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Bunratty Masters 2020
Dates	February 21-23, 2020
Town	Bunratty, Co. Clare
Venue	Bunratty Castle Hotel
Tournament Director	Paul Carey
Organising Committee	Paul Carey, Gerry Graham, Ted Jennings, Brian Scully
Arbiter	Gerry Graham
Deputy Arbiter	Neal Kirby
Players participating	52
Games played	151
Competition format	6-round Swiss
Eligibility	Nominally rating 2000+, but players rated 1950+ were allowed to play, and some further exemptions were granted by the organisers
Time control	1 hour 30 minutes per player for all moves plus 15 seconds increment from move 1.
Tie break	Blitz playoff for trophy; other prizes shared equally
FIDE rated?	No
Prize fund	1st €1000; 2nd €500; 3rd €250. Grading prizes €300.
Sponsors
Photos	Gerry Graham's tournament report has 12 photos of the event. Fiona Steil-Antoni's Facebook page has 64 photos of the event. Alexander Baburin's Facebook page has 6 photos of the event. Below: Hort - Arkell, round 6.
Videos	Desmond at Bunratty 2020, YouTube video (5m., 30s.), "ChessATC", February 24, 2020 (speech by Desmond Beatty before start of round 4) Diana at Bunratty 2020, YouTube video (8m. 44s.), "ChessATC", February 24, 2020 (interview with Diana Mirza)
Concurrent events	Bunratty Challengers 2020. 1st-3rd Paul O'Neill (Elm Mount) (first after blitz playoff), Gerard MacElligott (Elm Mount), Sam O'Neill (Gonzaga). 94 players, 6 rounds, 265 games (18 available). Bunratty Major 2020. 1st Sam Murray (Gonzaga). 82 players, 6 rounds, 206 games (6 available). Bunratty Minor 2020. 1st-3rd Bill Delee (Galway) (first after blitz playoff), James O'Sullivan (Ennis), Sumanth Shindgi (Cork). 128 players, 6 rounds, 363 games (6 available). Bunratty Blitz 2020. February 23, 2020. 1st Simon Williams.
Games available	149 (missing Keogh - Wallace, round 1, and Weischede - Kolb, round 6)
References	Sources and notes. If you have any other documents, reports, references, biographical information, annotations or (in particular) photos, please .

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