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

2369 IM David Fitzsimons

2178 Nitish Arun

2057 Jakov Jagic

2003 Alkim Alper Fil

1907 Aram Hakobyan

1873 Mihovil Niko Cogelja

1854 Philip O'Connell

1834 Matthew O'Neill

1826 Hubert Machowski

1796 Beril Bayrak

1790 Rahul Arun

1769 Oisin O'Sullivan

1692 Adam Koczynski

1647 Fionn Fargnoli

1645 Frane Balunovic

1630 Sean O'Flynn

1613 Karlo Jagic

1607 Sean Carr

1602 Krish Bhattacharjee

1601 Maurice Duignan

1597 John Wynroe

1585 Adrien Metge

1574 Ronan Kelly

1568 Adam Allman

1558 Max Wong

1531 Igor Machowski

1527 Joseph O'Connell

1498 Sandesh Kumar Singh

1487 Kajetan Machowski

1468 Joseph Keenan

1466 Shasana Manikandan

1393 Harsha Vardhan Chakka

1391 Isabelle Manning

1387 Adhish Jagtap

1350 Kai Wong

1340 Garreth Kelly

1332 Antoine Bouju

1313 Oisin Kelly

1312 Milan Sajeesh

1280 Sidhardha Vardhan Chakka

1196 Julian Mindykowski

1099 Rohan Gupta

1089 Aron O'Sullivan

909 Hassan Syed Muhammad

736 Samvart Krishnamurthy

716 Michael Bel

400 Sean Blackwell

Harry Tong

Donal O'Connell

Unrated 16 entries

1779 Teva Shuman

1521 Pawel Daniel

1512 Karthik Nachiappan Lakshmanan

1466 Shasana Manikandan

1457 Emily Shuman

1277 Bozena Brajkovic Jagic

1214 Charlie Baker

1214 Logitha Krishnakumar

1209 Andrew Wong

1135 Milan Cogelja

966 Jeronim Maro Cogelja

917 Christopher Shum

870 Revathi Manikandaan

826 Johan Thomas

743 Jack Baker

402 David Kinsella