Ennis Chess Congress 2013 Results

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 Kalinins
relaxing 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

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