Category Archives: Games

Heidenfeld – Coldrick, Irish Championship 1973

Posted on November 14, 2020 by Sean Coffey

Andy Ansel has sent another game from the Irish Championship 1973, the round 4 encounter between Wolfgang Heidenfeld and Art Coldrick, which appeared in the South African Chessplayer, May 1974. Many thanks, Andy! Heidenfeld was defending champion, and was playing … Continue reading →

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Irish Championship 1980, contd.

Posted on November 8, 2020 by Sean Coffey

I’m delighted to report that David McAlister has found several more games from this event. Here’s an excerpt from his email explaining the background: “Opening some storage boxes in preparation for further organising my new study I came across my … Continue reading →

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Irish Championship 1980

Posted on September 28, 2020 by Sean Coffey

The Irish Championship in 1980 was held at the ‘North Mon’ in Cork, from July 12-20. The field of 24 players included top seed and newly minted national master Paul Delaney, second seed Eugene Curtin, former champions Alan Ludgate and … Continue reading →

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Chandler – O’Connor, Trinity simul 1984

Posted on September 19, 2020 by Sean Coffey

John Saunders’ BritBase site has a newly added collection of Murray Chandler’s games 1973-1989, featuring 1,594 games played during those years. This includes several hundred new games keyed in from scans of scoresheets provided by Chandler, as well as additional … Continue reading →

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Johannesburg 1955, contd.

Posted on September 10, 2020 by Sean Coffey

Following up on David’s recent post on Wolfgang Heidenfeld’s outstanding result in Johannesburg 1955, a tournament report has been added here, including all games from the event. Heidenfeld’s result, finishing joint first in the event, ahead of Max Euwe in … Continue reading →

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Irish Championship 1973, continued

Posted on August 27, 2020 by Sean Coffey

At the end of 2017, David McAlister posted here on his reconstruction of the 1973 Irish championship, held in Cork and won by Hugh MacGrillen. A total of 9 of the 81 games were available. I’m delighted to report that … Continue reading →

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A game in a thousand

Posted on July 3, 2020 by Sean Coffey

The Irish Championship 1991 featured a spectacular game between the brothers Niall and Gerard McDonnell. Where the average interesting game might have one or two critical points of interest, this game had a dozen at the very least. It featured … Continue reading →

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Horace Curzon Plunkett and the Oxford-Cambridge matches

Posted on June 15, 2020 by Sean Coffey

Horace Curzon Plunkett played for Oxford University in four Oxford v. Cambridge ‘Varsity’ matches, in the years 1874 to 1877. The very first such match had been held in 1873, at the invitation and venue of the City of London … Continue reading →

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Horace Plunkett and the Parliamentary Cable Match, 1897

Posted on June 11, 2020 by Sean Coffey

In 1897, the British House of Commons played a challenge match by cable against the U.S. House of Representatives. The top two boards on the House of Commons side were filled by players from Irish constituencies: the then Hon. Horace … Continue reading →

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Li – Williams, 4NCL Online 2020

Posted on June 2, 2020 by Sean Coffey

The 4NCL Online event launched last month, and the first round Henry Li, playing board 1 for the Gonzaga B team (“Gonzaga B Sharps”), had White against Simon Williams. The game reached a rook ending in which Black was two … Continue reading →

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