	3.5	16.0	18.0	8.25	840	-17.2
22	Aziz, Miro	0	IRL	+?N	+?B	=20N	+27B	−4N	−5B	3.5	15.5	15.5	4.75	1425	0.0
23	Wong, Kai	0	IRL	+?B	+16N	−11B	=21N	=?B	=17B	3.5	15.0	15.0	7.50	1495	0.0
24	FIDE 2547287	0	—	−17N	+?B	−14N	+47B	+?N	=18B	3.5	11.5	11.5	2.25	674	0.0
25	Dolia, Samarth	1404	IRL	F	−1B	+13N	−12B	+40N	+28B	3.0	18.5	18.5	9.00	1004	-3.2
26	FIDE 2547309	0	—	−3B	+?N	+32B	+34N	−7B	−?N	3.0	15.0	15.0	5.50	1419	0.0
27	Benson, Louis	1493	IRL	F	+38B	+43N	−22N	+36B	−11N	3.0	14.5	14.5	7.00	915	-8.8
28	FIDE 2546574	0	—	−9N	+?B	−5B	+?N	+31B	−25N	3.0	14.5	14.5	3.00	725	0.0
29	FIDE 2540002	0	—	−1N	+?B	+42N	−?B	−20N	+40B	3.0	13.0	13.0	4.00	844	0.0
30	FIDE 2543435	0	—	−2N	−12B	−?N	+45B	+42N	+?B	3.0	12.5	12.5	3.50	933	0.0
31	Maddu, Khushi	0	IRL	−40N	+46B	+37N	−17B	−28N	+?B	3.0	12.0	12.0	3.50	674	0.0
32	FIDE 2547481	0	—	+?N	−17B	−26N	+48B	−39N	+?B	3.0	9.0	9.0	0.50	674	0.0
33	FIDE 2547350	0	—	F	=?N	=19B	−?N	+?B	+35B	3.0	6.0	6.0	4.25	750	0.0
34	Siruk, Danyil	1425	IRL	+12N	+40B	−4N	−26B	−13N	=37B	2.5	18.0	20.0	7.25	747	-13.2
35	Yildiz, Alp Ege	0	IRL	+?B	−10N	=36B	−19N	+38B	−33N	2.5	15.5	15.5	3.75	860	0.0
36	FIDE 2547279	0	—	−21N	+?B	=35N	+43B	−27N	−12B	2.5	15.0	15.0	3.25	741	0.0
37	FIDE 2547422	0	—	−7B	+?N	−31B	+?N	−15B	=34N	2.5	14.0	14.0	1.25	1349	0.0
38	FIDE 6635270	0	—	=?B	−27N	−?B	+?N	−35N	+47B	2.5	6.0	6.0	0.50	1329	0.0
39	Pilat, Antoni	0	IRL	F	−7N	+?B	−6N	+32B	−13B	2.0	16.0	16.0	3.00	814	0.0
40	FIDE 2547376	0	—	+31B	−34N	−15B	+?N	−25B	−29N	2.0	15.5	15.5	3.00	615	0.0
41	FIDE 2535599	0	—	−8N	+?B	−18N	+42B	−9N	−?B	2.0	14.0	14.0	2.00	823	0.0
42	FIDE 2547465	0	—	+?N	−21B	−29B	−41N	−30B	+46N	2.0	12.5	12.5	1.00	788	0.0
43	FIDE 2547244	0	—	F	+?N	−27B	−36N	+?B	−21B	2.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	1419	0.0
44	FIDE 2547406	0	—	+?N	−20B	−?N	−13B	=47N	−?N	1.5	8.0	8.0	0.25	641	0.0
45	FIDE 2545381	0	—	F	−11N	−?B	−30N	+48B	=?N	1.5	7.5	7.5	0.50	833	0.0
46	FIDE 2547252	0	—	−20N	−31N	−?B	−?B	+?N	−42B	1.0	8.5	8.5	0.00	641	0.0
47	FIDE 2538822	0	—	F	−8B	−12N	−24N	=44B	−38N	0.5	16.0	16.0	0.75	840	0.0
48	FIDE 2544083	0	—	−6B	−?N	=?B	−32N	−45N	−?B	0.5	9.0	9.0	0.00	769	0.0
49	FIDE 2547341	0	—	−5B	F	F	F	F	F	0.0	4.5	4.5	0.00	766	0.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Biswal, SaianshIRL
+40.0
5.0 pts · #2
2Greenan, DarraghIRL
+30.8
5.5 pts · #1
3McInerney, KevinIRL
+20.4
4.5 pts · #4

Top rating losers

1Fang, YimingIRL
-31.2
4.0 pts · #22
2Putar, LorenaIRL
-21.6
3.5 pts · #48
3McFadden, OisinIRL
-20.0
3.5 pts · #35