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Drogheda Chess Congress 2026 - OBoyle Championship

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24 players participated in this 6-round tournament, held from 30 May 2026 to 01 Jun 2026 in St Marys Parish Primary School, Bryanstown, Drogheda A92 XD80, Ireland. 4 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1868, and top seed was Darragh Greenan (🇮🇪 IRL, 1911).

Illia Smoliarenko (🇺🇦 UKR, 1855) won with 4.5/6, ahead of Jacob Nelson (4.5) and James Kavanagh (4.0). Smoliarenko won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 6: Shane Corry (1766) beat Darragh Greenan (1911), a +145-point gap.

Location
🇮🇪St Marys Parish Primary School, Bryanstown, Drogheda A92 XD80, Ireland
Dates
30 May 2026 → 01 Jun 2026
Time control
Standard: 90 minutes with 30 second increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 6 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇪Darragh Greenan1911
Avg top 10
1,868
Participants
24
Federations · 4 represented
🇮🇪Ireland×21
🇺🇦Ukraine×1
🇹🇷Turkiye×1
🇬🇧England×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Tight race until R6; 2 players tied at 4.5/6, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
8
2
1
1
1
2
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6Nelson takes lead
Smoliarenko4.5Nelson4.5White4Kavanagh4Kurochkin3.5Bayrak3.5
R4 · LEADER CHANGE31 May

Jacob Nelson takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

R6 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.5/6. Smoliarenko takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (17.0).

R5 · HEAD-TO-HEAD · WINNER VS 2ND

Illia Smoliarenko drew with Jacob Nelson (White).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Illia Smoliarenko*
½
——
2Jacob Nelson
½
*
½
1
3George White—
½
*
1
4James Kavanagh—
0
0
*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Smoliarenko, Illia1855UKR+6N=14B=5N+13B=2B+10N4.517.019.514.251999+22.0
2Nelson, Jacob1905IRL=21B+20N+16B+3B=1N=4N4.516.518.013.002050+22.2
3Kavanagh, James1874IRL+18B+13N+9B−2N−4B+11N4.017.019.511.001970+15.2
4White, George1870IRLF+24B=14N+5B+3N=2B4.015.015.011.502051+44.8
5Bayrak, Beril1700TUR+12B=16N=1B−4N+13N=7B3.517.520.010.751909+34.0
6Corry, Shane1766IRL−1B=19N+20B+15B−10N+9N3.514.516.07.751877+18.4
7Kurochkin, Iaromir1861IRL=15B−21N+11B+19N=9B=5N3.513.515.09.001842-4.4
8Kelly, Hugh1722IRL−16B+12N−13B=23N+19B+17N3.512.012.57.251863+47.2
9Greenan, Darragh1911IRL+17B+11N−3N=10B=7N−6B3.017.019.58.751806-34.0
10White, Nicole1797IRLF=15N+18B=9N+6B−1B3.016.016.08.751872+20.8
11Purcell, Kyle1785IRL+22B−9B−7N+18N+14B−3B3.015.517.06.501842+18.8
12Biswal, Saiansh1795IRL−5N−8B=17N+24B+23N=14N3.012.513.03.501752-14.0
13Loughran, John1843IRL+23B−3B+8N−1N−5B=18N2.518.018.55.251722-20.4
14Mulukutla, Ayaansh1825IRL+19B=1N=4B−16N−11N=12B2.517.018.57.251775-18.0
15Keers, Shane1711IRL=7N=10B=22B−6N−17N+23B2.514.014.54.501737+7.6
16Boyle, Bernard1888IRL+8N=5B−2N+14BFF2.514.014.07.751883-0.6
17O Hanlon, Joe1751IRL−9N−22N=12B+20N+15B−8B2.513.515.05.501745-2.0
18Baczkowski, Piotr1756IRL−3N+23B−10N−11B+24N=13B2.513.013.52.251745-2.4
19Armstrong, Fred1797IRL−14N=6B+24N−7B−8N−20B1.514.515.02.251602-30.2
20O`Boyle, Donal1847IRL=24N−2B−6N−17BF+19N1.512.512.51.751645-27.2
21Buckley, Gerard1807IRL=2N+7BFFFF1.58.08.05.752076+14.2
22White, Chris1826ENG−11N+17B=15NFFF1.58.08.03.751749-6.4
23Su, Tengle Alvin1764IRL−13N−18NF=8B−12B−15N0.514.014.01.751399-79.6
24Wieczorek, Jarek1749IRL=20B−4N−19B−12N−18BF0.512.512.50.751447-62.8

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets