Bunratty Masters 2016

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Basic data

Bunratty Masters 2016
Dates February 19-21, 2016
Town Bunratty, Co. Clare
Venue Bunratty Castle Hotel
Arbiter Gerry Graham
Deputy Arbiter Ivan Baburin
Players participating 46
Games played 135
Competition format 6-round Swiss
Eligibility Rating 2000+ in latest ICU or FIDE list, or winner of previous year's Championship event
Tie break Unknown
Time control Ninety minutes for all moves with a 15 second increment per move
FIDE rated? No
Games available All 135
Concurrent events
  • Bunratty Challengers 2016; 1st Sylwester Sudolski (after blitz playoff); 78 players, 6 rounds, 224 games (5 available)
  • Bunratty Major 2016; 1st Liam P. Fahy (Cavan); 74 players, 6 rounds, 213 games (5 available)
  • Bunratty Minor 2016; 1st Pádraig Dwyer (Blanchardstown); 102 players, 6 rounds, 291 games (4 available)
  • Bunratty Blitz; 1st Nigel Short
Photos The tournament report on the ICU web site has 8 photos, and the ChessBase report has 21.
References Sources and notes. If you have any other documents, reports, references, biographical information, annotations or (in particular) photos, please .


Tournament review

See Gerry Graham's tournament report on the ICU web site, and Short wins Bunratty Masters, Gerry Graham, ChessBase, February 29, 2016.


Interesting games

         Cabañas Jimenez, Manuel – Costachi, Mihnea      0-1

         Skulte, Christopher – Pein, Malcolm      0-1

         Williams, Simon K. – Le Ruyet, Léopold      1-0

         Costachi, Mihnea – O'Gorman, Tom      ½-½

         Murray, David B. – McMorrow, John      1-0

         Hebden, Mark – Pein, Malcolm      1-0

         Larisch, Rolf – MacElligott, Gerard      0-1

         Fehr, Jukka – Murray, David B.      ½-½

         O'Donnell, Conor – O'Connor, Jonathan      1-0

         Špírek, Adam – Cabañas Jimenez, Manuel      0-1

         Williams, Simon K. – Short, Nigel      0-1

         Le Ruyet, Léopold – Short, Philip      ½-½

         Walton, Alan J. – Costachi, Mihnea      ½-½

         Rendle, Thomas E. – Rawlinson, Aidan M.      1-0

         Moran, Stephen – Quinn, Rory      0-1

         Keogh, Eamon – Mulligan, Scott      0-1

         Collins, Sam – Le Ruyet, Léopold      0-1

         O'Donnell, Conor – Walton, Alan J.      1-0

         Gelip, Ioana – Rawlinson, Aidan M.      0-1

         Moynihan, Kieran – Byrne, Alex      1-0