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Monthly Archives: July 2015
Arbitrary and capricious
The close finish to this year’s Irish championship brought the possibility of a three-way tie for first place. When two players tie for first, the rule is (as it has been since the 1970s) that the players share the title. … Continue reading
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Irish championship 2005
A report on the 2005 Irish championship has been added to the tournament pages here. Colm Daly won his third championship, after 1998 and 1999, by a full point. All games are available. It’s interesting that fully half of the … Continue reading
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Glorney Cup 2015
Congratulations to the Irish Glorney Cup team, who won the Cup for the first time since 1963! Full coverage is available at the tournament web site. By all accounts it was a very well organized tournament, with live boards for … Continue reading
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Irish championship 2015
This year’s Irish championship, in progress as I write this, has a report available here, including all 35 games from the first four rounds. The report will be updated round-by-round. Though the field is markedly smaller than last year’s, it … Continue reading
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