Author Archives: Sean Coffey

“Here’s one that wasn’t so good”: Alekhine-Barry, Dublin 1938

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Sean Coffey

The Simuls page has a list of the illustrious visitors to Ireland down the years: these include Steinitz, Capablanca, Alekhine, Euwe, Smyslov, and Topalov, all world champions at one time or other. But only one of these was the reigning … Continue reading →

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From Cork 2013

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Sean Coffey

TWIC 963 had 23 games from the Cork Masters 2013, now all posted in the games archive. In the second round, local player and newly minted Irish U-19 champion Hugh Doyle was up against Alexander Baburin, and reached the following … Continue reading →

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Alex Montwill

Posted on May 3, 2013 by Sean Coffey

J.J. Walsh has sent the news that Alex Montwill, who has been mentioned here several times, died two weeks ago, on April 18th. He was 78. As previously discussed here, he finished equal first in an Irish championship but was … Continue reading →

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The New Winawer Report, issue 4

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Sean Coffey

The fourth issue of The New Winawer Report has been posted: see the tnwr page. This one continues with the main line of the poisoned pawn variation. A game from this year’s Gibraltar Masters, Janev-Quillan, featured 13. Be3. This was … Continue reading →

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Jonathan O’Connor awarded CC-IM title

Posted on April 5, 2013 by Sean Coffey

Colm Daly’s galling near-miss of an IM norm last month happened just as I was leaving for a trip to Shanghai–as I left the house I thought he had it in the bag. Disappointing! But that is the way with … Continue reading →

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An Armstrong puzzle

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Sean Coffey

Black to play: how do you evaluate the consequences of 19. … f4!? This is from the game Oliver Dunne-Eoghan Casey, Elm Mount v. Gonzaga, Armstrong Cup 1999-2000. (Thanks to Oliver for supplying it.)

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12th Gonzaga Classic 2013: Masters

Posted on April 2, 2013 by Sean Coffey

For some reason I’ve fallen behind in processing tournaments: probably this is because they’re more work than grabbing a game and adding it to the archive. Anyway this year’s Gonzaga Masters has now been added. Winner of the Masters, and … Continue reading →

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Disinformator 42

Posted on March 28, 2013 by Sean Coffey

It has been an unusually eventful couple of weeks in Irish chess, with one of the closest (relegation) finishes ever in the Armstrong Cup on Sunday last, and the second e2e4 Dublin Masters beginning today. More on those items later … Continue reading →

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The New Winawer Report, issue 3

Posted on March 19, 2013 by Sean Coffey

The third issue of The New Winawer Report has been posted: see the tnwr page. This one moves on to the main line of the poisoned pawn variation. In the main line with 10. Ne2 Nbc6 11. f4 Bd7 12. … Continue reading →

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Monthly updates: December, January, and February

Posted on March 10, 2013 by Sean Coffey

Here is an update on the items over the past three months that weren’t the subject of separate posts. Extra search feature: Most new games are added to a “Sundry” folder, with a new folder created for each month. A … Continue reading →

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