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Author Archives: Sean Coffey
Bartczak – Spence, DCU Majors 2024
The recent post about the DCU Majors 2024 gave the Bartczak – Spence game as the most interesting, with plenty of play left in the final position. I thought Black “should be able to draw”, but the line I offered … Continue reading
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DCU Challengers 2024
The third of the three sections at last weekend’s DCU Congress 2024 was the Challengers, for players rated under 1200 ICU and under 1650 FIDE, or unrated. 55 players actually played (as in the Open, there were five more who … Continue reading
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DCU Majors 2024
The DCU Majors 2024 was the second of three sections of the DCU Congress last weekend. A full report has been added to the Tournament pages here. This section was the smallest of the three, with 29 players. Ruarai Goodfellow … Continue reading
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DCU Open 2024
The DCU Congress attracted 180 players across three sections at the weekend, and the newly introduced Blitz attracted 59. A full report on the Open has been added to the Tournament pages here. 20 games are available via live boards, … Continue reading
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Kononova – Naughton, Ennis Open 2024
The last post gave Kononova – Naughton as the most interesting game of the Ennis Open 2024. Kononova – Naughton, Ennis Open 202452. ? From the diagrammed position, 52. c6 wins easily. Instead the mysterious 52. Rc1? wasted a crucial … Continue reading
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Ennis Congress 2024
The Ennis Congress was held over the weekend, and attracted 111 players over three sections. Generally, very few games have been available from this event, and so there is only one full report from a previous edition in the tournament … Continue reading
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Harding – Reynolds, Irish 65+ Championship 2024
The Irish 65+ Championship 2024 round 6 game between Tim Harding and Pat Reynolds reached the diagrammed position with White to play. Harding – Reynolds, Irish 65+ Championship 202448. ? While 48. Qe5 would leave White much better, the game … Continue reading
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Irish 65+ Championship 2024
As mentioned in the last post, Gerard O’Connell won this year’s Irish 65+ Championship, with 5½/7, half a point ahead of Pat Hogan, Gerard MacElligott, and David Salter. Hogan won their individual game in round 6, after an oversight by … Continue reading
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Irish 50+ Championship 2024
The “Irish International Festival 2024”, held at the Talbot Hotel Stillorgan from January 4-7, featured an open tournament and the Irish 50+ and 65+ championships, and the Leinster Junior Championships, as well as a blitz. Congratulations to Jonathan O’Connor, who … Continue reading
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Galvin – Plotkin, Irish Universities v Scottish Universities match 1968
The recent update here on Irish championship players added first names for many players. One of these was Roddy Galvin, who played in the 1967 championship in Cork. No games of his are currently in the ICU games archive. However, … Continue reading
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