1989 Gabriel Landmark

1989 Caleb McClean [County Master]

1973 Alwin Micheal [County Master]

1969 Ben McIlroy [Club Super Master]

1960 Andrew Campbell [Club Super Master]

1915 Harry Braine

1846 Jack Bradshaw [Club Master]

1836 Gerard McIlroy [Club Super Master]

1833 Aashay Kher [Club Master]

1806 Bohdan Prokopenko [Club Master]

1737 Christopher Kelly

1725 Edward Khanzharov [Club Master]

1707 David McCracken [Club Candidate Master]

1702 Gordon Harpur [Club Candidate Master]

1662 Toby Crothers [Club Master]

1625 Peter Campbell [Club Candidate Master]

1579 Aharshi Banerjee [Club Candidate Master]

1575 Richard Proctor

1551 Brendan Park

1551 Jamie Walker

1532 Adam Harpur

1532 Rory Miller

1525 Paul O'Connor

1525 Josh Whearty

1491 Elliot Riley [Club Candidate Master]

1450 Seren Winstanley

1407 Jim Rutherdale

1400p Conor Begley

1400p Michael Chance

1400p Susie Chance

1400p Bill Corry

1400p Allen Gallagher

1400p Sawyer Harpur

1400p Tom Johnston

1400p Luca Jordan

1400p Charlie McCaughey

1400p Reuben McClean

1400p Oliver McGrath

1400p Michael Morrison

1400p Philip Morrison

1400p Antoni Ostradecki

1400p Toby Pease

1400p Alwyn Pollock

1400p John Rollins

1400p William Swann

1400p Ivan Taggart

1400p Suraj Tirupati

1400p Tom Winstanley

Entry list correct as at 17:41 on November 2, 2025

Venue: City of Bangor International Chess Club, Church of Ireland Parish Hall, 30 Main Street, Groomsport, County Down, Northern Ireland, BT19 6JR

FIDE RATED. Open to all players.

Dates:

Thursday 6 November [rounds 1-4] 19:30 to 22:45

Saturday 8 November [rounds 5-10] 10:00 to 16:30

This is a 10 round rapid tournament at a time control of 25+0.

This event is open to players from any county (i.e. you do not need to live in County Down to participate)

Please note, all events at the City of Bangor Chess Club run on schedule, with all clocks starting at exactly 19:30. The time control is 25+0, if a player fails to arrive within 25 minutes of the games starting, the player will lose the game.

Timetable:

Take seats at 19:25

Round 1 begins at 19:30

FIDE rules will apply. Remember mobile phones must be switched off and no food allowed in playing hall. Drinks are permitted at the tables.

CHESS FEDERATION FEES:

Apart from tournament fees, please check you have renewed your ICU fees for the 2025/2026 season [1 Sept 2025 to 31 Aug 2026].

As per FIDE regulations, all players participating in a FIDE rated tournament must be paid up members of their National Federation, which in our case is the ICU which covers FIDE events in Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Please renew your ICU fees online before the event at www.icu.ie/shop or send the equivalent in UK pounds along with your entry fee to B. Jamison, before the deadline.

The tournament organiser has ICU admin access to check the paid status of participants. The ICU updates the list at 06:30 each morning.

Tournament entry fees:

This event is free for paid-up members of Bangor Chess Club but you must register far in advance (and we advise at least 1 week's notice before we hit maximum table capacity).

24 Euro (£20) for players paying in advance by bank transfer, Revolut or PayPal.

36 Euro (£30) for anyone paying cash on the day (if we still have space available, only players who pay in advance are guaranteed a place).

Free entry for extra players from the same family.

Engraved trophies will be awarded as prizes.

Chief Arbiter: Brendan Jamison

Deputy Arbiter: Chris Dorrian

Tie Break order: Buchholz, Progressive, TPR Mixed

The tournament rating file will be sent to ICU rating officer Andrei Ivanov for upload to FIDE rating site and FIDE will rate the event on the afternoon of November 30, 2025.

Free public car park almost directly opposite venue. Harbour and beach behind venue. 2 minutes walk.

To enter please send your full name and FIDE ID (or DOB if you don't have a FIDE ID yet) to event organiser/arbiter Brendan Jamison. Once payment is received, the player will be added to entry list.

Contact Email*: [email protected]