ENNIS CHESS OPEN 2023

 

Date: Friday 24th - Sunday 26th, February 2023
Venue: WEST COUNTY HOTEL, Clare Rd. Ennis tel: 065-6869600
Sections: Open Section and U-1400 section
5 Rounds, 1st Round 1 starts @ 8 pm, Friday
Saturday, Round 2 starts @ 10 am, Round 3 - 2.30 pm,
Sunday, Round 4 starts @ 10 am, Round 5 - 3 pm
Entry Fee: Adults: 40 euro
Juniors 25 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. 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. Wearing a mask while in the playing area is optional.
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. 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.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. Sets & clocks will be provided for all players.
14. At the end of each game, players must set the board up correctly (i.e. White Rook on a1).
15. Sets and clocks must not be removed from the playing room.
16. Clocks must be left at the side of the board where placed by the Arbiter.
17. 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: (59 entries)

OPEN: ICU no. Name (Rating)

2538 GM Bogdan Lalic

2259 Blair Connell

2211 FM Colm Daly

2185 IM Oleg Gubanov

2160 Paul A Wallace

2113 FM Rory Quinn

2064 Oscar Abraham Culbeaux Tello

2051 James Naughton

2037 Alan Minnican

1995 Denis Ruchko

1858 Piotr Leichert

1835 James Kavanagh

1784 Pete Morris

1765 Thomas Junior Dunne

1731 Kenneth Higgins

1684 Mohammad Mahbub Parouare

1657 FIDE Emmet O'Rourke

1641 Cody Coughlan

1632 Eric Bennett

1618 Bogdan Neaga

1584 Eoin Lawless

1582 Kieran O'Brien

1553 Denis O'Connell

1533 Joseph McDonnell

1529 Alina Kononova

1511 George Stack

1509 Diego Pereiro Rodriguez

1508 David O'Kelly

1489 Peter Koeller

1455 Andrei Kozlovs

1436 Paul Ward

1379 Barry Foran

1358 FIDE Orqo Paco Hickey

1324 Ross Du Berry

1298 Mark McGrath

1283 John P Dunne

1266 Conor Sheehan

1263 Niall P Whelan

1255 James Scarry

1245 Kevin Fitzpatrick

1228 Phillip Foenander

1213 Shay Scott

1198 Henry Williams

1126 Oisin O'Sullivan

1061 Darun Govindaraju

1050 Vivaan Verlekar

1046 Declan Voogt

1042 Gourang Jiddewar

1020 Tallann Maguire

1001 Brian Gallagher

991 Zoran Dragic

976 George Fearnhead

926 Sergey Kolesnikov

851 Scott Reilly

799 Phil Timlin

700 Joseph O'Connell

700 Liam Cadogan

Boris Yu

Yanis Labidi

Cian Doran

ENTRIES SO FAR: (58 entries)

U1400: ICU no. Name (Rating)

1380 Gabriel Mirza

1269 Tom O'Sullivan

1229 Rahul Arun

1121 Roy Marshall

1106 FIDE Michael Finn

1079 Ryan Dineen

1078 James O'Sullivan

1036 Chris McGorrian

1017 Christopher Woods

1017 Mark David Tonita

974 Robert Doyle

963 Ayaansh Mulukutla

924 David Racz

918 Vladimir Mabhena

915 David Piercy

909 Craig Dubose

907 Ivor Gordon

847 Saiansh Biswal

821 Riyansh Agarwal

808 Zara Sviridova

778 Thomas Syms

757 James O'Donoughue

734 Scott Fitzgerald

700 Vihan Patil

700 Vinayak Verlekar

700 Albert Nawrocki

700 Trish Lawless

700 Stanislav Tyulkin

700 Noel Farry

700 Korneliuz Bartczak

700 Kevin McInerney

700 Samarth Dolia

700 Kyle-Henrique Sammon Fernandes

463 Ilankathir Vanjinathan

Cian O'Mahony

Anthony O'Sullivan

Anthony O'Connor

Sveinn Geirsson

Sameer Biswal

Alex O'Mahony

Ultan Breslin

Cathal Murphy

James Coughlan

Masden Briggs

Robin Johnson

Guillermo Alonso-Albert

Nitish Arun

Jack McAuliffe

Almantas Tantevicius

Martin Marcant

Sam Morris

Tadhg Long

Charlie Dunphy

Mathew Dubiany

Marek Dubiany

Liam Fox

Jamie Comley

Chirag Dolia

 

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