The 103rd Irish Chess Championship is scheduled to take place from 3-11th August at The Talbot Hotel, Stillorgan, Dublin.
Players rated 1900 or above on any published FIDE or ICU list in 2024, prior to the close of entries, meet the rating requirement for the main 9-day event.
The current Irish Womenโs, 50+, and 65+ champions, all former Irish champions, up to two ICU nominees and up to one organiser nominee are exempt from the rating requirement.
The tournament format is 9-round Swiss and the event will be rated with FIDE.
The total prize fund is 4000 EUR, with 1500 EUR reserved for the champion. Tournament website here.
SIDE EVENTS:
First Weekender:
Friday, August 2โSunday, August 4, 2024.
Major 1650-2000, Challenger โค 1700 (ICU). 5-round FIDE-rated events.
โฌ 2,000 combined prize fund.
Weekday Open:
Monday, August 5โFriday, August 9, 2024.
5-round FIDE-rated open event (by rating). โฌ 800 prize fund.
Open Weekender:
Friday, August 9โSunday, August 11, 2024.
5-round FIDE-rated open event (by rating). โฌ 1,500 prize fund.
Rate of play for all classical events: 90 minutes with a 30 second increment.
Irish Rapid Chess Championship:
Sunday, August 4, 2024.
6-round FIDE-rated open event (by rating). Registration 6.30pm. Round 1 7pm, finishing before 10pm. โฌ 600 prize fund. Free parking at venue.
Rate of play: 10 minutes with a 5 second increment.
Irish Blitz Chess Championship:
Sunday, August 11, 2024.
11-round FIDE-rated open event (by rating). Registration 6.30pm. Round 1 7pm, finishing before 10pm. โฌ 600 prize fund. Free parking at venue.
Rate of play: 3 minutes with a 2 second increment.
Players currently registered for Championship:
2341 IM David Fitzsimons
2222 FM Kavin Venkatesan
2198 FM Colm Daly
2189 CM Jacob Flynn
2177 CM Adam Collins
2161 FM John Delaney
2157 FM Peter Carroll
2150 FM James Crowley
2146 Oisin O’Cuilleanain
2143 Jason Liu
2113 Benjamin Murray
2092 Lukian Hushpit
2065 FM Gordon Freeman
2065 Patryk Brozynski
2062 Cathal Keenan
2028 Leon Putar
2022 Alice O’Gorman
2019 Ben Sheahan
1999 Conor Nolan
1990 Luke Scott
1975 CM Gerard MacElligott
1969 Oissine Murphy
1953 Anthony Doyle
1952 Oliver Barnes
1947 Atharva Paibir
1947 Antonina Gora
1944 Andrey A. Ivanov
1928 David Geaney-O’Brien
1927 Nitish Arun
1926 Anthony Fox
1926 NM Eamon Keogh
1925 Mohammad Mahbub Parouare
1918 Brendan Lyons
1912 Emmet O’Rourke
1908 Darun Govindaraju
1899 Pat Reynolds
1893 Lara Putar
1889 Sam O’Neill
1870 Bernard Boyle
1832 Yannick Woods
