MTU Rapid Royale 2025

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
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

2350 IM David Fitzsimons

2145 Nitish Arun

2019 Alkim Alper Fil

2007 Jakov Jagic

1921 Mihovil Niko Cogelja

1888 Aram Hakobyan

1854 Philip O'Connell

1842 Beril Bayrak

1785 Matthew O'Neill

1783 Hubert Machowski

1772 Oisin O'Sullivan

1770 Rahul Arun

1770 Adam Koczynski

1693 Krish Bhattacharjee

1689 Fionn Fargnoli

1645 Frane Balunovic

1638 Sean Carr

1601 Adrien Metge

1599 Ronan Kelly

1584 Maurice Duignan

1565 John Wynroe

1531 Joseph O'Connell

1527 Max Wong

1508 Karlo Jagic

1468 Joseph Keenan

1434 Kajetan Machowski

1369 Adhish Jagtap

1361 Harsha Vardhan Chakka

1358 Isabelle Manning

1345 Igor Machowski

1332 Antoine Bouju

1312 Milan Sajeesh

1305 Sidhardha Vardhan Chakka

1278 Garreth Kelly

1196 Sean O'Flynn

1179 Julian Mindykowski

1099 Rohan Gupta

1075 Shasana Manikandan

1074 Kai Wong

1065 Aron O'Sullivan

909 Hassan Syed Muhammad

400 Sean Blackwell

Harry Tong

Donal O'Connell

Sandesh Kumar Singh

Samvart Krishnamurthy

Adam Allman

Oisin Kelly

Michael Bel

Unrated 16 entries

1525 Emily Shuman

1521 Pawel Daniel

1314 Bozena Brajkovic Jagic

1229 Karthik Nachiappan Lakshmanan

1135 Milan Cogelja

1075 Shasana Manikandan

966 Jeronim Maro Cogelja

917 Christopher Shum

826 Johan Thomas

402 David Kinsella

Charlie Baker

Jack Baker

Revathi Manikandaan

Logitha Krishnakumar

Andrew Wong

Teva Shuman

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