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Drogheda Chess Congress 2026 - Fox Major

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30 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. Top 10 Elo average was 1727, and top seed was Yuvan Pradeep Kumar (🇮🇪 IRL, 1791).

Aken Pinitha Palihawadana (🇮🇪 IRL, 1615) won with 5.5/6, ahead of Eoin Dunne (4.5) and Peter J. Lynch (4.0). Palihawadana took the lead from round 4.

The biggest upset came in round 3: Kevin Fitzpatrick (1579) beat Carl O` Connor (1762), a +183-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
🇮🇪Yuvan Pradeep Kumar1791
Avg top 10
1,727
Participants
30
Federations · 1 represented
🇮🇪Ireland×29
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 6 rounds

Aken Pinitha Palihawadana led from R4; +1.0-point edge over the runner-up.

Co-leaders
13
4
4
1
1
1
1.534.56R1R2R3R4R5R6
Palihawadana5.5Dunne4.5Lynch4O`rourke4Akobo4Pentony4
R4–R6 · LEAD HELD

Aken Pinitha Palihawadana never relinquished the lead after R4; final gap +1.0 over the runner-up.

R3–R6 · WIN STREAK

Aken Pinitha Palihawadana won 4 in a row (R3–R6).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers
Player1234
1Aken Pinitha Palihawadana*—
1
1
2Eoin Dunne—*
0
—
3Peter J. Lynch
0
1
*—
4Alex O`rourke
0
——*

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5R6PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1Palihawadana, Aken Pinitha1615IRL+9N=12B+14N+7B+4B+3N5.518.021.019.502094+124.8
2Dunne, Eoin1705IRL+15B−3N+16B+6N=8B+13N4.517.520.514.751778+15.2
3Lynch, Peter J.1643IRL+26B+2B=7N=13N+19B−1B4.019.020.511.751799+25.4
4O`rourke, Alex1697IRLF+21B+8N+12B−1N+10B4.018.020.012.501917+27.4
5Pentony, Liam1653IRL+11B−7N+26B=8B=9N+15N4.017.018.511.501715+14.0
6Akobo, D N1631IRL+22B+19B−13N−2B+7N+12B4.016.518.511.001832+64.8
7Greenan, Paul1694IRL+20N+5B=3B−1N−6B+19N3.520.022.511.001713+3.6
8Johnston, Owen1761IRL+16B+10N−4B=5N=2N=9B3.519.522.512.501685-10.4
9Pradeep Kumar, Yuvan1791IRL−1B+29N=27B+11N=5B=8N3.518.018.08.001626-42.4
10Kunder, Agasthya1578IRL+17B−8B+24N+14N=13B−4N3.516.518.59.501714+45.6
11FIDE 25486740—−5N+28B=21N−9B+27B+22N3.513.514.55.7516890.0
12Kesare, Aarav1719IRL+29B=1N+22B−4N=15B−6N3.018.518.56.251635-22.4
13Barry, Kieran1698IRL+24NF+6B=3B=10N−2B3.018.018.09.751705+1.2
14Qiao, Jingxuan1611IRL+18NF−1B−10B+20N+16B3.017.517.58.501626+3.2
15Zele, Christopher0IRL−2N+18B=19N+21B=12N−5B3.017.019.58.251690-15.6
16Cashin, Stephen0IRL−8N+17B−2N+23B+22B−14N3.016.018.07.001660-38.0
17Duppalapudi, Shreyansh1570IRL−10N−16N+29B=20B=26N+23B3.012.512.54.001673+28.0
18Bryan, Sean1633IRL−14B−15N−20N+29B+30N+24N3.010.510.52.001605-6.4
19Roe, Gordon1720IRL+23B−6N=15B+28N−3N−7B2.516.517.54.501559-22.2
20Courtney, Adam1676IRL−7B−26N+18B=17N−14B+29N2.514.014.04.501551-42.0
21Amrolan, Jayden1711IRL+30B−4N=11B−15N−25B+26N2.514.014.03.251566-23.2
22Baczkowski, Stefan1704IRL−6N+23B−12N+24B−16N−11B2.015.517.54.001642-6.8
23Divilly, Paddy1609IRL−19N−22N+30B−16N+28B−17N2.011.511.51.001450-16.2
24Scott, Shay1607IRL−13B+30N−10B−22N+29N−18B2.011.511.50.001388-27.2
25O` Connor, Carl1762IRLFF−28N+30B+21NF2.07.57.52.501645-12.4
26Kurochkin, Nikodim1614IRL−3N+20B−5N−27N=17B−21B1.516.017.54.001445-52.4
27Butler, Jp1574IRLFF=9N+26B−11NF1.58.58.53.251896+33.6
28Fitzpatrick, Kevin1579IRLF−11N+25B−19B−23NF1.010.010.02.001572-0.6
29Brearley, Thierry1526IRL−12N−9B−17N−18N−24B−20B0.015.017.00.00866-38.2
30Turcin, Tara0IRL−21N−24B−23N−25N−18BF0.011.511.50.00864-129.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets