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

2308 CM Jacob Flynn

2302 GM Alexander Baburin

2295 IM Mark Quinn

2255 CM Shane Melaugh

2230 Oisin O'Cuilleanain

2224 FM Jason Liu

2192 FM Colm Daly

2158 Korneliusz Bartczak

2142 WFM Maryna Petrenko

2082 CM Will Sidney

2036 Alice O'Gorman

2027 Arthur Moull

2002 Sean Cummins

1998 Dariy Kelbas

1959 Sreeyan Andhurthi

1957 Fiachra Moore

1945 Niall Fitzgerald

1931 Oleksii Rai

1920 Alex Goss

1894 Dara T. Murphy

1885 Martin Fitzgerald

1879 Gabor Bolkeny

1866 Andrew Brennan

1859 Ayaansh Mulukutla

1854 John Loughran

Major 24 entries

1931 Murray Liu

1925 Aiden Thomas Boby

1910 George White

1909 Angel Mariya Boby

1871 Donal O'Boyle

1847 James Danaher

1808 Marius Antohi

1775 Frank Doyle

1748 Pat McCarrick

1729 Thomas Syms

1726 Stefan Baczkowski

1706 Lorena Putar

1705 Sean McCarrick

1701 Aurelio Tornero

1660 Kaivalya Patil

1642 Thierry Brearley

1638 Dominykas Venskus

1617 Dylan Prenderville

1560 Reece Hickey

1528 Nikolai Dimitrov

1516 Frank Pentony

1515 Oisin McDonnell

1480 Karl-Heinz Rinne

1332 Riyansh Potru

Challengers 23 entries

1734 Tara Turcin

1571 Erica Bermingham

1512 Eva Sharma

1460 Dylan Booysen

1391 Oleh Babak

1386 Rohan Megadi-Walia

1374 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