Gonzaga Masters 2025

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Basic data

Gonzaga Masters 2025
Dates January 17-19, 2025
City Dublin
Venue Gonzaga College S.J., Sandford Road, Ranelagh, Dublin 6, D06 KF95
Chief Arbiter Ivan Baburin
Chief Organiser Ursula McCague
Players participating 34
Games played 72
Competition format 5-round Swiss
Eligibility Rating 1900+ (based on ICU January 2025 list)
Tie-break Direct Encounter, Median Buchholz, Buchholz; tie-break applicable for money first prize
Time control 90 minutes for all moves with a 30 second increment per move
FIDE rated? Yes (tournament ID 402164)
Games available 40
Prize fund €3500 over all sections; for Masters, 1st €650; 2nd €350; 3rd € 200; U2050 grading prize €80
Entry fee €50
Schedule Round 1: Friday, 7.00pm; rounds 2 & 3: Saturday, 11.00am and 4.00pm; rounds 4 & 5: 9.30am and 2.30pm
Default time 30 minutes
Concurrent events
  • Gonzaga Championship 2025; 1st Mikhail Kapechun; 35 players, 6 rounds, 92 games (47 available)
  • Gonzaga Major 2025; 1st-3rd Eamon Kerney (1st on tie-break), Bradley Woolfenden (2nd on tie-break), Hugh Burke; 35 players, 6 rounds, 94 games (44 available)
  • Gonzaga Challengers 2025; 1st Shane Corry; 83 players, 6 rounds, 233 games (40 available)
Missing data, etc. Remaining game scores; sponsors; charities
References Sources and notes. If you have any other documents, reports, references, biographical information, annotations or (in particular) photos, please .


Tournament review

Gonzaga 2025 report, John Loughran, ICU web site, January 17-20, 2025 (report, three photos)


Interesting games

         Dumansky, Yaroslav – Paibir, Atharva      1-0

         Arellano, Robert – Nguyễn, Hồng Nhung      1-0

         Daly, Colm – Scallan, Fiachra      ½-½

         Crowley, James – Scott, Sarah      1-0

         Turner, Matthew – Petrenko, Maryna      1-0

         Nguyễn, Hồng Nhung – Hushpit, Lukian      1-0

         Arellano, Robert – Dumansky, Yaroslav      ½-½

         Ivanov, Andrey – Flynn, Jacob      ½-½

         Daly, Colm – Šarić, Kristina      1-0

         Flynn, Jacob – Petrenko, Maryna      1-0