- Date:
- Friday Apr 8th - Sunday Apr 10th 2022
- Venue:
- West County Hotel, Limerick road, Ennis, Co Clare
- There are special rates for chess players and their families for the weekend.
- Age Bands:
- U8, U10, U12, U14, U16, U19
- Eligibility:
- U8 - Year of birth 1st Jan 2014 or later
- U10 - Year of birth 1st Jan 2012 or later
- U12 - Year of birth 1st Jan 2010 or later
- U14 - Year of birth 1st Jan 2008 or later
- U16 - Year of birth 1st Jan 2006 or later
- U19 - Year of birth 1st Jan 2003 or later
- Playing Schedule/Time Controls:
- U8, Sunday Registration 1130, Rd1 starts @ 1200 pm, Rd2 2 Sun after Rd1, Rd3 Sun after Rd2, Rd4 Sun 1.30 pm, Rd5 Sun after Rd4, Rd6 Sun after Rd 5, Time Control 15 mins/clock for all 6 rds,
- U10, Saturday Registration 0930, Round 1 starts @ 1000 am, R2 - Sat 1230 pm, Sat R3 - 1500 pm Sunday R4 - 10.00 am, Sunday R5 - 12.30 pm, Sunday R6 - 15.00 pm, Time Control 60 mins + 15 sec/clock,
- U12, U14, U16, U19 Registration Friday 1830, Friday Round 1 starts @ 1930 pm, Saturday R2 - 1000 am, Saturday R3 - 1400 pm, Saturday R4 - 1800 pm, Sunday R5 - 1000 am, Monday R6 - 14.00 pm, Time Control 90 mins + 30 sec/clock
- Entry Fee:
- 25 euro per player
- U8 fee is 10 euro each child
- Online Entries close at midnight on Wed 6-Apr-2022.
- Special Offers:
- Family Rate: Pay for the first two children and subsequent children are free
- Entries made on the day (except for the U8 section) are subject to a 10 euro administration charge and are at the tournament director's discretion
- Rules and Regulations:
- 1. The FIDE rules of chess will apply to all age groups, except where amended below.
- 2. All sections will be ICU rated and the tournament will be run using Swiss Manager.
- 3. It is the responsibility of those entering to ensure that the player is eligible to play in the section they have entered.
- 4. The default time for games is 30 minutes.
- 5. Parents and spectators will only 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.
- 6. 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.
- 7. Mobile phones and electronic devices are not allowed in the playing hall. Should such a device make a noise during the course of a game, the relevant player will be deemed to have forfeited.
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- 8. 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.
- Titles and Prizes:
- 1. Eligible players with the highest number of pointsin each section will be awarded the corresponding title of Irish Junior champion.
- 2. In the event of a tie for any title, the following tie breaking system will be applied in this order: Median Bucholz; Bucholz; Direct Encounter; Progressive Score. If players cannot be separated after this, the title shall be shared. No player shall win more than one prize.
- 3. Eligibility criteria are: being born on or having either parent born on, the island of Ireland; being an Irish citizen; having resided in Ireland for at least 2 years prior to 1st January 2022.
- Entries:
- can be made online at: https://www.icu.ie/events/1315
- Or contact the Organiser John Cassidy - ritacassidy16@gmail.com mobile 087-2495913
- Entries so far:
U8: 25 entries
Louis Chapuis
Alp Ege Yildiz
Franek Dudek
Isabella Kramek
Oisin McFadden
Aaron Dillon
Leo Hayes
Marianne O'Reilly
Sophie O'Reilly
Liam Daniel Giustini
Zuzanna Zacharek
Saiansh Biswal
Thomas Carvalho
Emil Margouet
Ilankathir Vanjinathan
Akshara Karthikeyan
Ayaansh Mulukutia
Musab Rejeb
Samarth Dolia
Sreeyan Andhurthi
Daphne Schranz
Anninudh Padhy
Owen O'Brien
Cormac Murphy
Aoidheann Garvey
U10: 31 entries
1031 Ethan Cole
875 Zara Sviridova
711 Polly McCormick
700 Vivaan Verlekar
700 Dylan Collins
700 Maxim Lorigan
700 Owen McKenna
700 Stella Li
700 Igor Kramek
700 Daniel Devine
Thomas Syms
Riyansh Agarwal
Iaromir Kurochkin
Rithwik Malu
Serenity Malone
Yathrik Anand
James O'Brien
Levi Faustino Lawlor
Sanat Kumar Das
Shreya Yadagiri
Robert Sean Giustini
Yuan Ya Wang
Adhiraj Addrhit
Adhiraj Bushan
Jakov Jagic
Karlo Jagic
James Coughlan
Santiago Zawadzki
Amelia Baita
Jan Kowalewski
Irina Pomynaina
U12: 32 entries
1215 Pranav Karthikeyan
1074 Yannick Woods
978 George Stack
885 Nemhain Doolin
871 Bedhbh Doolin
863 Aditya Singh
824 Conor Vioreanu
739 Filip Wolanin
711 Nathan Jacob Renji
700 Conor Walsh
700 Dusan Waters
700 Tymon Kedziorek
700 Luke Martin Dillon
700 Johan Biju
700 Ai Tong Yu
700 Joseph Scully
700 Maxim Bustamante
700 Paddy Kirby
Alex Kramek
Atharv Singhal
Darun Govindaraju
Patrick Carden
Anuar Tureshbayev
Duaa Rejeb
Odhran Murphy
Aarav Kesare
Jack McGettigan
Jamie Colleran
Ultan Breslin
Aisling Murphy
Tadgh Garvey
Mihovil Niko Cogelita
U14: 27 entries
1936 Patryk Brozynski
1500 Rafael Ninan Renji
1406 Gavin Sheehan
1154 Conor Sheehan
1153 Diana Bueckert
915 Oscar Roe
875 Stanislaw Ulbrych
760 Szymon Wegrzyn
733 Jack McAuliffe
700 Elias Faustino Lawlor
700 Anna Carroll
700 Conor O'Reilly
700 Lauren Devine
700 Oliver Barnes
700 Harry Braine
700 Christopher Woods
Benjamin Gacquin
Patrick O'Keefe
Malo McDermott
Ernest Zulgis
William Gallagher
Donnacha Byrne
Tadgh Long
Oonagh O'Connor
Casper Noonan
Najib Haq
Scott Fitzgerald
U16: 16 entries
1826 Benjamin Murray
1717 Con Kirby
1563 Ben Sheehan
1457 Atharva Paibir
1451 Cody Coughlan
1298 Andrew Finnerty
831 Susanmaria Aji
700 Tiernan Crotty
700 Max Gavilovskis
700 Alexander Zubrzycki
Adam Fullerton
Alton D'Souza
Thomas Gallagher
Luca Devine
Zotmund Imre Shekk
Anjali Singh
U19: 11 entries
1913 Denis Ruchko
1615 William Hackett
1420 Orla Dorman
988 Declann Voogt
700 Viktoria Angelova
700 Ronan Prior
Evan McCourt
Roy Marshall
Mark McGrath
Darren Coughlan
Adrian Machnicki
