This year’s Bunratty Festival, the 25th in the series, was, as has been very widely reported, the largest ever, with 362 players across 4 sections. All 155 games from the Masters were made available on the tournament website almost immediately after the event, and based on that a full report has been posted in the tournament pages here.
A welcome feature of this event, and of several other recent events, was some outstanding photography by Eugene Donohue Donohoe. A collection of 55 photos is available on the ICU Facebook page.
There were many interesting games. Here is a nice “White to play and win” puzzle: not too hard, I think, but quite elegant:
Bunratty Masters 2018
White to play and win
For the solution, see the game.