Category Archives: Games

De Búrca or Cranston again, and other Warsaw reverberations

Posted on August 30, 2025 by David McAlister

“At the time I was 22 years old and easily the youngest member of the Irish team. Cranston, Creevey and O’Hanlon were already veterans of the chess-board; so that Ireland’s team had the doubtful distinction of being the oldest, in … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis, Games, Players, Tournaments | Leave a comment

Sonja Graf – Part 4: A Bewitching Visit to Cork

Posted on August 22, 2025 by David McAlister

The Evening Echo for Saturday 9th February 1935 gave Sonja Graf the big build-up, with some impressive evidence to back it up. TO VISIT CORK. FRAULEIN SONJA GRAF. Up to recently, Fraulein Wally Henschel (Hamburg) was the sole, and none … Continue reading →

Posted in Games, Players, Simuls | Leave a comment

Sonja Graf – Part 3 Overlapping Matches

Posted on August 22, 2025 by David McAlister

MATCH AGAINST  JOHN J. O’HANLON John James O’Hanlon, as the saying goes, needs no introduction, but the Irish Chess Union website does have this fine tribute from J.J. Walsh. The Irish Independent reported on Day 1 of the match in … Continue reading →

Posted in Games, Players | Leave a comment

O’Hanlon at Cambridge 1932

Posted on August 5, 2025 by David McAlister

Throughout his career, J.J. O’Hanlon would send a selection of his game scores to the editors of Irish chess columns, frequently with his own annotations appended. Here we present the result of one such offering, as described by T.P. Donnegan … Continue reading →

Posted in Analysis, Games, Players, Tournaments | Leave a comment

Another king hunt

Posted on May 2, 2025 by Sean Coffey

The last round of the Leinster leagues took place on Sunday. Congratulations to Knights of Éanna / Rathmines for an emphatic win in the Armstrong Cup, their first as a merged club. The Armstrong Cup page here has been updated. … Continue reading →

Posted in Games | Leave a comment

MacElligott – Kennedy, Armstrong Cup 2024-25

Posted on April 5, 2025 by Sean Coffey

Gerard MacElligott has sent another interesting game, for which many thanks, played last Saturday in the Armstrong Cup. In the diagrammed position, it’s White to play and draw. MacElligott – Kennedy, Armstrong Cup 2024-25White to play and draw The solution … Continue reading →

Posted in Games | Leave a comment

Dunne – Beryozkin, Heidenfeld Trophy 2024-25

Posted on April 4, 2025 by Sean Coffey

Oliver Dunne has sent an interesting game, for which many thanks, from this year’s Heidenfeld Trophy. This is from the penultimate round match between Phibsboro and the runaway leaders Dún Laoghaire, played on March 24. Dunne – Beryozkin, Heidenfeld Trophy … Continue reading →

Posted in Games | Leave a comment

Drogheda Super Rapid 2K24 KlimaX 2024

Posted on March 22, 2025 by Sean Coffey

The inaugural Drogheda Super Rapid 2K24 KlimaX 2024 was held on December 28-29, 2024, with a field of 76, and 15 rounds. A full report has been added to the tournament pages here. The organisers provided twenty live boards, with … Continue reading →

Posted in Games, Tournaments | Leave a comment

A king hunt

Posted on March 10, 2025 by Sean Coffey

From an Armstrong Cup game played on Wednesday: Jonathan O’Connor, on X, remarked that “My opponent went downhill very quickly after forgetting his Sveshnikov theory”. This happened around ten moves before the diagrammed position. Beatty – O’Connor, Armstrong Cup 2024-25 … Continue reading →

Posted in Games | Leave a comment

Zalan Nemeth, FM title and two IM norms

Posted on February 24, 2025 by Sean Coffey

Congratulations are due to Zalan Nemeth, who recorded two IM norms within the span of the past few weeks, at the SixDays Budapest IM-C January 2025 and the 1st EUTender Sinus Sárkány IM 2025. Each was structured as a ten-player … Continue reading →

Posted in Games, Norms and titles, Players | 1 Comment