Irish Championship 2016

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Basic data

Irish Championship 2016
Dates July 2-10, 2016
City Dublin
Venue Student Centre, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4
Organiser Gerry Graham
Arbiter Ivan Baburin
Players participating 16
Games played 72
Competition format 9-round Swiss
Eligibility IRL registration with FIDE; additional rating requirement of 1900+ FIDE or ICU with many exceptions (see Sources and Notes)
Tie-break Not explicitly stated; almost certainly the title would be shared in the case of a tie between exactly two players, while a tie-break of some sort would apply in case of a tie between three or more players. The most recently announced detailed rule was for the 2014 championship: “Where two players tie for first place the title and prize money will be shared. Where 3 or more tie for first place the top two using Buchholz Meridian system (Hi-Lo) will share the title and all tied players will share the 1st., 2nd., 3rd., and 4th ( if advertised ) prizes equally.”
Time control 40 moves in 105 minutes, plus an additional 30 minutes at move 40, plus a 30 second increment from move 1
Prize fund 1st €1000; 2nd €600; 3rd €400; 4th €250; best U2100 €250 (all as announced; first prize was guaranteed but all others were subject to entry, and actual prizes may have been lower)
Entry fee Various, up to €75
FIDE rated? Yes (ID 138877)
Concurrent events
  • Irish Intermediate Championship 2016, 1st Doanatas Jocius (Rathmines)
  • Irish Junior Championship 2016, 1st-2nd Seán Cullen (Wicklow), Robert McLoughlin (Blanchardstown)
  • Irish Open Weekender 2016, 1st Ioana Gelip (T.C.D.)
  • All-Comers Rapid at Irish Championship 2016, 1st Killian Delaney (Gonzaga) (after blitz playoff)
  • Fun Junior Tourney at Irish Championship 2016, 1st Dante Arroyo (–)
Games available All 72
References Sources and notes. If you have any other documents, reports, references, biographical information, annotations or (in particular) photos, please .


Tournament review

See the rolling round-by-round review by John McMorrow at the ICU web site.



Interesting games

         Melaugh, Shane – Fox, Anthony      0-1

         Daly, Colm – Fox, Anthony      ½-½

         Butler, Kevin C. – Melaugh, Shane      ½-½

         Keogh, Eamon – Tirziman, Rudolf      1-0

         Scott, Luke – Delaney, Killian      0-1

         Daly, Colm – Jessel, Stephen      0-1

         O'Connell, Gerard – Butler, Kevin C.      0-1

         Jessel, Stephen – Fox, Anthony      1-0

         Scott, Luke – Tirziman, Rudolf      0-1

         Keogh, Eamon – MacElligott, Gerard      0-1