In the second round of the competition, several engaging encounters took place. John Joyce secured a win against Lorenzo Bianchi, while Tony Fox emerged victorious over Sergey Beryozkin. The match between Peter Jackson and Rustem Abdullayev resulted in a draw. Paul Cassidy won his game against Liam O’Daly, and Macdara Joyce won against Martin Lohan. Richard Daly and Dermot O’Reilly both won their games against Tom O’Neill and Luke Thornton respectively. Chris Ducker won his game against Ryan Geraghty, while Brian Martin had a bye this round.
- Bianchi, Lorenzo (1778) [1] 0:1 Joyce, John (1908) [1]
- Fox, Tony (1902) [1] 1:0 Beryozkin, Sergey (1737) [1]
- Jackson, Peter (1661) [1] .5:.5 Abdullayev, Rustem (1804) [1]
- O’Daly, Liam (1526) [.5] 0:1 Cassidy, Paul (1656) [1]
- Lohan, Martin (1714) [.5] 0:1 Joyce, Macdara (N/A) [.5]
- Daly, Richard (842) [0] 1:0 O’Neill, Tom (1343) [0]
- Thornton, Luke (903) [0] 0:1 O’Reilly, Dermot (704) [0]
- Geraghty, Ryan (N/A) [0] 0:1 Ducker, Chris (856) [0]
- Martin, Brian (1348) [0] .5:.5 BYE
