Monthly Archives: December 2014

The trials of Aibhistín de Búrca

Posted on December 28, 2014 by David McAlister

At the Annual General Meeting of the Irish Chess Union on the 13th March 1935 the feasibility of sending a team to the International Team Tournament to be held in Warsaw in the second half of August was discussed. It … Continue reading →

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Irish championship 2008

Posted on December 22, 2014 by Sean Coffey

A tournament report for the 2008 Irish championship has now been added to the archive here. The champion was Alexander Baburin, who was playing in his first, and so far only, championship, after finishing joint first with Alon Greenfeld, who … Continue reading →

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World Under-16 Team Championship, Viborg 1979

Posted on December 18, 2014 by Sean Coffey

The news that an Irish team is currently competing at the World Youth Under 16 Chess Olympiad in Győr brought back memories: I was on the Irish team that participated in the first World U-16 team championship, far back in … Continue reading →

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City of Dublin championship 2014

Posted on December 13, 2014 by Sean Coffey

A full report on last September’s City of Dublin Masters (1st Juri Firstov, for the second consecutive year, though not without a little controversy) has been added to the Tournaments page. Though the turnout was on the small side (14 … Continue reading →

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Games collection

Posted on December 8, 2014 by Sean Coffey

The games page here had not been updated in over a year. Previously the pgn files provided included most games on the site, but far from all, and there was no easy way to generate a full compilation. The new … Continue reading →

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William Armstrong B.L.

Posted on December 3, 2014 by Sean Coffey

Up until recently little was known (at least to me) of the donor of the Armstrong Cup. He appears to have been well known as a philanthropist when the cup was donated, and he died in Dublin on August 5, … Continue reading →

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