Author Archives: Sean Coffey

Short-Brady, Irish championship 2007

Posted on July 1, 2011 by Sean Coffey

Administrative note: post reformatted 20 August 2012.

Short-Brady, Irish Ch 2007Short, Philip – Brady, Stephen
Irish Championship (9), Dublin, 8 July 2007

83. Bg2 e2 84. Kd2 Bc4 85. Bh3 Kd4 86. Bd7 Ke4 87. g6 Kf3 88. Ke1 Ke3 89. Be8 Bd3 90. Bf7 Bc2 91. Be8 Bb1 92. Bb5 Bxg6 93. Bxe2 Bc2 94. Bb5 Kd4 95. Kd2 Bb3 96. Ke1 Kc5 97. Kd2 Kb4 98. Kc1 Bxa4 99. Bd3 Bb5 100. Bg6 a4 101. Kb2 a3+ 102. Ka1 Bc4 103. Be4 g5 104. Bg2 g4 105. Ba8 g3 106. Bg2 Kc3 107. Bh3 Kd2 108. Bg2 Ke3 109. Bh3 Kf2 110. Kb1 Be6
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To take or not to take?

Posted on June 28, 2011 by Sean Coffey

Administrative note: reformatted, 6th August 2012. The previous version had become corrupted, and apart from that was hard to maintain and not compatible with all browsers.

Loughran-O'Leary, Irish championship 2009A puzzle from the 2009 Irish championship:
Black now played 21 … Nxe4!? How do you evaluate this move and the resulting position with best play?

A. Black wins back a pawn with equality;
B. White regains the pawn and simplifies to a better ending;
C. Black’s concept is flawed and White has a quick forced win.

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Irish championship 2010

Posted on June 17, 2011 by Sean Coffey

The 2011 Irish championship begins two weeks from tomorrow. To whet the appetite, we have a report on last year’s championship (1st Alex Lopez) on the Irish championships page.

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IRLchess

Posted on June 15, 2011 by Sean Coffey

Eh… what … is this on? Er … SCCCCCRRRRREEEEEEECHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! Ah… After we figure this WordPress thing out, this site will cover Irish chess history & records. Watch this space!

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