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Irish Chess Championships 2014

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  • 01-05-2014 12:53pm
    #1
    Sparks
    Registered Users Posts: 40,055 ✭✭✭✭


    From the ICU website (with permission):
    Irish Championship Details are now available

    This year's Irish Chess Championship will be held in Trinity College, full details are now available here. Online entry will open soon.

    Entry form here.
    Irish Senior Championship
    9 Round
    FIDE rated
    Closed Swiss Event
    Saturday July 5th to Sunday July 13th 2014
    For Irish players rated over 1900 on the May 2014 ICU published rating list or over 1900 on the May 2014 FIDE list

    Venue:
    Round Times
    Goldsmith Hall,
    Trinity College Dublin

    Rate of Play:
    90 minutes for the first 40 moves followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the
    game with an addition of 30 seconds per move starting from move one.
    Irish Intermediate Championship
    5 Round FIDE rated Closed Swiss Event
    For players rated between 1500 and 1899 on the May 2014 ICU published rating list
    Friday July 4th to Sunday July 6th 2014

    Venue:
    Trinity College Dublin

    Rate of Play:
    90 minutes for the entire game with an addition of 30 seconds per move starting from move one.
    Irish Junior Championship
    5 Round FIDE rated Closed Swiss Event
    For players rated up to 1499 on the May 2014 ICU published rating list
    Friday July 4th to Sunday July 6th 2014
    Venue:
    Trinity College Dublin
    Rate of Play:
    90 minutes for the entire game with an addition of 30 seconds per move starting from move one.
    Irish Ladies Championship
    5 Round FIDE rated Closed Swiss Event
    Friday July 4th to Sunday July 6th 2014
    Venue:
    Trinity College Dublin
    Rate of Play:
    90 minutes for the entire game with an addition of 30 seconds per move starting from move one.
    Irish Open Weekender Championship
    5 Round FIDE rated Swiss Event
    Friday July 11th to Sunday July 13th 2014

    Venue:
    Trinity College Dublin

    Rate of Play:
    90 minutes for the entire game with an addition of 30 seconds per move starting from move one.
    Prize Fund

    Irish Chess Championships 2014

    1st|€1,000.00
    2nd|€600.00
    3rd|€400.00
    Best under 2100|€200.00


    Irish Intermediate Championship

    1st|€500.00
    2nd|€250.00
    3rd|€150.00


    Irish Junior Championship

    1st|€500.00
    2nd|€250.00
    3rd|€150.00


    Irish Women’s Championship

    ( This prize fund is subject to entry )
    1st|€500.00
    2nd|€250.00
    3rd|€150.00


    Irish Weekender Open Championship

    1st|€600.00
    2nd|€400.00
    3rd|€200.00
    Grading Prizes|€ 250.00

    Full details (including restrictions, accommodation details, etc, etc) in the entry form here.


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    #2
    historian
    Registered Users Posts: 35 ✭historian


    Let's hope somebody isn't rated 1900 (check the small print).

    On a more significant note, I see last year's experiment of going down to 1800 in the Senior has been abandoned.


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    cdeb
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,151 Mod ✭✭✭✭cdeb


    Interesting also that the Irish Ladies' tournament is now included. Last run alongside Kilkenny two years ago, I think, which seemed a bit silly as it meant the competitors couldn't enter one of the most popular weekenders.


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    #4
    RQ_ennis_chess
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    Wasnt the Irish Ladies Championship played for last year in UL also albeit with small numbers? I thought Diana Mirza won it.


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    #5
    historian
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    @RQ_ennis_chess
    Correct on both counts.


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    #6
    Past_Pawn_99
    Registered Users Posts: 119 ✭✭Past_Pawn_99


    Hope they can organize some mid-week tournaments like the AM and PM tournaments last year. Was hoping to play them and sad to see that they weren't included this year. :(


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    #7
    TOMP
    Closed Accounts Posts: 328 ✭✭TOMP


    High entry fees and relatively low prizes


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    historian
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    @Past_Pawn_99
    The "flyer" states that, "There may well be other mid week events arranged, details yet to be finalised" so don't give up hope yet.


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    #9
    mikhail
    Registered Users Posts: 3,863 ✭✭✭mikhail


    TOMP wrote: »
    High entry fees and relatively low prizes
    €50 for the weekenders is rather steep, given you could enter Malahide for €35 until yesterday.


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    #10
    Past sell by Date
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35 ✭Past sell by Date


    In the past the junior, intermediate and weekender have always been expensive, All to finance the top event for the elite ivory tower dwellers


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    eclipsechaser
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    mikhail wrote: »
    €50 for the weekenders is rather steep, given you could enter Malahide for €35 until yesterday.

    You'd think there'd be some early entry discount or multiple entry discount. That said, FIDE rated events used to require the organiser to pay FIDE an extra sum of money. Not sure if this is still the case...


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    #12
    Past sell by Date
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35 ✭Past sell by Date


    Even in the past when the junior , intermediate, weekender were not fide rated. The entry fee was 50 euro. I would also say that the playing conditions offered to these events were often sub standard..


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    L1m1tless
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 2,164 Mod ✭✭✭✭L1m1tless


    I have only played in this event once, e2e4 were running it. I think the €50 was worth it, the venue was excellent (Green Isle) as well as the organisation of the tournament, but I cant comment on other years.


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    #14
    cdeb
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,151 Mod ✭✭✭✭cdeb


    There was one year there was one of those African Sunday Church singing sessions on the same floor! That was quite distracting... The main event was on a lower floor, so don't know if it affected them, but I think that was the tournament with a leak in the roof or really loud fans or something. Bit of a disaster all round.

    The e2e4 tournament have a very good reputation though.


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    #15
    L1m1tless
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    Are e2e4 on board this year? There was another African church group at the final of the leagues this year. The noise was very distracting.


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    #16
    cdeb
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,151 Mod ✭✭✭✭cdeb


    They were there last year too. I guess they have the venue every Sunday. The Teachers' Club is a nice venue, but clashes with stuff like that do need to be avoided alright.

    Don't know if e2e4 are on board this year; I actually mentioned them as a follow-on from your post, but yeah, don't think that's confirmed (or even necessarily on the cards) at all.


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    #17
    L1m1tless
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 2,164 Mod ✭✭✭✭L1m1tless


    Yeah its a pity, I'm looking forward to it anyway.


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    EnPassant
    Registered Users Posts: 273 ✭✭EnPassant


    The main event is looking quite strong: http://www.icaa.ie/icu2014/entry_list.php?tbl_name=Irish_Senior_Championships


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    Lucena
    Registered Users Posts: 1,304 ✭✭✭Lucena


    I thought the cut-off point for accepting entries was 1900 elo, but I see a couple of players just under that. I assume this means they’re not that strict about the minimum 1900 limit, or are there other criteria taken into consideration, such as previously having been over 1900?


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    #20
    mikhail
    Registered Users Posts: 3,863 ✭✭✭mikhail


    Lucena wrote: »
    I thought the cut-off point for accepting entries was 1900 elo, but I see a couple of players just under that. I assume this means they’re not that strict about the minimum 1900 limit, or are there other criteria taken into consideration, such as previously having been over 1900?
    Usually there's some leeway at the discretion of the controller. Some controllers will have a strict cut-off in mind, some will accept a FIDE rating over 1900, some will allow promising juniors extra leeway, etc.


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    #21
    Ciaran
    Registered Users Posts: 907 ✭✭✭Ciaran


    I think an 1850 Fide or Irish rating is the cut off this year.


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    #22
    Lucena
    Registered Users Posts: 1,304 ✭✭✭Lucena


    Correct Ciaran. It's officially 1900 but with a 50 point tolerance.

    I've managed to find this information:

    "The ICU has agreed a tolerance of 50 points for entry to the Irish Senior, so any Irish player who's ICU rating on the May official published list is 1850 or higher ( or the FIDE May list of 1850 or higher ) may enter the Irish Senior Championship."

    http://www.icaa.ie/icu2014/


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    #23
    EnPassant
    Registered Users Posts: 273 ✭✭EnPassant


    The first round draws are up:-
    http://www.icu.ie/misc/games/sm/icu2014/senior/ (30 players)
    http://www.icu.ie/misc/games/sm/icu2014/inter/ (28 players)
    http://www.icu.ie/misc/games/sm/icu2014/junior/ (46 players)


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    #24
    L1m1tless
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 2,164 Mod ✭✭✭✭L1m1tless


    Good Luck to everyone playing, See you there later.


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    #25
    Richthetich
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    The Junior section is totally distorted. The players that didn't play in round one all received one point. Round one was forty five minutes with a ten second increment. From round two, twenty six people are on one point so if you played in round one and lost or drew you have no chance at winning the competition because someone with five out of five games will win it.

    I personally withdrew in disgust.


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    #26
    Ciaran
    Registered Users Posts: 907 ✭✭✭Ciaran


    Gerry MacElligott and John Redmond seem to have only made 14 moves in 3 and 3/4 hours. And I thought I played slowly at times!


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    #27
    Past sell by Date
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35 ✭Past sell by Date


    No results from the intermediate or junior. live boards not working,
    Another badly run irish tourney, Come back e2e4 please .....


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    #28
    cdeb
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,151 Mod ✭✭✭✭cdeb


    Interesting last move for Gordon Freeman against Sam!

    Live boards seem to be working ok now; were they down earlier today?


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    #29
    Ciaran
    Registered Users Posts: 907 ✭✭✭Ciaran


    cdeb wrote: »
    Interesting last move for Gordon Freeman against Sam!

    Live boards seem to be working ok now; were they down earlier today?

    Only 4 were working earlier. There were supposed to be 8.


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    cdeb
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 7,151 Mod ✭✭✭✭cdeb


    Ah, ok.

    There's still only four at the moment (all finished). So I presume it's the same four.


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    #31
    Past sell by Date
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35 ✭Past sell by Date


    Why cant you download the irish senior games ? It downloads ok but there are no moves in the pgn file. Come back e2e4 please......................................


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