Category Archives: Games

Drogheda 2015

Posted on June 10, 2015 by Sean Coffey

Drogheda 2015 was held over the weekend before last, May 30-June 1. The top section, which was won convincingly by Colm Daly–by far the highest-rated player–on 6/6, had two live boards in each round. I missed round 1 but the … Continue reading →

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Samuel Beckett, once removed

Posted on May 30, 2015 by Sean Coffey

Oliver Dunne asks the exact question I had been wondering about myself: is it possible that any of Beckett’s games survive? So far I have not found any. But I did find what may be the next best thing: a … Continue reading →

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Ballyfermot Open 1994, contd.

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Sean Coffey

On Ray Woodhouse’s photo of the Ballyfermot Open 1994, we’re a little further along but matters are still not entirely clear. David McAlister convincingly demonstrated that it was the 1994 event, the position on the top board identifying it as … Continue reading →

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Ennis Congress 2015

Posted on May 21, 2015 by Sean Coffey

Last weekend’s Ennis Congress featured live boards for the top two games in the Open and the top board in the Under 1400. The 18 games have now been added to the games archive here. There were several interesting games, … Continue reading →

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Healy-Scallan, Armstrong Cup 2014-15

Posted on February 8, 2015 by Sean Coffey

Some interesting games from this year’s league campaign featured recently on the St. Benildus C.C. web pages. Among these was a rare bishop + knight versus king ending, from the game Healy—Scallan, St. Benildus v. Rathmines, Armstrong Cup. The critical … Continue reading →

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The trials of Aibhistín de Búrca

Posted on December 28, 2014 by David McAlister

At the Annual General Meeting of the Irish Chess Union on the 13th March 1935 the feasibility of sending a team to the International Team Tournament to be held in Warsaw in the second half of August was discussed. It … Continue reading →

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World Under-16 Team Championship, Viborg 1979

Posted on December 18, 2014 by Sean Coffey

The news that an Irish team is currently competing at the World Youth Under 16 Chess Olympiad in Győr brought back memories: I was on the Irish team that participated in the first World U-16 team championship, far back in … Continue reading →

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Games, October and November

Posted on November 17, 2014 by Sean Coffey

The games collection here had not been updated for over a month—pressure of work and massive amounts of travel—but now 71 new games have been added: see the November 2014 folder. These include: 2 Armstrong Cup (from Colm Daly’s dublinchess.com … Continue reading →

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Walsh-Botvinnik, Munich 1958

Posted on October 24, 2014 by Sean Coffey

It’s a rare honour for any amateur player to play a reigning world champion. How many Irish players can claim this distinction? The number must be very small. One player who can is J. J. Walsh. And here is the … Continue reading →

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Gerry O’Nolan

Posted on August 30, 2014 by Sean Coffey

The ICU web site has a recent post discussing the history of Dublin C.C.. The major work on this is of course the outstanding history compiled by Dr. A. A. Luce around 1967, at the time of the club’s centenary. … Continue reading →

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