Rapidplay 2022: Entrants
Name Rating Andrew Barber Max Cook Benjamin Gacquin Paul Gaffney Eoin Galvin Conor Haran James Lee Vladimir Mabhena Gerard McLoughlin Patrick Murphy Timothy O'Malley Vinayak Verlekar Vivaan Verlekar
The home of chess in Galway
Club members narrowly missed out on prizes in Ireland’s top tournament in Bunratty earlier this month.
The nearest to a prize was Jason Rawlinson, in the Major section, who started with 4 straight wins, putting him tied for first with just one other player. Unfortunately tiredness overtook him on the Sunday, and he ended with a loss and a draw for 4½ points, which was still good enough for fourth equal. Other good results in the Major were Eamonn Abberton and Carlos Silva, who both came tenth equal with 4 points, and there was an excellent performance by young Denis Ruschko, who scored well above his rating with 3½ points, including a draw in the first round with the player who eventually came second – and his only loss of the weekend was against our own Carlos. Denis has accomplished with ease the difficult step up a level from last year. Paul Ward scored 2½ points, also seeming to tire on the Sunday.
In the Minor section, our star was another of our young juniors, Zalan Nemeth, who went through the tournament undefeated for a score of 4½, and ninth place. The slightly older David Piercey scored 3 points, also fading somewhat in the second half.
In the second-highest section, the Challengers, Pete Morriss, who is still recovering from a serious illness, scored 3 wins in the 4 games he was able to play, which was something of a boost to the morale in his convalescence.
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