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Ulster Bank Tournament

9-11 June 2000. Organised by the City of Derry Chess Club.

OPEN/MAJOR: 6 ROUND SWISS

The Open and Major sections were combined because there were only 5 entrants in the Open Section. However each section retained its separate prize list. Competitors in the Open in capital letters.

1-3. ADRIAN GILLEN, STEPHEN GILLEN and STEPHEN SCANNELL
(Equal First Prize Winners in the Open) 5.0
4. Michael Barr (First Prize Winner in the Intermediate) 4.5

5. Eugene O'Hare 4.0
6. MICHAEL HOLMES 3.5
7-13. David Path, Robert Irvine, RICHARD McMASTER, Cecil Sloan, Samuel Moore, Hameed Khonji and Ronald Simpson 3.0
14-16. Derek McGill, Tony Parker and Aurelio Javier 2.5
17. John Lynch 2.0
18-19. Danny Mallaghan and Steven Branigan 1.5
20. Damien McDowell 0.0

INTERMEDIATE: 6 ROUND SWISS

1. Graeme Walsh 5.0
2. Sean Barr 4.5
3-5. David Collins, David O'Donnell and John McGurk 4.0
6. Brendan J Doherty 3.5
7-10. Michael McGrory, David McDaid. Anthony Quinn and Darragh Duffy 3.0
11. Emmett O'Connor 2.5
12. Paul Hasson 2.0
13. Cormac Duffy 1.0
14. Jim Mullan 0.0

MINOR: 10 ROUNDS

1. Brian Butler 9.0
2. Jim Moore 6.5
3. Matthew Lyttle 6.0
4. Fiona Hegarty 4.0
5. Eimea Kerr 3.5
6. Debbie Boyle 1.0

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