Location	Bishopstown Campus, Student Centre (Eircode: T12 P928)
Start date	2025-11-15
End date	2025-11-15
Prize fund	€800
Sections	Rated, Unrated
Contact	Ben McCarthy, +353892210403
Event website	events.mtu.ie/index.cfm?page=events&eventId=1273
Category	Irish
FIDE Rated?	No
Notes
This year, Rapid Royale will host two tournaments side by side: FIDE-Rated and Non-FIDE, both featuring: 8 rounds of rapid chess Time control: 10 minutes + 2 seconds increment per move The Tournament will take place on the 15th of November from 11:00-16:00 Official FIDE rules will be followed for the FIDE tournament; standard rules apply for the Non-FIDE tournament Anyone looking to enter the FIDE-Rated Tournament will need a ICU membership or an international equivalent, Anyone with an official rapid FIDE is prohibited from entering the Non-FIDE tournament. Entry Fees: FIDE-Rated Tournament: 16th–19th October: €16 20th October–9th November: €20 10th–14th November: €24 Non-FIDE Tournament: 16th–19th October: €8 20th October–9th November: €10 10th–14th November: €12 Prizes: 1st Place: €300 FIDE / €80 Non-FIDE 2nd Place: €160 FIDE / €40 Non-FIDE 3rd Place: €80 FIDE / €20 Non-FIDE Best MTU Player: €25 FIDE / €15 Non-FIDE Best Female Player: €25 FIDE / €15 Non-FIDE Best Under-18 Player: €25 FIDE / €15 Non-FIDE These prizes can only be given out in the form of vouchers of the winner's choice."

Entries

Rated 49 entries

2369 IM David Fitzsimons

2181 Nitish Arun

2038 Alkim Alper Fil

1990 Jakov Jagic

1908 Aram Hakobyan

1899 Mihovil Niko Cogelja

1859 Hubert Machowski

1854 Philip O'Connell

1852 Matthew O'Neill

1796 Beril Bayrak

1790 Oisin O'Sullivan

1739 Rahul Arun

1692 Adam Koczynski

1647 Fionn Fargnoli

1645 Frane Balunovic

1630 Sean O'Flynn

1628 Karlo Jagic

1601 Maurice Duignan

1597 John Wynroe

1590 Krish Bhattacharjee

1588 Sean Carr

1585 Adrien Metge

1584 Ronan Kelly

1568 Adam Allman

1536 Kajetan Machowski

1527 Joseph O'Connell

1521 Max Wong

1510 Igor Machowski

1498 Sandesh Kumar Singh

1468 Joseph Keenan

1442 Shasana Manikandan

1406 Garreth Kelly

1405 Adhish Jagtap

1405 Harsha Vardhan Chakka

1391 Isabelle Manning

1334 Kai Wong

1332 Antoine Bouju

1313 Oisin Kelly

1312 Milan Sajeesh

1280 Sidhardha Vardhan Chakka

1189 Julian Mindykowski

1099 Rohan Gupta

1077 Aron O'Sullivan

909 Hassan Syed Muhammad

736 Samvart Krishnamurthy

716 Michael Bel

400 Sean Blackwell

Harry Tong

Donal O'Connell

Unrated 16 entries

1707 Teva Shuman

1521 Pawel Daniel

1484 Karthik Nachiappan Lakshmanan

1457 Emily Shuman

1442 Shasana Manikandan

1277 Bozena Brajkovic Jagic

1237 Charlie Baker

1189 Andrew Wong

1158 Logitha Krishnakumar

1135 Milan Cogelja

966 Jeronim Maro Cogelja

917 Christopher Shum

870 Revathi Manikandaan

826 Johan Thomas

743 Jack Baker

402 David Kinsella