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.
Richard Zienert with the Galway Shield
Denis Ruchko with the Connaught trophyJames Scarry with the Hugh Finan CupAtharva Paibir receiving his prizeRafael Ninan Renji receiving his prize
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
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