Category Archives: Games

Winawer Praxis

Posted on September 21, 2013 by Sean Coffey

This month’s issue of The New Winawer Report, now posted on the tnwr page, considers two games from the past few months, each featuring lines covered in previous issues. The first, Rimkus-Rekhtman, WS/M/428 ICCF corr 2013, is in a sacrificial … Continue reading →

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Williams-Collins, Cork Masters 2013

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Sean Coffey

The Quality Chess blog has a post today (“Bored to Death?”) covering Simon Williams’ win against Sam Collins at the Cork Masters this year. The starting point for the post is the diagrammed position, rather a simple-looking one, with Sam, … Continue reading →

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August

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Sean Coffey

Two posts back I said that we were in a lull at the senior level. It seems I spoke too soon, as this month several enterprising players have had a busy tournament schedule outside Ireland. 79 games are available, including: … Continue reading →

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EU Youth Championship 2013

Posted on August 10, 2013 by Sean Coffey

Though there’s a lull in activity at a senior level in the summer, it’s the time when junior chess hits high gear. So many events are scheduled that it’s hard to keep up with them all. The Glorney Cup events … Continue reading →

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Wexford June Congress 1974

Posted on June 9, 2013 by Sean Coffey

As mentioned previously, there appear to be very few games available from the Wexford/Drogheda June Congresses. If any reader has any they can send in, please do so! The only games I’m aware of are the five games of Bernard … Continue reading →

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Denis Irwin

Posted on May 30, 2013 by Sean Coffey

Around ten years ago, Denis Irwin gave an extensive interview to RTÉ as he was about to leave Manchester United after a glittering career there (1 European Cup, 7 Premier League titles and 3 FA Cups, among others), while also … Continue reading →

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Black to play and win

Posted on May 29, 2013 by Sean Coffey

As the title says: Black to play and win. (N.B. If you’d like to try it as an exercise, don’t read any further for now: the answer is given below.) This is from a game of Joe Ryan’s (White), played … Continue reading →

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Zukertort-Soffe, blindfold simul 1879

Posted on May 28, 2013 by Sean Coffey

Last week saw a welcome return of John Watson’s series of book reviews at The Week in Chess, after an extended break. And the very first book up for review is none other than Tim Harding’s Eminent Victorian Chess Players, … Continue reading →

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“Here’s one that wasn’t so good”: Alekhine-Barry, Dublin 1938

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Sean Coffey

The Simuls page has a list of the illustrious visitors to Ireland down the years: these include Steinitz, Capablanca, Alekhine, Euwe, Smyslov, and Topalov, all world champions at one time or other. But only one of these was the reigning … Continue reading →

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From Cork 2013

Posted on May 7, 2013 by Sean Coffey

TWIC 963 had 23 games from the Cork Masters 2013, now all posted in the games archive. In the second round, local player and newly minted Irish U-19 champion Hugh Doyle was up against Alexander Baburin, and reached the following … Continue reading →

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