START OF SEASON BLITZ(6 ROUNDS)
DATE: THURS SEPT 25TH - 8 PM
VENUE: LIMERICK CHESS CLUB (LIMERICK LAWN TENNIS CLUB)
RATE OF PLAY: Standard 5 minutes a side, with time increment 2 sec for each move, and time handicaps. For 500+ ratings difference between the players, time handicap of 6 min + 2 sec for weaker player v 4 min + 2 sec for stronger player.
CONTROLLERS: RAY O'BRIEN and NEAL KIRBY
ORGANISER: PHILLIP FOENANDER
ENTRY FEES:
Adult: 5 EURO;
Junior: 3 EURO;
PRIZE WINNERS:
1st Robert Arellano on 5.5/6
Joint 2nd Korneliusz Bartczak, Adam McCoy on 5/6
Best Junior - Catha Murphy on 4/6
Congratulations to all prize winners!
All sets and clocks were provided by Club.
PHOTOS:
In the start of season blitz held on 25th Sept 2025, Robert Arellano finished in clear 1st on 5.5/6 points
Start of season blitz held on 25th Sept 2025, Korneliusz Bartczak and Adam McCoy finished in joint 2nd scoring 5/6 points
Start of season blitz held on 25th Sept 2025, Cathal Murphy finished as Best Junior scoring 4/6 points
Start of season blitz held on 25th Sept 2025, shows the round 2 game Co-Controller Neal Kirby, who announced the round pairings playing Trijal, which Neal won.
Start of season blitz held on 25th Sept 2025, Controller Ray O'Brien who did the pairings watching some games in Rd 2.
ENTRIES: There were 37 players who participated in the blitz
1. Robert Arellano 2134
2. Korneliuz Bartczak 2123
3. Hamilton Mandeya 2105
4. James Naughton 2088
5. Norbert Hoffmann 1965
6. Adam McCoy 1941
7. Jamie Comley 1936
8. Niall McDonnell 1885
9. Stephen Clancy 1786
10. Michal Surowka 1759
11. Paul Kellett 1724
12. David Haigney 1702
13. Christy McInerney 1693
14. Scott Fitzgerald 1683
15. Murali Kathiresan 1675
16. Cathal Murphy 1664
17. Sveinn Geirsson 1658
18. Neal Kirby 1622
19. Norbert Heydemann 1605
20. Devah Chandrasekar 1558
21. Maslen Briggs 1551
22. Keith O'Rahilliy 1541
23. Tobias Heydemann 1527
24. Aayan Sanuj 1498
25. Abhiroop Bhattacharya 1493
26. Brian Murphy 1478
27. Pradeep Trijal Rai 1470
28. Tony Ryan 1362
29. Filip Bartczak 1358
30. Sean Phillips 1346
31. Aydin Sanuj 1248
32. Nathan Shine 1209
33. Yurii Kosianchuk
34. Martin Rothschild
35. Shane Harty
36. Jade Jansen
37. David Pereira
Results Rd 6
No Name Loc Total Result Name Loc Total 1 Hamilton Mandeya 2105 [4] 0:1 Robert Arellano 2134 [4.5] 2 Korneliusz Bartczak 2123 [4] 1:0 Jamie Comley 1936 [4] 3 Adam McCoy 1941 [4] 1:0 Norbert Hoffmann 1965 [4] 4 James Naughton 2088 [3.5] 1:0 Niall McDonnell 1885 [3] 5 Scott Fitzgerald 1683 [3] 0:1 Stephen Clancy 1786 [3] 6 Cathal Murphy 1664 [3] 1:0 Michal Surowka 1759 [3] 7 Neal Kirby 1622 [3] 1:0 Paul Kellett 1724 [3] 8 David Haigney 1702 [3] .5:.5 Norbert Heydemann 1605 [3] 9 Ayaan Sanuj 1498 [3] 0:1 Abhiroop Bhattacharya 1493 [2.5] 10 Sveinn Geirsson 1658 [2] 1:0 Murali Karthiresan 1675 [2.5] 11 Jade Jansen [2] 0:1 Keith O'Rahilly 1541 [2] 12 Aydin Sanuj 1248 [2] 1:0 Martin Rothschild [2] 13 Yurii Kosianchuk [1.5] 1:0 Shane Harty [2] 14 Tobias Heydemann 1527 [1.5] 1:0 Filip Bartczak 1358 [1] 15 Sean Phillips 1346 [.5] 0:1 Brian Murphy 1478 [1] 16 Trijal Pradeep Rai 1470 [1] 1:0 Tony Ryan 1362 [.5]
Final Standings
Place Name Rtg Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 Arellano, Robert 2134 5.5 17.0 25.0 19.5
2-3 Bartczak, Korneliusz 2123 5 15.0 23.5 19.0
McCoy, Adam 1941 5 13.0 21.0 17.0
4 Naughton, James 2088 4.5 14.0 22.0 17.5
5-10 Comley, Jamie 1936 4 16.0 24.5 16.0
Mandeya, Hamilton 2105 4 16.0 24.0 17.0
Hoffmann, Norbert 1965 4 15.0 22.5 16.0
Murphy, Cathal 1664 4 12.5 18.5 13.0
Clancy, Stephen 1786 4 11.0 16.5 14.0
Kirby, Neal 1622 4 9.5 15.5 12.0
11-13 Heydemann, Norbert 1605 3.5 14.5 21.0 12.5
Haigney, David 1702 3.5 12.0 18.5 11.5
Bhattacharya, Abhiroop 1493 3.5 10.5 17.0 8.5
14-21 Surowka, Michal 1759 3 16.0 22.5 13.0
McDonnell, Niall 1885 3 14.0 20.5 14.0
Sanuj, Ayaan 1498 3 12.5 19.5 12.0
O'Rahilly, Keith 1541 3 12.5 19.0 10.0
Kellett, Paul 1724 3 12.0 17.5 11.0
Geirsson, Sveinn 1658 3 11.0 18.0 11.0
Fitzgerald, Scott 1683 3 11.0 17.0 11.0
Sanuj, Aydin 1248 3 11.0 16.5 6.0
22-24 Karthiresan, Murali 1675 2.5 12.0 19.0 9.5
Kosianchuk, Yurii 2.5 12.0 18.0 8.0
Heydemann, Tobias 1527 2.5 9.0 13.5 6.0
25-32 Rothschild, Martin 2 12.5 17.0 9.0
Harty, Shane 2 10.5 16.5 7.0
Murphy, Brian 1478 2 10.5 15.0 6.0
McInerney, Christy 1693 2 9.5 16.5 8.0
Rai, Trijal Pradeep 1470 2 9.5 14.0 4.0
Jansen, Jade 2 9.5 13.0 6.0
Briggs, Maslen 1551 2 8.0 14.0 6.0
Chandrasekar, Devah 1558 2 6.5 12.0 5.0
33-34 Bartczak, Filip 1358 1 9.5 13.5 2.0
Shine, Nathan 1209 1 2.5 7.5 1.0
35-36 Ryan, Tony 1362 0.5 9.5 13.0 2.0
Phillips, Sean 1346 0.5 8.0 11.5 2.0
37 Pereira, David 0 5.0 5.0 0.0
CROSS TABLE
No Name 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 Arellano, Robert 11:W 14:W 3:W 4:D 2:W 6:W
2 Bartczak, Korneliusz 32:W 18:W 7:W 6:W 1:L 5:W
3 McCoy, Adam 16:W 22:W 1:L 19:W 14:W 7:W
4 Naughton, James 17:W 28:W 5:W 1:D 6:L 15:W
5 Comley, Jamie 13:W 8:W 4:L 10:W 11:W 2:L
6 Mandeya, Hamilton 31:W 12:W 15:W 2:L 4:W 1:L
7 Hoffmann, Norbert 24:W 20:W 2:L 8:W 15:W 3:L
8 Murphy, Cathal 23:W 5:L 27:W 7:L 17:W 14:W
9 Clancy, Stephen 29:W 25:W 14:L 11:L 16:W 20:W
10 Kirby, Neal 25:L 29:W 26:W 5:L 28:W 18:W
11 Heydemann, Norbert 1:L 33:W 18:W 9:W 5:L 12:D
12 Haigney, David 21:W 6:L 32:L 23:W 19:W 11:D
13 Bhattacharya, Abhiroop 5:L 23:L 21:W 22:D 24:W 16:W
14 Surowka, Michal 33:W 1:L 9:W 17:W 3:L 8:L
15 McDonnell, Niall 27:W 19:W 6:L 32:W 7:L 4:L
16 Sanuj, Ayaan 3:L 30:W 22:W 28:W 9:L 13:L
17 O'Rahilly, Keith 4:L 34:W 20:W 14:L 8:L 30:W
18 Kellett, Paul 36:W 2:L 11:L 30:W 31:W 10:L
19 Geirsson, Sveinn 37:W 15:L 25:W 3:L 12:L 22:W
20 Fitzgerald, Scott 26:W 7:L 17:L 27:W 25:W 9:L
21 Sanuj, Aydin 12:L 31:L 13:L 0:W 27:W 25:W
22 Karthiresan, Murali 30:W 3:L 16:L 13:D 23:W 19:L
23 Kosianchuk, Yurii 8:L 13:W 24:D 12:L 22:L 26:W
24 Heydemann, Tobias 7:L 26:L 23:D 35:W 13:L 33:W
25 Rothschild, Martin 10:W 9:L 19:L 36:W 20:L 21:L
26 Harty, Shane 20:L 24:W 10:L 31:L 29:W 23:L
27 Murphy, Brian 15:L 37:W 8:L 20:L 21:L 36:W
28 McInerney, Christy 34:W 4:L 31:W 16:L 10:L 0:
29 Rai, Trijal Pradeep 9:L 10:L 34:L 33:W 26:L 35:W
30 Jansen, Jade 22:L 16:L 33:W 18:L 35:W 17:L
31 Briggs, Maslen 6:L 21:W 28:L 26:W 18:L 0:
32 Chandrasekar, Devah 2:L 36:W 12:W 15:L 0: 0:
33 Bartczak, Filip 14:L 11:L 30:L 29:L 36:W 24:L
34 Shine, Nathan 28:L 17:L 29:W 0: 0: 0:
35 Ryan, Tony 0: 0: 36:D 24:L 30:L 29:L
36 Phillips, Sean 18:L 32:L 35:D 25:L 33:L 27:L
37 Pereira, David 19:L 27:L 0: 0: 0: 0: