Elm Mount’s 2025 Christmas Blitz was held on Monday 22nd December in the Artane-Beaumont Family Recreation Centre. There were 29 participants in 4 all-play-all sections. Food was provided after the chess was over, and then the winners were presented with their prizes by club secretary Pat Fitzsimons.
The winners of the 4 sections were David Fitzsimons (7/7), Thomas Syms (7.5/10), Cormac McCarthy (6.5/7) and Fionn Maher (5/6). After the section winners selected their prizes, the second and third place finishers made their selections.
All the prize-winners are pictured below, followed by the cross-tables of the 4 sections.
| Elm Mount Christmas Blitz 2025 Section A | ||||||||||||||
| Final Ranking | ||||||||||||||
|
Rank |
|
Name |
Rtg |
FED |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
Pts |
|
|
1 |
IM |
Fitzsimons David |
2373 |
IRL |
* |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
7 |
|
|
2 |
CM |
Melaugh Shane |
2217 |
IRL |
0 |
* |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
|
|
=3 |
Quinn Ciaran |
1943 |
IRL |
0 |
1 |
* |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
||
|
=3 |
Melaugh Gavin |
2115 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
* |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
||
|
=3 |
Jakubauskas Zygimantas |
2023 |
LTU |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
* |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
||
|
=6 |
Goss Alex |
1868 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
* |
0 |
1 |
2 |
||
|
=6 |
Keenan Luke |
1808 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
* |
1 |
2 |
||
|
8 |
Boyle Bernard |
1845 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
* |
0 |
||
| Elm Mount Christmas Blitz 2025 Section B – Final Ranking | ||||||||||||||
|
Rtg |
FED |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
Pts |
||||||
| Syms Thomas |
1695 |
IRL |
* * |
0 1 |
1 1 |
1 ½ |
1 1 |
1 0 |
7½ |
|||||
| Herring Jack |
1752 |
IRL |
1 0 |
* * |
0 1 |
1 1 |
1 0 |
1 1 |
7 |
|||||
| Armstrong Fred |
1733 |
IRL |
0 0 |
1 0 |
* * |
1 1 |
0 1 |
1 - |
5 |
|||||
| Dash Shaurya |
1808 |
IRL |
0 ½ |
0 0 |
0 0 |
* * |
0 1 |
1 1 |
3½ |
|||||
| Boldijar Nicu |
1618 |
IRL |
0 0 |
0 1 |
1 0 |
1 0 |
* * |
0 0 |
3 |
|||||
| Zukowski Piotr |
1781 |
POL |
0 1 |
0 0 |
0 - |
0 0 |
1 1 |
* * |
3 |
|||||
| Elm Mount Christmas Blitz 2025 Section C -Final Ranking | |||||||||||||
|
Rank |
Name |
Rtg |
FED |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
Pts |
|
|
1 |
McCarthy Cormac |
1475 |
IRL |
* |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6½ |
|
|
2 |
O’ Danachair Donal |
1659 |
IRL |
0 |
* |
1 |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5½ |
|
|
3 |
Yuze Lin Eric |
1668 |
IRL |
½ |
0 |
* |
½ |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
|
|
=4 |
Crawley Wayne |
1570 |
IRL |
0 |
½ |
½ |
* |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
|
|
=4 |
Boby Aaron |
1425 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
½ |
1 |
* |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
|
|
=6 |
McAdam Conor |
1538 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
* |
½ |
1 |
1½ |
|
|
=6 |
Swaine Fergal |
0 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
½ |
* |
1 |
1½ |
|
|
8 |
Corcoran Trevor |
1425 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
½ |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
* |
0 |
|
| Elm Mount Christmas Blitz 2025 Section D – Final Ranking | ||||||||||||
|
Rank |
Name |
Rtg |
FED |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
Pts |
|
|
1 |
Maher Fionn |
0 |
IRL |
* |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
|
|
=2 |
O’ Reilly William |
0 |
IRL |
0 |
* |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
|
|
=2 |
Cregan Patrick Chau |
0 |
IRL |
1 |
0 |
* |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
|
|
=2 |
Daly Daniel |
1342 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
1 |
* |
1 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
|
|
5 |
Byrne Nessa |
0 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
* |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
=6 |
Nair Anvita |
0 |
IRL |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
* |
0 |
1 |
|
|
=6 |
McMahon James |
0 |
IRL |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
* |
1 |
|
Happy New Year to all!