- Venue: THE HUNT MUSEUM garden, Rutland St. Limerick City. Thanks to the Hunt museum management for providing the venue.
- Schedule: 4 Rounds, 1st Round @ 1130 am - 1230 pm, Round 2 @ 1230-1305 pm, meal break @ 13.30-2 pm Round 3 - 2-3 pm, Round 4(Final) - 3-3.30 pm, followed by the prize giving
- Entry Fee: Entry For All competitors was free
- Time Limit: Time limit for all games was 20 minutes each player for all moves with no increment except in the final it was 20 min plus 2 second increment
- Prize Trophies sponsored by the Hunt museum were awarded for 1st, 2nd and Best Junior.
- This non-rated event was open to all chess players or members of the public who know the Rules of chess .
- The tournament was held outdoors under the Hunt museum back garden awnings shelter in dry but cloudy weather.
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Number of entries were limited to 16 with 8 boards played in rd 1 and the final played on the giant chess board.
- The Arbiter was Neal Kirby, who also did the round draws.
- Sets & clocks were provided at the venue by the Limerick chess club.
ENTRIES:
Sun 21st July 2024: (16 entries max)
1. James Naughton
2. Robert Arellano
3. Hamilton Mandeya
4. George Stack
5. Korneliuz Bartczak
6. Con Kirby
7. Jamie Comley
8. Stephen Clancy
9. Conor Sheehan
10. Akash Sreenivasan
11. Christy McInerney
12. Murali Kathiresan
13. Henry Williams
14. Michal Ambrozy
15. Sarah Cheung
16. Conor Stinson
RESULTS RD 1:
No Name Result Name 1 Hamilton Mandeya* 0.5(0) : 0.5(1) Robert Arellano* 2 Akash Sreenivasan 0 : 1 James Naughton 3 George Stack 1 : 0 Murali Kathiresan 4 Conor Sheehan 1 : 0 Michal Ambrozy 5 Conor Stinson 0 : 1 Christy McInerney 6 Jamie Comley 0 : 1 Con Kirby 7 Sarah Cheung 0 : 1 Korneliuz Bartczak 8 Stephen Clancy 1 : 0 Henry Williams RESULTS RD 2:
No Name Result Name 1 Conor Sheehan 0 : 1 Robert Arellano 2 George Stack 1 : 0 James Naughton 3 Stephen Clancy 0 : 1 Korneliuz Bartczak 4 Con Kirby 1 : 0 Christy McInerney RESULTS RD 3:
No Name Result Name 1 Robert Arellano 1 : 0 Con Kirby 2 Korneliuz Bartczak* 0.5(0) : 0.5(1) George Stack* RESULT FINAL:
No Name Result Name 1 George Stack 0 : 1 Robert Arellano Winner: Robert Arellano (Limerick)
Runner up: George Stack (Limerick)
Best Junior: George Stack (Limerick)
NOTES:
1. All games were 20 mins each with no increment except the Final with 20 mins + 2 sec
3. The Final was played on the Hunt Museum Giant Chess Board
4. Two games in Rds 1 and 3(denoted by asterisks) required a 5 min blitz playoff
PHOTOS: SUNDAY 21ST JULY 2024
Round 1 game between Akash and James Naughton which James won.
Round 1 in the Hunt museum tournament on Sunday 21st July 2024 Hamilton Mandeya v Robert Arellano.
Round 1 game in the Hunt museum tournament on Sunday 21st July 2024 George Stack v Murali nearest.
Round 1 game in the Hunt museum tournament on Sunday 21st July 2024 bd 4 Sarah Cheung v Korneliuz Bartczak nearest.
Round 1 game in the Hunt museum tournament on Sunday 21st July 2024 shows all 8 boards in round 1.
Hunt Summer Garden tournament 2024 Round 1 Hamilton and Robert drew their game and had to play a 5 min blitz playoff.
Hunt Summer Garden tournament 2024 Round 1 Conor Stinson v Christy McInerney. Conor narrowly lost on time in an even endgame.
Hunt Summer Garden tournament 2024 Round 2 Conor Sheehan v Robert Arellano(with cap).
Hunt Summer Garden tournament 2024 Round 2 Stephen Clancy playing his move as White v Korneliuz Bartczak.
Hunt Summer Garden tournament 2024 Round 2 George Stack v James Naughton which George won.
Hunt Summer Garden tournament 2024 Round 2 Con Kirby v Christy McInerney.
Hunt Summer Garden tournament 2024 Round 2 Neal Kirby(standing) did a great job as Arbiter besides arranging the draws.
Hunt Summer Garden tournament 2024 Round 3 Korneliuz Bartczak v George Stack.
Hunt Summer Garden tournament 2024 Round 3 Robert Arellano v Con Kirby. Robert won against strong junior Con.
Hunt Summer Garden tournament 2024 Round 3 Korneliuz Bartczak v George Stack. George won through to the Final after a 5 min blitz playoff.
Hunt Summer Garden tournament 2024 Final played on the Hunt giant chessboard. George answers Robert's Philidor defence with 3.d4
Hunt Summer Garden tournament 2024 Final played on the Hunt giant chessboard. Black's 39.Qh1! was a brilliant attacking move.
Hunt Summer Garden tournament 2024 Final played on the Hunt giant chessboard. The final position which George resigned.
Hunt Summer Garden tournament 2024 Round 3 Robert Arellano receiving 1st prize trophy from Hunt museum's Declan Hassett.
Hunt Summer Garden tournament 2024 George Stack receiving 2nd prize trophy from Hunt museum's Declan Hassett.
Hunt museum giant chess board