| Irish Championship 2012 |
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| Irish Championship 2012 | |
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| Dates | July 7-15, 2012 |
| City | Dublin |
| Venue | Red Cow Moran Hotel, Naas Road, Dublin 22 |
| Organiser and controller | Rory Delaney |
| Players participating | 14 |
| Games played | 63 |
| Competition format | 9-round Swiss |
| Eligibility | Rating 1900+ (FIDE or ICU). Championship open to all but only players who were Irish natives or citizens were eligible for the title of Irish champion. |
| Tie-break | For title of Irish champion: shared title in the case of two eligible tied players, and Median Buchholz (to decide (probably) a single champion) in case of a tie between three or more tied players. For Olympiad place, Median Buchholz between eligible tied players. These details were unspecified before the event and were the topic of extensive discussion during the event (see Sources and Notes). |
| Time control | 40 moves in 100 minutes, followed by 20 moves in 50 minutes and then 15 minutes for the remaining moves plus a 30 second increment from move 1. |
| FIDE rated? | Yes |
| Games available | 62 of the 63 (missing Courtney – Janusaitis, round 9). |
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| References | Sources and notes. If you have any other documents, reports, references, biographical information, annotations or (in particular) photos, please . |
The ICU web site has a brief summary of results. There was extensive discussion of the event at the LCU blog. |
| IRLchess: Irish chess history & records. |
| Version 1.9, published 25 March 2024. Comments/corrections? . |
| Download pgn file. |