The Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2023

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Sources and notes

Sources
Flyer Flyer (1-page pdf document)
Tournament web site
ICU web sites
Players Vladimir Mabhena provided all his games, with notes, which were forwarded by Craig DuBose, for which many thanks
Lichess 24 games
Chess-Results Pairings & results
Twitch Diana Mirza commented on all rounds (day 1, day 2, day 3)
Newspapers
  • Sligo Champion
  • “Sligo Spring Chess Tournament”, January 25, 2023 p. 46 (announcement)
  • “Sligo Spring Chess Tournament, Diamond Coast Hotel (Friday-Sunday)”, February 1, 2023 p. 70
  • “Top chess stars to compete in Spring event”, February 1, 2023 p. 70
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  • Sligo Weekender
  • “Chess Tournament in Enniscrone”, January 19, 2023 p. 6 (announcement)
  • “Chess Tournament in Enniscrone”, January 26, 2023 p. 6 (announcement)
  • “Spring Tournament brings talented chess players from near and far to west Sligo this weekend”, February 2, 2023 p. 26
  • “Spring chess tournament at the Diamond Coast Hotel in Enniscrone”, February 9, 2023 p. 26 (8 photos)
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  • Sunday Independent (Alexander Baburin)
  • February 12, 2023 p. 27 (report, annotation of Rakhmangulov - Benson, Masters section round 1)
Twitter The ChessSligo Twitter page had photos and updates (cf. version of February 20, 2023 (via the Wayback Machine))
Web


Notes
Ratings
  • FIDE ratings are from the February 2023 list
  • ICU ratings are from the latest list including the player
Playoff Carlos Leal won the blitz (3' + 2") playoff 2-0, but later it was realised that he had been (re-)assigned to the wrong section (through no fault of his own). He retained the prize money for first, but first, second and third prizes were awarded to Darun Govindaraju, Christopher Woods, and Carl O'Connor respectively. (Via Craig DuBose (email, February 27, 2023).)
Versions
  • v1.0 (21 Mar 2023): first published version
Contributors Craig DuBose
Author Seán Coffey