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Ennis Congres Over 1900

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33 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 05 Jun 2026 to 07 Jun 2026 in Ennis, Ireland. 9 titled players from 5 federations. Top 10 Elo average was 2173, and top seed was Jacob Flynn (🇮🇪 IRL, CM, 2263).

Oleg Gubanov (🇮🇪 IRL, IM, 2261) won with 4.5/5, ahead of Shane Melaugh (4.0) and Jacob Flynn (4.0). Gubanov won solo starting round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 1: Jan Thomas Nordgreen (1934) beat Colm Daly (FM, 2165), a +231-point gap.

Location
🇮🇪Ennis, Ireland
Dates
05 Jun 2026 → 07 Jun 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇪CMJacob Flynn2263
Avg top 10
2,173
Participants
33
Titled players · 9
IM×2
FM×4
CM×2
WFM×1
Federations · 5 represented
🇮🇪Ireland×29
🇪🇸Spain×1
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
🇵🇱Poland×1
🇬🇧England×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

IM Oleg Gubanov led from R4; +0.5-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
15
7
2
1
1
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5
Gubanov4.5Flynn4Melaugh4Baker4Daly3.5Bartczak3.5
R4–R5 · LEAD HELD

IM Oleg Gubanov held the sole lead from R4 through R5 without losing it.

R4 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

IM Oleg Gubanov beat CM Jacob Flynn (White).

WIN STREAKS · 2 top finishers

IM Oleg Gubanov 4 wins (R1–R4)CM Jacob Flynn 3 wins (R1–R3)

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1IMOleg Gubanov*
1
½
—
2CMJacob Flynn
0
*——
3FMShane Melaugh
½
—*
½
4IMChris W Baker——
½
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Gubanov, OlegIM2261IRL+10N+5B+9N+3B=2N4.514.517.515.502479+10.7
2Melaugh, ShaneFM2223IRL+26B+11N=4B+15N=1B4.014.015.511.252285+8.6
3Flynn, JacobCM2263IRL+32B+14N+19B−1N+8B4.012.512.58.002309+7.0
4Baker, Chris WIM2161ENG+33N+25B=2N=8B+9N4.011.511.58.002250+11.2
5Freeman, GordonFM2045IRL+20B−1N+11B+19N=12B3.512.514.58.502215+22.6
6Bartczak, Korneliusz2130IRL+28B=15N=8N=10B+16N3.511.012.58.252113-2.8
7Daly, ColmFM2165IRL−11B+27N+31B=12N+15B3.510.010.05.502081-8.8
8Thomas Boby, Aiden1900IRL+22B+12N=6B=4N−3N3.014.516.58.752210+78.0
9Murray, Benjamin2075IRL+27B+13N−1B+14N−4B3.014.516.07.502108+5.0
10Sheehan, Conor1958IRL−1B+20N+22B=6N=13B3.013.015.07.252115+40.4
11Nordgreen, Jan Thomas1934ESP+7N−2B−5N+27B+23N3.013.014.57.002133+25.8
12Sidney, WillCM2051IRL+21N−8B+25N=7B=5N3.012.013.57.002055+1.2
13OBrien, James Joseph1857IRL+23N−9B+24N=17B=10N3.010.512.56.752068+56.8
14O`reilly, Conor2017IRL+31N−3B+21N−9B+29N3.010.510.53.502078+16.4
15Jagic, Jakov1920IRL+16N=6B+17N−2B−7N2.513.516.06.752124+51.2
16Melaugh, Gavin2111IRL−15B=26N+28B+32N−6B2.59.09.02.251977-17.6
17O`Gorman, Alice1991IRLF+30N−15B=13N+19B2.58.08.04.002053+6.0
18Quinn, RoryFM2119IRL−25N−29B+26B=20N+31B2.56.56.52.501912-26.4
19O`cuilleanain, Oisin2206IRL+29N+24B−3N−5B−17N2.012.013.53.501969-30.4
20Leichert, Piotr1878POL−5N−10B+33N=18B=21N2.011.011.02.251914+4.0
21Goss, Alex1881IRL−12B+32N−14B=26N=20B2.09.59.51.751899+2.0
22Petrenko, MarynaWFM2087IRL−8N+33B−10N+25B−24N2.09.59.51.501862-60.4
23Comley, Jamie1992IRL−13B=28N=30B+31N−11B2.08.08.01.001816-24.0
24Hughes, Padraig1962IRLF−19N−13B+30N+22B2.07.57.52.501999+3.4
25Gallagher, Brian1922IRL+18B−4N−12B−22N=26B1.511.513.03.251924-0.6
26Healy, Tom1947IRL−2N=16B−18N=21B=25N1.511.012.53.001902-6.8
27Du Berry, Ross1882IRL−9N−7B+32B−11N=28B1.511.011.00.751864-3.2
28Higgins, Kenneth1929IRL−6N=23B−16N=29B=27N1.59.511.02.501862-9.2
29Kelbas, Dariy1942UKR−19B+18NF=28N−14B1.59.09.03.251981+5.2
30Salmin, Vitaliy1847IRLF−17B=23N−24BF0.56.56.51.001709-9.2
31Kurochkin, Iaromir1871IRL−14BF−7N−23B−18N0.011.011.00.001273-39.2
32Dunne, Thomas Junior1960IRL−3N−21B−27N−16BF0.010.010.00.001234-33.2
33Morriss, Pete1929IRL−4B−22N−20BFF0.08.58.50.001242-21.4

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets