Category Archives: Games

Ruane-O’Boyle, Heidenfeld 2013-14

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Sean Coffey

An entertaining game from last weekend’s Heidenfeld match Drogheda-St. Benildus has been posted on the Benildus web site (The Madness of the St George–good title!). In the diagrammed position it’s Black to play his 14th. The madness was all set … Continue reading →

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Crichton-Wall, Leinster championship 2005

Posted on February 2, 2014 by Sean Coffey

Many thanks to Martin Crichton for supplying his game against Gavin Wall in the last round of the 2005 Leinster championship (not available anywhere else). This must have been one of the strongest Leinster championships ever, with 8 of the … Continue reading →

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Thorpe-Hughes, WYCC U14 Open 2013

Posted on January 12, 2014 by Sean Coffey

Ireland had three representatives at the World Youth Chess Championships in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates last month: John Hughes (5/11, U18 Open), Diana Mirza (6/11, U14 Girls), and Kevin Singpurwala (4½/11, U14 Open). All games were made available by … Continue reading →

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Rendle-Crichton, Hillingdon League 2011-12

Posted on December 8, 2013 by Sean Coffey

Martin Crichton sends in several games for the archive. The first, Rendle-Crichton, Hillingdon League 2011-12, has some interesting background. In Martin’s words (slightly modified to fit the blog format): “I went into semi retirement from chess in mid 2010 (my … Continue reading →

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Monthly update, November 2013

Posted on December 2, 2013 by Sean Coffey

November saw 190 games added to the games archive, of which 90 were from the 2004 Irish championship, and the remaining 100 from a variety of tournaments (number of games in parentheses): Irish Championship 1950 (3) Irish Championship 1971 (1) … Continue reading →

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Monthly update, October 2013

Posted on November 2, 2013 by Sean Coffey

Another 229 games involving Irish players or teams have been added to the archive this month. Of these, one featured in the Steatham & Brixton Chess Blog’s “Worst Move on the Board” series, unfortunately on the wrong side for the … Continue reading →

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Francis Burden

Posted on October 12, 2013 by Sean Coffey

From a player profile on David McAlister’s Ulster Chess History website, citing the Weekly Northern Whig, 11 June 1914: An Eminent Belfast Chess Player Among the foremost British chess players of the sixties was Francis Burden, who was born in … Continue reading →

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Jackson-Bourached, City of Dublin Masters 2013

Posted on October 7, 2013 by Sean Coffey

Another interesting game from this year’s City of Dublin was the round 3 clash between Carl Jackson and Anthony Bourached. [Click to replay.] Black had a simply overwhelming position throughout and it seemed only a question of choosing which way … Continue reading →

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Monthly update, September 2013

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Sean Coffey

A total of 52 games have been added to the archive this month: the full monthly list is available, as usual, by entering “-month2013-09” in the search box. This month sees the return to the game of another veteran, Brian … Continue reading →

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Kendall-Patterson, British U21 championship1967

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Sean Coffey

“BritBase is back!“, announces John Saunders on his blog. He clarifies that it never went away: rather he hadn’t been updating it for a couple of years, but now has restarted doing so. Among the first few new items on … Continue reading →

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