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Knights of Eanna Club Championship 2026

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18 players participated in this 5-round tournament, held from 12 Jun 2026 to 14 Jun 2026 in Colaiste Eanna, Hillside Park, Rathfarnham D16 E248 Co Dublin, Ireland. 3 federations represented. Top 10 Elo average was 1873, and top seed was Malo McDermott (🇮🇪 IRL, 2092).

Malo McDermott (🇮🇪 IRL, 2092) won with 4.0/5, ahead of Eoin Harrington (4.0) and Ayaansh Mulukutla (3.5). McDermott won on tie-break after catching the field in the final round.

The biggest upset came in round 2: Ganesh Katuri (1190) beat Cillian McBrien (1537), a +347-point gap.

Location
🇮🇪Colaiste Eanna, Hillside Park, Rathfarnham D16 E248 Co Dublin, Ireland
Dates
12 Jun 2026 → 14 Jun 2026
Time control
Standard: 75 minutes with 30 seconds increment from move 1
System
Swiss · 5 rounds
Top seed
🇮🇪Malo McDermott2092
Avg top 10
1,873
Participants
18
Federations · 3 represented
🇮🇪Ireland×16
🇮🇱Israel×1
🇮🇳India×1
Top 3

How it unfolded

Top 6 · 5 rounds

Tight race until R5; 2 players tied at 4.0/5, decided on Buchholz.

Co-leaders
9
3
1
1
2
1.52.545R1R2R3R4R5Mulukutla takes lead
Harrington4McDermott4Mulukutla3.5O`reilly3.5Jain3Putar3— ex-leaders:Ryanled R3, #11
R4 · LEADER CHANGE14 Jun

Ayaansh Mulukutla takes the sole lead (3.5/4).

R5 · TIEBREAK CLUSTER

2 players finish on 4.0/5. McDermott takes the title on Buchholz Cut1 (13.0).

R1–R5 · WIN STREAK

Eoin Harrington won 4 in a row (R1–R5).

Key matchups · top 4

Head-to-head between the four finishers

Grille américaine

#PlayerEloFedR1R2R3R4R5PtsBu C1BuSBPerfΔ
1McDermott, Malo2092IRL+8B=3N=4B+6N+5B4.013.016.012.502016+7.2
2Harrington, Eoin2019IRL+12B+6NF+7N+3B4.011.511.511.502520+18.4
3Mulukutla, Ayaansh1859IRL+10N=1B+5N+11B2N3.513.015.09.001954+36.4
4O`reilly, Conor2079IRL+18N5B=1N+13B+7B3.512.012.07.001926-14.0
5Arpita Jain1923IND+9B+4N3B+16N1N3.013.514.57.001885+16.0
6Putar, Lorena1706IRL+15N2B+14N1B+10N3.011.012.04.001806+44.0
7Ryan, Joshua1943IRL+17N+11B+16N2B4N3.010.511.03.501854-3.0
8Lynch, Peter J.1665IRL1N=10B=17N+14B+11N3.09.09.54.251818+15.6
9McBrien, Cillian1537IRL5N14B=15N+17B+16B2.56.06.52.001568+5.2
10Sharma, Eva1512IRL3B=8N=13B+12N6B2.011.513.54.501555-1.2
11Goggins, David1767IRL+13B7N+12B3N8B2.011.513.54.001608-18.6
12Zou, Nuoheng1613IRL2N+15B11N10B+14N2.09.010.02.001612+9.6
13Benson, Louis1474IRL11N+17B=10N4N=15B2.08.59.02.001498-1.6
14Katuri, Ganesh1190IRL16B+9N6B8N12B1.010.511.52.501371-53.2
15Chen, Xinmin1401IRL6B12N=9BF=13N1.09.59.52.251355-46.0
16Curtis, John W.1679IRL+14NF7B5B9N1.09.59.51.001500-20.0
17Bermingham, Erica1571IRL7B13N=8B9NF0.510.510.51.5013180.0
18Marchenko, Alexey1615ISR4BFFFF0.03.53.50.001138-1.6

Key insights

Biggest movers and upsets — the story behind the numbers.

Top rating gainers
Top rating losers
Biggest upsets