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

2375 FM Oleg Artemenko

2308 GM Alexander Baburin

2301 CM Jacob Flynn

2300 IM Mark Quinn

2245 CM Shane Melaugh

2198 FM Jason Liu

2194 Oisin O'Cuilleanain

2194 FM Colm Daly

2135 WFM Maryna Petrenko

2128 Korneliusz Bartczak

2084 CM Will Sidney

2044 Alice O'Gorman

2005 Arthur Moull

1982 Sean Cummins

1952 Niall Fitzgerald

1948 Oleksii Rai

1945 Dariy Kelbas

1911 Dara T. Murphy

1907 Martin Fitzgerald

1907 Sreeyan Andhurthi

1891 Alex Goss

1875 Fiachra Moore

1863 Ayaansh Mulukutla

1859 Gabor Bolkeny

1842 John Loughran

1827 Andrew Brennan

Major 24 entries

1885 Donal O'Boyle

1882 Angel Mariya Boby

1866 Murray Liu

1858 Aiden Thomas Boby

1840 James Danaher

1832 George White

1816 Marius Antohi

1800 Frank Doyle

1753 Pat McCarrick

1750 Thomas Syms

1739 Aurelio Tornero

1737 Stefan Baczkowski

1685 Sean McCarrick

1675 Dominykas Venskus

1620 Thierry Brearley

1573 Nikolai Dimitrov

1570 Kaivalya Patil

1514 Frank Pentony

1497 Oisin McDonnell

1480 Reece Hickey

1457 Lorena Putar

1448 Karl-Heinz Rinne

1300 Riyansh Potru

Dylan Prenderville

Challengers 23 entries

1561 Tara Turcin

1533 Rohan Megadi-Walia

1484 Erica Bermingham

1451 Dylan Booysen

1444 Eva Sharma

1419 David Emmo

1413 Oleh Babak

1301 Nevan Bharambe

1260 Anita Atelj Turcin

1164 Monish Rawal

1148 Saicharan Jaiganesh

1146 Anvita Ramesh Nair

1115 Siddhant Dhake

1072 Kevin Castelino

1008 Tanush Mohan

994 Sandesh Rajashekara

900 Niamh Bermingham

735 Apra Rawal

624 Na Syms

Maharanth Senthilraja

Maria Rojo

Pravallika Ram

Rokas Jurgutis