The Limerick Open 2022 was held on 4th-6th November at the West County hotel Ennis. There were 104 entries in both the Philip Hogarty Open(57 players ) and the Under 1400 Sections(47 players).
Prize Winners List:
Phillip Hogarty Open:
Joint First prize: James Naughton(Limerick) and Blair Connell(England) who finished on 4.5/5 points.
In Round 5, the 7th seed James Naughton beat 2nd ranked IM Oleg Gubanov, from Ukraine then won the best of 3 3 min + 2 sec blitz playoff games against top ranked Blair Connell(England) to win the perpetual trophy which is a solid two tier wooden carved chess set with a chess problem position.
Joint Third prize was shared by 3 players: FM Rory Quinn(Ennis), Adam Collins(Kilkenny) and Klaus Weih(Germany) all on 4/5 points
Grading prizes:
Conor O'Reilly(Rathmines) on 3.5/5 points
Andrew Brennan(UCD) on 3.5/5 points
Kieran O'Brien(Ennis) on 3.5/5 points
For the final standings and round by round results please click section
(Click here for Open final standings)U-1400 section:
Joint First prize: Gabriel Mirza(St.Michaels) and Roy Marshall(Ennis) on 4.5/5 points. Gabriel won the blitz playoff v Roy Marshall.
Joint Third prize: Shane Loughlin(Galway juniors) and Scott Fitzgerald(Limerick) on 4/5 points.
Grading prizes
Alton D'Souza on 3.5/5 points
Abhishek Newaskar on 3.5/5 points
Alex O'Rourke(Cork) on 3.5/5 points
Special thanks to John Cassidy for organising the Limerick Open and Colm O'Muireagain for being the Controller.
Prizes were presented by John Cassidy. Congratulations to all prize winners!
OPEN SECTION:
2022 Limerick open tournament joint winner James Naughton(Limerick) with his first prize perpetual trophy. James beat the other joint winner Blair Connell from England in the best of 3 blitz playoff games to decide who gets to keep the perpetual trophy
2022 Limerick Open tournament joint 1st Blair Connell from England receiving joint first place prize money from organiser John Cassidy. Win or lose Blair is one of the most entertaining characters on the chess circuit.
2022 Limerick Open joint 3rd place Klaus Weih(Germany) receiving prize money from John Cassidy.
2022 Limerick Open 2022 joint 3rd prize winner FM Rory Quinn(Ennis). Rory recently gained the FM title for his fine performance at the Euro teams championship held in Austria.
2022 Limerick Open grading prize winner Kieran O'Brien(Ennis) receiving prize money from John Cassidy.
U-1400 SECTION:
Roy Marshall(Ennis) who finished in joint 1st place in 2022 Limerick U-1400 being presented with his prize money by John Cassidy. Roy is a rising star.
2022 Limerick U-1400 joint 3rd prize winner Scott Fitzgerald(Limerick) who scored 4/5 points. Another young player with great potential.
2022 Limerick U-1400 joint 3rd prize winner Shane Loughlin from Galway juniors who scored 4/5 points receiving prize money from organiser John Cassidy.
Prize winners Group photo:
Group picture of 2022 Limerick Open prize winners in both sections.