| Cork Masters 2025 |
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| Cork Masters 2025 | |
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| Dates | October 3-5, 2025 |
| City | Cork |
| Venue | Clayton Hotel Cork City, 10 Lapp’s Quay, Cork T12 RD6E |
| Organiser | Mark Watkins |
| Chief Arbiter | Mark Watkins |
| Deputy Arbiters | Simon Lawrence, Andrew Kelly |
| Players participating | 29 |
| Games played | 69 |
| Competition format | 5-round Swiss |
| Eligibility | Rating 1800+ FIDE or, if no FIDE rating, ICU |
| Tie-break | For first place: blitz (3+2), best of three, between top two players under Median Buchholz; prize money split evenly. |
| Time control | 90 minutes for all moves with a 30 second increment from move 1 |
| Schedule | Round 1 (Friday): 7.30pm; rounds 2 and 3 (Saturday): 10.00am and 3.00pm; rounds 4 and 5 (Sunday): 9.00am and 2.00pm |
| Default time | 30 minutes |
| FIDE rated? | Yes (ID 435511) |
| Prizes | Unknown |
| Entry fee | €60 (€50 early) |
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| Photos |  Brendan O'Gorman posted 51 photos on SmugMug. Above: playing hall (click for full size). |
| Games available | 30, of which at least 2 incomplete |
| References | Sources and notes. If you have any other documents, reports, references, biographical information, annotations or (in particular) photos, please . |
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| IRLchess: Irish chess history & records. |
| Version 1.0, published 8 Octobber 2025. Comments/corrections? . |
| Download pgn file. |