2026 Malahide Millennium Tournament - Intermediate

Open SwissStandard

47 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 02 May 2026 to 04 May 2026 in Clayton Hotel, Dublin Airport, Corballis, Co. Dublin, K67 H5H9, Ireland, Ireland. 6 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 0.

Murray Liu (🇮🇪 IRL, 0) won with 5.0/6, ahead of Eric Bennett (5.0) and Saiansh Biswal (4.5). Liu won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

Location

🇮🇪Clayton Hotel, Dublin Airport, Corballis, Co. Dublin, K67 H5H9, Ireland, Ireland

Dates

02 May 2026 → 04 May 2026

Time control

Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1

System

Swiss · 6 rounds

Avg top 10

Participants

Federations · 6 represented

🇮🇪Ireland×41

🇬🇷Greece×2

🇳🇱Netherlands×1

🇹🇷Turkiye×1

🇱🇹Lithuania×1

🇬🇧England×1

Top 3

🥇
Murray Liu
🇮🇪IRL
5.0pts·1975perf+31.6
🥈
Eric Bennett
🇮🇪IRL
5.0pts·1997perf+15.8
🥉
Saiansh Biswal
🇮🇪IRL
4.5pts·2000perf+64.4

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 5.0/6, decided on Buchholz. Title race narrowed from 3 co-leaders at R4 to 2 at the finish.

Co-leaders

Liu5Bennett5Mariya Boby4.5Biswal4.5Mac Carthaigh4Zilevicius4— ex-leaders:Turcinled R3, #7

R5 · LEADER CHANGE04 May

Saiansh Biswal takes the sole lead (4.5/5).

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 5.0/6. Liu takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (20.0).

R2–R4 · WIN STREAK

Angel Mariya Boby won 3 in a row (R2–R4).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Player	1	2	3	4
1Murray Liu	*	—	½	½
2Eric Bennett	—	*	—	1
3Angel Mariya Boby	½	—	*	—
4Saiansh Biswal	½	0	—	*

Grille américaine

#	Player	Fed	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	Pts	Bu C1	Bu	SB	Perf	Δ
1	Liu, Murray	IRL	+27B	+19N	=3B	+9B	=4N	+5N	5.0	20.0	22.5	18.00	1975	+31.6
2	Bennett, Eric	IRL	+44N	=18B	+25N	=14B	+9N	+3B	5.0	17.5	18.0	14.75	1997	+15.8
3	Biswal, Saiansh	IRL	+29B	+8B	=1N	+13B	+11N	−2N	4.5	21.5	24.0	16.50	2000	+64.4
4	Mariya Boby, Angel	IRL	=21N	+39B	+28N	+6B	=1B	=7N	4.5	18.5	19.5	13.50	1966	+61.2
5	Zilevicius, Mantas	LTU	+30N	−13B	+38N	+16B	+18N	−1B	4.0	17.5	18.5	10.00	1867	+26.0
6	Thomas Boby, Aiden	IRL	+20N	=25B	+24B	−4N	=10B	+18N	4.0	17.0	19.5	11.75	1903	+18.8
7	Mac Carthaigh, Padraig	IRL	=32N	+34B	=18N	+8B	=14N	=4B	4.0	17.0	19.0	12.50	1853	+26.0
8	Fitzgerald, Martin	IRL	+47B	−3N	+20B	−7N	+26B	+19N	4.0	17.0	17.0	8.50	1863	-0.8
9	Turcin, Tara	IRL	+43B	+41N	+22B	−1N	−2B	+36N	4.0	16.0	16.5	6.50	1825	0.0
10	Taaffe, Paul	IRL	−14N	=40N	+35B	+32B	=6N	+13B	4.0	15.0	16.0	10.00	1874	-0.6
11	White, Chris	ENG	+46B	−24N	+33B	+19N	−3B	+21N	4.0	15.0	15.0	8.00	1842	+2.6
12	Putar, Lorena	IRL	−19B	+27N	−34B	+40N	+33B	+24N	4.0	12.0	13.0	8.00	1770	+64.8
13	Novak, Vjekoslav	IRL	+15B	+5N	=14B	−3N	+24B	−10N	3.5	19.5	22.0	11.75	1831	-2.0
14	Herring, Jack	IRL	+10B	+17B	=13N	=2N	=7B	—	3.5	16.5	20.0	13.75	1985	+31.6
15	Nielsen, Robert	IRL	−13N	+30B	=16N	+25B	−17N	+28B	3.5	15.5	18.0	9.25	1835	+20.6
16	McGrady, Seth	IRL	−24B	+29N	=15B	−5N	+27B	+26N	3.5	15.0	17.5	9.25	1760	-9.0
17	Buckley, Gerard	IRL	+26B	−14N	+40B	=24N	+15B	—	3.5	12.0	13.0	8.25	1835	+2.6
18	Johannesson, Bjorn	NED	+42B	=2N	=7B	+22N	−5B	−6B	3.0	20.0	20.5	8.00	1762	+5.6
19	Bayrak, Beril	TUR	+12N	−1B	+37N	−11B	+31N	−8B	3.0	19.5	21.0	8.00	1723	+3.8
20	Greenan, Paul	IRL	−6B	+23N	−8N	=21B	=32N	+35B	3.0	16.0	18.0	7.50	1706	+1.8
21	Barry, Kieran	IRL	=4B	−36N	+42B	=20N	+34B	−11B	3.0	15.5	16.0	6.25	1734	+5.6
22	Putar, Slavko	IRL	+35N	+38B	−9N	−18B	−28N	+32B	3.0	13.5	14.5	5.00	1732	-7.4
23	Lynch, Peter J.	IRL	−25N	−20B	−32N	+43B	+38N	+39B	3.0	9.5	10.0	2.50	1657	+2.0
24	Purcell, Kyle	IRL	+16N	+11B	−6N	=17B	−13N	−12B	2.5	19.0	22.5	9.25	1722	-20.4
25	Macdonagh, Alan	IRL	+23B	=6N	−2B	−15N	F	+33N	2.5	17.5	17.5	7.00	1737	-8.2
26	McCourt, Evan	IRL	−17N	+43B	=31N	+28B	−8N	−16B	2.5	16.0	16.5	4.25	1709	-1.0
27	Bermingham, Adam D.	IRL	−1N	−12B	=30N	+38B	−16N	+42B	2.5	16.0	16.5	2.75	1609	-16.4
28	Dash, Shaurya	IRL	=34N	+32B	−4B	−26N	+22B	−15N	2.5	15.5	17.5	6.00	1649	-44.0
29	Sykaras, Alexandros	GRE	−3N	−16B	=43N	+30B	=37N	=31B	2.5	14.5	15.0	4.75	1621	+1.8
30	Divilly, Paddy	IRL	−5B	−15N	=27B	−29N	+42N	+38B	2.5	13.5	14.0	2.75	1597	-2.6
31	O Hanlon, Joe	IRL	=40B	=33N	=26B	=34N	−19B	=29N	2.5	12.0	13.0	5.00	1590	-22.0
32	Ozolins, Ronaldo	IRL	=7B	−28N	+23B	−10N	=20B	−22N	2.0	17.0	19.5	6.50	1638	+18.0
33	O`Sullivan, Tom	IRL	=39N	=31B	−11N	+37B	−12N	−25B	2.0	14.5	15.5	3.25	1564	-9.8
34	Deneher, Jimmy	IRL	=28B	−7N	+12N	=31B	−21N	—	2.0	13.5	16.0	6.50	1634	-6.0
35	Qiao, Jingxuan	IRL	−22B	=45N	−10N	+42B	=39B	−20N	2.0	11.5	12.0	1.25	1617	+0.4
36	Whalley, Anthony	IRL	F	+21B	F	+39N	F	−9B	2.0	8.0	8.0	4.00	2501	+12.4
37	Brearley, Thierry	IRL	−41B	+47N	−19B	−33N	=29B	—	1.5	8.5	8.5	1.25	1549	+1.8
38	Scott, Shay	IRL	+45B	−22N	−5B	−27N	−23B	−30N	1.0	15.0	15.5	0.50	1432	-24.4
39	Baczkowski, Stefan	IRL	=33B	−4N	F	−36B	=35N	−23N	1.0	13.5	13.5	2.00	1458	-30.8
40	Prenderville, Dylan	IRL	=31N	=10B	−17N	−12B	—	—	1.0	11.5	14.0	3.25	1551	0.0
41	Cullen, Sean	IRL	+37N	−9B	—	—	—	—	1.0	4.0	5.5	1.50	2326	+3.2
42	O`reilly, Gerard	IRL	−18N	=44B	−21N	−35N	−30B	−27N	0.5	13.0	13.5	0.25	1276	-36.4
43	Martin, Desmond	IRL	−9N	−26N	=29B	−23N	—	—	0.5	9.5	12.0	1.25	1378	-12.8
44	Donohoe, Eugene	IRL	−2B	=42N	—	—	—	—	0.5	5.0	5.5	0.25	1535	-9.2
45	Frost, Robert	IRL	−38N	=35B	—	—	—	—	0.5	2.0	3.0	1.00	1416	-18.8
46	Lane, Alan	IRL	−11N	F	F	—	—	—	0.0	5.0	5.0	0.00	1026	-6.6
47	Michailidis, Dimosthenis	GRE	−8N	−37B	—	—	—	—	0.0	4.0	5.5	0.00	897	-22.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers

1Putar, LorenaIRL
+64.8
4.0 pts · #17
2Biswal, SaianshIRL
+64.4
4.5 pts · #2
3Mariya Boby, AngelIRL
+61.2
4.5 pts · #1

Top rating losers

1Dash, ShauryaIRL
-44.0
2.5 pts · #30
2O`reilly, GerardIRL
-36.4
0.5 pts · #43
3Baczkowski, StefanIRL
-30.8
1.0 pts · #40