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Author Archives: David McAlister
O’Hanlon, Cox and the female impersonator
John (“J.J.”) O’Hanlon won the Irish championship nine times between 1913 and 1940. His most significant international successes were at Broadstairs 1922 where he tied with the future World Champion Max Euwe (winning their individual encounter) and Hyѐres 1928 where he tied with … Continue reading
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Lilienthal in Dublin
Andor Lilienthal died last year at the age of 99. At the time Chessbase published this fine tribute to him. Featured in that article is Lilienthal’s famous queen sacrifice victory over Capablanca, played at Hastings on the 1st January 1935. Coincidentally earlier … Continue reading
Ulster Championship 2011
The 2011 Ulster Championship featured two innovations. The event was FIDE-rated and time increments were used for the first time in any Ulster tournament. Tournament reports have been posted on the Championship itself (confined to players rated over 1700) won … Continue reading
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Ulster Championship 2002
The plan here at IRLchess is to present as much information as possible about as many Irish chess tournaments as possible (and a bit more besides). Sean suggested to me that the Ulster Championship played 27-30 December 2002 would be … Continue reading
T.G. Cranston: Correcting and improving the record
The first port of call to seek out biographical details about any chess player is Jeremy Gaige’s Chess Personalia. The entry for T. G. Cranston is brief, telling us only that he was born in Dublin circa 1877 and was Irish champion … Continue reading
John Francis O’Donovan
The 1939 International Team tournament (or Olympiad as it is now called) was played in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Ireland was represented by John O’Hanlon, John O’Donovan, Gerard Kerlin, William Minnis and Warwick Nash. During the competition war broke out in … Continue reading