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- Spring Rapidplay 2024 Resultsby PeteOur Spring Rapidplay tournament was completed on Thursday 4 April. The winner was Pete Morriss, who scored 8 points out of a maximum of 9. Second was Eoin Callinan on… Read more: Spring Rapidplay 2024 Results
- March Blitz Resultsby PeteThe blitz tournament held on Thursday 7 March, played at our faster rate of 3 minutes plus 2 seconds increment, was won by Brian Gallagher with 8 points out of… Read more: March Blitz Results
- February Blitz resultsby PeteThe winner of the February Blitz, played on 8th February, was Simon Iwasaki, who scored 6/7. Second was Pete Morriss on 5½. The rating prize was won by Scott Reilly, with an excellent score… Read more: February Blitz results
- Galway club members do well in Sligo tournamentsby PeteSome news of achievements by our members in tournaments elsewhere in Ireland. First, two of our younger members braved Storm Isha in January to play in the Connaught Junior Championship in… Read more: Galway club members do well in Sligo tournaments
- January Blitz won by Alex Drimbareanby PeteThe January blitz, held on 18 January, was won by Alex Drimbarean, with 6 points out of 7. Second equal were Luke Iwasaki and Pete Morriss on 5. The rating… Read more: January Blitz won by Alex Drimbarean
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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
