The Irish Junior Championships 2026

Location Coláiste Choilm, Ballincollig, Cork, P31NY77
Start date 2026-04-10
End date 2026-04-12
Sections u8,u10,u12,u14,u16,u19
Contact Andrew Kelly, 0879247241
Pairings URL s2.chess-results.com/tnr1332123.aspx?lan=1
Results URL s2.chess-results.com/tnr1332123.aspx?lan=1
Flyer Nationl_Junior_Championships_2026_-_flyer_-_v.1.1.pdf
Category Irish
FIDE Rated? Yes
Time Control(s) Classical , Rapid
Notes

Broadcasts

LATE ENTRIES

Online entries close at midnight on Thursday the 9th for u12+ and midnight Friday 10th for u10
Please text Andrew Kelly on 087 9247241 for a late entry link

Entry List

All entries at midnight on the 9th are now on Chess-Results.com

https://s2.chess-results.com/tnr1332123.aspx?lan=1

U19 and U16 competitions

In the event that there are insufficient players in the u16 or u19 section, the sections will be merged. An U16 player in such a combined section will be eligible to be awarded both the u16 and u19 title.

Travelling Byes -

if you are seeking a travelling bye (or a bye for any round) please inform the organiser (Andrew Kelly - 087 9247241) at least 1 hour before the scheduled time for that round.

All byes will be recorded here: https://www.icu.ie/articles/1199

ENTRY AT BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE

ICU Membership is required https://icu.ie/shop

Full details per flyer and https://www.icu.ie/articles/1182

International Representation

Players seeking to represent Ireland should note that participation in the Junior/Senior Championships in one of the two years preceding an international competition is required.

https://www.icu.ie/documents/27

FIDE Rating

U12 age group and upwards are FIDE and ICU Rated
U10 age group is ICU rated (insufficient players with existing FIDE rating)
U8 age group is unrated

HOTEL RATES

Cork Chess Club has obtained discount rates with family friendly hotels within 15 mins of the venue.

Talbot Hotel Ballincollig

https://talbot.corkihotel.com/

Twin Room - €159 per night -B&B
Family Room - 2 adults and 2 u12 - €209 per night - B&B

For families with older children or more than 2 children please ask the hotel directly for a quote

Cork International Hotel at Cork Airport

https://www.hotelsone.com/cork-hotels-ie/cork-international-hotel.html

Use discount code is CHESS26 to give a 15% off the Best Available Bed and Breakfast rate.

The rate will display at the top of the screen once the code is entered with a strike through and has Junior Chess Championship 2026 15% Discount displayed by the rate.

Should you prefer to book over the phone, they can quote the above code and our central reservations team will be able to help.

Clayton Hotel Silver Springs

https://www.claytonhotels.com/cork-silver-springs/

Discounted rates available – please contact our reservations team on [email protected] or 021 4507533

Please mention tournament when booking

City Centre Hotels - 10% discount from best rate

Maldron Hotel Shandon

www.maldronhotels.com/Shandon

Bookings can be made by email to [email protected] or phone 021-4529200

Use the code CHES100426 when booking.

Maldron Hotel South Mall

www.maldronhotelsouthmall.com

Bookings can be made by email to [email protected] or phone 021-2037000.

Just mention the tournament when booking.

Clayton Hotel Cork City

www.claytonhotelcorkcity.com

Bookings can be made by email to [email protected] or phone 021-4224900.

Just mention the tournament when booking.

Enter Tournament

€15.00 u8 Sections: u8, aged 7 or under
€25.00 u10 Sections: u10, aged 9 or under

Entries

u8 29 entries

978 Haru Morris

976 Aahil Mohammed

933 Hridhaan Patra

791 Tisya Singh

780 Aimy Rose Ramesh

731 Apra Rawal

Dmytro Poklonskyi

Oskar Kiely

Alp Noyan Kalkan

Sofiia Siruk

Iwo Baranowski

Dmytro Danilevskyi

Yunjin Yang

Layla Hussain

Sathvik Jeyaramajegan

Eden Kingston

Ruairi Stapleton

Arthur Coady

Petr Mitskii

Parikshith Ramprabhu

Daniel Simpson

Arya Ramasamy

Kriyansh Thombare

Leo Lisouski

Rafael Borimskij

Liam Curtin

Rizwan Arshed

Gloria Covaci

Pavel Sivtsov

u10 54 entries

1614 Ronan Kelly

1522 Austin Haoen Gu

1444 Rohan Megadi-Walia

1417 Ilankathir Vanjinathan

1403 Adhish Jagtap

1386 Aiden Jos Ramesh

1351 Riyansh Potru

1318 Luka O'Sullivan

1307 Kanishk Gautam

1300 Nikodim Kurochkin

1277 Chirag Senthilnathan

1228 James Rosenmai

1220 Aiben Steve Ramesh

1208 Ivaan Ghanekar

1204 Aydin Sanuj

1200 Harper Barbosa

1166 Aadhav Pushparaj

1159 Cian O'Sullivan

1144 Gauri Mindhe

1105 Andrew Byrne

1067 Lauren Cafferkey

1063 Hanshith Manikandan

1059 Daphne Schranz

1056 Anvita Ramesh Nair

1035 Rithwik Das

931 Harshith Manikandan

931 Harshith Manikandan

922 Aarvi Thombare

915 Arthur Ruza Villordo

881 Niamh Bermingham

817 Dylan Mackey

807 Devnath Jothibabu

791 Tisya Singh

788 Revathi Manikandaan

762 Kaeso O'Neill

699 Solomiia Yaroshchuk

653 Ciaran Gallagher

Tanay Adarsh Gupta

George Keohane

Rayyan Alam

Arnav Choudhary

Luo Yi Pan

Kaashvi Chandel

Nhan Nguyen

Adin Deva Saghayam

Ian Mandelbaum

Nipeksha Das

Brian Fennessy

Maksym Tsygura

Yaryna Korzhyk

Takashi Yamakawa

Lincoln Sheehan

Pamir Naz Erdem

Sam Joyce

u12 4 entries

997 Pavel Prokhorov

828 Eloise Prendergast

Nhan Nguyen

Derek Cadagan

u14 2 entries

1250 Shasana Manikandan

1025 Senan Prendergast

u16 1 entries

1733 Ryan Kerrigan

u19 1 entries

1805 Hubert Machowski