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Bunratty Masters 2018
Anniversary	25th Bunratty Festival
Dates	February 23-25, 2018
Town	Bunratty, Co. Clare
Venue	Bunratty Castle Hotel
Organiser	Paul Carey, Gerry Graham, Ted Jennings, Brian Scully
Arbiter	Gerry Graham
Deputy arbiter	Ivan Baburin
Players participating	55
Games played	155
Competition format	6-round Swiss
Eligibility	Nominally rating 2000+, but players rated 1950+ were allowed to play, and some further exemptions were granted by the organisers
Time control	1 hour 30 minutes per player for all moves plus 15 seconds increment from move 1.
Tie break	Blitz playoff for trophy; other prizes shared equally
FIDE rated?	No
Prize fund	1st €1000; 2nd €500; 3rd €250. Grading prizes €300.
Photos	The ICU Facebook page has an album with 55 black and white photos taken by Eugene Donohue. Below: Belenkaya - McShane, round 2, after 24. Qf5 (see full size version).     The ICU tournament report has 10 extra photos, Alina l'Ami's ChessBase report has 23 photos, Simon Williams' Chess.com report has 9 photos
Sponsors
Concurrent events	Bunratty Challengers 2018 (tables). 1st-3rd Denis J. O'Donoghue (1st after blitz playoff), Kevin O'Flaherty, Stephen Short. 82 players, 6 rounds, 234 games (4 available). Bunratty Major 2018 (tables). 1st-2nd Muhammad Khairil Annuar (1st after blitz playoff), Dayna Ferguson. 88 players, 6 rounds, 256 games (6 available). Bunratty Minor 2018 (tables). 1st-2nd Jana Solomatina (1st after blitz playoff), Benjamin Murray. 135 players, 6 rounds, 397 games (6 available). Bunratty Blitz 2018. February 25, 2018. 1st Luke McShane.
Games available	All 155
References	Sources and notes. If you have any other documents, reports, references, biographical information, annotations or (in particular) photos, please .

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