thern Ireland Chess

 

 

                          

 

 

 

FIDE rated

Omagh Rapidplay

Championship 2023

Established 2014

 

Event 7 of 15 in

FIDE rated NI Rapid Grand Prix 2023/2024

 

Saturday 2nd December 2023

10:45am to 5:30pm

 

 

 

Chief Arbiter

Brendan Jamison

FIDE Official

 

 

Chief Organiser

John Bradley

Omagh Chess Club

 

Venue Organiser

Anthony White

Omagh Chess Club

 

Inside the playing hall at Omagh Rapidplay

Entry list:

42 Players

As at 17:48 on Friday 1 December 2023

Please note, due to a limit on the number of entrants

we can accept based on maximum table capactity

at the venue and chess equipment brought along on

the day, only players who have paid in advance

will be guranteed a place. Turning up on the day

to pay and play is only possible if space is

available due to any last minute pull-outs.

 

 

Rating

 

Name

 Players with a FIDE rating

highlighted in yellow

 

 

FIDE ID

 

Status

 

2099

 

 

 Scannell, Stephen P.  

  Lisburn Chess Club

 

 2501104

 

 

Confirmed

 

1910

 

 

 Roberts, Danny  

 

 2501074

 

 

Confirmed

 

1850

 

 

 Gemel-Seed, Ahmed

  Lisburn Chess Club

 

 awaiting DOB

 

 

 

Confirmed

 

1754

 

 

 Gallagher, Dominic  

 

 2518791

 

 

Confirmed

 

1685

 

 

 Moore, Samuel

  Bangor Chess Club

 

 2507110

 

 

Confirmed

 

1652

 

 Barbals, Gatis

  Fruithill Chess Club

 

 2513838

 

 

Confirmed

   

    U1650 Grading Band:

 

     

 

1614

 

 

 Gilmore, Adrian

   Omagh Chess Club

 

 2513951

 

 

Confirmed

 

1585

 

 

 Rushe, Adam

  Bangor Chess Club

 

 2511690

 

 

Confirmed

 

1537

 

 

 White, James

  Omagh Chess Club

 

 2525305

 

 

Confirmed

 

1533

 

 

 Khanzharov, Edward

 

 

 2511975

 

 

Confirmed

 

1515

 

 

 Duddy, Ruairi Jude

  City of Derry Chess Club

 

 2525151

 

 

Confirmed

 

1500p

 

 

 Zotovas, Valerijus

 

 

 2521946

 

 

Awaiting payment

         

 

U1500

 

 

Players eligible to win Intermediate shields:

 

     
         

 

1485

 

 

 Armstrong, Chris

  City of Derry Chess Club + Belfast South

 

 2510340

 

 

Confirmed

 

1477

 

 

 Bradley, John

  Omagh Chess Club + Strand Chess Club

 

 3600238

 

 

Confirmed

 

1458

 

 

 McClay, Declan Patrick

  City of Derry Chess Club

 

 2525232

 

 

Confirmed

 

1453

 

 

 Glendinning, Calum

  Strand Chess Club

 

 2515792

 

 

Confirmed

 

1450p

 

 

 Spence, Beckett (age 14)

 

 2526050

 

 

Confirmed

 

1427

 

 

 Ramasamy, Thirukumaran

  Roaming Knights NI

 winning free entry

 

 2527120

 

 

Confirmed

 

1416

 

 

 Mead, Oliver  

  Bangor Chess Club (age 15)

 

 2524031

 

 

Confirmed

 

1402

 

 

 Allsop, Rhys (age 16)

  Bangor Chess Club

 

 2525011

 

 

Confirmed

   

    U1400 Grading Band:

 

     

 

1399

 

 

 Biswal, Saiansh (age 9)

 

 2518155

 

 

Confirmed

 

1345

 

 

 Aashay R Kher 

  QUB Chess Club

 winning free entry

 

 25933337

 

 

Confirmed

 

1252

 

 

 Dubose, Craig

  Sligo Chess Club

 

 2519623

 

 

Confirmed

 

1247

 

 

 Leslie, Joshua

  City of Derry Chess Club

 

 2527448

 

 

Confirmed

 

1237

 

 

 Lynch, Sean-Pol

  City of Derry Chess Club

 

 2527456

 

 

Confirmed

 

1235

 

 

 Birendra, Claudio 

  QUB Chess Club

 

 

 2527995

 

 

Confirmed

 

1219

 

 

 Cummins, Finn

  Blanchardstown Chess Club, Dublin

 

 2525780

 

 

Confirmed

         

 

U1200

 

Players eligible to win Junior shields:

 

     
         

 

1191

 

 

 Harding, John

  Omagh Chess Club

 

 2514001

 

 

Confirmed

 

1179

 

 

 Sammon Fernandes, Kyle-Henrique

 

 

 2523159

 

 

Confirmed

 

1155p

 

 

 Boomer, James

  Lisburn Chess Club

 

 2527847

 

 

 

Confirmed

 

1155p

 

 

 Hassett, Jacob (age 14)

  Omagh Chess Club

 

 2528010

 

 

 

Confirmed

 

1100p

 

 

 Patton, Ryan (age 17)

  Omagh Chess Club

 

 DOB supplied

 

 

Confirmed

 

1050p

 

 

 McCaffrey, Jude (age 14)

  Omagh Chess Club

 

 DOB supplied

 

 

Confirmed

   

    U1050 Grading Band:

 

     

 

1000p

 

 

 Colgan, Joe (age 14)

 

 2526492

 

 

Confirmed

 

1000p

 

 

 Gafney, Ian

  Omagh Chess Club

 

 DOB supplied

 

 

Confirmed

 

1000p

 

 

 Murray, James

 

 DOB supplied

 

 

Confirmed

 

980

 

 

 Boyle, Eoin (age 16)

  Omagh Chess Club

 

 2515768

 

 

Confirmed

 

929

 

 

 White, Anthony

  Omagh Chess Club

 

 2513978

 

 

Confirmed

 

915

 

 

 Gamble, George

  Bangor Chess Club

 

 2515156

 

 

Confirmed

 

900p

 

 

 Sammon, Alec

 

 2526166

 

 

Confirmed

 

850p

 

 

 Haughey, Caolan

 Omagh Chess Club

 

 DOB supplied

 

 

Confirmed

 

850p

 

 

 Dunn, George (age 12)

  Omagh Chess Club

 

 DOB supplied

 

 

Confirmed

         

 

Arbiter playing in a round if needed to balance the numbers, not eligible for any prizes:

 

 

1876

 

 Jamison, Brendan***

 

 

 2511703

 

 

Confirmed

 

 

 

 

 

To gain a FIDE rating, players need to play a minimum of 5 games against existing FIDE-rated opponents, of which one of the games must be a victory and the player's Tournament Performance Rating (TPR) must be over 1000. Please note these requirements are expected to change on 1st January 2024 when the new minimum FIDE rating will be increased from 1000 to 1400.

 

 

 

Name:

 

Omagh Rapidplay Championship 2023

Event 7 of 15 in FIDE rated NI Rapid Grand Prix 2023/2024

 

 

Dates:

 

Saturday 2 December 2023

 

 

Times:

 

 

Check-in: 10:30am to 10:45am

Round 1 at 11am.

lunch break 1:40pm to 2:30pm

Prize-giving 5:20pm to 5:30pm

 

 

Time control:

 

 

25+0

 

Rounds:

 

6

 

 

Tie-breaks:

 

 

Swiss Master 5.7 Build 8 will determine tie-breaks in this order:

Buchholz, Progressive, TPR Mixed

 

 

Number of spaces:

 

 

40

 

 

Entry method:

 

 

fidechessni@gmail.com

 

 

Entry fee:

 

 

10 GBP - payable in advance by bank transfer, Revolut or to www.paypal.me/brendanjamison

5 GBP - for members of Omagh Chess Club

 

 

Format:

 

 

Open Swiss. One open section, no separate sections. FIDE rated.

 

 

 

Prizes:

 

 

12 engraved shields

Champion

2nd Place

3rd Place

Grading Award

Intermediate Champion

Intermediate 2nd Place

Intermediate 3rd Place

Intermediate Grading Award

Junior Champion

Junior 2nd Place

Junior 3rd Place

Junior Grading Award

 

 

Venue:

 

 

Christian Brothers Grammar School, Kevlin Road, Omagh, BT78 1LD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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