Location	Student Centre, MTU, Bishopstown, Cork T12 P928
Start date	2026-03-07
End date	2026-03-07
Sections	FIDE Rated,Non-FIDE
Contact	Ben McCarthy, +353 89 221 0403
Event website	events.mtu.ie/index.cfm?page=events&eventId=1359
Category	Irish
FIDE Rated?	Yes
Time Control(s)	Rapid
Notes
https://www.instagram.com/mtu_chess.league_cork/ MTU Chess Society proudly presents Rapid Royale on 7th March, from 10:30 PM to 15:30 PM at the MTU Bishopstown Campus, Student Centre (Eircode: T12 P928). 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 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 through the event website https://events.mtu.ie/index.cfm?page=events&eventId=1359

Entries

FIDE Rated 20 entries

2038 Alkim Alper Fil

2014 Simon Provoost

1868 Niki Mullins

1814 Emir Abiltarov

1796 Beril Bayrak

1630 Sean O'Flynn

1601 Carls Miranda

1590 Krish Bhattacharjee

1584 Ronan Kelly

1568 Adam Allman

1405 Harsha Vardhan Chakka

1389 Leonardo Fraccaroli

1321 Ritheeshwar Sai Velu

1280 Sidhardha Vardhan Chakka

1230 Antoni Pilat

1189 Julian Mindykowski

1156 Julian Pilat

905 Vivaan Tilak

Lakshmanan Nachiappan

Arya Ramasamy

Non-FIDE 11 entries

1521 Pawel Daniel

1457 Emily Shuman

1442 Shasana Manikandan

1200 Harper Barbosa

1158 Logitha Krishnakumar

1112 Gauri Mindhe

1108 Hanshith Manikandan

1053 Robert Nawra

1021 Harshith Manikandan

736 Samvart Krishnamurthy

716 Michael Bel