thern Ireland Chess 
          
          
        
          
            
          FIDE rated  
          QUB Winter Rapid 2023  
            
          Sunday 19th November 2023 
            
            
Venue: Blue Sky Room, Queen's Students' Union, 1 Elmwood Ave, Belfast, BT9 6AZ, Northern Ireland 
  
  
  
      
      Chief Arbiter  
      Brendan Jamison 
         | 
      
      Deputy  Arbiter  
      Eddie Khanzharov  | 
      
      Chief Organiser  
      Jade Sandrey  | 
   
 
  
  
Early entry list 
50 Players  
Maximum capacity = 50 
List correct as at 10:42 on  
Saturday  18 November 2023 
Please note, due to a limit on the number 
  of entrants 
we can accept based on 
  maximum table capactity  
at the venue and chess 
  equipment brought along on  
the day, only players who have paid in 
  advance 
will be guranteed a 
  place. Turning up on the day 
 to 
  pay and play is only possible if space is 
 available due to any 
  last minute pull-outs.  
  
  
      
      Rating  | 
      
      Name 
       Players with a FIDE rating highlighted  
         | 
      
      FIDE ID  | 
     | 
      
      Status  | 
   
  
      
      1891  
         | 
      
       Roberts, Danny  
       winning free entry  | 
      
       2501074  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
     
  
      
      1787  | 
      
       Dougherty, Matthew  
         | 
      
       2515873  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
     
  
      
      1735  | 
      
       Campbell, Andrew  
         | 
      
       2518392  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
   
  
      
      1682  | 
      
       McIlroy, Gerard  
         | 
      
       2525100  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
   
  
      
      1679  | 
      
       Barbals, Gatis  
         | 
      
       2513838  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
   
  
      
      1668  | 
      
       McIlroy, Ben  
         | 
      
       2525097  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
     
  
      
      1617 
         | 
      
       Grey, Tom 
       winning free entry  | 
      
       2520133  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
   
  
      
      1615  
         | 
      
       Sanchez Bornot, Jose Miguel  | 
      
       2525615  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
     
  
      
      1591 
         | 
      
       Rushe, Adam 
       winning free entry  | 
      
       2511690  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
   
  
      
      1590 
         | 
      
       Cheon, Elijah  | 
      
       2521814  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
     
  
      
      1568 
         | 
      
       Sandrey, Jade 
       winning free entry  | 
      
       2517990  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
   
  
      
      1565  
         | 
      
       Wesolowski, Andrzej  | 
      
       2513960  | 
      | 
     | 
   
  
      
      1563 
         | 
      
       Khanzharov, Edward 
       Deputy  Arbiter 
         | 
      
       2511975  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
   
  
      
      1556 
         | 
      
       Murphy, Paul  | 
      
       2526745  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
   
  
      
      1505  
         | 
      
       Rolleston, Robert  | 
      
       2527529  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
   
  
      
      1504  
         | 
      
       McCracken, David  | 
      
       2527111  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
     
  
      
      1500  
         | 
      
       Thompson, Nathan  
       winning free entry  | 
      
       DOB supplied  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
     
  
      
      1500  
         | 
      
       McDonald, Sean  
         | 
      
       DOB supplied  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
     
  
      
         | 
      
      Players eligible to win Intermediate trophies: 
         | 
      | 
      | 
      | 
   
  
      
      1479 
         | 
      
       McKillen, Pat  | 
      
       2513340  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
   
  
      
      1469 
         | 
      
       Liszewski, Mikolaj  | 
      
       2523086  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
   
  
      
      1452  
         | 
      
       Allsop, Rhys (age 16)  
         | 
      
       2525011  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
     
  
      
      1398  
         | 
      
       Murphy, Cathal J  
         | 
      
       2084309  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
     
  
      
      1378  
         | 
      
       Ramasamy, Thirukumaran 
         | 
      
       2527120  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
   
  
      
      1364  
         | 
      
       Aziz, Awsam  
         | 
      
       2640350  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
     
  
      
      1344  
         | 
      
       Biswal, Saiansh (age 9) 
         | 
      
       2518155  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
     
  
      
      1330  
         | 
      
       Thoke, Amol Mohan   
       winning free entry  | 
      
       2516390  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
   
  
      
      1326  
         | 
      
       Keenan, Colin  | 
      
       2513986  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
     
  
      
      1315  
         | 
      
       Murphy, Peter (child)  | 
      
       2518465  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
     
  
      
      1302 
         | 
      
       Amo, Hugo 
       winning free entry  | 
      
       2520648  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
   
  
      
      1295  
         | 
      
       McCroskery, Max   
       winning free entry  | 
      
       2526700  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
   
  
      
      1268  
         | 
      
       Murphy, Simon  (age 13) 
         | 
      
       17016959  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
   
  
      
      1264  
         | 
      
       Mead, Oliver   
       winning free entry  | 
      
       2524031  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
   
  
      
      1250p  
         | 
      
       Murphy, Peter (adult) 
         | 
      
       2520664  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
     
  
      
      1249 
         | 
      
       Sawant, Sanket   | 
      
       2520702  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
     
  
      
      1235 
         | 
      
       Birendra, Claudio    | 
      
       DOB supplied  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
     
  
      
         | 
      
      Players eligible to win Junior trophies: 
         | 
      | 
      | 
      | 
     
  
      
      1200p 
         | 
      
       Banerjee, Aharshi (age 12)  | 
      
       DOB supplied  | 
      | 
     | 
   
  
      
      1200p  
         | 
      
       Crothers, Toby (age 14)  | 
      
       DOB supplied  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
   
  
      
      1200p  
         | 
      
       Gourley, Darren 
         | 
      
       DOB supplied  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
     
  
      
      1200p 
         | 
      
       Smylie, Sam  | 
      
       DOB supplied  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
     
  
      
      1189 
         | 
      
       Giddings, Neo  | 
      
       DOB supplied  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
     
  
      
      1100p  
         | 
      
       Zalnieriunas, Paulius 
         | 
      
       DOB supplied  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
   
  
      
      1090p 
         | 
      
       Bendo, Jyuan Miguel (age 16)  | 
      
       5232767  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
     
  
      
      1083  
         | 
      
       Aashay R Kher  
       winning free entry  | 
      
       25933337  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
   
  
      
      1078  
         | 
      
       Koh, Philippa    | 
      
       343438075  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
   
  
      
      1072 
         | 
      
       Hung, Tak Yuen Dennis  | 
      
       6014801  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
   
  
      
      1000p  
         | 
      
       Boomer, James   | 
      
       DOB supplied  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
   
  
      
      1000p  
         | 
      
       Hassett, Jacob (age 14)   | 
      
       DOB supplied  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
     
  
      
      1000p  
         | 
      
       Gourley, Jake (age 12) 
         | 
      
       DOB supplied  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
     
  
      
      1000p  
         | 
      
       McAleavey, Christopher    | 
      
       DOB supplied  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
   
  
      
      1000p  
         | 
      
       O'Hare, Daniel 
         | 
      
       2525690  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
     
  
      
      964p 
         | 
      
       Bendo, Janna Mikaela  | 
      
       5232759  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
     
 
  
  
  
Arbiter playing in a round if needed to balance the numbers, not eligible for any prizes:  
  
  
      
      1876  | 
      
       Jamison, Brendan*** 
       Chief Arbiter 
         | 
      
       2511703  | 
      | 
      
      Confirmed  | 
   
 
  
  
  
  
Venue: Blue Sky Room, Queen's Students' Union, 1 Elmwood Ave, Belfast, BT9 6AZ, Northern Ireland 
         
          
  
  
            
              To gain a FIDE rating, players need to play a minimum of 5 games against existing FIDE-rated opponents, of which one of the games must be a victory and the player's Tournament Performance Rating (TPR) must be over 1000.  
                  
                
                  
                      
                    Name:  | 
                     
                        QUB Winter Rapid  Championships 2023 
                      Event 6 of 15 in FIDE rated NI Rapid Grand Prix 2023/2024 
                       | 
                   
                  
                      
                    Dates:  | 
                     
                       Sunday 19 November    2023  
                       | 
                   
                  
                      
                      Times:  
                       | 
                      
                      10:30am to 5:15pm 
                      Check-in 10:30am. Be seated at 10:40am.  
                      Round 1 at 10:45am 
                      Round 2 at 11:35am 
                      Round 3 at 12:25pm 
                      lunch break 1pm to 2pm 
                      Round 4 at 2pm 
                      Round 5 at 2:50pm 
                      Round 6 at 3:40pm 
                      Round 7 at 4:30pm 
                      Prize-giving   5:15pm 
                       | 
                   
                  
                      
                      Time control: 
                       | 
                      
                    20+0  | 
                   
                  
                      
                    Rounds:   | 
                      
                      7 
                       | 
                   
                  
                      
                      Tie-breaks: 
                       | 
                      
                      Swiss Master 5.7 Build 8 will determine tie-breaks in this order:  
                      Buchholz,  Progressive, TPR Mixed 
                       | 
                   
                  
                      
                      Number of spaces: 
                       | 
                      
                      50 
                       | 
                   
                  
                      
                      Entry method: 
                       | 
                      
                      fidechessni@gmail.com - please state name and date of event as we run 4 a month 
                       | 
                   
                  
                      
                      Entry fee: 
                       | 
                      
                      Early entry fee, if paid before 12 noon on Sunday November  12th: 
                      12 GBP - payable in advance to www.paypal.me/brendanjamison or by Revolut or bank transfer 
                      Late entry fee, if paid after 12 noon on Sunday November 12th or for players paying cash on the day: 
                      15 GBP 
   | 
                   
                  
                      
                      Format: 
                       | 
                      
                       Open Swiss.  
                       | 
                   
                  
                      
                      Prizes: 
                       | 
                      
                      9 engraved shields/trophies/cups 
                      Champion 
                      2nd Place 
                      3rd Place                       
                      Intermediate Champion 
                      Intermediate 2nd 
                      Intermediate 3rd 
                      Junior Champion 
                      Junior 2nd 
                      Junior 3rd 
                       | 
                   
                  
                      
                      Venue: 
                       | 
                      
                    Blue Sky Room, Queen's Students' Union, 1 Elmwood Ave, Belfast, BT9 6AZ, Northern Ireland  | 
                   
                 
  
  
  
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