DCU Open 2026

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47 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 20 Feb 2026 to 22 Feb 2026 in Education Building, St. Patrick's Campus, DCU, Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland. 8 titled players from 4 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2178, and top seed was David Fitzsimons (🇮🇪 IRL, IM, 2309).

Oleg Artemenko (🇺🇿 UZB, FM, 2306) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Oisin O`cuilleanain (4.0) and Jacob Flynn (3.5). Artemenko shared the lead from round 4 and broke clear in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Joseph A. McDonnell (1631) beat Finn Cummins (1896), a +265-point gap.

Location

🇮🇪Education Building, St. Patrick's Campus, DCU, Drumcondra, Dublin, Ireland

Dates

20 Feb 2026 → 22 Feb 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 5 rounds

Top seed

🇮🇪IMDavid Fitzsimons2309

Avg top 10

2,178

Participants

Titled players · 8

IM×1

FM×3

CM×2

WGM×1

WFM×1

Federations · 4 represented

🇮🇪Ireland×42

🇺🇿Uzbekistan×1

🇺🇦Ukraine×1

🇪🇬Egypt×1

Top 3

🥇
FMOleg Artemenko
🇺🇿UZB·2306
4.5pts·2385perf+7.4
🥈
Oisin O`cuilleanain
🇮🇪IRL·2164
4.0pts·2137perf-1.4
🥉
CMJacob Flynn
🇮🇪IRL·2235
3.5pts·2096perf-12.2

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

FM Oleg Artemenko led from R5; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up. Title race converged from 4 co-leaders at R4 to 1 by R5.

Co-leaders

Artemenko4.5O`cuilleanain4Flynn3.5Wafa3.5Daly3.5Fitzsimons3.5

R5–R5 · LEAD HELD

FM Oleg Artemenko held the sole lead from R5 through R5 without losing it.

R1–R5 · UNBEATEN

FM Oleg Artemenko went unbeaten across 5 games (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1FMOleg Artemenko	*	—	—	—
2Oisin O`cuilleanain	—	*	—	—
3CMJacob Flynn	—	—	*	0
4WGMShrook Wafa	—	—	1	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Elo	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Artemenko, OlegFM	2306	UZB	+12B	+17N	=16B	+21N	+4B	4.5	10.0	12.0	11.00	2385	+7.4
2	O`cuilleanain, Oisin	2164	IRL	=13N	+22B	+5N	=16B	+24N	4.0	10.0	12.0	9.75	2137	-1.4
3	Flynn, JacobCM	2235	IRL	+10N	+18B	−7N	=9B	+12N	3.5	12.5	14.5	9.25	2096	-12.2
4	Daly, ColmFM	2182	IRL	+30N	=5B	+31N	+13B	−1N	3.5	12.5	14.5	8.25	2134	-3.4
5	Maguire, Tallann	1936	IRL	+44B	=4N	−2B	+25N	+21B	3.5	11.5	11.5	5.75	2111	+17.8
6	Melaugh, ShaneFM	2191	IRL	+24B	+28N	+19B	=7N	−8N	3.5	11.0	13.0	7.75	2228	+6.6
7	Wafa, ShrookWGM	2176	EGY	+26B	+29N	+3B	=6B	F	3.5	11.0	11.0	9.25	2355	+16.4
8	Fitzsimons, DavidIM	2309	IRL	F	+20B	=11N	+32N	+6B	3.5	10.5	10.5	9.00	2351	+1.8
9	Menon, Sanjay	1835	IRL	+23B	−19N	+28B	=3N	+18B	3.5	9.5	11.5	7.75	2193	+45.2
10	Fitzgerald, Martin	1875	IRL	−3B	+27N	=14B	+23N	=15B	3.0	10.5	12.5	6.50	2049	+22.0
11	Sidney, WillCM	2020	IRL	=14B	+43N	=8B	−33N	+17B	3.0	10.0	10.0	5.00	2034	+1.6
12	Singhal, Vivaan	1882	IRL	−1N	+37B	=20N	+22B	−3B	2.5	12.0	13.0	4.00	1956	+6.4
13	Kelbas, Dariy	1866	UKR	=2B	+35N	+17B	−4N	F	2.5	11.0	11.0	5.50	2142	+54.4
14	Fitzgerald, Niall	1859	IRL	=11N	=15B	=10N	+34B	−31N	2.5	10.5	12.0	5.75	1950	+12.2
15	McIlroy, Gerard	1990	IRL	=35B	=14N	+26B	F	=10N	2.5	9.0	9.0	5.50	1956	-4.0
16	Hushpit, Lukian	2100	IRL	+25B	F	=1N	=2N	F	2.0	11.5	11.5	6.25	2236	+22.0
17	Rai, Oleksii	2002	IRL	+37N	−1B	−13N	+39B	−11N	2.0	11.0	12.0	2.00	1908	-27.6
18	Landmark, Gabriel	1968	IRL	+27B	−3N	F	+20B	−9N	2.0	11.0	11.0	4.00	1925	-5.4
19	Melaugh, Gavin	2095	IRL	+39N	+9B	−6N	−24B	F	2.0	10.0	10.0	4.50	1940	-15.2
20	Mulukutla, Ayaansh	1808	IRL	+46B	−8N	=12B	−18N	=26B	2.0	10.0	10.0	2.25	1905	+20.4
21	Keenan, Luke	1852	IRL	+47B	F	+30N	−1B	−5N	2.0	10.0	10.0	2.00	1945	+14.8
22	Taylor-Hewins, Romani	0	IRL	=34B	−2N	+43B	−12N	=25B	2.0	10.0	10.0	1.75	1861	0.0
23	Mirza, DianaWFM	1980	IRL	−9N	+39B	F	−10B	+27N	2.0	9.5	9.5	3.00	1848	-14.0
24	Cummins, Sean	1874	IRL	−6N	+42B	F	+19N	−2B	2.0	9.5	9.5	2.00	1995	+12.2
25	Ryan, Joshua	1862	IRL	−16N	=38B	+35N	−5B	=22N	2.0	9.0	10.0	3.00	1870	-0.2
26	Dash, Shaurya	1873	IRL	−7N	+41B	−15N	=38B	=20N	2.0	9.0	9.5	2.00	1789	-18.4
27	Cullen, Sean	1821	IRL	−18N	−10B	+42N	+28B	−23B	2.0	9.0	9.0	2.00	1787	-3.8
28	Hughes, Padraig	1942	IRL	+45B	−6B	−9N	−27N	+42B	2.0	9.0	9.0	0.00	1654	-28.4
29	Andhurthi, Sreeyan	1775	IRL	+38N	−7B	−34N	=36B	=30N	2.0	8.5	9.5	2.75	1891	+26.8
30	Salin, Rohan	1874	IRL	−4B	+45N	−21B	=41N	=29B	2.0	8.0	8.0	1.25	1663	-32.4
31	Tirziman, Rudolf	1945	IRL	+42N	F	−4B	F	+14B	2.0	6.0	6.0	2.50	1987	+5.2
32	ORourke, Emmet	1939	IRL	+41N	F	F	−8B	+37N	2.0	5.0	5.0	1.50	2077	+5.4
33	Salmin, Vitaliy	1802	IRL	F	+34N	F	+11B	F	2.0	4.5	4.5	4.50	2770	+28.8
34	Nelson, Jacob	1919	IRL	=22N	−33B	+29B	−14N	−35B	1.5	8.5	10.0	3.00	1625	-31.0
35	Thomas Boby, Aiden	1839	IRL	=15N	−13B	−25B	F	+34N	1.5	8.5	8.5	2.75	1823	-4.8
36	Cummins, Finn	1896	IRL	−40B	F	F	=29N	+41B	1.5	3.5	3.5	1.50	1508	-19.8
37	Greenan, Darragh	1845	IRL	−17B	−12N	F	+46N	−32B	1.0	6.5	6.5	0.00	1751	-18.4
38	Duan, Yinan	1952	IRL	−29B	=25N	F	=26N	F	1.0	6.0	6.0	2.00	1710	-38.8
39	Liu, Murray	1860	IRL	−19B	−23N	F	−17N	+46B	1.0	6.0	6.0	0.00	1815	-9.2
40	McDonnell, Joseph A.	1631	IRL	+36N	F	F	F	F	1.0	3.5	3.5	1.50	2697	+16.4
41	Punuru, Karthik Srikrishna	0	IRL	−32B	−26N	F	=30B	−36N	0.5	7.5	7.5	1.00	1574	0.0
42	Latorre, Leo	1531	IRL	−31B	−24N	−27B	F	−28N	0.0	8.0	8.0	0.00	1089	-17.6
43	Cogelja, Mihovil Niko	1839	IRL	F	−11B	−22N	F	F	0.0	6.5	6.5	0.00	1220	-10.4
44	FIDE 2546280	0	—	−5N	F	F	F	F	0.0	5.5	5.5	0.00	1136	0.0
45	FIDE 2543320	0	—	−28N	−30B	F	F	F	0.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	1108	0.0
46	Nichenametla V, Advaith	1953	IRL	−20N	F	F	−37B	−39N	0.0	4.0	4.0	0.00	1038	-78.8
47	Lane, Alan	1714	IRL	−21N	F	F	F	F	0.0	3.0	3.0	0.00	1055	-6.2

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Kelbas, DariyUKR
+54.4
2.5 pts · #11
2Menon, SanjayIRL
+45.2
3.5 pts · #6
3Salmin, VitaliyIRL
+28.8
2.0 pts · #17

Top rating losers

1Nichenametla V, AdvaithIRL
-78.8
0.0 pts · #46
2Duan, YinanIRL
-38.8
1.0 pts · #35
3Salin, RohanIRL
-32.4
2.0 pts · #40

Biggest upsets

R1+265 Elo gap
McDonnell, Joseph A.1631 beat Cummins, Finn1896
R4+221 Elo gap
Cummins, Sean1874 beat Melaugh, Gavin2095
R4+218 Elo gap
Salmin, Vitaliy1802 beat CMSidney, Will2020