- Venue: THE HUNT MUSEUM garden, Rutland St. Limerick City. Thanks to the Hunt museum management for providing the venue.
- Schedule: 4 Rounds, 1st Round @ 11 am Round 2 @ 12 pm, meal break @ 12.45 pm Round 3 - 1.15 pm, Round 4(Final) - 2.15 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 5 second increment
- Prize Trophies 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 in the Hunt museum back garden in fairly good weather.
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Number of entries were limited to 16 with 8 boards played 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:
Sat 6th August 2022: (16 entries max)
1. Brendan Kennedy
2. George Stack
3. Emmanual Clancy
4. Adam McCoy
5. Tony Ryan
6. Anand Malu
7. Rithwik Malu
8. Conor Sheehan
9. Brian Murphy
10. James Naughton
11. Des Fanning
12. Ben Hogan
13. Vladimir Mabhena
14. Emilio Meza
15. Roy Marshall
16. Oleg Gubanov
RESULTS:
Winner: IM Oleg Gubanov (Ukraine)
Runner up: James Naughton (Limerick)
Best Junior: George Stack (Limerick)
PHOTOS: SATURDAY 6TH AUG 2022
The start of round 1 in the Hunt museum tournament on Saturday 6th Aug 2022 with 8 boards and the Shannon river backdrop.
Hunt Summer Garden tournament Round 1 Board 2 Emmanuel Clancy v Anand Malu.
Hunt tournament Boards 3 and 4 in Round 1 Roy Marshall v Conor Sheehan(nearest) and Brendan Kennedy v Oleg Gubanov.
Hunt tournament Boards 5 and 6 in Round 1 Ben Hogan v youngest player Rithwik Malu(nearest), and James Naughton v Des Fanning on the outside.
Hunt Museum Summer Garden rapid tournament prizes.
Hunt tournament Round 2 George Stack v Anand Malu on Saturday 6th Aug 2022.
Emilio Meza playing Conor Sheehan in Round 2 of the Hunt Summer Garden tournament on Aug 6th 2022. Conor managed to beat his opponent and the clock with just 3 seconds left.
Hunt tournament rd 2 James Naughton v Adam McCoy
Hunt Garden Summer tournament Board 4 in Round 2 IM Oleg Gubanov v Ben Hogan.
Conor Sheehan being presented by Ray with his Limerick Club Tom White Cup joint Best Junior trophy on 6th Aug 2022.
Hunt Garden Summer tournament Round 3 George Stack v James Naughton.
Hunt tournament Round 3 IM Oleg Gubanov v Conor Sheehan. Conor gave Oleg a good fight until he dropped a Bishop in the middlagame.
The Hunt tournament Best Junior 5 min blitz playoff between George Stack and Conor Sheehan was won by George.
Conor and George may be rivals for Best Junior over the board but they are best friends off the board!.
Hunt tournament Final between James Naughton(White) and IM Oleg Gubanov being played on the giant chess board. James is about to play his 6th move Bxc6.
Hunt tournament Final James v IM Gubanov. IM Gubanov has just won the pawn on c2 and then moved his Queen back to g6 to protect the c6 pawn. So James is about to play 11.Ne5 to attack the Q on g6.
Hunt tournament Final James v IM Gubanov on the Hunt Museum giant chessboard. Black has just played 23..Ke6 heading for the isolated c3 pawn and it is White to move.
Hunt tournament Final James v IM Gubanov. Material is even but IM Gubanov is about to play 26..Ra8 and after 27.B(a7)e3 Ra3 blocking the passed a pawn and putting more pressure on the weak isolated c pawn.
Hunt tournament Final James v IM Gubanov on the Hunt Museum giant chessboard. White has just played 35.Kf1 and it is Black's move. Black is 2 pawns ahead and with the passed c pawn is totally winning.
Hunt tournament Final James v IM Gubanov analysing after their game which IM Gubanov has just won.
George Stack receiving his Best Junior prize from Giedre the Hunt museum representative.
Hunt tournament Second prize winner James Naughton receiving his trophy.
IM Oleg Gubanov winner of the 2022 Hunt Museum Summer Garden tournament receiving his trophy.
