DCU Open 2024

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Basic data

DCU Open 2024
Dates March 8-10, 2024
City Dublin
Venue The Venue, the U Building, Dubin City University, Glasnevin Campus, D09 NRT0, Dublin
Organiser Julia Meza Osorio
Chief Arbiter Henry Williams
Players participating 101 (of whom 5 played no games)
Games played 226
Competition format 5-round Swiss
Eligibility Open to all ICU members including unrated players.
Tie-break Direct Encounter; Sonneborn-Berger; Median Buchholz. Tie-break applied even for prize money.
Time control 90 minutes for all moves with a 30 second increment from move 1
Default time 30 minutes
Schedule Round 1 (Friday): 7.00pm; rounds 2 and 3 (Saturday): 10.00am and 3.00pm; rounds 4 and 5 (Sunday): 10.00am and 3.00pm
FIDE rated? Yes (ID 354758)
Prizes 1st €300; 2nd €205; 3rd €155; grading prizes (U1900, U1600, ungraded (all FIDE)) €80 each
Entry fee €35 (€25 students and U18s); free for GM, IM, WGM, FM, and WIM before February 23
Concurrent events
Photo
Playing hall, opening round
Full size version
Games available 20 (of which 3 incomplete)
References Sources and notes. If you have any other documents, reports, references, biographical information, annotations or (in particular) photos, please .


Tournament review

DCU Open Prize Winners, Henry Williams, ICU web site, March 13, 2024.


Interesting games

         Davis, Colin – Delaney, John      0-1

         Kanyamarala, Tarun – Venkatesan, Kavin      0-1

         Daly, Colm – Kanyamarala, Trisha      1-0

         Ivanov, Andrey – Nemeth, Zalan      0-1

         Delaney, John – Venkatesan, Kavin      0-1