Galway Rapidplay 2021

Galway Rapidplay (Online)

Saturday 19 June 2021

Tournament Information

The tournament will be played on the lichess server.  You must join lichess (at lichess.org) and choose a username before entering the tournament.  Information on how to register on lichess for the Galway Rapidplay will be emailed to you on acceptance of your entry.

Start time: 11.00 a.m. (sharp)

Expected finishing time: 7 p.m.

There will be a lunch break after round 3

Rate of play

15 minutes per player per game, plus a 10 second increment per move.

Number of rounds: 7

Prizes

Trophies will be awarded to the first, second, and third placed players.  There will also be trophies for the best performance by rating, and also to the highest-placed junior and female players who do not win another prize.  Additional awards may be made, dependent on entry numbers.  Cash prizes will not be awarded.

Trophies will be posted to winners (within Ireland only) as soon as is possible after the event.

Note: The Junior and Female prizes will only be awarded if there are a minimum of 5 entrants in the category. A junior is anybody under 18 on the date of the tournament: i.e. born on or after 19 June 2003.

Timetable

Round 1:     11 a.m.

Round 2:     12 noon

Round 3:     1 p.m.

Round 4:     3 p.m.

Round 5:     4 p.m.

Round 6:     5 p.m.

Round 7:     6 p.m.

The start time of a round will be delayed if any games from the previous round have not finished by the scheduled start time.  The round will then start 5 minutes after the last game in the previous round has finished.

Entry

Fill in THIS FORM (opens in a new window), then pay the €10 entry fee by clicking the “Buy Now” PayPal button below.

All money left over after trophies have been purchased and posted will be donated to Croí, the Galway-based West of Ireland Cardiac and Stroke Foundation.

Entry fee: €10

Entry will close on Friday 18 June at 6.00 p.m.

In accordance with standard international practice, the organizers have the right to refuse any entry without giving a reason.

The submission of an entry will be taken as indicating an agreement to accept and abide by the tournament rules, including our GDPR policy.

Entries

Name	Lichess name	Rating (Lichess)
Adam Collins	adamc2005	2464
Tim Harding	Hammerchewer	2413
Oisin O Cuilleanain	oisinoc	2321
Adam McCoy	McCoyski	2223
Ross Du Berry	El_Rossador	2177
Denis O'Connell	Lescurragh	2154
George Stack	Georgegini	2109
Christopher Woods	Magunya	2100
Michael O'Donnell	Killerspurs	2066
Ronan Zalatel	ronan_zal	1999
Robert Senzel	Kugelblitz_47	1993
Joe McDonnell	The_Terrorist	1949
Barry Foran	Deepwaterman	1931
Bill Delee	Billdelee	1910
Lukasz Daros	luke1982	1909
James Scarry	ScarryJ	1842
Andrew Finnerty	NoisySquid	1828
John O'Dowd	Safely	1824
Andrew Barber	Harry-Longshanks	1792
Ben Rowsome	Auden20	1782
Zoran Dragic	EnpassantCastling	1708
Colm O Riordan	colmor	1693
Markus Senzel	proxyrook	1687
Eduardo Gandara	egd001	1682
Cyril Feerick	CFeerick	1641
Eoghan Collins	starlordy	1627
James Lee	james5561	1507
Maureen Gallagher	MaureenG	1450
Bruno Senzel	gojira54	1337
Dylan Collins	Galwaygroot	1309
Eabha Collins	graceluvchess2020	1254
Vihan Patil	Vihan2010	966

Other Tournament Rules

The tournament will be held on the lichess server and will be governed by their own conditions, which are available here.

When playing you are not allowed to use assistance from any other person, book or device.

Anybody who is flagged by lichess as being in breach of lichess’ terms will be removed from the tournament and will not be eligible for any prize.  The organizers have no say in how lichess conduct their business, and if any player has any complaint it must be addressed to lichess and not to the organizers.

Unfortunately there is nothing that we can do if anybody loses a game due to internet failure or mouse-slips.  Please note that take-backs are not allowed.

Enquiries

Enquiries are welcomed to   [email protected] (preferably),

                                            or to   Pete on 086 8701483