Ennis Congress Open (6 rounds, 39 players)
- 1st Valentine Kalinins, Cellbridge 5.5 pts wins a trophy and €600
- Joint 2nd/3rd IM Dragos Dumitrache, Roumania 5pts
- Joint 2nd/3rd Nick Larter, Ennis 5 pts
- Best Junior , James Danaher, Shannon 4 pts
- Grading prize U-1600, Thomas Dunne Jnr 4 pts
- Grading prize U-1400, Cian Guinan 3.5 pts
Open section winner Valentine Kalinins (Cellbridge) receiving his money prize and trophy for outright first on 5.5 points
Open section joint 2nd/3rd Nick Larter(on left) and IM Dragos Dumitrache receiving their prize both finished on 5 points
Open section Best Junior shield prize went to James Danaher on 4 points
Open section grading prize went to Thomas Dunne junior on 4 points
The other Open section grading prize went to Cian Guinan on 3.5 points
Open Tournament winner Valentine Kalininsrelaxing and thanking tournament organiser John Cassidy after the finish
Three Limerick players in action from round 6 Thomas Keating(nearest in blue jumper), Tim Dineen(in grey jumper) and Kensy Joseph(middle at far table)
Top boards being played in the final round 6 with IM Dumitrache v eventual Open winner Kalinins on board 1 in the corner,James Danaher v Nick Larter on board 2 and Ken Higgins v Thomas Dunne jnr nearest
Open boards round 6 games board 3 Daianu v Freeman at corner,board 4 Rory Quinn v Cian Guinan and board 5 Korhonen v Geoff Keating
Standings Ennis Open
NOTE:(Click here for Ennis Open final Standings)Ennis Congress Under 1400 section (6 rounds, 34 players)
- Joint 1st Sean McGowan, Elm Mount 5 pts, won the Marcel Castricum trophy on blitz playoff
- Joint 1st Eric James Salsac, Tralee 5 pts
- Joint 3rd Maurice Coveney, Cork 4.5 pts
- Joint 3rd Aaron Daly, 4.5 pts
- Grading prize Dean Copeland, Enniscorthy 4 pts
- Unrated Grading prize Dennis McGrath, Ennis 3.5 pts
- Grading prize Marek Fijalkowski, Galway 3 pts
Sean McGowan (Elm Mount, on left) winning the U-1400 section blitz playoff v Eric James Salsac(Tralee)to win the Marcel Castricum trophy
The Under 1400 joint 3rd prize went to Maurice Coveney and Aaron Daly on 4.5 points
Under 1400 grading prize presented to 12 year old Dean Copeland on 4 points
And another Under 1400 grading prize went to Marek Fijalkowski on 3 points
The Unrated Under 1400 grading prize went to Dennis McGrath on 3.5 points
Veteran and regular on the chess circuit Maurice Coveney deep in thought and it paid off as he won his last round game and finished joint third
A good view of many of the round 6 games from both sections in progress with most of the games at middlegame stage where tactics and strategy are important factors