Location	The Auditorium, Education Building, St. Patrick's Campus, Drumcondra, DCU
Start date	2026-02-20
End date	2026-02-22
Prize fund	€3,000
Sections	Open, Major(1900-1650), Challengers(u1650)
Contact	Julia Meza, 0838561667
Flyer	IV_DCU_CHESS_OPEN.pdf
Category	Irish
FIDE Rated?	Yes
Time Control(s)	Classical
Notes
5 round FIDE and ICU rated classical tournament. Open and Major: 90+30. Challengers: 60+30. 3 sections: Open Championship - Open to all ratings. Major - 1650-1900 ICU & FIDE. Challengers - Under 1650 ICU & FIDE. R1 Friday 7pm (All) R2 Saturday 10am (All) R3 Saturday 2pm (Challengers) 3pm (Open & Major) R4 Sunday 10am (All) R5 2pm (Challengers) 3pm (Open & Major) Side Event: https://www.irish-go.org/2026/01/03/leinster-open-2026/

Enter Tournament

€35.00	Open Standard Entry Fee Sections: Open
€25.00	Open Student/u18 Entry Fee Sections: Open
€35.00	Major Standard Entry Fee Sections: Major(1900-1650)
€25.00	Major Student/u18 Entry Fee Sections: Major(1900-1650)
€35.00	Challengers Standard Entry Fee Sections: Challengers(u1650)
€25.00	Challengers Student/u18 Entry Fee Sections: Challengers(u1650)

Entries

Open 5 entries

2362 FM Oleg Artemenko

2217 CM Shane Melaugh

2036 Alice O'Gorman

1970 Rudolf Tirziman

1135 Marin Larmagnac

Major(1900-1650) 10 entries

1863 Aiden Thomas Boby

1856 Alexander Kozlov

1827 James Joseph Obrien

1810 Darragh Greenan

1808 Shaurya Dash

1764 Saiansh Biswal

1730 Angel Mariya Boby

1714 Aken Pinitha Palihawadana

1708 Paul Greenan

1363 Pritesh Kumar

Challengers(u1650) 12 entries

1570 Andrew Conneely

1569 Reece Hickey

1565 Danyil Siruk

1554 Nikolai Dimitrov

1554 David Greenan

1534 Shrey Bhardwaj

1380 Tym Ger

1354 Theo Scanlan Gleeson

1225 Rohan Megadi-Walia

Na Syms

Niklas Meier

Emir Abiltarov