Location	Bishopstown Campus, Student Centre (Eircode: T12 P928)
Start date	2025-11-15
End date	2025-11-15
Prize fund	€800
Sections	Rated, Unrated
Contact	Ben McCarthy, +353892210403
Event website	events.mtu.ie/index.cfm?page=events&eventId=1273
Category	Irish
FIDE Rated?	No
Notes
This year, Rapid Royale will host two tournaments side by side: FIDE-Rated and Non-FIDE, both featuring: 8 rounds of rapid chess Time control: 10 minutes + 2 seconds increment per move The Tournament will take place on the 15th of November from 11:00-16:00 Official FIDE rules will be followed for the FIDE tournament; standard rules apply for the Non-FIDE tournament Anyone looking to enter the FIDE-Rated Tournament will need a ICU membership or an international equivalent, Anyone with an official rapid FIDE is prohibited from entering the Non-FIDE tournament. Entry Fees: FIDE-Rated Tournament: 16th–19th October: €16 20th October–9th November: €20 10th–14th November: €24 Non-FIDE Tournament: 16th–19th October: €8 20th October–9th November: €10 10th–14th November: €12 Prizes: 1st Place: €300 FIDE / €80 Non-FIDE 2nd Place: €160 FIDE / €40 Non-FIDE 3rd Place: €80 FIDE / €20 Non-FIDE Best MTU Player: €25 FIDE / €15 Non-FIDE Best Female Player: €25 FIDE / €15 Non-FIDE Best Under-18 Player: €25 FIDE / €15 Non-FIDE These prizes can only be given out in the form of vouchers of the winner's choice."

Entries

Rated 49 entries

2365 IM David Fitzsimons

2172 Nitish Arun

2063 Alkim Alper Fil

2052 Jakov Jagic

1898 Aram Hakobyan

1863 Mihovil Niko Cogelja

1854 Philip O'Connell

1843 Rahul Arun

1833 Matthew O'Neill

1821 Beril Bayrak

1805 Hubert Machowski

1776 Oisin O'Sullivan

1678 Adam Koczynski

1645 Ronan Kelly

1645 Frane Balunovic

1634 Sean O'Flynn

1627 Fionn Fargnoli

1625 Sean Carr

1609 Karlo Jagic

1606 Adam Allman

1601 Maurice Duignan

1584 Adrien Metge

1571 John Wynroe

1569 Krish Bhattacharjee

1547 Igor Machowski

1540 Max Wong

1527 Joseph O'Connell

1482 Sandesh Kumar Singh

1468 Joseph Keenan

1460 Kajetan Machowski

1419 Harsha Vardhan Chakka

1408 Adhish Jagtap

1400 Isabelle Manning

1340 Garreth Kelly

1332 Antoine Bouju

1313 Oisin Kelly

1312 Milan Sajeesh

1295 Sidhardha Vardhan Chakka

1250 Shasana Manikandan

1150 Kai Wong

1149 Julian Mindykowski

1099 Rohan Gupta

1042 Aron O'Sullivan

909 Hassan Syed Muhammad

736 Samvart Krishnamurthy

716 Michael Bel

400 Sean Blackwell

Donal O'Connell

Harry Tong

Unrated 16 entries

1779 Teva Shuman

1521 Pawel Daniel

1510 Karthik Nachiappan Lakshmanan

1459 Emily Shuman

1301 Bozena Brajkovic Jagic

1250 Shasana Manikandan

1249 Andrew Wong

1195 Charlie Baker

1139 Logitha Krishnakumar

1135 Milan Cogelja

966 Jeronim Maro Cogelja

917 Christopher Shum

826 Johan Thomas

788 Revathi Manikandaan

684 Jack Baker

402 David Kinsella