| Bunratty Masters 2019 |
| Dates |
February 22-24, 2019 |
| 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 |
52 |
| Games played |
151 |
| 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. |
| Sponsors |
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| Photos |
- Gerry Graham's tournament report has 7 photos of the event. Below: Mark Hebden - Luke McShane, blitz playoff (see full size version).
- Ioana Miller's Facebook page has 57 photos of rounds 1-4 and 14 photos of rounds 5 & 6
- Fiona Steil-Antoni's Facebook page has 128 photos of the event (see also 4 additonal photos)
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| Videos |
- A video (14m., 49s.) of the blitz playoff appeared on the ICU Facebook page
- Bunratty Chess Festival 2019, YouTube video (6m. 20s.), "theassassinrapper", February 25, 2019
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| Concurrent events |
- Bunratty Challengers 2019. 1st Ciarán Quin (Elm Mount). 83 players, 6 rounds, 220 games (6 available).
- Bunratty Major 2019. 1st Muhd Khairil Asyr Khairil (–). 94 players, 6 rounds, 265 games (6 available).
- Bunratty Minor 2019. 1st-2nd Theo Wallace (Waterford) (first after blitz playoff), Seán Horan (–). 117 players, 6 rounds, 345 games (none available).
- Bunratty Blitz 2019. February 24, 2019. Results unknown at time of writing.
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| Games available |
All 151 |
| References |
Sources and notes. If you have any other documents, reports, references, biographical information, annotations or (in particular) photos, please . |