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The home of chess in Galway
Galway Congress 2022
Galway Chess Congress
Friday 11 to Sunday 13
March 2022
Venue: Menlo Park Hotel, Galway
The Galway Congress was won by Richard Zienert, who came over from Germany for the tournament, and returned €1000 richer. Richard scored 5½ points out of 6; his one draw was with Denis Ruchko, who finished second equal, with Atharva Paibir, on 5 points.
Denis Ruchko also won the Reynolds Electronics Perpetual Trophy for the best Connaught player. The Hugh Finan Memorial Cup, awarded to the highest placed player rated under 1200, was won by James Scarry, who scored 4½ points.
Rating prizes also went to Rafael Ninan Renji, Andrey Ivanov, David Andreu, Jack Hennesy, Oscar Roe, George Fearnhead, Stanislaw Ulbrych, Craig Dubose, Paddy Conolly, Alice Twomey, Gourang Jiddewar, Bryn Edwards, and Alex Harney.
Photos of some of the winners, along with the full standings and crosstable are below.
Standings
(prize-winners in bold)
Rating
Place Name Other ICU Score
1 Richard Zienert 2248 5.5
2-3 Denis Ruchko 1913 5
Atharva Paibir 1361 5
4-11 Leon Putar 1889 4.5
Oissine Murphy 2007 4.5
Rafael Ninan Renji 1486 4.5
James Scarry 1052 4.5
Ciaran Quinn 1892 4.5
Andrey Ivanov 1555 4.5
David Andreu 1593 4.5
Jack Hennessy 1551 4.5
12-23 Shane Melaugh 2120 4
Maximilian Fahland 1951 4
Brendan Lyons 1889 4
Anthony Fox 1932 4
Kevin A. Burke 1696 4
Michael O'Donnell 1627 4
Cecil Sloan 1568 4
Andrew Barber 1415 4
John P. Dunne 1282 4
Conor Sheehan 1186 4
Ross Du Berry 1121 4
Alan Lane 1007 4
24-45 Graham Neary 1650 3.5
Jason Rawlinson 1725 3.5
Vjekoslav Novak 1665 3.5
Joseph A. McDonnell 1533 3.5
Tim Harding 1925 3.5
David Hewitson 1702 3.5
Diego Pereiro Rodriguez 1664 3.5
Niki Mullins 1459 3.5
Sean Guinan 1412 3.5
Lara Putar 1883 3.5
Jana Solomatina 1534 3.5
Ray Woodhouse 1234 3.5
Oscar Roe 915 3.5
Stanislaw Ulbrych 736 3.5
Craig Dubose 656 3.5
George Fearnhead 915 3.5
Timothy O'Malley 1731 3.5
Jason Liu 1586 3.5
Sumanth Shindgi 1159 3.5
Andrew Finnerty 1298 3.5
Cathal Murphy 1263 3.5
Ian Kilpatrick 1427 3.5
46-62 Sean Gannon 1003 3
Alex Harney 3
Rory O'Connor 897 3
Zoran Dragic 972 3
Yannick Woods 1074 3
Robert Frost 896 3
Ivica Suker 811 3
Paddy Connolly 469 3
Bedhbh Doolin 809 3
Michael Scully 764 3
Gourang Jiddewar 3
Shay Scott 1251 3
Denis Lynch 1046 3
Alice Twomey 437 3
Bryn Edwards 3
Joshua Donnellan 780 3
Robert Nielsen 779 3
63-78 Cian Guinan 1577 2.5
David Piercy 898 2.5
Phillip Foenander 1255 2.5
Chris Parrott 1171 2.5
Joshua Smikle 1043 2.5
Emmet Power 972 2.5
Ross O' Riordan 678 2.5
Kamsi Okpegbuo 2.5
Oisin O' Sullivan 1168 2.5
Dylan Collins 687 2.5
Roy Marshall 2.5
Marek Fijalkowski 861 2.5
Ciaran O'Driscoll 592 2.5
Maxim Lorigan 452 2.5
Maureen Gallagher 757 2.5
George Stack 995 2.5
79-89 Aogan O Hiarlaithe 1610 2
Szymon Wegrzyn 760 2
Nemhain Doolin 897 2
Nathan Jacob Renji 711 2
Renji Rajan 906 2
Mina Higgins 681 2
Phillipe Lorigan 2
Theodor Schirliu 395 2
Cyril Feerick 916 2
Mac Dara Mannion 378 2
Filip Wolanin 739 2
90-96 Olegs Solomatins 763 1.5
Siofra Finnerty 705 1.5
Frank Healy 1.5
Gerard Howard 532 1.5
Benjamin Gacquin 1.5
Odhran O'Driscoll 548 1.5
Scott Reilly 816 1.5
97-102 Liam Cadogan 714 1
Pat Tyrrell 386 1
Morgan O'Loughlin 639 1
Thomas Junior Dunne 1856 1
Paddy Divilly 1287 1
Oisin McGloin 1
103-104 Alexander Tyulkin 0.5
Peter Cafolla 1934 0.5
105-106 Ciaran Monahan 561 0
Ciaran O'Reilly 1400 0
Cross Table
Rating No Name Other ICU Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 1. Zienert, Richard 2248 5.5 13:W 8:D 18:W 2:W 31:W 4:W 2. Melaugh, Shane 2120 4 14:W 10:W 11:W 1:L 8:L 51:W 3. Murphy, Oissine 2007 4.5 15:W 11:L 28:W 20:D 26:W 55:W 4. Fahland, Maximilian 1951 4 16:D 17:W 12:W 11:D 50:W 1:L 5. Cafolla, Peter 1934 .5 18:L 28:L :D :L : : 6. Fox, Anthony 1932 4 19:W 12:D 8:L 29:W 36:D 59:W 7. Harding, Tim 1925 3.5 20:W 18:D 26:L 30:W 33:W 24:L 8. Ruchko, Denis 1913 5 21:W 1:D 6:W 26:W 2:W 28:D 9. Quinn, Ciaran 1892 4.5 :D 26:D 33:W 22:D 30:W 20:W 10. Lyons, Brendan 1889 4 23:W 2:L 39:W 24:D 62:W 27:D 11. Putar, Leon 1889 4.5 24:W 3:W 2:L 4:D 64:W 31:W 12. Putar, Lara 1883 3.5 25:W 6:D 4:L 31:L 75:W 47:W 13. Dunne, Thomas Junior 1856 1 1:L 27:W 51:L 50:L : : 14. O'Malley, Timothy 1731 3.5 2:L 33:L 69:D 66:W 91:W 54:W 15. Rawlinson, Jason 1725 3.5 3:L 32:W 59:W 51:W 55:L 61:D 16. Hewitson, David 1702 3.5 4:D 22:D 65:W :D 43:W 29:L 17. Burke, Kevin A. 1696 4 :D 4:L 58:W 35:D 71:W 56:W 18. Novak, Vjekoslav 1665 3.5 5:W 7:D 1:L 36:W 45:W 32:L 19. Pereiro Rodriguez, Diego 1664 3.5 6:L 35:D 62:W 64:W 58:W 52:L 20. Neary, Graham 1650 3.5 7:L 38:W 61:W 3:D 49:W 9:L 21. Harney, Alex 1650 3 8:L 39:L 72:W 52:L 82:W 76:W 22. O'Donnell, Michael 1627 4 :D 16:D 67:W 9:D 61:D 65:W 23. O Hiarlaithe, Aogan 1610 2 10:L 51:L 68:W 55:L 87:W 72:L 24. Andreu, David 1593 4.5 11:L 47:W 102:W 10:D 85:W 7:W 25. Liu, Jason 1586 3.5 12:L :D 64:L 69:W 104:W 58:W 26. Guinan, Cian 1577 2.5 40:W 9:D 7:W 8:L 3:L 49:L 27. Sloan, Cecil 1568 4 41:W 13:L 76:W 56:W 39:D 10:D 28. Ivanov, Andrey 1555 4.5 42:W 5:W 3:L 59:W 51:W 8:D 29. Hennessy, Jack 1551 4.5 :D 56:W 66:W 6:L 44:W 16:W 30. Solomatina, Jana 1534 3.5 :D 46:W 75:W 7:L 9:L 85:W 31. McDonnell, Joseph A. 1533 3.5 :D 49:W 83:W 12:W 1:L 11:L 32. Renji, Rafael Ninan 1486 4.5 44:W 15:L 79:W 92:W 52:D 18:W 33. Mullins, Niki 1459 3.5 45:W 14:W 9:L 61:D 7:L 98:W 34. Kilpatrick, Ian 1427 3.5 47:L 64:D 81:D 76:W 54:W 79:D 35. Barber, Andrew 1415 4 48:W 19:D 105:W 17:D 101:W 38:L 36. Guinan, Sean 1412 3.5 50:D 54:W 74:W 18:L 6:D 86:D 37. O'Reilly, Ciaran 1400 0 51:- : : : : : 38. Paibir, Atharva 1361 5 52:W 20:L 80:W 102:W 41:W 35:W 39. Finnerty, Andrew 1298 3.5 53:W 21:W 10:L 63:W 27:D : 40. Divilly, Paddy 1287 1 26:L 65:L 87:W 79:L : : 41. Dunne, John P. 1282 4 27:L 68:W 70:W 65:W 38:L 101:W 42. Murphy, Cathal 1263 3.5 28:L 67:L 89:W 80:W :D 105:W 43. Foenander, Phillip 1255 2.5 :D 50:D 85:D 94:W 16:L 62:L 44. Scott, Shay 1251 3 32:L 70:W 71:W 67:W 29:L : 45. Woodhouse, Ray 1234 3.5 33:L 69:W 86:D 74:W 18:L 64:W 46. Sheehan, Conor 1186 4 :D 30:L 104:D 81:W 72:W 92:W 47. Parrott, Chris 1171 2.5 34:W 24:L 73:W 101:L 98:D 12:L 48. O' Sullivan, Oisin 1168 2.5 35:L 72:W 92:L 84:L 95:W 74:D 49. Shindgi, Sumanth 1159 3.5 :D 31:L 82:W 104:W 20:L 26:W 50. Du Berry, Ross 1121 4 36:D 43:D 84:W 13:W 4:L 70:W 51. Woods, Yannick 1074 3 37:+ 23:W 13:W 15:L 28:L 2:L 52. Scarry, James 1052 4.5 38:L 73:W 95:W 21:W 32:D 19:W 53. Lynch, Denis 1046 3 39:L 76:W 94:L 95:W 79:L 81:W 54. Smikle, Joshua 1043 2.5 :D 36:L 88:W 75:W 34:L 14:L 55. Lane, Alan 1007 4 56:L 80:W 99:W 23:W 15:W 3:L 56. Gannon, Sean 1003 3 55:W 29:L 98:W 27:L 73:W 17:L 57. Stack, George 995 2.5 :D 75:L 93:W 77:W : : 58. Power, Emmet 972 2.5 84:W 83:D 17:L 105:W 19:L 25:L 59. Dragic, Zoran 972 3 85:W 86:W 15:L 28:L 84:W 6:L 60. Feerick, Cyril 916 2 86:L 103:W 101:L 98:L 105:L 96:W 61. Roe, Oscar 915 3.5 87:W 100:W 20:L 33:D 22:D 15:D 62. Fearnhead, George 915 3.5 89:W 105:D 19:L 83:W 10:L 43:W 63. Rajan, Renji 906 2 90:W 102:L 100:W 39:L 86:L 94:L 64. Piercy, David 898 2.5 91:W 34:D 25:W 19:L 11:L 45:L 65. O'Connor, Rory 897 3 92:W 40:W 16:L 41:L 94:W 22:L 66. Doolin, Nemhain 897 2 :D 77:W 29:L 14:L 83:D 73:L 67. Frost, Robert 896 3 93:W 42:W 22:L 44:L 92:L 99:W 68. Fijalkowski, Marek 861 2.5 94:W 41:L 23:L 85:- 96:W 83:D 69. Reilly, Scott 816 1.5 96:W 45:L 14:D 25:L 77:- : 70. Suker, Ivica 811 3 97:W 44:L 41:L 96:W 102:W 50:L 71. Doolin, Bedhbh 809 3 :D 79:D 44:L 99:W 17:L 84:W 72. Donnellan, Joshua 780 3 98:W 48:L 21:L 100:W 46:L 23:W 73. Nielsen, Robert 779 3 99:W 52:L 47:L 106:W 56:L 66:W 74. Scully, Michael 764 3 :D 88:W 36:L 45:L 90:W 48:D 75. Solomatins, Olegs 763 1.5 :D 57:W 30:L 54:L 12:L 102:L 76. Wegrzyn, Szymon 760 2 101:W 53:L 27:L 34:L 97:W 21:L 77. Gallagher, Maureen 757 2.5 :D 66:L 103:W 57:L 69:+ : 78. Wolanin, Filip 739 2 102:L 94:L 96:L 89:W 99:L 90:W 79. Ulbrych, Stanislaw 736 3.5 103:D 71:D 32:L 40:W 53:W 34:D 80. Cadogan, Liam 714 1 104:W 55:L 38:L 42:L 88:L : 81. Renji, Nathan Jacob 711 2 105:L 93:D 34:D 46:L 106:W 53:L 82. Finnerty, Siofra 705 1.5 :D : 49:L 97:D 21:L 106:D 83. Collins, Dylan 687 2.5 106:W 58:D 31:L 62:L 66:D 68:D 84. Higgins, Mina 681 2 58:L 97:W 50:L 48:W 59:L 71:L 85. O' Riordan, Ross 678 2.5 59:L 96:W 43:D 68:+ 24:L 30:L 86. Dubose, Craig 656 3.5 60:W 59:L 45:D :D 63:W 36:D 87. O'Loughlin, Morgan 639 1 61:L 98:L 40:L 93:W 23:L 95:L 88. O'Driscoll, Ciaran 592 2.5 :D 74:L 54:L 91:L 80:W 104:W 89. Monahan, Ciaran 561 0 62:L 99:L 42:L 78:L : : 90. O'Driscoll, Odhran 548 1.5 63:L 101:L :D 103:W 74:L 78:L 91. Howard, Gerard 532 1.5 64:L 104:L :D 88:W 14:L 93:L 92. Connolly, Paddy 469 3 65:L 106:W 48:W 32:L 67:W 46:L 93. Lorigan, Maxim 452 2.5 67:L 81:D 57:L 87:L 103:W 91:W 94. Twomey, Alice 437 3 68:L 78:W 53:W 43:L 65:L 63:W 95. Schirliu, Theodor 395 2 100:L :W 52:L 53:L 48:L 87:W 96. Tyrrell, Pat 386 1 69:L 85:L 78:W 70:L 68:L 60:L 97. Mannion, Mac Dara 378 2 70:L 84:L :D 82:D 76:L 103:W 98. Marshall, Roy 2.5 72:L 87:W 56:L 60:W 47:D 33:L 99. Lorigan, Phillipe 2 73:L 89:W 55:L 71:L 78:W 67:L 100. McGloin, Oisin 1 95:W 61:L 63:L 72:L : : 101. Edwards, Bryn 3 76:L 90:W 60:W 47:W 35:L 41:L 102. Jiddewar, Gourang 3 78:W 63:W 24:L 38:L 70:L 75:W 103. Tyulkin, Alexander .5 79:D 60:L 77:L 90:L 93:L 97:L 104. Healy, Frank 1.5 80:L 91:W 46:D 49:L 25:L 88:L 105. Okpegbuo, Kamsi 2.5 81:W 62:D 35:L 58:L 60:W 42:L 106. Gacquin, Benjamin 1.5 83:L 92:L :W 73:L 81:L 82:D
