Category Archives: Games

A neat finish: Lewis-Duffy, Armstrong Cup 1958

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Sean Coffey

From the Armstrong Cup 1958-59, W. Lewis – N. Duffy, Dublin-Phibsboro, board 6, played in late 1958 (and, by the way, not in the ICU games archive or other databases): In the diagrammed position Black sealed. It looks as though … Continue reading →

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Labourdonnais-McDonnell

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Sean Coffey

The full scope of this blog, declares the About tab above, is “anything to with Irish chess, from Labourdonnais-McDonnell to today”. Fair enough, you say, but how on earth could anyone say anything new about Labourdonnais-McDonnell? This was one of … Continue reading →

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Ray Keene simul, Trinity 1977

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Sean Coffey

From a 1977 clipping supplied by Seán Terry: “Chess grand master Ray Keene (29) gave a demonstration last night at Trinity College, Dublin, where it had been arranged that he would play simultaneously against 50 competitors. The exhibition was organised … Continue reading →

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DisinformatorTM

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Sean Coffey

With excellent timing, two magazines have produced a new issue this week, just in time for the Christmas stocking. The first is of course Tony Foley’s Irish Chess Journal. The second, which may not be familiar to Irish readers, is … Continue reading →

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Did Diskin resign in a winning position?

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Sean Coffey

The last post gave P. A. Duignan’s brilliancy prize win against P. Diskin in the 1949 Irish championship in Galway. But there’s a flaw! David McAlister spotted that Diskin may have been winning in the final position. White’s last move … Continue reading →

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Duignan-Diskin, Irish championship, Galway 1949 (brilliancy prize)

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Sean Coffey

Returning to , the next on the list is another win by P. A. (Paddy) Duignan, this time against P. Diskin in the 1949 Irish championship in Galway, winning the tournament brilliancy prize. P. Diskin of Galway was Connacht champion … Continue reading →

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J.J. Walsh unpublished manuscript: selected Irish games 1896-1967

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Sean Coffey

At IRLchess we’re interested in all aspects of Irish chess history and records, but above all in games. The ICU games archive has good coverage, of course, but there are many other published games that are not included there. And … Continue reading →

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TWIC 888

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Sean Coffey

This week TWIC has 25 Irish games: 2 each from Sam Collins, Ryan-Rhys Griffiths, and Gavin Wall (4NCL), 1 from Joe Ryan (III Tancat IM), 5 from Sarah Hegarty (4 from European Women’s Team Ch and 1 from 4NCL), 7 … Continue reading →

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TWIC 887

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Sean Coffey

This week’s issue of TWIC contains just three Irish games. It did not contain any games from last week’s e2e4 Gatwick International; the FIDE tournament reports don’t give the games either, and they’ve even disappeared from the organiser’s web site. … Continue reading →

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The Week in (Irish) Chess

Posted on October 29, 2011 by Sean Coffey

Essentially all readers are familiar with The Week in Chess. (For those who are not: it’s a weekly report on tournaments worldwide in the previous week, usually with several thousand games; one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern Chess … Continue reading →

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