- Venue: THE HUNT MUSEUM garden, Rutland St. Limerick City. Thanks to the Hunt museum management for providing the venue.
- Schedule: 4 Rounds, 1st Round @ 1130 am - 1230 pm, Round 2 @ 1230-1305 pm, meal break @ 13.30-2 pm Round 3 - 2-3 pm, Round 4(Final) - 3-3.30 pm, followed by the prize giving
- Entry Fee: Entry For All competitors was free
- Time Limit: Time limit for all games was 20 minutes each player for all moves with no increment
- Prize Trophies sponsored by the Hunt museum were awarded for 1st, 2nd Best Junior, and Best female player.
- This non-rated event was open to all chess players or members of the public who know the Rules of chess .
- The tournament was held indoors in the Hunt museum cafe due to rainy weather.
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Number of entries were limited to 16 with 8 boards played in rd 1 with a knockout format.
- The Arbiter was Neal Kirby, who also did the random round draws.
- Sets & clocks were provided at the venue by the Limerick chess club.
ENTRIES:
Sunday 20th July 2025: (16 entries max)
1. Robert Arellano
2. Stephen Clancy
3. Jamie Comley
4. David Haigney
5. Henry Williams
6. Korneliuz Bartczak
7. Murali Kathiresan
8. Maslen Briggs
9. Adam McCoy
10. Hamilton Mandeya
11. Roy Stewart
12. Paul McGurran
13. Christy McInerney
14. Sarah Cheung
15. Tihomir Georgiev
16. Grace Conheady
RESULTS RD 1:
No Name Result Name 1 Paul McGurran 0 : 1 Robert Arellano 2 Sarah Cheung 0 : 1 Hamilton Mandeya 3 Stephen Clancy 1 : 0 David Haigney 4 Tihomir Georgiev 0 : 1 Adam McCoy 5 Maslen Briggs 1 : 0 Jamie Comley 6 Grace Conheady 0 : 1 Korneliuz Bartczak 7 Christy McInerney 0 : 1 Murali Kathiresan 8 Roy Stewart 0 : 1 Henry Williams RESULTS RD 2:
No Name Result Name 1 Hamilton Mandeya 1 : 0 Murali Kathiresan 2 Henry Williams 0.5 : 0.5(1)* Stephen Clancy 3 Korneliuz Bartczak 0.5(1)* : 0.5 Adam McCoy 4 Maslen Briggs 0 : 1 Robert Arellano RESULTS RD 3:
No Name Result Name 1 Hamilton Mandeya 0 : 1 Robert Arellano 2 Stephen Clancy 0 : 1 Korneliuz Bartczak RESULT FINAL:
No Name Result Name 1 Korneliuz Bartczak 0.5(1)* : 0.5 Robert Arellano RESULT BEST JUNIOR FINAL:
No Name Result Name 1 Maslen Briggs 0.5(1)* : 0.5 Henry Williams RESULT WOMENS FINAL:
No Name Result Name 1 Grace Conheady 0 : 1 Sarah Cheung Winner: Korneliuz Bartczak
Runner up: Robert Arellano
Best Junior: Maslen Briggs
Best Woman: Sarah Cheung
NOTES:
1. All games were 20 mins each with no increment
2. All games including the Final were played indoors in the Hunt cafe this year due to bad weather
3. Two games in Rds 2 and another 2 games in the Final and Junior Final(denoted by asterisks) required a 5 min blitz playoff
4. The Womens Final required a 20 min playoff
PHOTOS: SUNDAY 20TH JULY 2025
Group photo of organisers and players before the start
The trophies were sponsored by the Hunt museum, and the cafe was open for drinks and snacks.
The organisation team for the 2025 Hunt museum chess Rapid knockout tournament. L-R Ray O'Brien, Arbiter Neal Kirby and Phillip Foenander
A friendly game before the start between Paul Kellett(L) and Paul McGurran.
Round 1 players David Haigney and Murali Kathiresan. The tournament had to be played indoors for the first time this year due to bad weather outside.
Hunt Summer Garden tournament 2025 showing the top 3 boards in rd 1.
Hunt Summer Garden tournament 2024 Round 1, Tihomir Georgiev from Bulgaria v Adam McCoy from Shannon.
Hunt Summer Garden tournament 2025 round 1 Maslen Briggs v Jamie Comley. Maslen underlined his improvement by upsetting his stronger opponent.
Hunt Summer Garden tournament 2025 Round 1 Grace Conheady playing her move as White v Korneliuz Bartczak.
Hunt Summer Garden tournament 2025 Round 1, Christy McInerney v Murali Kathiresan. Black won this game.
Hunt Summer Garden tournament 2025 Round 1 Roy Stewart v Henry Williams. A good win for the youngest player Henry.
Hunt Summer Garden tournament 2025 Round 1 game between Paul McGurran and Robert Arellano ended with a beautiful checkmate by Black with Queen, N and pawn.
Hunt Summer Garden tournament 2025 Round 2 Henry Williams v Stephen Clancy. Henry to his great credit drew the first game but lost the second one.
Hunt Summer Garden tournament 2025 Round 2 Hamilton Mandeya v Murali Kathiresan. Hamilton won this game.
Hunt Summer Garden tournament 2025 Round 2 Maslen Briggs v Robert Arellano, which was won by Black.
Hunt Summer Garden tournament 2025 Korneliuz Bartczak v Adam Scott, which White won.
Hunt Summer Garden tournament 2025 Round 3 match Stephen Clancy v Korneliuz Bartczak. Thirteen years old and already a very strong player for Limerick Korneliuz won to move into the Final.
Hunt Summer Garden tournament 2025 Round 3 match of two strong rivals. In a very sharp game Robert managed to queen his c pawn to win and go into the Final v Korneliuz.
Hunt Summer Garden tournament 2025 Final Robert Arellano drew as White with Korneliuz in the first Final game. But Korneliuz triumphed in the 5 min blitz playoff and is this year's Hunt Museum Chess Rapid Champion. Congratulations to Kornel!.
Hunt Summer Garden tournament 2025 Best Junior Playoff match between Henry Williams and Maslen Briggs was one of the most exciting of all the games played. Maslen managed to pull off an almost impossible draw against Henry with just barely 1 second left, then went on to win the 5 min blitz decider.
Hunt Summer Garden tournament 2025 Best Woman Playoff match between Grace Conheady and Sarah Cheung. Unluckily for Grace, her phone rang during the game and she forfeited. So Sarah won the Hunt museum Best Woman player trophy.
Hunt Summer Garden tournament 2025 Winner Korneliuz Bartczak receiving his trophy from Hunt Museum Representative Mark.
Hunt Summer Garden tournament 2025 Second Place Robert Arellano receiving his trophy from Hunt Museum Representative Mark.
Hunt Summer Garden tournament 2025 Maslen Briggs receiving his Best Junior trophy from Hunt Museum Representative Mark.
Hunt Summer Garden tournament 2025 Sarah Cheung receiving her Best Woman player trophy from Hunt Museum Representative Mark.
Hmmmm..Wonder what Hamilton is thinking.
Hunt museum giant chess board