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

2385 FM Oleg Artemenko

2302 GM Alexander Baburin

2295 IM Mark Quinn

2288 CM Jacob Flynn

2266 CM Shane Melaugh

2209 FM Jason Liu

2205 FM Colm Daly

2203 Oisin O'Cuilleanain

2141 WFM Maryna Petrenko

2123 Korneliusz Bartczak

2094 CM Will Sidney

2039 Alice O'Gorman

2003 Arthur Moull

1971 Dariy Kelbas

1970 Niall Fitzgerald

1969 Sean Cummins

1954 Sreeyan Andhurthi

1938 Fiachra Moore

1898 Martin Fitzgerald

1896 Oleksii Rai

1894 Dara T. Murphy

1878 Alex Goss

1877 Gabor Bolkeny

1872 Ayaansh Mulukutla

1866 Andrew Brennan

1834 John Loughran

Major 24 entries

1895 George White

1868 Donal O'Boyle

1856 Aiden Thomas Boby

1841 Angel Mariya Boby

1838 James Danaher

1824 Murray Liu

1824 Frank Doyle

1811 Marius Antohi

1762 Stefan Baczkowski

1743 Pat McCarrick

1705 Sean McCarrick

1701 Aurelio Tornero

1696 Thomas Syms

1688 Dominykas Venskus

1633 Kaivalya Patil

1624 Dylan Prenderville

1603 Thierry Brearley

1542 Reece Hickey

1518 Nikolai Dimitrov

1515 Oisin McDonnell

1510 Lorena Putar

1499 Frank Pentony

1492 Karl-Heinz Rinne

1351 Riyansh Potru

Challengers 23 entries

1607 Tara Turcin

1525 Erica Bermingham

1486 Eva Sharma

1460 Dylan Booysen

1444 Rohan Megadi-Walia

1434 David Emmo

1391 Oleh Babak

1275 Saicharan Jaiganesh

1270 Nevan Bharambe

1245 Anita Atelj Turcin

1178 Monish Rawal

1146 Siddhant Dhake

1098 Maria Rojo

1087 Rokas Jurgutis

1061 Sandesh Rajashekara

1057 Pravallika Ram

1056 Anvita Ramesh Nair

1055 Kevin Castelino

952 Maharanth Senthilraja

921 Tanush Mohan

881 Niamh Bermingham

793 Na Syms

731 Apra Rawal