The Dun Laoghaire Rapidplay took place on Sunday August 19th 2012 in the Dun Laoghaire Club. There were 24 players participating. Ciaran Quinn stormed into the lead with 5 straight wins, including one in round 2 against visiting Russian Vladislav Schekoldin. Top seed Karl McPhillips lost in round 3 against Brendan Buckley. These 4 players contested the top 2 boards in the 6th and final round to decide the tournament winner:
- B1: Karl McPhillips (4) vs Ciaran Quinn (5)
- B2: Vladislav Schekoldin (4) vs Brendan Buckley (4)
McPhillips and Schekoldin both won and so there was a 3 way tie for 1st-3rd between Karl McPhillips, Ciaran Quinn and Vladislav Schekoldin on 5 points, each winning 200 euros.
Grading prizes were won by William Ffrench (U1800) and Ross Beatty (U1500). The final standings and crosstable are below.
Standings
Place Name Feder Loc Club Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1-3 McPhillips, Karl 2270 Kilkenny 5 15.0 23.0 17.0
Quinn, Ciaran 1946 Elm Mount 5 15.0 21.5 20.0
Schekoldin, Vladislav Rus 2149 5 14.5 21.5 16.0
4-6 Buckley, Brendan 2082 Galway 4 16.0 23.0 17.0
O'Brien, Cormac 2048 Gonzaga 4 15.0 22.0 16.0
O'Connell, Gerry 2106 St. Benildus 4 14.0 21.5 15.0
7-10 Ffrench, William 1538 Elm Mount 3.5 14.5 22.5 12.5
Navarro, Pablo Esp 2046 3.5 13.0 20.0 12.5
Beatty, Ross 1041 Shankill 3.5 10.5 14.0 9.5
Jackson, Peter 1767 Dun Laoghaire 3.5 10.0 16.5 11.0
11-15 Tolkus, Airidas 1567 Naomh Barrog 3 12.0 19.0 11.0
O'Neill, Tom 1505 Dun Laoghaire 3 11.5 15.5 9.0
Mitchell, David 1595 Dun Laoghaire 3 10.5 17.5 9.0
Corry, Justin 1512 Naomh Barrog 3 10.5 16.5 10.0
Burke, Kevin 1648 St. Benildus 3 10.0 14.0 10.0
16 Buckley, Gerry 1704 Malahide 2.5 13.5 20.5 11.5
17-22 Nikrow, Shahram 1352 Rathmines 2 11.5 16.5 5.0
Rivera, Franco 1530 Curragh 2 11.5 15.5 7.0
McCarrick, Pat 1341 Longford 2 11.0 16.5 8.0
McCarrick, Claire 766 Longford 2 10.0 16.5 10.0
McKenna, Matthew 1600 Dun Laoghaire 2 8.5 12.0 3.0
Dennehy, Tony 1845 Dun Laoghaire 2 8.0 13.5 4.0
23 Treanor, Sean 1329 1.5 10.5 17.5 8.0
24 Farrell, Liam 924 Dun Laoghaire 0 10.0 15.5 0.0
Cross Table
No Name Feder Loc Club Total 1 2 3 4 5 6
1 McPhillips, Karl 2270 Kilkenny 5 13:W 8:W 4:L 5:W 7:W 2:W
2 Quinn, Ciaran 1946 Elm Mount 5 17:W 3:W 23:W 4:W 5:W 1:L
3 Schekoldin, Vladislav Rus 2149 5 11:W 2:L 10:W 20:W 6:W 4:W
4 Buckley, Brendan 2082 Galway 4 18:W 15:W 1:W 2:L 11:W 3:L
5 O'Brien, Cormac 2048 Gonzaga 4 14:W 19:W 6:W 1:L 2:L 12:W
6 O'Connell, Gerry 2106 St. Benildus 4 7:W 16:W 5:L 8:W 3:L 14:W
7 Ffrench, William 1538 Elm Mount 3.5 6:L 9:W 15:W 10:W 1:L 8:D
8 Navarro, Pablo Esp 2046 3.5 12:W 1:L 18:W 6:L 16:W 7:D
9 Beatty, Ross 1041 Shankill 3.5 16:L 7:L 21:W 24:W 13:W 11:D
10 Jackson, Peter 1767 Dun Laoghaire 3.5 23:D 22:W 3:L 7:L 17:W 16:W
11 Tolkus, Airidas 1567 Naomh Barrog 3 3:L 17:W 19:W 16:D 4:L 9:D
12 O'Neill, Tom 1505 Dun Laoghaire 3 8:L 13:L 24:W 18:W 15:W 5:L
13 Mitchell, David 1595 Dun Laoghaire 3 1:L 12:W 20:L 17:W 9:L 19:W
14 Corry, Justin 1512 Naomh Barrog 3 5:L 21:W 16:L 19:W 20:W 6:L
15 Burke, Kevin 1648 St. Benildus 3 24:W 4:L 7:L 23:W 12:L 18:W
16 Buckley, Gerry 1704 Malahide 2.5 9:W 6:L 14:W 11:D 8:L 10:L
17 Nikrow, Shahram 1352 Rathmines 2 2:L 11:L 22:W 13:L 10:L 24:W
18 Rivera, Franco 1530 Curragh 2 4:L 24:W 8:L 12:L 22:W 15:L
19 McCarrick, Pat 1341 Longford 2 22:W 5:L 11:L 14:L 23:W 13:L
20 McCarrick, Claire 766 Longford 2 21:W 23:L 13:W 3:L 14:L 22:L
21 McKenna, Matthew 1600 Dun Laoghaire 2 20:L 14:L 9:L 22:L 24:W 23:W
22 Dennehy, Tony 1845 Dun Laoghaire 2 19:L 10:L 17:L 21:W 18:L 20:W
23 Treanor, Sean 1329 1.5 10:D 20:W 2:L 15:L 19:L 21:L
24 Farrell, Liam 924 Dun Laoghaire 0 15:L 18:L 12:L 9:L 21:L 17:L