The Limerick Open 2024 was held on 8th-10th November at the West County hotel Ennis. There were 113 entries in both the Philip Hogarty Open(76 players ) and the Under 1400 Sections(37 players).
Prize Winners List:
Phillip Hogarty Open:
First prize: IM Oleg Gubanov(UKRAINE, resident in Ennis) who finished on 4.5/5 points.
In Round 5, the top seed IM Oleg Gubanov won his final round game against FM Oscar Abraham Culbeaux Tello, both from Ennis, so IM Gubanov won the perpetual trophy which is a solid two tier wooden carved chess set with a chess problem position.
Joint Second-Ninth prize was shared by 8 players: Arena GM Robert Arellano(Limerick), Korneliuz Bartczak(Limerick), FM Rory Quinn(Ennis), WFM Maryna Petrenko(Ukraine/Tralee), George Stack(Limerick), Jakov Jagic(Cork), Christopher Woods(Drumlish) and Conor Stinson(Limerick) all on 4/5 points.
Robert Arellano(Limerick) was awarded the second place prizemoney on his tiebreak score, and Korneliuz Bartczak was awarded the third place prize money on tiebreak.
Grading prizes:
Lukasz Daros(Ennis) on 3.5/5 points
Sreekanth Sreekumar on 3.5/5 points
Cathal Murphy(Limerick) on 3/5 points
For the final standings and round by round results please click section
(Click here for Open final standings)U-1400 section:
First prize: Ahmed Abdelshafy(Egypt)) 5/5 points.
Joint Second/Fourth prize: Devah Chandrasekar(Limerick), Andrew McMahon, and Tobias Heydemann all on 4/5 points.
Grading prizes
Mark Keohane on 3.5/5 points
Sunit Dhake on 3/5 points
Jamie Enright on 3.5/5 points
Henry Williams on 3.5/5 points
Lexi Conway(Limerick) Special prize
Special thanks to John Cassidy for organising the Limerick Open and Colm O'Muireagain(Open) and John Cassidy(U1400) for being the Arbiters.
Prizes were presented by John Cassidy. Congratulations to all prize winners!
OPEN SECTION:
2024 Limerick Open tournament 1st IM Oleg Gubanov(Ukraine/Ennis) receiving his first prize. IM Oleg beat FM Oscar Culbeaux Tello (Ennis) in the 5th rd to win sole 1st place on 4.5/5 points.
2024 Limerick Open 2nd place on tiebreak Robert Arellano(Limerick) receiving prize money from John Cassidy, after finishing on 4/5 points in joint 2nd.
Limerick Open 2024 3rd place on tiebreak Korneliuz Bartczak(Limerick) finished on 4/5 points.
2024 Limerick Open Rating band prize winner Lukasz Daros finished on 3.5/5 points.
2024 Limerick Open Rating band prize winner Sreekanth Sreekumar finished on 3.5/5 points.
RD 4 and 5 ACTION SHOTS:
2024 Limerick Open Section rd 4 board 4 showing FM Daniel Hristodorescu(Romania) v George Stack(Limerick) which was drawn.
2024 Limerick Open Section rd 4 board 6 showing Adam McCoy v Korneliuz Bartczak(both Limerick) which Black won.
2024 Limerick Open Section rd 4 board 10 showing Oisin O'Sullivan v Jakov Jagic. Black won.
2024 Limerick Open Section rd 4 board 9 showing Dylan Minihane v Jamie Comley. Draw agreed.
2024 Limerick Open Section rd 5 board 4 showing Mark McGrath v FM Daniel Hristodorescu. Draw.
2024 Limerick Open Section rd 5 board 5 showing Conor Stinson v Brian Gallagher. White won.
2024 Limerick Open Section rd 5 board 7 showing George Stack v James Joseph O'Brien. White won.
2024 Limerick Open Section rd 5 board 21 showing Akos Kardkovacs v Gerry Casey. White won.
2024 Limerick Open Section rd 5 boards 28 and 27 Karlo Jagic v James Horrigan and Stephen Clancy v Filip Bartczak(both Limerick). White won both boards.
2024 Limerick Open Section rd 5 board 30 Nikolai Dimitrov v Vladimir Mabhena(Ennis). White won.
2024 Limerick Open Section rd 5 board 22 Hari Prasad(Limerick) v Ronan Kelly. White won.
2024 Limerick Open Section rd 5 board 14 Kathrin Kanchanok Kemmler(Thailand) v Sreekanth Sreekumar. Black won.
2024 Limerick Open Section rd 5 board 2 showing Maryna Petrenko v Korneliuz Bartczak(Limerick) which ended drawn.
2024 Limerick Open Section rd 5 board 1(in background) shows IM Oleg Gubanov v FM Oscar Abraham Culbeaux Tello(both Ennis) which White won after a tense battle to clinch first place.
2024 Limerick Open Section rd 5 board 3 showing FM Rory Quinn(Ennis) v Robert Arellano(Limerick) which ended drawn.
2024 Limerick Open Section rd 5 board 8 (in background) showing Jakov Jagic v Akshay Ranade. White won.
2024 Limerick Open Section rd 5 board 9 showing Andrzej Mrozowski v Peter Koeller(Ennis) just finished. White won.
2024 Limerick Open Section rd 5 board 13 showing Lukasz Daros(Ennis) v Daniel Devine. White won.
2024 Limerick Open Section rd 5 board 23 showing Aken Pinitha Palihawadana v Roy Marshall(Ennis) which ended drawn.
U-1400 SECTION:
Ahmed Abdelshafy won in the Limerick U-1400 section with a clean sweep score of 5/5. being presented with his prize money by John Cassidy. Ahmed is unrated over the board, but a strong online player, so had an 1860 performance rating.
One of the 3 joint 2nd prize winners in the 2024 Limerick U-1400 section Devah Chandrasekar (Limerick) who scored 4/5 points receiving prize money from organiser John Cassidy.
Andrew McMahon who scored 4/5 points was also one of the 3 joint 2nd prize winners in the 2024 Limerick U-1400 section.
Tobias Heydemann who scored 4/5 points was the third of the 3 joint 2nd prize winners in the 2024 Limerick U-1400 section.
Grading prize winner in the 2024 Limerick U-1400 section Sunit Dhake who scored 3.5/5 points receiving prize money from organiser John Cassidy.
Grading prize winner in the 2024 Limerick U-1400 section Mark Keohane who scored 3.5/5 points receiving prize money from organiser John Cassidy.
Grading prize winner in the 2024 Limerick U-1400 section Henry Williams scored 3.5/5 points receives prize money from organiser John Cassidy.
Big smile from Grading prize winner in the 2024 Limerick U-1400 section Jamie Enright on 3.5/5 points as he gets prize money from organiser John Cassidy.
Lira Celestia Rajamanohar won the Best Girl prize in the 2024 Limerick U-1400 section with 3.5/5 points as she gets her prize money from organiser John Cassidy.
Lexi Conway was awarded a 'Special character' prize by organiser John Cassidy in the 2024 Limerick U-1400 section because she is always cheerful.
RD 5 ACTION SHOTS:
2024 Limerick U1400 Section rd 5 board 6 Henry Williams v Kaja Mackevic. White won.
2024 Limerick U1400 Section rd 5 board 1 Ahmed Abdelshafy v Andrew McMahon. White won.
2024 Limerick U1400 Section rd 5 board 2 Nevan Bharambe v Devah Chandrasekar. Black won.