IM Tarun Kanyamarala is the 101st Irish Chess Champion

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The 101st edition of the Irish National Chess Championship took place from 2-10 July in Dublin. The event was played in 9 rounds, swiss system, with participation of 25 players.

18-year-old IM Tarun Kanyamarala convincingly won the event scoring unbeaten 8/9 points. Ireland’s youngest ever International Master will be the 50th person to hold the Irish Chess Champion perpetual trophy. GM Alexander Baburin claimed silver medal with 6.5 points, while FM Tom O’Gorman and FM Colm Daly tied for the third place. Tiebreak criteria favored FM Tom O’Gorman who eventually clinched bronze. (Scroll down for final rankings)

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Tarun Kanyamarala is the 101st Irish Chess Champion! Scoring an unbeaten streak of 7 wins and 2 draws out of 9 rounds, with a rating performance of 2565. Tarun is the 50th person to hold the Irish Chess Champion perpetual trophy.@FIDE_chess @ECUonline @irish_tarun pic.twitter.com/UEzol9NBgW

— Irish Chess Union (@IrishChessUnion) July 11, 2022

101st Irish National Chess Championship – Final rankings:

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	FM	Kanyamarala Tarun	IRL	2379	8	37	48	41
2	GM	Baburin Alexander	IRL	2400	6.5	37	48	32
3	FM	O’Gorman Tom	IRL	2401	6	37	49	34
4	FM	Daly Colm	IRL	2190	6	37	47	29
5	FM	O’Donnell Conor	IRL	2269	5.5	37	49	30
6	FM	Li Henry	IRL	2319	5.5	34	45	29
7		O’Cuilleanain Oisin	IRL	1936	5	35	45	26
8	CM	Flynn Jacob	IRL	2199	5	32	42	25
9		Kennedy John	IRL	2047	5	29	37	20
10	CM	Carroll Peter	IRL	2116	4.5	37	48	27
11	FM	Ryan Joe	IRL	2270	4.5	36	48	25
12		O’Connell Gerard	IRL	2052	4.5	32	40	23
13		Venkatesan Kavin	IRL	2076	4.5	30	39	22
14		Mats Diana	UKR	2028	4	32	42	22
15		Keenan Cathal	IRL	1811	4	30	39	22
16		Cafolla Peter	IRL	1937	4	29	37	20
17		Fox Anthony	IRL	1945	4	28	35	18
18		Goss Alex	IRL	1859	3.5	29	37	18
19		Liu Jason	IRL	1746	3.5	28	34	16
20		O’Gorman Alice	IRL	2043	3.5	27	36	14
21		Ivanov Andrey	IRL	1844	3	29	36	17
22		Doyle Anthony	IRL	2116	2.5	28	36	13
23		Melaugh Gavin	IRL	2020	1	25	32	8.5
24		Murray Sam	IRL	1624	1	24	31	4
25		Keogh Eamon	IRL	1931	0.5	25	32	3.5

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