Irish Junior Championship 2026 - u10
29 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 11 Apr 2026 to 12 Apr 2026 in Colaiste Choilm, Ballincollig, Cork, Ireland, P31 NY77, Ireland. Top 10 Elo average was 932, and top seed was Austin Haoen Gu (🇮🇪 IRL, 1637).
James Rosenmai (🇮🇪 IRL, 0) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Ronan Kelly (5.0) and Rohan Megadi-Walia (5.0). Rosenmai shared the lead from round 3, winning on tie-break.
The biggest upset came in round 5: Ivaan Ghanekar (1500) beat Riyansh Potru (1620), a +120-point gap.
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How it unfolded
Top 6 · 6 roundsTight race until R5; 4 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 2 co-leaders at R4 to 4 at the finish.
James Rosenmai held the sole lead from R5 through R6 without losing it.
4 players finish on 5.0/6. Rosenmai takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (22.0).
James Rosenmai beat Ronan Kelly (Black).
Key matchups · top 4
Head-to-head between the four finishers| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1James Rosenmai | * | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2Ronan Kelly | 0 | * | — | — |
| 3Rohan Megadi-Walia | 0 | — | * | — |
| 4FIDE 2535467 | 1 | — | — | * |
Grille américaine
| # | Player | Elo | Fed | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | Pts | Bu C1 | Bu | SB | Perf | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rosenmai, James | 0 | IRL | +?B | +17N | +3B | +2N | +7B | −4N | 5.0 | 22.0 | 22.0 | 17.00 | 1613 | 0.0 |
| 2 | Kelly, Ronan | 1561 | IRL | +28N | +8B | +11N | −1B | +5B | +7N | 5.0 | 21.5 | 22.5 | 17.50 | 2374 | +41.2 |
| 3 | Megadi-Walia, Rohan | 1584 | IRL | +19N | +14B | −1N | +16B | +9N | +8B | 5.0 | 19.5 | 22.5 | 17.50 | 2309 | +16.0 |
| 4 | FIDE 2535467 | 0 | — | +25N | −16B | +?N | +18B | +?N | +1B | 5.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 10.00 | 1453 | 0.0 |
| 5 | Senthilnathan, Chirag | 0 | IRL | +18N | +?B | =6N | +?B | −2N | +?B | 4.5 | 12.5 | 12.5 | 5.25 | 1602 | 0.0 |
| 6 | FIDE 2543150 | 0 | — | +?B | +?N | =5B | −?B | +?N | +13N | 4.5 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 6.25 | 842 | 0.0 |
| 7 | Jagtap, Adhish | 1421 | IRL | +20N | +?B | +16N | +9B | −1N | −2B | 4.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 10.00 | 762 | 0.0 |
| 8 | Ghanekar, Ivaan | 1500 | IRL | +24B | −2N | +26B | +17N | +10B | −3N | 4.0 | 19.0 | 21.0 | 11.00 | 1464 | -7.2 |
| 9 | FIDE 2547180 | 0 | — | +?B | +27N | +10B | −7N | −3B | +22N | 4.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 9.00 | 1603 | 0.0 |
| 10 | Potru, Riyansh | 1620 | IRL | +26N | +12B | −9N | +25B | −8N | +19B | 4.0 | 17.0 | 19.0 | 11.00 | 709 | -26.0 |
| 11 | Kurochkin, Nikodim | 1632 | IRL | +21B | +29N | −2B | +24N | −13B | +18N | 4.0 | 17.0 | 18.0 | 9.00 | 762 | -24.0 |
| 12 | Byrne, Andrew | 0 | IRL | +?B | −10N | −24B | +20N | +21B | +?N | 4.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 6.00 | 821 | 0.0 |
| 13 | Ramesh, Aiben Steve | 0 | IRL | +?N | +?B | −?N | +?B | +11N | −6B | 4.0 | 8.5 | 8.5 | 4.00 | 1576 | 0.0 |
| 14 | Barbosa, Harper | 0 | IRL | +?B | −3N | =?B | +23N | +?N | −?B | 3.5 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 2.50 | 709 | 0.0 |
| 15 | Sanuj, Aydin | 0 | IRL | +?N | =?B | −?N | −?B | +27N | +23B | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.50 | 842 | 0.0 |
| 16 | FIDE 2547147 | 0 | — | +?B | +4N | −7B | −3N | +24B | −?N | 3.0 | 16.0 | 16.0 | 7.00 | 784 | 0.0 |
| 17 | FIDE 2547104 | 0 | — | +?N | −1B | +28N | −8B | −19N | +25B | 3.0 | 15.0 | 15.0 | 3.00 | 709 | 0.0 |
| 18 | FIDE 2545306 | 0 | — | −5B | +?N | +29B | −4N | +?N | −11B | 3.0 | 14.5 | 14.5 | 1.00 | 838 | 0.0 |
| 19 | FIDE 2547155 | 0 | — | −3B | −24N | +?B | +?N | +17B | −10N | 3.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 3.00 | 803 | 0.0 |
| 20 | FIDE 2547198 | 0 | — | −7B | +?N | −?N | −12B | +?N | +?B | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 633 | 0.0 |
| 21 | FIDE 2547090 | 0 | — | −11N | +?B | +?N | −?B | −12N | +?B | 3.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 736 | 0.0 |
| 22 | FIDE 2537214 | 0 | — | −?N | −?B | +?N | +?B | +?N | −9B | 3.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 0.00 | 842 | 0.0 |
| 23 | FIDE 2547210 | 0 | — | −?N | +?B | =?N | −14B | +?B | −15N | 2.5 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 633 | 0.0 |
| 24 | FIDE 2547066 | 0 | — | −8N | +19B | +12N | −11B | −16N | −?B | 2.0 | 18.0 | 18.0 | 7.00 | 774 | 0.0 |
| 25 | FIDE 2545594 | 0 | — | −4B | +?N | +?B | −10N | −?B | −17N | 2.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 0.00 | 821 | 0.0 |
| 26 | FIDE 2545560 | 0 | — | −10B | +?N | −8N | −?B | F | +?B | 2.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 765 | 0.0 |
| 27 | FIDE 2538652 | 0 | — | =?N | −9B | −?N | +?B | −15B | =?N | 2.0 | 7.5 | 7.5 | 0.00 | 1642 | 0.0 |
| 28 | FIDE 2546280 | 0 | — | −2B | +?N | −17B | F | F | F | 1.0 | 8.0 | 8.0 | 0.00 | 762 | 0.0 |
| 29 | FIDE 2536501 | 0 | — | +?N | −11B | −18N | −?B | −?N | −?B | 1.0 | 7.0 | 7.0 | 0.00 | 838 | 0.0 |
Key insights
Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.
- 1Kelly, RonanIRL+41.25.0 pts · #2
- 2Megadi-Walia, RohanIRL+16.05.0 pts · #4
- 3Senthilnathan, ChiragIRL0.04.5 pts · #5
- 1Potru, RiyanshIRL-26.04.0 pts · #14
- 2Kurochkin, NikodimIRL-24.04.0 pts · #27
- 3Ghanekar, IvaanIRL-7.24.0 pts · #6
- R5+120 Elo gap