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- August Blitz Resultsby PeteThe August Blitz was won by newcomer Ronaldo Alonso, with 5½ points out of 7. Second equal were another newcomer, Oleksandr Skorobogatko, and very-much-not-a-newcomer Michael O’Donnell, who both scored 5… Read more: August Blitz Results
- July Blitz Resultsby PeteThe July blitz tournament was a truly international one, as we were delighted to welcome visitors from the Czech Republic and Barcelona – and even Mayo – which made it a somewhat stronger… Read more: July Blitz Results
- June Blitz Resultsby PeteOur June blitz was won by Chris Jonker, who won all his games – a rare event in our blitz tournaments. Second was Alex Drimbarean. The rating prize (highest finish of someone… Read more: June Blitz Results
- May Blitz Resultsby PeteOur season-ending blitz tournament, held on 16th May, was won by Pete Morriss, who scored 5½ points out of a possible 7. Second was Lorcan Heron, on 5 points; he… Read more: May Blitz Results
- Galway Winter League won by Anand Kumarby PeteThe 2023-4 Galway Winter League (our club championship) was won by Anand Kumar after an exciting and tense play-off against Chris Jonker. Both had scored 5½ points out of 7.… Read more: Galway Winter League won by Anand Kumar
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Rapidplay 2019 report
Standings
Place Name Rtg Loc Score
1-2 Daly, Colm (1) 2236 2204 6
J - Kanyamarala, Tarun (4) 1986 2051 6
3-4 J - Moran, Darragh (12) 1662 1899 5½
J - Kanyamarala, Trisha (8) 1761 1858 5½
5-9 Quinn, Rory (2) 2138 2096 5
Hegarty, Conall (7) 1821 1641 5
Cormican, David (21) 1504 5
Daros, Lukasz (24) 1286 5
Cassidy, John (14) 1640 5
10 Buckley, Brendan (5) 1951 2082 4½
11-20 J - Flynn, Jacob (6) 1943 2008 4
Quinn, Ciaran (3) 2055 1931 4
J- Putar, Leon (13) 1651 1914 4
Higgins, Kenneth (11) 1691 4
Hegarty, Fintan (17) 1591 1315 4
Kozlovs, Andrejs (19) 1559 4
McDonnell, Joseph A. (15) 1605 4
Blackwell, James (28) 1079 4
O'Dowd, John A. (29) 1074 4
Armstrong, Chris (16) 1593 1438 4
21-23 J - Castle, Aoife (25) 1271 3½
Rawlinson, Jason (9) 1741 1683 3½
Putar, Slavko (18) 1568 1464 3½
24-32 JJ - Cunningham, David (36) 880 3
JJ - Roe, Oscar (42) 592 3
Delee, Bill (31) 1047 3
Barber, Andrew (23) 1395 3
Reilly, Scott (40) 667 3
Dragic, Zoran (20) 1524 813 3
Çelik, Hamza Selman (27) 1148 3
Divilly, Paddy (22) 1503 1275 3
Foenander, Phillip (10) 1710 1391 3
33-36 J - Mulvey, James (37) 844 2½
JJ - Finnerty, Andrew (26) 1182 2½
Casserly, Richard (33) 958 2½
J - Makarenko, Yuliya (38) 772 2½
37-41 JJ - Cooke, Eoghan (43) 534 2
JJ - Wegrzyn, Szymon (41) 622 2
Bourke, John (32) 998 2
J - O'Loughlin, Morgan (39) 689 2
J - Durnin, Sean (34) 934 2
42-44 Finnerty, Ian (35) 907 1½
JJ - Hunter, Fraser (47) 1½
Arthur, Ben (30) 1050 1½
45-47 Wegrzyn, Andrzej (49) 1
JJ - Fegan, Ben (46) 1
JJ - Scarry, Luke (44) 490 1
48 J - Mc Aleer, Aleksandr (45) 247 ½
49 JJ - Mannion, Macdara (48) 0
Notes:
The number in brackets is the player's initial ranking
position.
'Rtg' is FIDE Rapid Rating.
'Loc' is ICU Rating, except for three players who did
not have an ICU rating:
Hamza Selman Çelik (Turkish rating), Richard Casserly
and Ben Arthur (both chess.com rapid ratings).
'J' before the surname indicates that the player was eligible
for the Junior Prize.
'JJ' before the surname indicates that the player was eligible
for the under-12 Junior Prize.
Cross Table
No Name Feder Total 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1. Daly, Colm 6 24:W 12:W 11:W 6:W 2:W 4:L 21:W 2. Quinn, Rory 5 25:W 13:W 9:W 3:W 1:L 8:W 7:L 3. Quinn, Ciaran 4 26:W 15:W 21:W 2:L 4:L 17:L 22:W 4. J - Kanyamarala, Tarun 6 27:W 17:W 8:D 5:W 3:W 1:W 12:D 5. Buckley, Brendan 4½ 28:W 19:W 6:L 4:L 23:W 15:D 25:W 6. J - Flynn, Jacob 4 29:W 18:W 5:W 1:L 8:L 24:L 36:W 7. Hegarty, Conall 5 30:W 21:L 24:W 8:L 28:W 36:W 2:W 8. J - Kanyamarala, Trisha 5½ 31:W 20:W 4:D 7:W 6:W 2:L 11:W 9. Rawlinson, Jason 3½ 32:W 36:W 2:L 19:L 24:L 25:D 26:W 10. Foenander, Phillip 3 : 42:W 23:L 28:L 37:L 47:W 34:W 11. Higgins, Kenneth 4 33:W 23:W 1:L 25:L 20:W 18:W 8:L 12. J - Moran, Darragh 5½ 44:W 1:L 22:W 29:W 19:W 14:W 4:D 13. J- Putar, Leon 4 34:W 2:L 28:W 21:L 36:W 19:W 24:L 14. Cassidy, John 5 : 32:W 26:W 23:W 25:W 12:L 17:W 15. McDonnell, Joseph A. 4 35:W 3:L 25:L 27:W 29:W 5:D 18:D 16. Armstrong, Chris 4 36:L 33:W 42:L 30:W 40:W 21:L 23:W 17. Hegarty, Fintan 4 37:W 4:L 27:W 36:L 42:W 3:W 14:L 18. Putar, Slavko 3½ 38:W 6:L 30:W 42:W 21:L 11:L 15:D 19. Kozlovs, Andrejs 4 39:W 5:L 31:W 9:W 12:L 13:L 40:W 20. Dragic, Zoran 3 40:W 8:L 36:L 32:W 11:L 37:W 28:L 21. Cormican, David 5 41:W 7:W 3:L 13:W 18:W 16:W 1:L 22. Divilly, Paddy 3 42:L 34:W 12:L 40:L 26:W 39:W 3:L 23. Barber, Andrew 3 45:W 11:L 10:W 14:L 5:L 41:W 16:L 24. Daros, Lukasz 5 1:L 35:W 7:L 31:W 9:W 6:W 13:W 25. J - Castle, Aoife 3½ 2:L 37:W 15:W 11:W 14:L 9:D 5:L 26. JJ - Finnerty, Andrew 2½ 3:L 39:W 14:L 37:D 22:L 35:W 9:L 27. Çelik, Hamza Selman TUR 3 4:L 38:W 17:L 15:L 34:W 40:L 39:W 28. Blackwell, James 4 5:L 41:W 13:L 10:W 7:L 31:W 20:W 29. O'Dowd, John A. 4 6:L 40:W 33:W 12:L 15:L 42:W 37:W 30. Arthur, Ben AUS 1½ 7:L 44:W 18:L 16:L 35:D 32:L 38:L 31. Delee, Bill 3 8:L 45:W 19:L 24:L 38:W 28:L 41:W 32. Bourke, John 2 9:L 14:L 39:W 20:L 41:L 30:W 42:L 33. Casserly, Richard 2½ 11:L 16:L 29:L 44:W 39:L 38:D 35:W 34. J - Durnin, Sean 2 13:L 22:L 44:W 39:L 27:L 46:W 10:L 35. Finnerty, Ian 1½ 15:L 24:L 40:L 38:W 30:D 26:L 33:L 36. JJ - Cunningham, David 3 16:W 9:L 20:W 17:W 13:L 7:L 6:L 37. J - Mulvey, James 2½ 17:L 25:L 45:W 26:D 10:W 20:L 29:L 38. J - Makarenko, Yuliya 2½ 18:L 27:L 41:W 35:L 31:L 33:D 30:W 39. J - O'Loughlin, Morgan 2 19:L 26:L 32:L 34:W 33:W 22:L 27:L 40. Reilly, Scott 3 20:L 29:L 35:W 22:W 16:L 27:W 19:L 41. JJ - Wegrzyn, Szymon 2 21:L 28:L 38:L 45:W 32:W 23:L 31:L 42. JJ - Roe, Oscar 3 22:W 10:L 16:W 18:L 17:L 29:L 32:W 43. JJ - Cooke, Eoghan 2 : : : : : 45:W 46:W 44. JJ - Scarry, Luke 1 12:L 30:L 34:L 33:L 46:L 48:W : 45. J - Mc Aleer, Aleksandr ½ 23:L 31:L 37:L 41:L 47:D 43:L 49:L 46. JJ - Fegan, Ben 1 : : : : 44:W 34:L 43:L 47. JJ - Hunter, Fraser 1½ : : : : 45:D 10:L 48:W 48. JJ - Mannion, Macdara 0 : : : : : 44:L 47:L 49. Wegrzyn, Andrzej 1 : : : : : : 45:W
