Bunratty Masters 2008

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Information

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Basic data

Bunratty Masters 2008
Dates February 22-24, 2008
Town Bunratty, Co. Clare
Venue Bunratty Shannon Shamrock Hotel
Organisers Gerry Graham, Paul Carey, Ted Jennings, Brian Scully
Chief Arbiter Gerry Graham
Players participating 48
Games played 139
Competition format 6-round Swiss
Eligibility Unknown
Tie break Unknown
Time control 90 minutes for all moves
Games available All 139
FIDE rated? No
Concurrent events
  • Bunratty Challengers 2008; 1st-4th Paul Walsh (first after blitz playoff), Bernard Boyle, Rory Delaney, Semyon Mkrtchyan; 57 players, 6 rounds, 166 games
  • Bunratty Major 2008; 1st Yoel Ferrer; 79 players, 6 rounds, 223 games
  • Bunratty Minor 2008; 1st-3rd Stephen Cowpar (first after blitz playoff), Pat Coleman; 99 players, 6 rounds, 281 games
  • Bunratty Blitz 2008; 1st Peter Svidler. February 24, 2008; “over 60” players
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Tournament review

See the tournament report by Gerry Graham on the ICU web site.


Interesting games

         O'Donoghue, Denis J. – Hanly, Steven      ½-½

         Williams, Simon – O'Donoghue, Denis J.      1-0

         Jones, Gawain – Björnsson, Gunnar      ½-½

         Svidler, Peter – Williams, Simon      1-0

         Cooper, Lawrence – Collins, Sam      0-1

         Short, Stephen – Jóhannesson, Ingvar Þor      0-1

         Pert, Nick – Svidler, Peter      0-1

         Jóhannesson, Ingvar Þor – Baburin, Alexander      0-1

         Armstrong, Malcolm J. – Duffy, Séamus      1-0

         Björnsson, Gunnar – Heidenfeld, Mark      0-1

         Williams, Simon – Jones, Gawain      0-1

         Baburin, Alexander – Jones, Gawain      1-0

         Pert, Nick – Cooper, Lawrence      1-0

         Lopez, Alex – Svidler, Peter      0-1

         Short, Philip – Fitzsimons, David      1-0