| The Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2024 |
| The Sligo Spring Tournament Challenger 2024 |
| Dates |
February 2-4, 2024 |
| Town |
Enniscrone, Co. Sligo |
| Venue |
Diamond Coast Hotel, Bartragh, Enniscrone, Co. Sligo, F26 E9F9 |
| Chief Organiser |
Craig DuBose |
| Chief Arbiter |
IA Alon Shulman |
| Deputy Arbiter |
Adam Rushe |
| Players participating |
87, including one who played no games |
| Games played |
211 |
| Competition format |
5-round Swiss |
| Eligibility |
Nominally rating < 1200, higher of FIDE and ICU |
| Tie-break |
Direct Encounter, Buchholz Cut-1, Buchholz, Sonneborn-Berger, Progressive Score. (Applicable for money prizes.) |
| Time control |
90 minutes for all moves with a 30 second increment per move from move 1 |
| Default time |
30 minutes |
| FIDE rated? |
Yes (ID 348176) |
| Prize fund |
1st €150, a one-year Chessable membership, and a Chessable course worth € 200; otherwise unknown; overall prize fund €3400 |
| Entry fee |
€50 |
| Games available |
210 |
| Sponsors |
- Beyond
- Chessable
- Liber Bookshop
- Dmac Media
- Abtran
- Dunnes Stores
- Chess.ie
- Sligo Credit Union
- DGT
- plus many board sponsors
- (see tournament web site main page (archived February 27, 2024), bottom right, for logos)
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| Photographs |
A professional photographer took many photos of round 3 and the closing ceremony. See condohphotography.pixieset.com. |
| Concurrent events |
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| References |
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