Location	Cavan Crystal Hotel
Start date	2026-03-07
End date	2026-03-08
Prize fund	€3,000
Sections	Masters, Major, Challengers
Contact	Tony McMahon
Event website	www.cavanchesscongress.com
Pairings URL	s3.chess-results.com/Tnr1367839.aspx?lan=1&SNode=S0
livechesscloud.com broadcast URL	view.livechesscloud.com/#b9e02423-9205-4b68-b6c0-ac4fdb2b231f
lichess.org broadcast URL	lichess.org/broadcast/cavan-chess-congress-2026-masters/round-1/jORp6P5s#boards
Flyer	Cavan_Chess_Congress_2026_Flyer.pdf
Category	Irish
FIDE Rated?	Yes
Time Control(s)	Classical
Notes
The Masters event is a 4 round FIDE rated event. The Major and Challengers are ICU rated. The Masters rounds are Saturday: (Rd. 1) 11am; (Rd. 2) 4pm & Sunday: (Rd. 3) 10am; (Rd.4) 3pm. The round-times for the Challengers and Major are Saturday: (Rd. 1) 10.30 am; (Rd. 2) 2.30pm; (Rd. 3) 6.30pm & Sunday (Rd. 4) 10.30am; (Rd. 5) 14.30pm Challengers: Unrated to 1550 Elo 5 rounds, ICU rated Time control: 75 mins plus 15 seconds increment Major: 1500 – 1900 Elo 5 rounds, ICU rated. Time control: 75 mins plus 15 seconds increment Masters: 1850+ Elo 4 rounds, ICU & FIDE rated. Time control: 90 mins plus 30 seconds increment. Kids Unrated Beginner’s Rapid: Sunday 12-3pm; 6 rounds 10 Euros (enter & pay cash on the day)

Entries

Masters 26 entries

2383 FM Oleg Artemenko

2303 CM Jacob Flynn

2302 GM Alexander Baburin

2295 IM Mark Quinn

2265 CM Shane Melaugh

2227 Oisin O'Cuilleanain

2220 FM Jason Liu

2192 FM Colm Daly

2138 Korneliusz Bartczak

2136 WFM Maryna Petrenko

2088 CM Will Sidney

2049 Alice O'Gorman

2011 Arthur Moull

2010 Sean Cummins

1990 Dariy Kelbas

1963 Niall Fitzgerald

1957 Fiachra Moore

1943 Sreeyan Andhurthi

1932 Oleksii Rai

1909 Alex Goss

1898 Martin Fitzgerald

1894 Dara T. Murphy

1879 Gabor Bolkeny

1867 Ayaansh Mulukutla

1866 Andrew Brennan

1853 John Loughran

Major 24 entries

1933 Murray Liu

1909 Angel Mariya Boby

1890 Aiden Thomas Boby

1883 George White

1872 Donal O'Boyle

1847 James Danaher

1790 Marius Antohi

1755 Pat McCarrick

1749 Thomas Syms

1749 Frank Doyle

1742 Stefan Baczkowski

1705 Lorena Putar

1701 Aurelio Tornero

1696 Sean McCarrick

1660 Kaivalya Patil

1653 Dominykas Venskus

1642 Thierry Brearley

1617 Dylan Prenderville

1560 Reece Hickey

1523 Frank Pentony

1517 Nikolai Dimitrov

1515 Oisin McDonnell

1474 Karl-Heinz Rinne

1332 Riyansh Potru

Challengers 23 entries

1734 Tara Turcin

1571 Erica Bermingham

1527 Eva Sharma

1460 Dylan Booysen

1391 Oleh Babak

1372 Rohan Megadi-Walia

1362 Nevan Bharambe

1359 David Emmo

1275 Saicharan Jaiganesh

1147 Monish Rawal

1134 Anita Atelj Turcin

1121 Siddhant Dhake

1098 Maria Rojo

1087 Rokas Jurgutis

1061 Sandesh Rajashekara

1057 Pravallika Ram

1037 Kevin Castelino

1006 Anvita Ramesh Nair

952 Maharanth Senthilraja

947 Na Syms

921 Tanush Mohan

870 Niamh Bermingham

731 Apra Rawal