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

2191 Nitish Arun

2063 Alkim Alper Fil

2039 Jakov Jagic

1898 Aram Hakobyan

1871 Mihovil Niko Cogelja

1861 Rahul Arun

1854 Philip O'Connell

1821 Beril Bayrak

1817 Matthew O'Neill

1805 Hubert Machowski

1776 Oisin O'Sullivan

1678 Adam Koczynski

1645 Frane Balunovic

1634 Sean O'Flynn

1627 Fionn Fargnoli

1620 Sean Carr

1615 Karlo Jagic

1614 Ronan Kelly

1606 Adam Allman

1601 Maurice Duignan

1587 Krish Bhattacharjee

1584 Adrien Metge

1571 John Wynroe

1547 Igor Machowski

1535 Max Wong

1527 Joseph O'Connell

1482 Sandesh Kumar Singh

1468 Joseph Keenan

1460 Kajetan Machowski

1403 Adhish Jagtap

1395 Harsha Vardhan Chakka

1392 Isabelle Manning

1340 Garreth Kelly

1332 Antoine Bouju

1313 Oisin Kelly

1312 Milan Sajeesh

1289 Sidhardha Vardhan Chakka

1250 Shasana Manikandan

1149 Julian Mindykowski

1144 Kai Wong

1099 Rohan Gupta

1042 Aron O'Sullivan

909 Hassan Syed Muhammad

736 Samvart Krishnamurthy

716 Michael Bel

400 Sean Blackwell

Donal O'Connell

Harry Tong

Unrated 16 entries

1779 Teva Shuman

1533 Karthik Nachiappan Lakshmanan

1521 Pawel Daniel

1459 Emily Shuman

1301 Bozena Brajkovic Jagic

1250 Shasana Manikandan

1249 Andrew Wong

1195 Charlie Baker

1139 Logitha Krishnakumar

1135 Milan Cogelja

966 Jeronim Maro Cogelja

917 Christopher Shum

826 Johan Thomas

788 Revathi Manikandaan

684 Jack Baker

402 David Kinsella