Munster Championship 2015

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Basic data

Munster Championship 2015
Dates September 18-20, 2015
Town Ennis
Venue West County Hotel, Ennis, Co. Clare
Chief Arbiter Gerry Graham
Players participating 18
Games played 42
Competition format 5-round Swiss
Tie break Harkness followed by Buchholz
Time control 90 minutes for all moves with a 30 second increment per move from move 1
FIDE rated? Yes (ID 120508)
Games available 39 (of which 1 incomplete)
Concurrent events
Photos The MCU web site has 5 photos from the prizegiving of the championship and another 5 from the prizgiving of the Joe Browne Cup, plus two more of the winners (via the Wayback Machine).

Paul walsh, with trophy
Above: Paul Walsh.
References Sources and notes. If you have any other documents, reports, references, biographical information, annotations or (in particular) photos, please .


Tournament review

See Rory Quinn's report, Ennis Chess blog, September 21, 2015.


Interesting games

         Dowdall, Paul – Twomey, Pat      0-1

         Knightson, John – Miller, Jacob      1-0

         Quinn, Rory – Salsac, Eric James      1-0

         O'Connell, Denis – O'Brien, Ray      ½-½

         Walsh, Paul – Quinn, Rory      1-0

         O'Grady, Martin – Knightson, John      ½-½

         Salsac, Eric James – O'Donnell, Michael      1-0

         Short, Philip – Quinn, Rory      0-1

         Cassidy, John – Walsh, Paul      0-1

         O'Grady, Martin – Salsac, Eric James      ½-½