Munster Chess Union
The Munster Junior Chess Championships were held on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd December 2023 in the West County Hotel in Ennis. As in previous years the Under 18, Under 16 and Under 14 entrants played in a single combined section to have enough opponents in each age group.
Prizes were available in age groups under 8, under 10, under 12, under 14, under 16 and under 18. There were a total of 145 participants across these competitions.
The main organiser of the Championships was John Cassidy with assistance from several other volunteers including Ray O'Brien, James O'Sullivan, Cathal McInerney, Phillip Foenander and many more. Thanks are also due to the West County Hotel and its staff for the smooth running of the event.
Full details of all prizewinners are detailed below. Entries came from all across Munster and also several players from outside Munster. Only players from Munster were eligible for the Munster Junior Champion Titles. In those cases one player could win 1st Prize in an age group but not be Munster Champion.
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1-2 Walz, Fabian (29) 4.5 9.5 16.5 14.5
Stack, George (3) 1616 4.5 8.0 13.0 14.5
3-6 Comley, Jamie (6) 982 4 9.0 16.0 11.0
Petrenko, Maryna (1) 1683 4 8.5 14.0 13.0
Long, Tadhg (32) 1044 4 7.5 13.5 12.0
Fried, Samson (15) 4 7.5 12.5 11.0
7-8 Connolly, Paddy (34) 780 3.5 10.5 16.0 11.5
Iwaski, Luke (23) 3.5 7.0 12.0 8.5
9-17 Sheehan, Conor (4) 1271 3 10.0 16.5 11.0
Crowley, Darragh (7) 386 3 8.5 14.5 9.0
Hayden, Rory (33) 3 8.0 13.0 10.0
Tan, Caelan (8) 3 7.5 13.0 8.5
Anmett, Tiernan (31) 3 7.5 12.0 8.0
Molnar, Martin (25) 3 7.0 12.0 8.0
Fahy, Jack (14) 3 6.5 12.0 6.0
Laiihem, Zinedine (22) 3 6.5 11.5 8.0
Wyse, Mick (30) 3 5.0 10.0 7.0
18-20 Coughlan, Cody (2) 1630 2.5 11.0 16.5 10.5
Horgan, Kevin (20) 2.5 7.0 12.5 7.0
Volaric, Leon (5) 1073 2.5 4.5 9.0 8.0
21-30 McKeown, Tom (24) 2 9.5 15.0 8.0
Heydermann, Tobias (19) 2 8.5 14.5 7.0
Ogauliri, Joel (38) 2 8.0 14.0 9.0
Herrigan, James (16) 2 8.0 13.5 6.0
Crowe, David (11) 2 7.5 11.5 7.0
Crkom, Oliver (10) 2 7.5 11.5 6.0
Patel, Vihan (28) 2 7.0 12.0 6.0
Hudrov, Mihail (21) 2 7.0 12.0 5.0
Noonan, Caspar (37) 2 4.0 9.0 4.0
Deegan, Fiachra (35) 2 4.0 8.0 3.0
31 O'Sullivan, Clodagh (27) 1.5 5.0 8.5 4.0
32-36 Crowe, P J (12) 1 8.5 14.0 5.0
Heydermann, Manuel (18) 1 7.5 13.5 1.0
Heydermann, Leonie (17) 1 6.5 11.5 3.0
Enright, James (13) 1 6.0 10.0 4.0
Cesonis, Kostas (9) 1 4.0 7.5 2.0
37-38 Sobin, Leo (36) 0.5 4.0 8.0 2.0
Noonan, George (26) 0.5 4.0 7.5 2.0
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 McInerney, Kevin (5) 722 5 11.0 17.0 15.0
2-5 Cogelja, Mihovil Niko (4) 730 4 9.5 16.0 14.0
Bartczak, Korneliusz (1) 1261 4 8.0 14.5 12.0
Coughlan, James (2) 740 4 7.5 13.0 13.0
Dunna, Eshaan (12) 4 7.5 12.0 10.0
6-7 Dubovyk, Sviatoslav (3) 731 3.5 8.5 14.5 11.0
Ringrose, T J (30) 3.5 7.0 12.5 10.5
8-14 Petrenko, Irina (28) 3 11.0 17.0 10.0
Briggs, Maslen (8) 3 9.0 13.5 10.0
Puente, Dennis (29) 3 8.0 14.0 10.0
Kardkovacs, Akos (21) 3 7.5 12.5 9.0
Briggs, Rowan (9) 3 6.5 12.0 10.0
Shagoyan, Henry (32) 3 6.0 10.5 7.0
Casey, Dylan (10) 3 4.5 8.0 7.0
15-18 O'Neill, Matthew (27) 2.5 9.5 16.0 10.0
Shingare, Prathmesh (33) 2.5 8.0 13.0 8.5
Wallace, Diarmud (35) 2.5 7.0 12.5 8.0
Hourigan, Ben (19) 2.5 6.0 10.0 6.5
19-25 Fitzgerald, Cian (14) 2 9.0 13.0 7.0
Hassett, Oliver (15) 2 8.0 13.5 7.0
Collins, Ryan (11) 2 7.5 12.0 7.0
Rutar, Tadgh (31) 2 6.5 11.0 5.0
Heydermann, Carina (18) 2 6.5 10.0 5.0
Lynch, Madeline (25) 2 5.5 9.0 3.0
Singh Bakshi, Jugraj (34) 2 2.0 6.5 4.0
26-27 McInerney, Lelia (26) 1.5 9.0 13.5 5.5
Andralojc, Dawid (6) 1.5 4.0 7.5 3.5
28-32 Keogh, William (22) 1 8.5 14.0 3.0
Finucaine, Julian (13) 1 7.5 12.5 4.0
Kinnane, Kayleigh (24) 1 5.5 9.5 2.0
Hegarty, Gwenole (17) 1 5.0 9.5 4.0
Lane, Daniel (23) 1 2.5 8.0 2.0
33 Huang, Luca (20) 0.5 8.0 13.5 0.5
34-35 Andralojc, Magdalena (7) 0 4.5 8.0 0.0
Hayden, Rory (16) 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1 Biswal, Saiansh (1) 1101 6 14.5 21.5 21.0
2-3 Agarwal, Riyansh (4) 5 17.0 25.0 18.0
Vanjinathan, Ilankathir (3) 461 5 14.5 22.5 19.0
4-5 Bhattacharjee, Krish (2) 629 4.5 15.5 24.0 18.5
Palihawadana, Aken Pinitha (31) 4.5 15.0 22.5 15.5
6-14 Chandrasekar, Devah (10) 4 16.0 24.0 14.0
Krasniqi, Klea (21) 4 15.0 20.5 15.0
Serritt, Charlie (36) 4 13.0 18.5 14.0
O'Brien, David (30) 4 12.5 18.5 13.0
Fitzgibbon, Phillip (17) 4 12.5 18.0 16.0
Morgan, Alex (28) 4 12.0 19.0 16.0
Woodfield, Anthony (42) 4 11.5 17.5 13.0
Rog, Antos (33) 4 11.5 17.5 12.0
Pavanadkar, Akahay (32) 4 11.5 17.5 11.0
15-17 Comyn, Roisin (12) 3.5 15.0 23.0 15.5
Sethiya, Kaushal (37) 3.5 13.0 20.0 14.5
O'Brien, Aoibhe (29) 3.5 7.5 10.5 8.5
18-24 Colleran, Luke (11) 3 16.0 23.5 15.0
Taylor, Nikolai (39) 3 13.0 19.5 12.0
Schran, Daphne (35) 3 11.5 17.5 13.0
McInerney, Hugo (24) 3 11.5 17.5 10.0
Williams, Henry (41) 3 11.0 17.0 12.5
Duffy, Peter (15) 3 9.5 14.5 7.0
Boland, Joey (5) 3 9.5 14.0 10.0
25-29 Byrnes, Oscar (8) 2.5 14.0 19.5 8.5
Dowling, Harry (14) 2.5 13.0 18.5 9.0
Enright, Robert (16) 2.5 11.0 15.5 5.0
Hall, Feegan (18) 2.5 9.5 14.0 8.5
Hourigan, Jim (20) 2.5 9.0 13.0 7.0
30-35 Shannon, Lauren (38) 2 13.0 19.5 5.0
St.Lynch, John (22) 2 12.5 20.0 8.0
McQuaid, Lochlann (25) 2 12.5 19.0 7.0
Byrnes, Tadgh (7) 2 12.5 18.5 7.0
Hayes, Seanie (19) 2 10.5 17.5 8.0
Santhanesh, Arjoon (34) 2 7.0 13.0 7.0
36-40 Waldron, Noah (43) 1.5 13.5 19.5 9.0
Cottier, Emily (13) 1.5 11.0 16.0 2.5
Treacy, Conor (40) 1.5 10.0 14.0 4.5
Brennan, Roisiun (6) 1.5 9.0 13.0 3.5
Daly, Mark (44) 1.5 8.5 12.5 3.5
41-44 Lynch, John (23) 0 8.0 8.0 0.0
Caballero, Marcus Lemuel (9) 0 5.5 11.0 0.0
Mishra, Pranav (26) 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Monaghan, Max (27) 0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Place Name Feder Rtg Loc Score M-Buch. Buch. Progr.
1-2 Palihawadana, Aken Pinitha (1) 648 4.5 11.0 16.0 14.5
Bhattacharjee, Krish (2) 629 4.5 9.0 15.5 14.5
3-5 Vanjinathan, Ilankathir (3) 461 4 10.0 16.0 13.0
Siruk, Danyil (4) 277 4 9.0 16.0 12.0
Schranz, Daphne (23) 4 8.0 13.0 12.0
6 Fennessy, Brian (10) 3.5 7.0 12.0 8.0
7-12 Balabanyan, Maria (5) 3 9.0 15.5 11.0
Shanmuga Sundaram, Mughil (28) -15 3 8.5 14.0 12.0
Lotke, Vidhan (14) 3 8.0 14.0 9.0
Keohane, Pearce (13) 3 8.0 13.0 10.0
Nagpal, Divansh (18) 3 7.5 13.0 8.0
McCarthy, Ciaran (16) 3 4.5 10.0 7.0
13-15 O'Brien, Kealan (19) 2.5 8.0 13.5 6.0
Singh Bakshi, Raunak (25) 2.5 7.5 12.5 7.0
Byrne, Tadgh (8) 2.5 6.5 10.5 5.0
16-19 Gomez Alonso, Frida (11) 2 9.0 14.5 8.0
Gomez Alonso, Alvaro (12) 2 8.5 15.0 7.0
O'Brien Lopez, Alfonso (20) 2 6.0 10.0 5.0
Lyons, Fiachra (15) 2 4.0 7.0 3.5
20-23 Tierney, Rhys (26) 1.5 8.0 13.0 2.5
Murphy, Cathal (17) 1.5 7.5 13.0 6.5
Waldron, Jim (27) 1.5 7.5 11.0 4.0
Chambers, Rory (9) 1.5 6.0 10.5 5.5
24-27 Boland, Harry (6) 1 8.0 13.0 5.0
Patadiya, Aarav (22) 1 5.0 9.5 4.0
Brennan, Emma (7) 1 5.0 9.0 2.0
Singh, Viraaj (24) 1 4.0 8.5 3.0
28 Panov, Mark (21) 0 3.0 8.5 0.0