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A la Morphy

Posted on September 13, 2012 by Sean Coffey

Oliver Dunne sends in a highly unusual and interesting game from this year’s Branagan Cup: Carl Jackson – Oliver Dunne Branagan Cup 2012, round 1 Gonzaga-Elm Mount (5), 16 April 2012 1. e4 Nf6 2. Nc3 d5 3. exd5 Nxd5 … Continue reading →

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Donaldson-Aoustin, Cork Congress 2012

Posted on August 25, 2012 by Sean Coffey

The Olympiad starts on Monday, with the first games on Tuesday. Best of luck to the Irish teams (Sam Collins, Alex Lopez, Ryan-Rhys Griffiths, Gavin Wall and Daire McMahon for the open event, and Monika Gedvilaite, Hannah Lowry-O’Reilly, Gearóidín Uí … Continue reading →

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A miniature: Allen-Clarke

Posted on August 23, 2012 by Sean Coffey

Time for a game. And why not a miniature? Here is an entertaining and instructive game between Keith Allen and Tom Clarke, event and date unknown (possibly a club game?) from a club game around 1988. Source: James O’Fee’s blog … Continue reading →

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Conor Barrington

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Sean Coffey

J.J. Walsh brought the news of the recent death of Conor Barrington. There was a notice in the Irish Times (3rd-4th October 2011): Conor Barrington (Mount Tallant Avenue, Dublin), formerly of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, d. 1st … Continue reading →

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European Union Youth Championship 2012

Posted on August 12, 2012 by Sean Coffey

Ireland’s representatives at the recently-concluded European Union Youth Championships in Mureck, Austria,were Geoffrey Keating, Diana Mirza, Sasha-Ettore Faleschini and Mark Tonita (respectively U14, U12, U10, and U8). All games have now appeared on the tournament web site, and the 36 … Continue reading →

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Scottish championship 2012

Posted on August 8, 2012 by Sean Coffey

Several Irish players participated in the Scottish championship this year, with general success. The highlight was Conor O’Donnell’s win against Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant. At 13 he’s probably the youngest Irish player ever to defeat a grandmaster. The games from the first … Continue reading →

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Janusaitis-Dunne, Branagan Cup 2012

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Sean Coffey

Oliver Dunne sends in this snappy and instructive miniature from this year’s Branagan Cup semi-final, in which Elm Mount resoundingly defeated a considerably higher-rated Rathmines side that had just won the Armstrong Cup. Below I’ve set this up as a … Continue reading →

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Heidenfeld-Kerins, Dublin 1973

Posted on August 5, 2012 by Sean Coffey

Over at the LCU Blog, there’s a discussion of illegal moves in games (scroll down in the comments for an example from Peter Cafolla). This calls to mind an Irish world record, at least according to Tim Krabbé’s Chess Records … Continue reading →

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Double seesaw/windmill

Posted on July 1, 2012 by Sean Coffey

On looking through the chess historical site Chess Notes, a search for items of Irish interest came up with the following curious example, submitted by Oliver Dunne–an old team-mate of mine, as it happens. In fact here’s a clipping of … Continue reading →

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Keres-Dennehy, simul, Trinity 1962

Posted on June 29, 2012 by Sean Coffey

Among the events listed on the Simuls page is the one given by Paul Keres at Trinity on December 2nd 1962, where he played 24, drew two, and lost one, to Tony Dennehy. That the loss is not recorded in … Continue reading →

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