Bunratty Masters 2009

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Information

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Basic data

Bunratty Masters 2009
Dates February 20-22, 2009
Town Bunratty, Co. Clare
Venue Bunratty Shannon Shamrock Hotel
Organisers Unknown
Chief Arbiter Unknown
Players participating 38
Games played 114
Competition format 6-round Swiss
Eligibility Nominally rating 2000+, plus winner of Bunratty Challengers 2008, but in addition players within 50 points were allowed to enter
Tie break Unknown
Time control 90 minutes for all moves
Games available 112 (of which 18 incomplete)
FIDE rated? No
Concurrent events
  • Bunratty Challengers 2009; 1st-4th Nigel Fleming (first after blitz playoff), Pearse Dunne, Kieran O'Brien, Zaidan Zulkipli; 65 players, 6 rounds, 186 games
  • Bunratty Major 2009; 1st Terence Fayne (Faughs); 85 players, 6 rounds, 244 games
  • Bunratty Minor 2009; 1st-2nd David Hobbs (first after blitz playoff), Sujith Manjooran; 97 players, 6 rounds, 282 or 283 games
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Tournament review

See the tournament report by Gerry Graham on the ICU web site.


Interesting games

         Baburin, Alexander – Wolferink, Frans      1-0

         Benson, Oisín P. – Kilpatrick, Callum      1-0

         Wallace, Paul – Sreeves, Clement      1-0

         McPhillips, Karl – Williams, Simon      0-1

         Lopez, Alex – Baburin, Alexander      ½-½

         Baburin, Alexander – Pein, Malcolm      1-0

         Heinrich, Jan – Daly, Justin      0-1

         Svidler, Peter – Wells, Peter K.      1-0

         Benson, Oisín P. – Tsaboshvili, Lasha      0-1

         Heinrich, Jan – Sreeves, Clement      0-1

         Osborne, Sam – Benson, Oisín P.      1-0