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

2363 IM David Fitzsimons

2158 Nitish Arun

2031 Alkim Alper Fil

2023 Jakov Jagic

1899 Mihovil Niko Cogelja

1894 Adam Allman

1873 Aram Hakobyan

1854 Philip O'Connell

1843 Beril Bayrak

1833 Oisin O'Sullivan

1798 Matthew O'Neill

1777 Rahul Arun

1762 Hubert Machowski

1730 Adam Koczynski

1697 Fionn Fargnoli

1645 Frane Balunovic

1638 Ronan Kelly

1625 Krish Bhattacharjee

1625 Sandesh Kumar Singh

1625 Sean Carr

1601 Adrien Metge

1601 Maurice Duignan

1540 John Wynroe

1527 Joseph O'Connell

1515 Karlo Jagic

1485 Max Wong

1468 Joseph Keenan

1453 Kajetan Machowski

1450 Isabelle Manning

1449 Igor Machowski

1384 Harsha Vardhan Chakka

1370 Sean O'Flynn

1334 Adhish Jagtap

1332 Antoine Bouju

1313 Oisin Kelly

1312 Milan Sajeesh

1295 Sidhardha Vardhan Chakka

1266 Garreth Kelly

1179 Julian Mindykowski

1153 Shasana Manikandan

1116 Kai Wong

1099 Rohan Gupta

1069 Aron O'Sullivan

909 Hassan Syed Muhammad

736 Samvart Krishnamurthy

716 Michael Bel

400 Sean Blackwell

Donal O'Connell

Harry Tong

Unrated 16 entries

1842 Teva Shuman

1521 Pawel Daniel

1493 Andrew Wong

1457 Emily Shuman

1301 Bozena Brajkovic Jagic

1229 Karthik Nachiappan Lakshmanan

1212 Charlie Baker

1153 Shasana Manikandan

1135 Milan Cogelja

1082 Logitha Krishnakumar

966 Jeronim Maro Cogelja

917 Christopher Shum

826 Johan Thomas

788 Revathi Manikandaan

402 David Kinsella

Jack Baker