ENNIS CHESS OPEN 2022

 

Date: Friday 25th - Sunday 27th, February 2022
Venue: WEST COUNTY HOTEL, Clare Rd. Ennis tel: 065-6869600
Sections: Open Section only, limited to 140 entries
5 Rounds, 1st Round 1 starts @ 8 pm, Friday
Saturday, Round 2 starts @ 10 am, Round 3 - 3 pm,
Sunday, Round 4 starts @ 10 am, Round 5 - 3 pm
Entry Fee: Adults: 40 euro, if paid by Feb 15th, after that 50 euro
Juniors 30 euro
Prize fund(tba) depending on number of entries.

Open:

1st - subject to entry

2nd - subject to entry

3rd - subject to entry

Terms and Conditions:
1. The FIDE Rules of Chess will apply, except where amended below.
2. Players must be vaccinated and provide their Covid Cert for inspection. Details will be recorded with their competition entry. In line with GDPR, information is requested to allow us to to run the tournament safely. At the end of the tournament this information will not be retained. All personal information will be destroyed.
3. All Players, even if triple vaccinated are requested to wear a mask while in the playing area.
4. Players must be ICU members.
5. The tournament will be submitted for FIDE rating.
6. In the event of a tie for first place - a blitz (3+2) will be used to decide the title winner. For any other prize, the following tie breaking system will be applied in this order: Median Bucholz; Bucholz. If players cannot be separated after this, the position shall be shared. No player shall win more than one prize.
7. TIME LIMIT: 90 minutes + 30 sec increment each player for all moves.
8. The default time for games is 30 minutes.
9. Players may request a "Travelling Bye". All communication to the Tournament Director prior to and within 2 hours of the first game. After round 1 all "Travelling Bye" requests should be made to the Arbiter before the end of the previous round.
10. Only one parent(if participant is under 18), will be allowed in the playing hall until play is about to commence. Players who have finished their games shall be considered spectators and should leave the playing hall.
11. Once the game has started, no player shall consult with books, electronic devices or any other player, except the Arbiter until after the game has finished.
12. Mobile phones and electronic devices are not allowed in the playing hall. Should such a device make a noise during a game, the relevant player will be deemed to have forfeited.
13. In the event of any dispute during the game, the players should stop the clock and look for an Arbiter to rule on the issue. The decision of the Arbiter shall be final.
14. Sets & clocks will be provided for all players.
15. At the end of each game, players must set the board up correctly (i.e. White Rook on a1).
16. Sets and clocks must not be removed from the playing room.
17. Clocks must be left at the side of the board where placed by the Arbiter.
18. Spare sets will be available for analysis subject to availability.
Accomodation:
Special discounted rates for all players staying at West County hotel tournament venue. Ask at hotel reception for the special discount rate for Ennis chess tournament players.
Entry Contact: John Cassidy, tel: 065 6824642 or mob.: 087 2495913
Email:ennischessclub@hotmail.com

Entry Form here.

ENTRIES SO FAR: (137 entries)

OPEN: ICU no. Name (Rating)

4564 IM Sam Collins (2451)

GM Keith Arkell (2380 FIDE)

16117 Blair Connell (2264)

295 Colm Daly (2262)

Jaume Ros Alonso (FIDE 2190)

13490 Jacob Flynn (2104)

17739 Kavin Venkatesan (2085)

6722 Oissine Murphy (2005)

19621 Emilio Meza (1909 FIDE)

13542 Denis Ruchko (1908)

2741 Eric Bennett (1867)

Joe Fathallah (1861 FIDE)

10914 Thomas Junior Dunne (1856)

16006 Henk de Jonge (1823)

10747 Sam O'Neill (1792)

19102 David Andreu (1787)

6066 John C Kelly (1775)

19366 Cathal Keenan (1762)

13533 David Remenyik (1733)

738 Paul Kiely (1726)

13468 Con Kirby (1710)

1185 Frank Noonan (1665)

13434 Sam Murray (1637)

17502 Bogdan Neaga (1635)

1215 Liam O'Brien (1634)

1566 Cecil Sloan (1591)

18394 Jason Liu (1580)

12160 Cian Guinan (1575)

18780 Andrey Ivanov (1555)

9593 Jarek Wieczorek (1552)

17916 Jana Solomatina (1522)

5963 Dennis O'Connell (1515)

18095 Raphael Ninan Renji (1515)

18717 Oisin O'Cuilleanain (1491)

3575 Niki Mullins (1489)

4273 Dave O'Kelly (1456)

18256 Ciaran O'Reilly (1449)

1784 Joe O'Hanlon (1440)

5601 Gabriel Mirza (1439)

12786 Luke Hayden (1434)

5342 Barry Foran (1430)

3136 Christy McInerney (1430)

1874 Gerry Casey (1425)

13571 Michael Gilligan (1424)

6756 Michael Bradley (1407)

17664 Andrew Finnerty (1382)

18165 Atharva Paibir (1356)

17724 Jack McIntyre (1343)

17943 Vihanga Gamage (1336)

4332 Paul A Leavy (1310)

1537 Shay Scott (1294)

18503 Ben Sheahan (1290)

18344 Paul Coughlan (1289)

334 Paddy Divilly (1283)

10205 John Dunne (1282)

7168 Phillip Foenander (1269)

1674 Niall P Whelan (1261)

18788 Gavin Sheahan (1236)

6968 Kevin Fitzpatrick (1212)

595 John Hensey (1201)

19592 Oisin O'Sullivan (1188)

12190 Michael Joseph O'Connell (1187)

Ritik Verma (1173)

864 Desmond Martin (1166)

6240 John Lucey (1166)

12371 Stephen Meaney (1162)

18829 Sumanth Shindgi (1160)

893 Pat Meskell (1155)

17623 James O'Sullivan (1152)

19688 Vladimir Mabhena (1131)

13168 Jasvinderpal Singh (1099)

18221 David Cunningham (1099)

19186 Ross Duberry (1096)

19459 Conor Gunn (1095)

4511 Georgie Casey (1085)

4888 Derek Stacey (1083)

13520 Neal Kirby (1047)

17976 Denis Lynch (1021)

17695 Arthur Moull (1002)

5997 James Scarry (999)

17976 Denis Lynch (996)

19447 Cian Grant (963)

5956 Ivor Gordon (923)

10164 David Piercy (913)

18813 Renji Rajan (906)

18310 Zoran Drajic (900)

18090 David Racz (885)

17815 Charles Ridgway (865)

19345 Nemhain Doolin (801)

18309 Edmund McIntyre (778)

18836 Oscar Roe (765)

17782 Michael Scully (741)

19344 Bedhbh Doolin (703)

17625 Adam McCoy (700)

19059 George Stack (700)

13594 Pat Tyrrell (700)

18946 Declan Voogt (700)

19127 Cory Whelan (700)

13521 George Fearnhead (700)

19193 Ciaran Scott (700)

19218 Dylan Collins (700)

19325 Cyril Feerick (694)

18961 Nathan Jacob Renji (681)

19014 Polly McCormick (675)

19593 Stanislaw Ulbrych (500)

19679 Ethan McNamara

19678 Shane O'Donoughue

18868 Pranav Karthikeyan

19544 Jack O'Neill

19659 James Melay

19695 Keren Ziv

19696 Ryan Dineen

19485 John McSweeney

19687 Marco Dalla

19620 Alan Ryan

19675 Alexey Marchenko

18889 Tony Ryan

19676 Sean Mooney /p>

19715 Rory O'Connor

19720 Henry Hughes

19190 Oleg Solomatins

Paul Levy

Sean Cosgrove

Roy Marshall

Mark McGrath

Elizabeth Lawlor

Lukasz Baronowski

Daniel Lenggagher

Shivam Chaurasia

Filip Wolanin

Macdara Mannion

Vitoria Angelova

Jude Daly

Kevin Harkin

Joe McDonald

Teni Mamolo

Donnacha Geoghehan

 

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