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Category Archives: Tournaments
Dublin International 65+ Championship 2024
The third event in the recent Dublin International Festival was the 65+ Championship. This attracted 21 players, including two from Iceland (there was a sizeable Icelandic contingent across the entire Festival), and resulted in a four-way tie for first, on … Continue reading
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Dublin International 40+ Championship 2024
The recent Dublin International Festival also featured two age-restricted tournaments, the 40+ and 65+ championships. The 40+ championship attracted 18 players, and with one exception the field was relatively evenly matched, with over half the players having FIDE ratings in … Continue reading
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Dublin International Open 2024
The Dublin International Festival concluded yesterday at the Talbot Hotel Stillorgan. Three seven-round events were held: the Open (77 players, 1st Stephen Jessel), the 40+ Championship (18 players, 1st John Delaney), and the 65+ Championship (21 players, 1st-4th Gerry MacElligott, … 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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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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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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UCD Congress 2023
The inaugural UCD Congress ran the weekend before last, attracting 148 players over three sections, and thus sharply reversing a recent trend of sparse turnouts for Dublin tournaments. Congratulations to the organisers! A full report for the Masters section has … Continue reading
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