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City of Dublin 2001

The Bankers Club, 93 St Stephens Green, Dublin 2, 12th-14th October 2001

There were 97 competitors in this 6 Round Weekend Swiss, run in 3 sections.

Winner of the Senior section was FM Colm Daly with 4.5 out of 6. Amongst the prizewinners in the Intermediate section was Ulster player Desmond Moreland, who finished equal second.

Senior: Over 2000: 12 players
1st Colm Daly (4.5/6)
2nd-3rd Mark Heidenfeld, Mark Quinn (4/6)

Intermediate: 1500 - 2000: 33 players
1st Alex Lopez (5/6)
2nd-4th Brian Fitzpatrick, Kieran O'Driscoll, Desmond Moreland (4.5/6)
GP1 Kieran Rogers (3.5/6) GP2 Steven Branigan (3/6)

Junior: Under 1500: 52 players
1st-2nd Martin Burke, Andrew Higgins (5.5/6)
3rd-8th Colm Kelly, Dave Robinson, Tom Fitzpatrick (4.5/6)
GPs and equal 3rd to 8th Con Lawless, Colin Brady, Paul Walsh (4.5/6)

Junior prizes - awarded by age - across all tournaments
Under 19: Eoin O'Hanlon, Rossa Lowry O'Reilly (3.5/6)
Under 16: Simon Jeffares, Ronan O'Connell (4/6)
Under 14: Rory Delaney, John McMorrow (4/6)

Ladies prize
Anne Coughlan, Hannah Lowry O'Reilly (3.5/6)

Results supplied by Debbie Quinn

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