Results

Venue

The Crow’s Nest, Cork, Ireland

Overview

This will be an eight-hanchan open tournament over two days, playing to standard EMA riichi rules.

In addition, the three Irish players (living on the island of Ireland or holding an Irish citizenship) who rank highest in this tournament, will qualify for the subsequent All-Ireland Riichi Mahjong Championship finals (date to be announced later) where they will face the current champion, Conor Mullin.

Being an EMA ranked tournament, players will need to be able to play without any external assistance. Guide sheets will be provided for scoring, which is the responsibility of all four players.

Getting to Cork

Cork Airport has flights from several British airports, as well as major hubs such as Amsterdam Schiphol and Paris CDG. It’s a short bus ride (~€3, you can buy a ticket from the bus driver with cash) or taxi ride (~€20) from the airport into the city. Otherwise, Dublin Airport is 3 hours away from Cork City centre using Aircoach or GoBus services (~€21).

Where to stay

We are offering to rent student accommodations that are empty for the summer as a group, in the same building as the tournament’s venue (“Crow’s Nest”) or in a building less than a 5 minutes walk away (“Victoria Lodge”). The price will be €55 per person per night, for a single bed in an individual bedroom in a unit with a shared kitchen and living space (Victoria Lodge), or €120 for a double room (Crow’s Nest, price per room and not per person). This is easily the cheapest for an individual room in Cork. If you are interested in this, instructions to book will be included in the registration confirmation email.

Beyond that, Hotel accommodation in Cork is challenging. Affordable options include Sheilas Hostel for a place in a dorm or some AirBNB hosts. We strongly recommend booking as early as possible, as your options will shrink quickly.

Tournament details

Entry fee: €70 (access to the tournament, catering and snacks on both days, to be paid by bank transfer/revolut). Some entry places for low-income players are available at €40 – please contact us to discuss. Please note that depending on budget constraints we might not be able to offer a refund in case of cancellation in the last two weeks before the event.

IMPORTANT: we will make every effort to accommodate registrations until the last moment, but might need to review on a per-case basis for late registrations.

Registration: closed

Rules: EMA RCR (pdf, standard European riichi tournament rules)

Format: round robin, 8 rounds

Referee: Maksym Ivanov

EMA observer: TBD

Location: Transportation in Cork is heavily based on car, so we suggest looking for accommodation in walking distance (we do provide an affordable option in the same building, see “Where to stay”). We will also try to accommodate needs for lifts if possible.

Schedule:

Saturday:

• 8:30-9:00 registration
• 9:00-10:30 first round
• 10:30-11:00 break
• 11:00-12:30 second round
• 12:30-13:30 lunch
• 13:30-15:00 third round
• 15:00-15:30 break
• 15:30-17:00 fourth round
• 17:00-17:30 break
• 17:30-19:00 fifth round

Sunday:

• 8:30-9:00 registration
• 9:00-10:30 sixth round
• 10:30-11:00 break
• 11:00-12:30 seventh round
• 12:30-13:30 lunch
• 13:30-15:00 eighth round
• 15:00-15:30 closing ceremony

Registered players:

1. Sveta Yaremenko, Ukraine
2. Livey Irwin, Ireland
3. Sam Sleight, United Kingdom
4. Martin Schleimer, Ireland
5. Yucheng Gao, Ireland
6. Jonathan Matchett, Ireland
7. Katherine Horton, USA
8. Dean McCaffrey, United Kingdom
9. Duy Le, United Kingdom
10. Julia Soh, Ireland
11. Meghann McKeague, Ireland
12. Simon Picard, Ireland
13. Juraj Jergus, Slovakia
14. Mike Short, United Kingdom
15. Joaquín Padilla Rivero, Ireland
16. Robert Mason, United Kingdom
17. Ming Ying, United Kingdom
18. Zhiyu Zheng, Ireland
19. Siobhán Chen, Ireland
20. Ronan White, United Kingdom
21. Mark Wu, United Kingdom
22. Loraine Gray, United Kingdom
23. Bryan Manchez, France
24. Jokubas Markevicius, United Kingdom
25. Kenta Utsunomiya, Ireland
26. Alex Wilde, Ireland
27. Conor Mullin, Ireland
28. Virginie Pierre, Ireland
29. Tramy Le, Ireland
30. Sio I Liang, United Kingdom
31. Daniel Watts, Ireland
32. Maghnus Hartigan, Ireland
33. Benoit Dessort, France
34. Seth Camara, Other
35. Kim Wright, United Kingdom
36. Devi Steck, Switzerland
37. William O’Brien, Ireland

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Results

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All-Ireland Mahjong’s first riichi tournament!

This was a seven-hanchan tournament over two days, playing to standard EMA riichi rules. As this was the first Irish tournament, it was not EMA-rated. This was to help provide a welcoming & enjoyable first tournament for our many new Irish players. Nevertheless, all players brought their best mahjong skills.

Here are the results: congratulations to Kathy Horton on a splendid win, which included six 1^st places and one 2^nd place in the seven hanchan.

* player withdrew due to illness after day 1
+ players withdrew after day 1 to balance the field to a multiple of 4 players

Thanks to the Cork blog Tripe & Drisheen for this write-up of the Cork Open 2023

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