| The Sligo Spring Tournament Major 2023 |
| Sources |
| Flyer |
Flyer (1-page pdf document) |
| Tournament web site |
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| ICU web sites |
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| Players |
Dermot Earls provided all his games, with notes, which were forwarded by Craig DuBose, for which many thanks |
| Lichess |
8 games |
| Chess-Results |
Pairings & results |
| Twitch |
Diana Mirza commented on all rounds (day 1, day 2, day 3) |
| Newspapers |
- Sligo Champion
- “Sligo Spring Chess Tournament”, January 25, 2023 p. 46 (announcement)
- “Sligo Spring Chess Tournament, Diamond Coast Hotel (Friday-Sunday)”, February 1, 2023 p. 70
- “Top chess stars to compete in Spring event”, February 1, 2023 p. 70
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- Sligo Weekender
- “Chess Tournament in Enniscrone”, January 19, 2023 p. 6 (announcement)
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- “Chess Tournament in Enniscrone”, January 26, 2023 p. 6 (announcement)
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- “Spring Tournament brings talented chess players from near and far to west Sligo this weekend”, February 2, 2023 p. 26
- “Spring chess tournament at the Diamond Coast Hotel in Enniscrone”, February 9, 2023 p. 26 (8 photos)
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- Sunday Independent (Alexander Baburin)
- February 12, 2023 p. 27 (report, annotation of Rakhmangulov - Benson, Masters section round 1)
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| Twitter |
The ChessSligo Twitter page had photos and updates (cf. version of February 20, 2023 (via the Wayback Machine)) |
| Web |
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| Notes |
| Ratings |
- FIDE ratings are from the February 2023 list
- ICU ratings are from the latest list including the player, provided it occurred in January 2020 or later
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| Playoff |
Oisín O'Sullivan won the blitz (3' + 2") playoff 2-0 (via Craig DuBose (email, February 27, 2023)) |
| Discrepancies |
Lichess gave the result of B. Doolin - Whelan, round 4, as 0-1, but the ICU ratings report and Chess-Results.com gave 1-0. This report adopts the ICU version. |
| Versions |
- v1.0 (14 Mar 2023): first published version
- v1.1 (22 Mar 2023): modified links to concurrent events in Information → Basic data, and revised results of Challenger; added notes to O'Sullivan - Rushe, round 2 (previously omitted, though the game was listed in the Annotations index); added O'Sullivan's full name throughout; corrected Annotations index
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| Contributors |
Craig DuBose |
| Author |
Seán Coffey |