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Author Archives: Sean Coffey
MTK Budapest-Dundrum, European Club Cup 1985
My earlier post promised more information on this match, including two games that are not in the databases, so here they are: Egon Varnusz-David Drakeford MTK Budapest-Dundrum, European Club Cup (1.4), Budapest, September 1985 26. Bh4 Rec7 27. Bxf6 gxf6 … Continue reading
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Monthly updates, March and April
Here is a summary of the changes in the past two months that were not the subject of separate posts: Branagan Cups: There have been quite a few updates here. Anthony Fox sent in details of the 2003 final, for … Continue reading
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A neat finish: Lewis-Duffy, Armstrong Cup 1958
From the Armstrong Cup 1958-59, W. Lewis – N. Duffy, Dublin-Phibsboro, board 6, played in late 1958 (and, by the way, not in the ICU games archive or other databases): In the diagrammed position Black sealed. It looks as though … Continue reading
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Labourdonnais-McDonnell
The full scope of this blog, declares the About tab above, is “anything to with Irish chess, from Labourdonnais-McDonnell to today”. Fair enough, you say, but how on earth could anyone say anything new about Labourdonnais-McDonnell? This was one of … Continue reading
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MTK Budapest – Dundrum, European Club Cup 1985
With the finale of the Armstrong Cup on this weekend (not to mention the thorny issue of the National Club Championship and European Club Cup the topic of renewed controversy), it’s time for a post with some reminiscences of club … Continue reading
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Monthly roundup: February
Here is a summary of the changes this month that were not the subject of separate posts: Simuls: Four more simuls were scheduled for February; the one by Michael Adams was eventually cancelled, details of Nigel Short’s two simuls (Dublin … Continue reading
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Colm Daly
We’ve had no new player profiles here for a while, so an update is overdue. Since the Oscars were this weekend, the next profile up is Irish chess’s premier film-maker (among many other achievements, not least 4 Irish championships) Colm … Continue reading
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City of Dublin 2011
The City of Dublin championships took place last September, and a report (by Pat Fitzsimons) and a majority of the games in the Masters (complied by Ciarán Quinn) appeared at the time. Subsequently Peter Scott, chief arbiter, sent the crosstables, … Continue reading
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Monthly roundup: January
Here is a roundup of some of the changes this month that were not the subject of separate posts: Branagan Cup: Two more winners were added to the roll of honour, based on Hugh Cummins’ tribute to Cormac Brady, in … Continue reading
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An Tóstal 1955
Last year Tony Foley gave extensive coverage of An Tóstal 1955, the first international tournament ever held in Cork, in a series of posts (parts I, II, III, IV, V and VI), based on reports in the Evening Echo and … Continue reading
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