Michael Adams wins Bunratty Chess Masters 2013

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Super-GM Michael Adams won the Masters Section of the Bunratty Festival 2013. With this edition, the tournament celebrated 20 years of chess. As in every year the tournament was divided into four sections, Minor (for beginners), Major (intermediate), Challengers (advanced) and Masters (for the top national and international players).

To win the Masters, Adams got 5 straight wins and a draw in the last round. GM Nigel Short and IM Richard Bates tied on second place with 5/6; Short took the second place on tie-breaks, according to a Chessdom report.

Parallel to the Masters, the Bunratty Classic tournament took place for the first time. This event had the purpose of helping the Irish players get IM and GM norms.

GM Mark Hebden finished in sole first place after scoring an undefeated score of 7/9.

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Final Standings – Masters:

1 GM Adams, Michael 2725 5.5
2 GM Short, Nigel 2690 5.0
3 IM Bates, Richard 2375 5.0
4 McPhillips, Joseph 2132 4.5
5 GM Wells, Peter 2491 4.5
6 IM Wall, Gavin 2340 4.0
7 IM Rendle, Thomas 2382 3.5
8 FM Aguera Naredo, Javier 2417 3.5
9 IM Pein, Malcolm 2376 3.5
10 GM Baburin, Alexander 2534 3.5
11 FM Short, Philip 2211 3.5
12 IM Trent, Lawrence 2429 3.5
13 O’Connor, Jonathan 2088 3.5
14 Wolferink, Frans 2107 3.5
15 Bourached, Anthony 1903 3.5
16 Van Der Zwet, Bart 2084 3.5
17 IM Orr, Mark 2240 3.5
18 IM Cooper, Lawrence 2317 3.5
19 Gonzalez Gonzalez, Alfonso 2142 3.5
20 Rawlinson, Aidan 2157 3.0
21 Steil-Antoni, Fiona 2105 3.0
22 Murray, David B. 2079 2.5
23 Menzies, Colin 2050 2.5
24 Courtney, John 1979 2.5
25 Moran, Stephen 1970 2.5
26 Fox, Anthony 2062 2.5
27 Moynihan, Kieran 2107 2.5
28 Murphy, Oissine 1935 2.5
29 Eliens, Arno 1863 2.0
30 Annesley, Gareth 1918 2.0
31 Doyle, Hugh 1996 2.0
32 Lyons, Brendan 1929 2.0
33 O’Riordan, Kieran 1998 2.0
34 O’Donnell, Conor 2049 2.0
35 Keogh, Eamon 1995 2.0
36 Pearson, Ray 2017 1.5
37 Fehr, Jukka 1973 1.5
38 Thee, Bernd 2096 1.0
39 Cafolla, Peter 2035 0.0



Final Standings – Classic:
1 GM Hebden, Mark L 2518 7.0
2 GM Pert, Nicholas 2539 6.5
3 IM Collins, Sam E. 2482 5.0
4 IM Hamitevici, Vladimir 2444 5.0
5 IM Astaneh Lopez, Alex 2416 5.0
6 FM Daly, Colm 2340 4.0
7 GM Arkell, Keith C 2472 3.5
8 IM Quinn, Mark 2388 3.5
9 IM Burns-Mannion, Stephen R 2376 3.0
10 IM Rombaldoni, Denis 2510 2.5

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