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City of Belfast Tournament 2026

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31 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 02 May 2026 to 04 May 2026 in Lisburn Chess Club, Longstone St, Lisburn BT28, Ireland. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1950, and top seed was Mandar Tahmankar (🇮🇳 IND, 2094).

Stephen P. Scannell (🇮🇪 IRL, 2034) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Ethan Cole (5.0) and Nicole White (4.5). Scannell shared the lead from round 1, winning on tie-break.

The biggest upset came in round 5: Florenz Schwalenberg (1800) beat Gareth Annesley (1918), a +118-point gap.

Location
🇮🇪Lisburn Chess Club, Longstone St, Lisburn BT28, Ireland
Dates
02 May 2026 → 04 May 2026
Time control
Standard: 75 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇳Mandar Tahmankar2094
Avg top 10
1,950
Participants
31
Federations · 3 represented
🇮🇪Ireland×26
🇮🇳India×1
🇩🇪Germany×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
14
4
1
1
1
2
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/6. Scannell takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (19.0).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Ethan Cole drew with Stephen P. Scannell (Black).

R1–R4 · WIN STREAK

Stephen P. Scannell won 4 in a row (R1–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Scannell, Stephen P.2034IRL+14B+5N+18B+19N=2B=3N5.019.021.516.752160+17.8
2Cole, Ethan2006IRL+22N=6B+13N+7B=1N+5B5.019.021.016.752141+38.0
3White, Nicole1797IRL+29B7N+16B+14N+15B=1B4.517.518.512.501994+52.0
4Campbell, Andrew1939IRL+26N=15B+6N=12B=10N+13B4.516.018.013.252015+12.0
5White, George1870IRL+27N1B+22N+9B+12N2N4.018.520.010.002010+38.0
6Edens, Jack1836IRL+20B=2N4B=8N+16B=12N3.519.021.511.251890+9.6
7Annesley, Gareth1918IRL+21N+3B=19B2N8B+20N3.518.020.010.251883-3.0
8Schwalenberg, Florenz1800GER+31N=9B10N=6B+7N=11B3.517.517.58.751865+8.6
9Landmark, Gabriel1987IRL+16B=8NF5N+14B+10B3.517.017.011.251955-3.2
10McClean, Caleb1888IRL+28B19N+8B+18N=4B9N3.516.517.59.251922+8.8
11Campbell, Peter1697IRL12N+30B=17N=13B+18B=8N3.515.015.07.251822+16.6
12Roberts, Danny1931IRL+11BF+15N=4N5B=6B3.018.518.510.501901-3.2
13Tripathi, Anayraj1819IRL=23N+24B2B=11N+21B4N3.017.019.06.751740-23.6
14Lavery, Robert1760IRL1N+27B+26N3B9N+23B3.017.018.55.501743-3.8
15Gould, Richard1804IRL+25B=4N12B+24N3N=18B3.016.518.57.501767-10.4
16King, Daniel1711IRL9N+31B3N+17B6N+25B3.016.516.55.001726+2.0
17Razbadauskas, Modestas1769IRL19B+28N=11B16N=20B+21N3.013.514.56.001681-13.6
18Moreland, Desmond1792IRL+30N+23B1N10B11N=15N2.517.017.03.501656-36.8
19Tahmankar, Mandar2094IND+17N+10B=7N1BFF2.515.015.08.251997-8.8
20Smylie, Sam1610IRL6N22B+31N+25B=17N7B2.514.014.03.501622+0.4
21Magee, Paddy1651IRL7B+29N24N+23B13N17B2.013.514.53.001490-40.8
22Spackman, Conor1732IRL2B+20N5BFF+24N2.013.513.54.501757+2.0
23Stinson, William James1604IRL=13B18N=28B21N+29B14N2.011.512.53.001434-14.2
24Dimitrov, Nikolai1542IRLF13N+21B15B+27N22B2.011.511.53.501559+1.0
25Banerjee, Aharshi1602IRL15N26B+30N20N+28B16N2.011.511.51.00894-60.4
26Goodfellow, Ruarai1652IRL4B+25N14B+29NFF2.010.510.53.001642-1.6
27Murphy, Jay0IRL5B14N29B+30N24B=28N1.511.011.00.509240.0
28Briggs, Dylan0IRL10N17B=23N?B25N=27B1.012.012.01.7513450.0
29FIDE 254836403N21B+27N26B23N?B1.012.012.01.508770.0
30FIDE 2548372018B11N25B27BFF0.09.59.50.008970.0
31FIDE 254835608B16N20B?NFF0.09.09.00.009010.0

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets