Author Archives: Sean Coffey

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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A missed opportunity

Posted on March 5, 2013 by Sean Coffey

The Bunratty Festival, now up to the 20th in the series, goes from strength to strength. This year’s event had not only the usual very strong Masters, an event that has been described as a ‘ridiculously strong weekender’, but also … Continue reading →

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The New Winawer Report, issue 2

Posted on February 21, 2013 by Sean Coffey

The second issue of The New Winawer Report has been posted: see the tnwr page. This one continues with the 10. Kd1 line in the Winawer poisoned pawn, which is rare but features some very interesting chess. Modern practice has … Continue reading →

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Warsaw Olympiad 1935

Posted on February 17, 2013 by Sean Coffey

Ireland’s first Olympiad was Warsaw 1935, the 6th overall. As with all Olympiads, and indeed many other team tournaments, the definitive reference is the OlimpBase report, and there would be no point in assembling a different report here. However we … Continue reading →

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Irish championship 1998

Posted on February 9, 2013 by Sean Coffey

The ICU web site has an interview with Stephen Brady from 1995. His views on the Irish chess scene of the day make interesting reading. One comment that jumps out concerns Colm Daly, and whether he would ever win the … Continue reading →

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